Device Independent Representation of Web-based Dialogs and Contents
Steffen Göbel, Sven Buchholz, Thomas Ziegert, Alexander Schill · 2001
Multi device service provision is a challenging problem for information service providers. To support the diverse set of existing and future devices services have to adapt the contents to the capabilities of the different devices. In this paper we present research efforts aiming at the development of system support for automated content adaptation to different devices. We especially target the generic description and automated adaptation of web-based dialogs. We introduce an XML-based Dialog Description Language (DDL) enabling device independent description of dialogs. It makes up the basis for the automated adaptation. A fragmentation algorithm provides for automated decomposition of dialogs into dialog fragments that fit device specific resource limits. The feasability of our approach is proven by our Java-based adaptation framework, presented at the end of this paper. KeywordsMulti device platform, Adaptation framework, XML.