A Reference Architecture Based on Web Components for Ubiquitous Information Systems
Cesar Augusto Guzmán Alvaréz, J. Harold Pardue · Journal of the Association for Information Systems · 2003
Companies scattered worldwide, the proliferation of network-enabled devices, and advances in telecommunications have fueled a wide range of emerging behaviors that new and legacy systems must attempt to support.An important new usage behavior is ubiquitous computing, defined here as anytime/anyplace access to system functionality and data.Designing and deploying ubiquitous information systems requires a framework or architecture for conceptualizing how to structure and integrate existing and emerging technologies and end systems.The purpose of this research is to propose and describe a reference architecture called the Ubiquitous Information System Architecture.This architecture is a Web-centric synthesis of layered and service-oriented architectural styles with object-oriented patterns designed to provide a blueprint for constructing information systems that must support ubiquitous computing.