m:Ciudad: Enabling end-user mobile service creation

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dc.contributor.authorDavies, Marcin
dc.contributor.authorCarrez, François
dc.contributor.authorHeinilä, Juhani
dc.contributor.authorFensel, Anna
dc.contributor.authorNarganes, Maribel
dc.contributor.authorDanado, José Carlos dos Santos
dc.contributor.institutionSWT
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-24T12:02:30Z
dc.date.available2024-07-24T12:02:30Z
dc.date.issued2011-11
dc.description.abstractPurpose: Mobile computing enables end-users to create small services on their mobiles and share valuable and context-aware information with others. The purpose of this paper is to introduce a platform for end-user generated mobile services - so-called microservices. Design/methodology/approach: As a key component the authors present a microservice description language for user-driven mobile service creation and platform-independent service execution and rendering. The paper also gives insight into the authors' visual authoring tool. The chosen design approach is evaluated in two phases: an intermediate evaluation with a small hands-on trial and an online survey; and a final laboratory test with 24 test users in total. Findings: The paper provides empirical insights about the methods and motivations of end-users creating small mobile services. The main purposes of service creation would be mostly to exchange information, stay in contact, and just for fun (on the basis of non-commercial use). The evaluations also indicate the visual drag and drop approach of putting service blocks together as being the most favored in terms of user satisfaction. Originality/value: The concepts and findings introduced in this paper will help in designing mobile service authoring environments, which is appealing to software communities/vendors and mobile network operators. The presented platform is, to the authors' knowledge, the first designed and implemented infrastructure enabling end-user mobile service creation.en
dc.description.statusPeer reviewed
dc.format.extent31
dc.identifier.citationDavies , M , Carrez , F , Heinilä , J , Fensel , A , Narganes , M & Danado , J C D S 2011 , ' m:Ciudad : Enabling end-user mobile service creation ' , International Journal of Pervasive Computing and Communications , vol. 7 , no. 4 , pp. 384-414 . https://doi.org/10.1108/17427371111189683
dc.identifier.doi10.1108/17427371111189683
dc.identifier.issn1742-7371
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11556/3250
dc.identifier.urlhttp://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84893327237&partnerID=8YFLogxK
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofInternational Journal of Pervasive Computing and Communications
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.subject.keywordsEnd-user development
dc.subject.keywordsMicroservices
dc.subject.keywordsMobile communication systems
dc.subject.keywordsMobile services
dc.subject.keywordsMobile technology
dc.subject.keywordsSemantic web services
dc.subject.keywordsUser-centric service creation
dc.subject.keywordsTheoretical Computer Science
dc.subject.keywordsGeneral Computer Science
dc.titlem:Ciudad: Enabling end-user mobile service creationen
dc.typejournal article
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