Research Article
From UAProf towards a Universal Device Description Repository
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-642-32320-1_17, author={Jos\^{e} Quiroga and Ignacio Mar\^{\i}n and Javier Rodr\^{\i}guez and Diego Berrueta and Nicanor Guti\^{e}rrez and Antonio Campos}, title={From UAProf towards a Universal Device Description Repository}, proceedings={Mobile Computing, Applications, and Services. Third International Conference, MobiCASE 2011, Los Angeles, CA, USA, October 24-27, 2011. Revised Selected Papers}, proceedings_a={MOBICASE}, year={2012}, month={10}, keywords={device description repository UAProf CC/PP software adaptation content adaptation RDF data provenance profile resolution}, doi={10.1007/978-3-642-32320-1_17} }- José Quiroga
Ignacio Marín
Javier Rodríguez
Diego Berrueta
Nicanor Gutiérrez
Antonio Campos
Year: 2012
From UAProf towards a Universal Device Description Repository
MOBICASE
Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-32320-1_17
Abstract
Techniques to create software and content that adapt to different apparatus require gathering information about device features. Traditionally, Device Description Repositories (DDRs) have provided limited descriptions, in terms of description granularity and of the amount of devices included. A Universal DDR (UDDR) would allow any software developer or content creator to have complete, up-to-date and trustworthy device descriptions for any application domain. Collaboration of all stakeholders in the adaptation business would be necessary to populate the UDDR, but without compromising the quality of the information. Device manufacturers usually publish first-hand device descriptions using UAProf. Unfortunately, UAProf documents are known to contain mistakes or inaccurate/incomplete information. This work suggests a multi-step process to manipulate UAProfs in order to correct their most common mistakes, to extend their expressiveness and to allow amendments from different contributors. More specifically, amendments are annotated with provenance information, enabling device description consumers to decide whether to trust them.