A DSPL approach for the development of context-adaptable user interfaces

Abstract

The development of context-adaptable user interfaces (UI) is a main requirement to handle change in the context of use, ensure user centeredness and improve UI usability. In context-adaptable UIs, context informations are acquired from the end-user. This later can provide informations about his preferences and/or about his environment and the execution platform if sensors do not succeed to detect them automatically. In this paper and in order to develop a family of context-adaptable UIs, we propose, a Dynamic software product lines (DSPL) process. A DSPL process exploits the knowledge acquired in Software Product Line Engineering (SPLE) to develop systems that can be context-aware, or runtime adaptable.