Architecture for end-user programming of cross-smart space applications

This paper presents an architecture and execution components that assists the end-user programming of smart space applications that integrate the information/computing capabilities of different software products via smart spaces. Before end-user programming activities, the software professionals must focus on the more difficult tasks and develop easy-to-apply Driver components for the APIs of existing software systems. Thereafter, end-users are able to create applications from the commands of the Driver components with the help of the provided toolset. The paper introduces a reference implementation for the architecture and tools for the Driver component development and end-user programming of smart space applications.