Estimating the Functionality of Mashup Applications for Assisted, Capability-centered End User Development

Carsten Radeck, Gregor Blichmann, Klaus Meißner

2016

Abstract

The mashup paradigm allows end users to build their own web applications consisting of several components in order to fulfill specific needs. Thereby, communicating on a non-technical level with non-programmers as end users is crucial. It is also necessary to assist them, for instance, by explaining inter-widget communication and by helping to understand a mashup's functionality. However, prevalent mashup approaches provide no or limited concepts for these aspects. In this paper, we present our proposal for estimating and formalizing the functionality of mashup compositions based on capabilities of components and their communication links. It is the foundation for our end-user-development approach comprising several assistance mechanisms, like presenting the functionality of mashups and recommended composition steps. The concepts are implemented and evaluated by means of example applications and an expert evaluation.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Radeck C., Blichmann G. and Meißner K. (2016). Estimating the Functionality of Mashup Applications for Assisted, Capability-centered End User Development . In Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies - Volume 2: WEBIST, ISBN 978-989-758-186-1, pages 109-120. DOI: 10.5220/0005802601090120

in Bibtex Style

@conference{webist16,
author={Carsten Radeck and Gregor Blichmann and Klaus Meißner},
title={Estimating the Functionality of Mashup Applications for Assisted, Capability-centered End User Development},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies - Volume 2: WEBIST,},
year={2016},
pages={109-120},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0005802601090120},
isbn={978-989-758-186-1},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies - Volume 2: WEBIST,
TI - Estimating the Functionality of Mashup Applications for Assisted, Capability-centered End User Development
SN - 978-989-758-186-1
AU - Radeck C.
AU - Blichmann G.
AU - Meißner K.
PY - 2016
SP - 109
EP - 120
DO - 10.5220/0005802601090120