On the Role of MDA in the Development of Freeband Services

Synopsis: This document is a vision paper that describes how concepts from the Model Driven Architecture (MDA), developed by the Object Management Group (OMG), can be applied to the development of Freeband services. Abstract This document is a vision paper that describes how concepts from the Model Driven Architecture (MDA), developed by the Object Management Group (OMG), can be applied to the development of Freeband services. MDA introduces a number of development concepts that we foresee to become of importance for the development of Freeband services. Examples of these concepts are the distinction of different abstraction levels at which services can be designed and mechanisms to relate and transform design concepts from one abstraction level to another. The Freeband Programme focuses on services that are mobile, attentive, context-aware and personalized. In order to realize the Freeband vision, that almost anyone will be able to develop, market and provide services, advanced methods and tools are required to facilitate the development and provisioning of new services. This document presents the vision of the AMuse project on Freeband services and describes how MDA concepts can be applied to development of these services. Preface The AMUSE project is part of the Freeband Communication programme, which aims at the generation of public knowledge in advanced telecommunication (technology and applications). Freeband is based on the vision of 4G networks and services. It specifically aims at establishing, maintaining and reinforcing the Dutch knowledge position at the international forefront of scientific and technological developments, addressing the most urgent needs for research and novel applications in the present unfolding of new technology. Freeband comprises more than 25 organisations, including all-important technology providers and many representative end-user organisations. The Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs is co-funding this programme as part of the BSIK plan. The vision for Freeband for 2010 is to consider communication and information transfer from the perspective of the user, not the provider. The communication infrastructure will become transparent and abundant in all its layers. Freeband addresses the knowledge chain in communication in the direction of the new ubiquitous communication paradigm. Based on this vision key research questions take place in three main themes: • Society, Users and Applications: what are the new possibilities in different sectors for ubiquitous communication and ambient intelligence, what do they presuppose as knowledge and how can they be realised? • Networking, Service Provisioning and Generic User Interaction: the telecommunication infrastructure viewed …