W3c Mmi Workshop Position Paper

In the user interface adaptation project, we focused on the device independent representation and adaptation of web application UIs. The project was conducted together with SAP Global Research & Innovation. Based on the findings of our research, we have successfully developed the Dialog Description Language (DDL, [1]) that allows device independent authoring of web content based on the single source approach. It supports semantic adaptation through inline meta-information provided at authoring time. A modular adaptation engine applies semantic and syntactic transformations to DDL dialogs to generate device-specific dialog representations at runtime. The experience and knowledge we gained in this project also influenced the EU FP5 CONSENSUS [2] project. Within this project a Render Independent Markup language (RIML) was developed, which is based on several W3C standards (e. g. XHTML, XForms and SMIL). The project also the single source approach and adopted several adaptation concepts from our DDL research. Recently, SAP has indicated a strong interest in extending the concepts and scope of further research towards the support for multiple input and output channels. These extensions shall cover dynamic interaction channel selection, the mapping of content to different I/O channels as well as technologies for the synchronization and fusion of parallel interaction events. While we already have experiences in supporting mixed text-andspeech interfaces based on the X+V, we want to gear our research activities towards more generic scenarios of multimodal user interaction. Furthermore, we participate in the preparation of a project proposal to the EUREKA-ITEA [3] cluster. The proposed project, ENABLE, will encompass the integration of context-awareness, adaptation and multimodality into software engineering and application platforms. One of the project’s focal points will be to provide the prototype of an application platform for ambient applications that supports multimodal interaction.