The ubiquity offered by networks and mobile terminals motivates the design and deployment of contextaware applications. These applications are able to “mold" themselves to the context in which they execute, taking into account, for instance, user profile, device type, geographic location, and time of day. This paper describes ACORD-CS, an architecture based on software components for the support of contextaware applications. A reference implementation of the architecture and an example of application in the area of remote accessible laboratories are presented as well.
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