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AttributeLinking: Exploiting Attributes for Inter-Component Communication
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PUBLICATION

AttributeLinking: Exploiting Attributes for Inter-Component Communication

Type

Conference Paper

Year

2016

Authors

Research Area

Web Engineering

Event

16th International Conference on Web Engineering (ICWE2016)

Published in

Post-proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Web Engineering (ICWE2016) Workshops

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Abstract

In this paper, we propose exploiting attributes of client-side web components to provide inter-component communication by external configuration. With the standardization of WebComponents, the Web is finally getting a uniform way to define and use client-side components. We determined that DOM elements already provide a standard configuration interface: attributes. Using the WebComponents technologies for state-of-the-art user-interface components, attributes can also act as output interfaces. By providing an AttributeLink component, new web applications can be composed directly in the markup without knowledge of JavaScript. With the integration of a multi-device supporting Messaging-Service, components can be even linked across multiple connected devices. This enables the development of distributed user interfaces.