Withthedevelopmentofwirelessnetworksandmobilecomputing,moreadvancedapplicationswithcontext-awarenessandadaptabilitytotheirchangingcontextareneeded.However,buildingcontext-awareapplicationsisdifficultduetothelackofadequateinfrastructuresupport.Inthispaper,awebmiddlewarearchitectureforthedevelopmentofcontext-awarenessapplicationsusingnearfieldcommunication(NFC)isproposed.Basedonit,theefficientsupportforacquiring,interpreting,andaccessingcontextisprovided,andtheuser’squalityofexperienceisimproved.Moreover,amobilewebmiddlewareforthetestingandfullrealizationofNFCcontext-awarenessapplicationshasbeendevelopedtogetherwithtwoapplicationexamples.
