Through participation in Mobile Digital Commons Network, the Mobile Experience Engine (MEE), a mobile software development kit, was created to bridge the gap between artist/designer and programmer/engineer. The MEE is an XML (extensible markup language) authoring framework that was developed to give designers, who are familiar with new media design tools such as HTML/CSS, the ability to program and develop hand-in-hand with engineers.

The flexibility of the MEE also allows for an iterative process which is fundamental to a participatory design process. Through many of the Lab's research projects the MEE was used to code the complex set of interactions involved in locative experiences.

Created through the participation of the Banff New Media Institute, Concordia University and OCAD's Mobile Experience Lab the MEE will be released through open-source licensing in Summer 2007 to encourage wide adoption by programmers and designers worldwide and to ensure continued development for new devices and capabilities.

Principal Investigators:
Sara Diamond
President, Ontario College of Art & Design

Michael Longford
Concordia University

Lead Developer:
Tom Donaldson