UDPF: A unified data provision framework for developing dynamic resource-oriented embedded applications.

•UDPF provides a framework with which developers are able to build applications with modules that are decoupled from each other.•Developers are able to publish updates for their applications in the minimal replacement unit with low bandwidth overhead, and it is not necessary to re-install the applications.•We build a social network application using UDPF and conduct a performance evaluation that demonstrates the effectiveness of UDPF.