A system and method is provided for converting a page-based application having at least one presentation page comprising embedded data elements and embedded message elements for interaction with a user interface to a component-based application configured for execution on a device configured for communication over a network with a schema-defined service of a data source. A plurality of components are derived from the page-based application, the plurality of components comprising a data component having data descriptors representing the data elements and a message component having message descriptors representing the message elements, the respective descriptors being expressed in a structured definition language. A plurality of dependency links associated with events corresponding to the embedded elements are generated, each respective link being derived from the page-based application and operatively coupling at least two of the plurality of derived components and describing workflow between the coupled components. An instruction set based on the plurality of dependency links is generated in an instructional language, the instruction set coordinating the operation of the plurality of generated components when the component-based application is executed on the device. And, a workflow component is generated comprising the instruction set, the workflow component and the plurality of generated components being subsequently configured as the component-based application.
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