1. A method in a client device comprising: receiving, at a client device from a server, business context data that describes a resource, a view, and actionable context data related to a business scenario, the business context data including an instance of at least one data object, the instance generated from a model of the data object and enriched with metadata identifying the business scenario, the business scenario providing an end business purpose for a work action, the business context data not specific to a particular user interface (UI) type, without model or pattern information in the business context data, wherein the resource includes a functional resource used to perform the work action, wherein the view includes a metadata definition of a generic presentation form to be processed to render the business context data in a UI, wherein the actionable context data includes interactive content to perform the work action and cause an action at the server, and wherein the UI type includes interface hardware and associated drivers; identifying user interface capabilities of the client device, including determining a UI component to generate to represent a portion of the business context data, the UI component having graphical user interface (GUI) elements with interfaces to render the view on the business context data; and generating the UI component based on the business scenario and based on the identified UI capabilities available on the client device and a data processing control layer at the client device, the component being specific to the UI type available on the client device, the UI component enabling functionality related to the actionable context data on the client device in a format supported by the UI type available on the client device, where an operation on the instance of the business context data is to cause the operation to be applied to the data at the server.