I've been thinking about way to describe UI in a matter of intentions ( "show this piece of data first, then this one, "warn the user", etc) rather than graphic

I've been thinking about way to describe UI in a matter of intentions ( "show this piece of data first, then this one, "warn the user", etc) rather than graphic property and let the device ( or a framework) generate that depending on the device. Anyone knows of such a technology ?