Software architecture for graphical interaction

  • Authors:
  • D. L. Weller;E. D. Carlson;G. M. Giddings;F. P. Palermo;R. Williams;S. N. Zilles

  • Affiliations:
  • IBM Research Laboratory, San Jose, CA;IBM Research Laboratory, San Jose, CA;-;IBM Santa Teresa Laboratory, San Jose, CA;IBM Research Laboratory, San Jose, CA;IBM Research Laboratory, San Jose, CA

  • Venue:
  • IBM Systems Journal
  • Year:
  • 1980

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Abstract

Pointing at items on a graphics display is one of the most useful methods of interacting with a system graphically. This paper examines existing graphical support and lists requirements for high-level support of graphical interaction. The architecture of a prototype system with high-level support for graphical interaction is presented. This includes database support for manipulating graphical data and device-independent graphical support based on a proposed standard for graphical interaction. Algorithms are presented for identifying items selected from a display by the user. Inclusion of a database management system in graphical software support is shown to be helpful in meeting the requirements of interactive graphical application programs.