Generating user interfaces from data models and dialogue net specifications

  • Authors:
  • Christian Janssen;Anette Weisbecker;Jürgen Ziegler

  • Affiliations:
  • Fraunhofer-Institut für Arbeitswirtschaft und Organisation, Nobelstr. 12, D-7000 Stuttgart 80, Germany;Fraunhofer-Institut für Arbeitswirtschaft und Organisation, Nobelstr. 12, D-7000 Stuttgart 80, Germany;Fraunhofer-Institut für Arbeitswirtschaft und Organisation, Nobelstr. 12, D-7000 Stuttgart 80, Germany

  • Venue:
  • CHI '93 Proceedings of the INTERACT '93 and CHI '93 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
  • Year:
  • 1993

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Abstract

A method and a set of supporting tools have been developed for an improved integration of user interface design with software engineering methods and tools. Animated user interfaces for database-oriented applications are generated from an extended data model and a new graphical technique for specifying dialogues. Based on views defined for the data model, an expert system uses explicit design rules derived from existing guidelines for producing the static layout of the user interface. A petri net based technique called dialogue nets is used for specifying the dynamic behaviour. Output is generated for an existing user interface management system. The approach supports rapid prototyping while using the advantages of standard software engineering methods.