Formal pattern specifications to facilitate semi-automated user interface generation

  • Authors:
  • Jürgen Engel;Christian Märtin;Christian Herdin;Peter Forbrig

  • Affiliations:
  • Faculty of Computer Science, Augsburg University of Applied Sciences, Augsburg, Germany,Institute of Computer Science, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany;Faculty of Computer Science, Augsburg University of Applied Sciences, Augsburg, Germany;Faculty of Computer Science, Augsburg University of Applied Sciences, Augsburg, Germany;Institute of Computer Science, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany

  • Venue:
  • HCI'13 Proceedings of the 15th international conference on Human-Computer Interaction: human-centred design approaches, methods, tools, and environments - Volume Part I
  • Year:
  • 2013

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Abstract

This paper depicts potentialities of formal HCI pattern specifications with regard to facilitate the semi-automated generation of user interfaces for interactive applications. In a first step existing proven and well accepted techniques in the field of model-based user interface development are highlighted and briefly reviewed. Subsequently it is discussed how we combine model-based and pattern-oriented methods within our user interface modeling and development framework in order to partly enable automated user interface generation. In this context a concrete pattern definition approach is introduced and illustrated with tangible examples from the domain of interactive knowledge sharing applications.