Task-related knowledge structures: analysis, modelling and application
Proceedings of the Fourth Conference of the British Computer Society on People and computers IV
Cognitive dimensions of notations
Proceedings of the fifth conference of the British Computer Society, Human-Computer Interaction Specialist Group on People and computers V
Principles of object-oriented analysis and design
Principles of object-oriented analysis and design
Object-oriented analysis and design with applications (2nd ed.)
Object-oriented analysis and design with applications (2nd ed.)
Software design---cognitive aspects
Software design---cognitive aspects
The Pragmatics of Model-Driven Development
IEEE Software
A methodology of visual modeling language evaluation
SOFSEM'05 Proceedings of the 31st international conference on Theory and Practice of Computer Science
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While evaluating usability of Visual Modeling Languages (VMLs) there is a need to take into account their pragmatics. VMLs can be applied in several contexts of use which might pose contradictory requirements for their evaluation. Thus, an explicit description of the context in which a VML is used, facilitates precise evaluation. Pragmatics consists of several profiles which describe concrete contexts of VML use.This paper attempts to apply task-oriented approaches for modeling the pragmatics profiles. First, it presents reasons for modeling pragmatics and discusses expected benefits for usability evaluation. When defining the role of pragmatics it uses some inspirations from linguistics. Then, it analyses the area of VML and extracts artifacts which need to be modeled. And finally, it discusses use of task-oriented approaches for this purpose and adapts some concepts.