Generation of visual language-oriented design environments

Backlund, Björn; Hagsand, Olof; Pehrson, Björn

doi:10.1016/s1045-926x(05)80019-9

Cited by 23 publications

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“…These typically produce database-integrated tools, such as KOGGE [10] and that of Backlund et al [2], or tools which use a canonical program representation, such as MultiView [1], Escalante [28] and Vampire [27]. Generated tools typically have good data, control and presentation integration, and can provide good process integration via the use of process-centered environments [3,26].…”

Section: Related Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

Constructing component-based software engineering environments: issues and experiences

Grundy

Mugridge

Hosking

2000

Information and Software Technology

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Developing software engineering tools is a difficult task, and the environments in which these tools are deployed continually evolve as software developers' processes, tools and tool sets evolve. To more effectively develop such evolvable environments, we have been using component-based approaches to build and integrate a range of software development tools, including CASE and workflow tools, file servers and versioning systems, and a variety of reusable software agents. We describe the rationale for a component-based approach to developing such tools, the architecture and support tools we have used, some resultant tools and tool facilities we have developed, and summarise possible future research directions in this area.

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Section: Related Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

Constructing component-based software engineering environments: issues and experiences

Grundy

Mugridge

Hosking

2000

Information and Software Technology

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“…Both properties de ne the notion of a good r epresentation 1 . Good representations may still be bad as they can be unnatural.…”

Section: Graphical Theory (Graphical Inference)mentioning

confidence: 99%

A Syntax-Directed Approach to Picture Semantics

Wang¹,

Zeevat²

1998

Visual Language Theory

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If one constructs a visual language, it is necessary to have a methodology for constructing the relationship between aspects of the pictures and the corresponding aspects of the application domain. The various methods for specifying Visual Languages emphasize computational aspects, where the semantics of the picture is embedded in the computational setting of the speci cation, but they are not based on an understanding of the cognitive issues involved in the semantics of pictures and in the use of the pictures for a better grasp of the application domain and for manipulating the domain. We think that the analogy between a picture and its meaning is what can help people to understand the meaning represented by the picture, and that the match between the syntactic structures of the picture and what it represents is an important element of analogy. We f o rmalise the notion of matching in an approach to picture semantics based on order-sorted algebra. Pictures are described in a well-structured framework (order sorted signature) and so is the application domain. Constructing the relationship between pictures and their meanings is guided by a formal notion of signature morphism which, combining with the formal description of pictures, enforces a structural match between pictures and their represented. We also discuss the various issues brought out by this algebra approach.

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“…• A graph-based, abstract and flexible program structure and semantics representation [1,2]. • Textual and graphical view support, as visual programming is typically useful for high-level detail while text is typically useful for low-level detail [9,11,13].…”

Section: Requirementsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…They use an MVC-like update model, however, and do not support modification histories or visual change indication. Generated environments like Dora [11], Mjølner/ORM [10], and LOGGIE [2] provide structureoriented editing for views of a program. This editing style has yet to gain wide acceptance among programmers [15].…”

Section: Existing Systemsmentioning

confidence: 99%