Designing maintainable, reusable interfaces

Author

Ege, Raimund K. ; Stary, Christian

Author_Institution

Sch. of CS, Florida Int. Univ., Miami, FL, USA

Volume

9

Issue

6

fYear

1992

Firstpage

24

Lastpage

32

Abstract

A conceptual framework, the Interaction Management Network (IMN), that captures the essential structure of any interface from task-oriented specification to object-oriented implementation is presented. IMN is essentially a task-oriented specification scheme based on a semantic network. For each element, as well as for the complete network, there is a direct representation suitable for object-oriented implementation. By capturing task relationships in the interface specification and explicitly representing constraints, designers can create interfaces that meet the often elusive user requirements. The application of IMN to creating an interface system for laying out floors is described.<>

Keywords

object-oriented methods; software reusability; user interface management systems; Interaction Management Network; floor layout; interface specification; maintainable interfaces; object-oriented; reusable interfaces; semantic network; task relationships; task-oriented specification; Algebra; Ambient intelligence; Application software; Computer applications; Computer interfaces; Libraries; Mice; Object oriented modeling;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Software, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0740-7459

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/52.168855

Filename

168855