Towards a technique for reverse engineering Web transactions from a user´s perspective

Author

Distante, Damiano ; Parveen, Tauhida ; Tilley, Scott

Author_Institution

Dept. of Innovation Eng., Lecce Univ., Italy

fYear

2004

fDate

24-26 June 2004

Firstpage

142

Lastpage

150

Abstract

Many Web sites could improve their users\´ experience through systematic analysis of transaction paths, so that users\´ expectations and site design are more closely aligned. This paper outlines preliminary steps towards a technique for reverse engineering Web transactions from a user\´s perspective. The result of the reverse engineering activity is a conceptual model that is based on extensions to the transaction design portion of the ubiquitous Web applications (UWA) framework. In particular, changes to the definition of an "activity", redefinitions of the "PropertySet" associated with an activity, and refinements to the UWA organization and execution models are proposed.

Keywords

Internet; Web design; Web sites; reverse engineering; ubiquitous computing; Web services; Web sites; Web transactions; conceptual modeling; reverse engineering; site design; transaction paths analysis; ubiquitous Web applications; Conferences; Design engineering; Design methodology; Internet; Large-scale systems; Reverse engineering; Technological innovation; User interfaces; Web page design; Web services;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Program Comprehension, 2004. Proceedings. 12th IEEE International Workshop on

ISSN

1092-8138

Print_ISBN

0-7695-2149-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WPC.2004.1311056

Filename

1311056