Generating domain-specific visual language tools from abstract visual specification.
Domain-specific visual languages support high-level modeling for a wide range of application domains. However, building tools to support such languages is very challenging. We describe a set of key conceptual requirements for such tools and our approach to addressing these requirements, a set of vis...
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| author | Grundy, John C. Hosking, John Li, Karen Na Mohd Ali, Norhayati Huh, Jun Li, Richard Lei |
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| description | Domain-specific visual languages support high-level modeling for a wide range of application domains. However, building tools to support such languages is very challenging. We describe a set of key conceptual requirements for such tools and our approach to addressing these requirements, a set of visual language-based meta tools. These support definition of meta models, visual notations, views, modeling behaviors, design critics, and model transformations and provide a platform to realize target visual modeling tools.Extensions support collaborative work, human-centric tool interaction, and multi platform deployment. We illustrate application of the
meta tool set on tools developed with our approach. We describe tool developer and cognitive evaluations of our platform and our exemplar tools, and summarize key future research directions. |
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| spelling | upm-305662015-10-20T07:42:58Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/30566/ Generating domain-specific visual language tools from abstract visual specification. Grundy, John C. Hosking, John Li, Karen Na Mohd Ali, Norhayati Huh, Jun Li, Richard Lei Domain-specific visual languages support high-level modeling for a wide range of application domains. However, building tools to support such languages is very challenging. We describe a set of key conceptual requirements for such tools and our approach to addressing these requirements, a set of visual language-based meta tools. These support definition of meta models, visual notations, views, modeling behaviors, design critics, and model transformations and provide a platform to realize target visual modeling tools.Extensions support collaborative work, human-centric tool interaction, and multi platform deployment. We illustrate application of the meta tool set on tools developed with our approach. We describe tool developer and cognitive evaluations of our platform and our exemplar tools, and summarize key future research directions. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers 2013-04 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/30566/1/Generating%20domain.pdf Grundy, John C. and Hosking, John and Li, Karen Na and Mohd Ali, Norhayati and Huh, Jun and Li, Richard Lei (2013) Generating domain-specific visual language tools from abstract visual specification. IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, 39 (4). pp. 487-515. ISSN 0098-5589 10.1109/TSE.2012.33 English |
| spellingShingle | Grundy, John C. Hosking, John Li, Karen Na Mohd Ali, Norhayati Huh, Jun Li, Richard Lei Generating domain-specific visual language tools from abstract visual specification. |
| title | Generating domain-specific visual language tools from abstract visual specification. |
| title_full | Generating domain-specific visual language tools from abstract visual specification. |
| title_fullStr | Generating domain-specific visual language tools from abstract visual specification. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Generating domain-specific visual language tools from abstract visual specification. |
| title_short | Generating domain-specific visual language tools from abstract visual specification. |
| title_sort | generating domain-specific visual language tools from abstract visual specification. |
| url | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/30566/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/30566/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/30566/1/Generating%20domain.pdf |