Building User Interfaces with Tasks, Dialogs and XML

Coninx, Karin; Clerckx, Tim; Creemers, Bert; Luyten, Kris; Van den Bergh, Jan; Vandervelpen, Chris

Karin Coninx, Tim Clerckx, Bert Creemers, Kris Luyten, Jan Van den Bergh, & Chris Vandervelpen, Building User Interfaces with Tasks, Dialogs and XML, in Robert J. K. Jacob, Quentin Limbourg, & Jean Vanderdonckt (eds.), The ACM International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces and Computer Aided Design of User Interfaces(IUI/CADUI'2004) (Demo Paper), . PDF

Abstract:

We present two ongoing research efforts, both aim to support the use of models for designing (multi- and multiple-device) User Interfaces. The first tool, a part of the Dygimes framework, shows how context and tasks can be combined. It allows to generate prototype interfaces from context-sensitive task models. It builds upon a runtime environment in Java and an XML-based High Level User Interface Description (HLUID) language to generate the prototype interface. The second tool, uiml.net, experiments with another HLUID and another runtime enviroment to generate interfaces. Both tools are work in progress.