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A Software Category Model for Graphical User Interface Architectures

Authors:
Stefan Wendler
Detlef Streitferdt

Keywords: GUI software architecture; software architecture; user interface patterns; graphical user interface

Abstract:
The development and maintenance of graphical user interfaces (GUI) for business information systems is still affected by software architectures lacking quality. Only basic patterns and few reference architectures are available for GUI development. There exist no standard architectures for reuse. High efforts accumulate for the adaptation of patterns but the resulting architecture quality often does not represent the desired separation of concerns and is hard to maintain. In this work, general GUI architecture design issues are analyzed. The foundation of the analysis is elaborated as a software category tree that represents the common responsibilities within GUI architectures. As result, the major design issues of GUI systems are summarized. To assess other GUI reference architectures, the software category tree may be of value.

Pages: 123 to 133

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2014

Publication date: October 12, 2014

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4235

ISBN: 978-1-61208-367-4

Location: Nice, France

Dates: from October 12, 2014 to October 16, 2014