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Exploiting HCI Pattern Collections for User Interface Generation

Authors:
Juergen Engel
Christian Herdin
Christian Maertin

Keywords: HCI patterns; pattern language; standardized pattern definition; pattern attributes; pattern relations; user interface generation.

Abstract:
In the field of human-computer interaction various pattern languages and pattern collections have evolved during the last years. They include patterns for domain-independent and domain-specific graphical user interface design, interaction design, interactive application structure and navigation, design for usability, and design for user experience. However, the description and specification structure and attributes vary between existing pattern lan¬guages. In order to unify the various approaches and make them exploitable for automated graphical user interface construction, we have mapped the information structure of the different pattern collections to the pattern language markup language. By adding some additional attributes, the resulting pattern specifications can be used for facilitating and automating the development process for real world interactive applications, e.g., for knowledge sharing systems.

Pages: 36 to 44

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2012

Publication date: July 22, 2012

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-3557

ISBN: 978-1-61208-221-9

Location: Nice, France

Dates: from July 22, 2012 to July 27, 2012