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Specification using object-oriented modelling is a useful technique for user interface design when it is placed in an appropriate methodological context. While designing a user interface, a designer can use object-oriented models to record, refer to and communicate user interface design information, namely, abstractions describing application domains, computer systems and their interactive components. This paper describes (a) the rationale for modelling; (b) a user interface design methodology, Idiom, which integrates modelling activities with other more traditional user interface design activities; (c) a notation for object-oriented modelling which includes the ability to append formal or informal descriptive properties to a model; (d) a brief example illustrating the kinds of models that are constructed during user interface design; and, (e) a discussion of experience with modelling in Idiom.
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van Harmelen, M. (1995). Object-Oriented Modelling and Specification for User Interface Design. In: Paternó, F. (eds) Interactive Systems: Design, Specification, and Verification. Focus on Computer Graphics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-87115-3_13
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