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User interfaces are key properties of Business-to-Consumer (B2C) systems, and Web-based reservation systems are an important class of B2C systems. In this paper we show that these systems use a surprisingly broad spectrum of different approaches to handling temporal data in their Web inter faces. Based on these observations and on a literature analysis we develop a Morphological Box to present the main options for handling temporal data and give examples. The results indicate that the present state of developing and maintaining B2C systems has not been much influenced by modern Web Engi neering concepts and that there is considerable potential for improvement.
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Knolmayer, G.F., Borean, A. (2010). A Morphological Box for Handling Temporal Data in B2C Systems. In: Cellary, W., Estevez, E. (eds) Software Services for e-World. I3E 2010. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, vol 341. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-16283-1_25
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