A Classification Framework to Support the Design of Visual Languages
An important step in the design of visual languages is the specification of the graphical objects and the composition rules for constructing feasible visual sentences. The presence of different typologies of visual languages, each with specific graphical and structural characteristics, yields the ne...
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| Published in: | Journal of visual languages and computing Vol. 13; no. 6; pp. 573 - 600 |
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| Main Authors: | , , , |
| Format: | Journal Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier Ltd
01-12-2002
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| Summary: | An important step in the design of visual languages is the specification of the graphical objects and the composition rules for constructing feasible visual sentences. The presence of different typologies of visual languages, each with specific graphical and structural characteristics, yields the need to have models and tools that unify the design steps for different types of visual languages. To this aim, in this paper we present a formal framework of visual language classes. Each class characterizes a family of visual languages based upon the nature of their graphical objects and composition rules. The framework has been embedded in the Visual Language Compiler–Compiler (VLCC), a graphical system for the automatic generation of visual programming environments. |
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| ISSN: | 1045-926X 1095-8533 |
| DOI: | 10.1006/jvlc.2002.0234 |