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Title

MaramaTatau: extending a domain specific visual language meta tool with a declarative constraint mechanism

Author(s)

Liu, Na;  Hosking, John;  Grundy, John

Abstract

It is increasingly common to use metatools to specify and generate domain specific visual language tools. A common problem for such metatools is specification of model level behaviours, such as constraints and dependencies. These often need to be specified using conventional code in the form of event handlers or the like. We report our experience in integrating a declarative constraint/dependency specification mechanism into a domain specific visual language metatool, focussing on the tradeoffs we have made in the notational design and environmental support used. The expressive power of the mechanism developed is illustrated by a substantial case study where we have redeveloped a complex visual tool for architectural modelling, eliminating conventional event handlers.

Publication type

Conference paper

Source

Proceedings of the IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing (VLHCC '07), Coeur d'Alene, United States, 23-27 September 2007 / Philip Cox, and John Hosking (eds.), pp. 95-103

Publication year

2007

FOR Code(s)

0806 Information Systems

Keyword(s)

Case studies;  Codes (symbols);  Common problems;  Constraint mechanisms;  Conventional codes;  Domain specifics;  Event handlers;  Expressive powers;  Linguistics;  Machine design;  Meta tools;  Query languages;  Specifications;  Visual constraint language;  Visual language metatool;  Visual language tools;  Visual tools

Publisher

IEEE

ISBN

9780769529875, 0769529879

Publisher URL

http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/VLHCC.2007.10

Copyright

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