Constructing multi-view editing environments using MViews

Grundy, John; Hosking, John

doi:10.1109/vl.1993.269600

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“…Multi-description Based Visual Languages Multi-description based visual languages are presented in [2] and [13]. Indeed, Visual Toolset [2] and MViews [13] do exploit the idea of handling domain complexity by using a multiple visual and text descriptions as a part of a multi-paradigm language. However, they are not oriented to a particular application domain and as a result they take different considerations into account.…”

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User-enhanceability for organisational information systems through visual programming

Mehandjiev

Bottaci

1996

Notes on Numerical Fluid Mechanics and Multidisciplinary Design

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Organisations that adapt rapidly require flexible software systems. Conventional system development methods are too slow for these organisations. One way to alleviate these problems is to empower members of the organisation, domain experts, to directly control and modify such systems (user enhanceability). This paper considers the applicability of visual languages as an enabling tool for user enhanceability. Previous systems in this area have succeeded only for narrow application domains and have failed to scale up. This paper highlights some major problems in such an endeavonr, presents a generic architecture that addresses these problems and discusses a user enhanceable system for workflow applications that was implemented using this architecture.

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User-enhanceability for organisational information systems through visual programming

Mehandjiev

Bottaci

1996

Notes on Numerical Fluid Mechanics and Multidisciplinary Design

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“…This framework provides a set of abstractions for constructing software development environments that support multiple graphical and textual views with in-built consistency between views [14]. MViews has been reused to build an object-oriented software development environment, SPE (Snart Programming Environment) [15,16].…”

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Directions in modelling environments

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Augenbroe

Hosking

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Automation in Construction

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Schema definition is a vital component in the development of computerised A/E/C projects, but existing tools to manage this task are limited both in terms of the scope of problems they can tackle and their integration with each other. This paper describes a global modelling and development environment for large modelling projects. This environment provides a total solution from initial design of schemas to validation, manipulation and navigation through final models. A major benefit of the described system is the ability to provide multiple views of evolving schemas (or models) in both graphical and textual forms. This allows modellers to visualise their schemas and instance models either textually or graphically as desired. The system automatically maintains the consistency of the information in these views even when modifications are made in other views. Simple and intuitive view navigation methods allow required information to be rapidly accessed. The environment supports strict checking of model instances and schemas in one of the major ISO-standardised modelling languages now used in product data technology. In this paper we show how such a modelling environment has been constructed for evaluation in the JOULE funded COMBINE project.

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“…Interesting work on a multiple view environment supporting graphical and textual tools is being carried out at the university of Wales as reported in [21,30,20]. Grundy and Hosking [10] present the Snart Programming Environment (SPE) that supports multiple textual and graphical views of a program. It provides support for object-oriented analysis and design using diagrams, textual programming, and hypertext -based browsing.…”

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A database representation that improves automation and maintains consistency in a multiple view environment

Albalooshi

2002

Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering

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The paper presents an approach to information representation that takes advantage of the incremental nature of software development to facilitate automation. Software is developed in stages where input to a stage is highly dependent on the stage that precedes it. A canonical database representation that is shared by the development tools is presented. It aims at the provision of maximum automated services in the development process. At the same time ensuring the consistency of design information and avoiding its redundancy, and yet providing an open environment in which new tools and services can be incorporated with no effect on existing ones. Experiments are carried out to examine the usefulness of the representation to store the artifacts of a system under development and its suitability in achieving automation in the development process. Similar work carried out by researchers in the field and a number of commercially available tools are analyzed.

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Constructing multi-view editing environments using MViews

Abstract: MViews abstracts out common features of multi-view

Cited by 18 publications

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User-enhanceability for organisational information systems through visual programming

User-enhanceability for organisational information systems through visual programming

Directions in modelling environments

A database representation that improves automation and maintains consistency in a multiple view environment

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