TY - GEN
T1 - Integrating status and event phenomena in formal specifications of interactive systems
AU - Abowd, Gregory D.
AU - Dix, Alan J.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 1994 ACM.
PY - 1994/12/1
Y1 - 1994/12/1
N2 - In this paper we investigate the appropriateness of formal specification languages for the description of user interface phenomena. Specifically, we are concerned with the distinction between continuously available information, which we call status, and atomic, non-persistent information, which we call events. We propose a hybrid model and notation to address status and event phenomena symmetrically. We demonstrate the effectiveness of this model for designing and understanding mixed control interaction, an especially important topic in the design of multi-user systems.
AB - In this paper we investigate the appropriateness of formal specification languages for the description of user interface phenomena. Specifically, we are concerned with the distinction between continuously available information, which we call status, and atomic, non-persistent information, which we call events. We propose a hybrid model and notation to address status and event phenomena symmetrically. We demonstrate the effectiveness of this model for designing and understanding mixed control interaction, an especially important topic in the design of multi-user systems.
KW - Formal specification
KW - Interactive system design
KW - Mixed control interaction
KW - Multi-user systems
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85025407746&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1145/193173.195293
DO - 10.1145/193173.195293
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85025407746
T3 - Proceedings of the ACM SIGSOFT Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering
SP - 44
EP - 52
BT - Proceedings of the 2nd ACM SIGSOFT Symposium on Foundations of Software Engineering, SIGSOFT 1994
PB - Association for Computing Machinery
T2 - 2nd ACM SIGSOFT Symposium on Foundations of Software Engineering, SIGSOFT 1994
Y2 - 6 December 1994 through 9 December 1994
ER -