Author:
Lassaad Ben Ammar
Affiliation:
Prince Sattam bin Abdul-Aziz University, Kharj, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, University of Sfax, Sfax and Tunisia
Keyword(s):
Unified Model Transformation, Model-based User Interface Development, Software Engineering.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Cross-Feeding between Data and Software Engineering
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Model-Driven Engineering
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Service-Oriented Software Engineering and Management
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Software and Systems Development Methodologies
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Software Engineering
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Software Engineering Methods and Techniques
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Software Process Improvement
Abstract:
The Model-Driven Development (MDD) paradigm is currently being taken interest in the field of Software Engineering (SE). It allows simplification and automation of the development process by defining models and transformations of those models. Model-Based User Interface Development (MBUID) is a variant of the MDD paradigm in the domain of UI development. It aims to reduce the efforts needed to develop UIs. It has had a significant research by the SE community leading to the definition of the Cameleon Reference Framework (CRF) as a unifying framework which structures the UI development process. In the last few years, several research works have been conducted with the aim of proposing a Cameleon-compliant UI development process. This situation leads to a series of important shortcomings; among them we quote in particular the lack of consensus (standard) about the information the different models have to contain and how to transform these models. With the aim of solving this issue of g
iving a uniformed UI development process, this paper presents an initiative towards uniformed task model and its transformation to an abstract user interface.
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