Abstract representations as a basis for usable user interfaces

Interacting with Computers

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 477-506

  Trewin, Shari ^a   Zimmermann, Gottfried ^b   Vanderheiden, Gregg ^b  

^a IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Abstract user interface; Device independence; Modality independence; UIML; Universal remote console; XForms; XIML

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANTS; REMOTE CONSOLES; SPEECH RECOGNITION; XML;

ABSTRACT USER INTERFACE; DEVICE INDEPENDENCE; INTERFACE REPRESENTATION LANGUAGE; MODALITY INDEPENDENCE; UIML; UNIVERSAL REMOTE CONSOLE; UNIVERSAL REMOTE CONSOLE (URC); XFORMS; XIML;

USER INTERFACES;

EID: 2942538533     PISSN: 09535438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intcom.2004.04.005     Document Type: Conference Paper

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