SketchiXML: Towards a multi-agent design tool for sketching user interfaces based on USIXML

ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Volumn 86, Issue , 2004, Pages 75-82

  Coyette, Adrien ^a   Faulkner, Stéphane ^a   Kolp, Manuel ^a   Limbourg, Quentin ^a   Vanderdonckt, Jean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

BDI; Development processes; Interface sketching; Multi agent architecture; Multi path development; Multi platform; SKwyRL; User interface description language; User interface engineering

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT PROCESS; MULTI-PATH DEVELOPMENT; MULTI-PLATFORM; MULTIAGENT ARCHITECTURE; USER INTERFACE DESCRIPTION LANGUAGES;

LINGUISTICS; MARKUP LANGUAGES; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; OBSOLESCENCE; QUERY LANGUAGES;

USER INTERFACES;

EID: 77952972695     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1045446.1045461     Document Type: Conference Paper

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