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Separating user interface and functionality using a frame based data model

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J. Wielimaker,

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UIST '89: Proceedings of the 2nd annual ACM SIGGRAPH symposium on User interface software and technology

Pages 25 - 33

https://doi.org/10.1145/73660.73664

Published: 13 November 1989 Publication History

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The separation between user interface and functionality found in many screen editors is generalized to handle a data model based on frames and binary relations. This paper describes a User Interface Management System (UIMS) based on the data model. The UIMS is capable of maintaining different and simultaneous representations of the same application data objects. The functionality and user interface are implemented on top of a small object oriented programming system. This allows the UIMS to be simple and independent of the graphics software and hardware as well as the data representation used by the application programs.

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Laffra Cvan den Bos J(1991)Propagators and concurrent constraintsACM SIGPLAN OOPS Messenger10.1145/127070.1270872:2(68-72)Online publication date: 1-Apr-1991
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Separating user interface and functionality using a frame based data model
1. Social and professional topics
  1. Professional topics
    1. Management of computing and information systems
      1. File systems management
      2. System management
2. Software and its engineering
  1. Software notations and tools
    1. Development frameworks and environments
      1. Integrated and visual development environments

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UIST '89: Proceedings of the 2nd annual ACM SIGGRAPH symposium on User interface software and technology

November 1989

179 pages

ISBN:0897913353

DOI:10.1145/73660

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George Washington Univ., Washington, DC

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Unterweger DBrenner E(1996)Architecture model for a user interface software tool supporting application independenceProceedings Sixth Australian Conference on Computer-Human Interaction10.1109/OZCHI.1996.560012(205-212)Online publication date: 1996
https://doi.org/10.1109/OZCHI.1996.560012
Karssen ZToussaint C(1992)A kernel architecture for a computer aided knowledge engineering workbenchProceedings Fourth International Conference on Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering10.1109/SEKE.1992.227947(55-62)Online publication date: 1992
https://doi.org/10.1109/SEKE.1992.227947
Laffra Cvan den Bos J(1991)Propagators and concurrent constraintsACM SIGPLAN OOPS Messenger10.1145/127070.1270872:2(68-72)Online publication date: 1-Apr-1991
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/127070.127087
Laffra Cvan den Bos JWilson P(1991)Propagators and concurrent constraintsProceedings of the workshop on Object-based concurrent programming10.1145/127056.127087(68-72)Online publication date: 1-Apr-1991
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/127056.127087

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