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Abstract | ||
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AbstractTowards Open Graphical Tool-Building FrameworkNowadays, there are many frameworks for developing domain-specific tools. However, if we want to create a really sophisticated tool with specific functionality requirements, it is not always an easy task to do. Although tool-building platforms offer some means for extending the tool functionality and accessing it from external applications, it usually requires a deep understanding of various technical implementation details. In this paper we try to go one step closer to a really open graphical tool-building framework that would allow both to change the behavior of the tool and to access the tool from the outside easily. We start by defining a specialization of metamodels which is a great and powerful facility itself. Then we go on and show how this can be applied in the field of graphical domain-specific tool building. The approach is demonstrated on an example of a subset of UML activity diagrams. The benefits of the approach are also clearly indicated. These include a natural and intuitive definition of tools, a strict logic/presentation separation and the openness for extensions as well as for external applications. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
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2011 | 10.2478/v10143-011-0011-8 | Periodicals |
Field | DocType | Volume |
Data mining,Unified Modeling Language,Open architecture,Systems engineering,Information technology,Computer science,Openness to experience,Activity diagram,Strict logic,Software development,Project management | Journal | 43 |
Issue | ISSN | Citations |
1 | 1407-7493 | 3 |
PageRank | References | Authors |
0.47 | 4 | 3 |
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edgars Rencis | 1 | 53 | 9.07 |
| Janis Barzdins | 2 | 199 | 35.69 |
| Sergejs Kozlovics | 3 | 10 | 4.14 |