Title
On the Specification of Dynamic Visual Languages
Abstract
We study the dynamics of visual sentences produced during interaction between user and computer. Our approach states that the messages exchanged between the user and the computer not only should make esplicit the current state of the interaction, but also the possible paths that it may take. We introduce the notion of "dynamic visual language" as set of visual sentences characterised by the presence of a common frame which conveys the context in which users are operating. We present a formal model of derivation of dynamic visual sentences, in which each visual sentence specifies the possible actions which can be performed on it and the possible transformations it can go through. The concepts are illustrated by examples in visual navigation and visual querying.
Year
DOI
Venue
1998
10.1109/VL.1998.706129
VL
Keywords
Field
DocType
approach state,possible path,possible transformation,visual navigation,possible action,dynamic visual language,dynamic visual languages,common frame,visual querying,dynamic visual sentence,visual sentence,human factors,formal specification,computer science,displays,law,formal specifications,navigation,user interfaces,usability
Visual language,Computer science,Human visual system model,Visual navigation,Visual analytics,Formal specification,Artificial intelligence,Natural language processing,User interface,Sentence,Visual rhetoric
Conference
ISBN
Citations 
PageRank 
0-8186-8712-6
9
1.30
References 
Authors
0
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
P. Bottoni132340.12
S. Levialdi2698105.06
Shi-Kuo Chang318561248.89
M. F. Costabile438636.14
P. Mussio535933.67