User interface modeling: Difference between revisions

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== Definition ==

<p>The term [[User Interface]] [[Modeling]] is mostly used in an IT-context. A user interface model is a representation of how the end user(s) interact with a computer program or another device and also how the system responds. The modeling task is then to show all the "''directly experienced'' aspects of a thing or

device" [Trætteberg2002]</p>

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and because the model-based user interface development environments (MB-UIDE)

lack ability for modeling applications, the University of Manchester started the reaserch project UMLi in 1998.

UMLi aims to adressaddress this problem of designing and implementing user interfaces using a combination of [[Unified Modeling Language|UML]] and MB-UIDE.

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== Model types ==

The different aspects of a user interface requires diferentdifferent model types. Some of the models that may be considered for UI-modeling are:

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<li>[[Domain model]], including data model (defines the objects that a user can view, access and manipulate through the user interface)</li>