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The paper describes the BOSS-System belonging to the class of model based user interface construction tools, which generate an executable user interface out of a declarative description (model) of an interactive application. BOSS gains a rather high level of usability due to a couple of reasons: BOSS employs an encompassing specification model (HIT, Hierarchic Interaction graph Templates) which allows the declarative description of all parts of the model of an interactive application (application interface, user interaction task space, presentation design rules) in a natural, designer oriented way. BOSS offers an integrated development environment in which user interface designers can elaborate specifications in a graphical, visual-programming-like manner. Through a refinement component, specifications can be refined according to high-level design goals. From a refined specification BOSS generates automatically working user interfaces using modified techniques from compiler construction.
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Schreiber, S. (1994). Specification and generation of user interfaces with the BOSS-System. In: Blumenthal, B., Gornostaev, J., Unger, C. (eds) Human-Computer Interaction. EWHCI 1994. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 876. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-58648-2_30
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