Semantic User Interfaces

Semantic User Interfaces (SUIs), are sets of interrelated, static, domain specific documents having layout and content, whose interpretation is defined through semantic decoration. SUIs are declarative in nature. They allow program composition by the user herself at the user interface level. The ope...

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Published in:International journal of enterprise information systems 2010-01, Vol.6 (1), p.29-43
Main Authors: Tilly, Károly, Porkoláb, Zoltán
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Contracts
Decoration
Documents
Enterprisewide computing
Information systems
Infrastructure
Ontologies
Representations
Reusable components
Semantics
Separation
User interface
User interfaces
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Summary:Semantic User Interfaces (SUIs), are sets of interrelated, static, domain specific documents having layout and content, whose interpretation is defined through semantic decoration. SUIs are declarative in nature. They allow program composition by the user herself at the user interface level. The operation of SUI based applications follow a service oriented approach. SUI elements referenced in user requests are automatically mapped to reusable service provider components, whose contracts are specified in domain ontologies. This assures semantic separation of user interface components from elements of the underlying application system infrastructure, which allows full separation of concerns during system development; real, application independent, reusable components; user editable applications and generic learnability. This article presents the architecture and components of a SUI framework, basic elements of SUI documents and relevant properties of domain ontologies for SUI documents. The basics of representation and operation of SUI applications are explained through a motivating example.
ISSN:1548-1115
1548-1123
DOI:10.4018/jeis.2010120203