Tool support for the navigation in graphical models

Graphical models are omnipresent in the software engineering field, but most current graphical modeling languages do not scale with the increasing size and complexity of today's systems. The navigation in the diagrams becomes a major problem especially if different aspects of the system are sca...

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Main Authors: Reinhard, Tobias, Meier, Silvio, Stoiber, Reinhard, Cramer, Christina, Glinz, Martin
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
Data visualization
fisheye view
focus+context
Graphical models
graphical user interface
hierarchical network
Human-centered computing > Human computer interaction (HCI)
Informatics
information visualization
Navigation
Scattering
Size control
Software and its engineering > Software creation and management > Designing software > Software implementation planning > Software design techniques
Software and its engineering > Software creation and management > Software development process management
Software design
Software engineering
Switches
Unified modeling language
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Summary:Graphical models are omnipresent in the software engineering field, but most current graphical modeling languages do not scale with the increasing size and complexity of today's systems. The navigation in the diagrams becomes a major problem especially if different aspects of the system are scattered over multiple, only loosely coupled diagrams. In this paper we present the hierarchical navigation capabilities of the Adora modeling tool. The user of this tool can freely control the level of detail in different parts of the model to reduce the size and complexity of the diagrams being displayed. Our fisheye visualization technique makes it possible to integrate all modeling aspects (structure, data, behavior, etc.) in one coherent model while keeping the size and complexity of the diagrams within reasonable limits.
ISSN:0270-5257
1558-1225
DOI:10.1145/1368088.1368211