用户界面描述语言是实现模型驱动的用户界面开发的重要方式.当前的用户界面描述语言一方面在对不同物理特性的交互设备上的用户界面的描述能力不足;另一方面,缺乏可扩展性及界面描述的组成部分的可复用性.针对上述问题,设计出一种界面描述语言——E-UIDL(extensible user interface description language).该语言遵循层次化、模块化的设计原则,能够支持多设备、多通道的用户界面的描述,并通过实例说明描述语言对笔式用户界面开发、多设备界面自动生成以及自适应用户界面开发的支持,深入地阐述了E-UIDL 的特性.
Abstract:
In model-driven approaches, user interface description languages (UIDL) often existed as the model and played an important role in the user interface development process. With the increase of the scale of software and the appearance novel devices and interaction techniques, user interface have changed greatly. Former UIDLs did not perform well in the support of new interaction paradigm. Because of this, the study proposes an extensible UIDL: E-UIDL. This UIDL follows several roles such as hierarchy and modularity. It can support the description of pen based user interfaces and multi-device user interfaces. This paper describes the features of E-UIDL in depth.