Title :
The development of hierarchical visual languages
Author :
Costagliola, G. ; Ferrucci, F. ; Polese, G. ; Vitiello, G.
Author_Institution :
Dipt. di Matematica ed Inf., Salerno Univ., Italy
Abstract :
The development of a visual language requires a specification of its syntax and semantics and the implementation of a visual environment which embeds it. In the present paper we describe VLCC, a graphical system for the automatic generation of visual programming environments. We show that the system is able to support the development of complex real-world visual languages which exhibit hierarchical aspects, such as Statecharts and UML notations
Keywords :
automatic programming; formal specification; programming environments; programming language semantics; simulation languages; visual languages; visual programming; Statecharts; UML notations; VLCC; automatic generation; hierarchical visual languages; semantics; specification; syntax; visual programming environments; Application software; Image recognition; Program processors; Programming environments; Software engineering; Unified modeling language;
Conference_Titel :
Image Analysis and Processing, 1999. Proceedings. International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Venice
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-0040-4
DOI :
10.1109/ICIAP.1999.797766
