TY - GEN
T1 - Towards an operationalization of the “physics of notations” for the analysis of visual languages
AU - Fish, Andrew
AU - Störrle, Harald
N1 - © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2013
PY - 2013/1/1
Y1 - 2013/1/1
N2 - We attempt to validate the conceptual framework “Physics of Notation” (PoN) as a means for analysing visual languages by applying it to UML Use Case Diagrams. We discover that the PoN, in its current form, is neither precise nor comprehensive enough to be applied in an objective way to analyse practical visual software engineering notations. We propose an operationalization of a part of the PoN, highlight conceptual shortcomings of the PoN, and explore ways to address them.
AB - We attempt to validate the conceptual framework “Physics of Notation” (PoN) as a means for analysing visual languages by applying it to UML Use Case Diagrams. We discover that the PoN, in its current form, is neither precise nor comprehensive enough to be applied in an objective way to analyse practical visual software engineering notations. We propose an operationalization of a part of the PoN, highlight conceptual shortcomings of the PoN, and explore ways to address them.
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-642-41533-3_7
DO - 10.1007/978-3-642-41533-3_7
M3 - Conference contribution with ISSN or ISBN
SN - 9783642415326
VL - 8107
T3 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science
SP - 104
EP - 120
BT - 16th International Conference, MODELS
CY - USA
T2 - 16th International Conference, MODELS
Y2 - 1 January 2013
ER -