This paper describes the development process of Senses@Clipart, a tool designed to support multisensory communication. Senses@Clipart is a library of images, non-spoken sounds and sensory textual descriptions that was developed to be integrated in an environmental monitoring collaborative website. It can be used as a case library to support environmental public participation, offering visual, a...

Direct manipulation interfaces are characterised according to the representation of the task domain: the domain objects and the effect of user operations on those objects. In the VR-DIS system (Virtual Reality Design Information System), the task domain is represented by a mix of a verbal (textual) and analogue (pictorial) representation. Objects are represented by a mixture of a descriptive sp...

In this paper we present an in progress prototype for the graphical visualization and management of mappings for Ontology-based data access (OBDA). The tool supports the specification of expressive mappings linking a DL-Lite ontology to a relational source database, and allows the designer to graphically navigate them, according to various possible views, modify their textual representation, an...

Perusal of textual displays of document surrogates produced by Web-based ranked-output retrieval services may require much user time, effort, and money. In this paper we present VIEWER, a graphical interface that allows visualization and manipulation of views of retrieval results, where a view is the subset of retrieved surrogates that contain a specified subset of query terms. We argue that VI...

Gradients of absolute binocular disparity across a slanted surface are often considered the basis for stereoscopic slant perception. However, perceived stereo slant around a vertical axis is usually slow and significantly under-estimated for isolated surfaces. Perceived slant is enhanced when surrounding surfaces provide a relative disparity gradient or depth step at the edges of the slanted su...

Structured methods and formal methods for software development can supplement each other by eliminating each other's weak points. It is even better if an eeciently high level of integration can be achieved such that the products of each method can automatically be transformed into a product of the other method. In this paper a small case study is presented in which this principle is illustrated...

We present the architecture of a system for editing formatted documents. Key among the requirements for this system are support for complex page formats and the ability to incorporate diagrams and other non-textual features. The system is interactive, using an incremental formatter to adjust the text after each change. Our model allows for extending the set of supported document objects and per...

Documenting large scale IT-architectures is a laborious task that is executed by many different stakeholder types. We argue that a major obstacle that keeps stakeholders from keeping models up-todate is inadequate user interfaces for specific stakeholders. In this demo paper we present a novel modeling tool that provides adequate stakeholder views and describe the implementational challenges. T...

In this paper, an interactive decision support system is proposed to assist experts who prepare water resource management plans for decision makers and stakeholders. Several visualization techniques such as circle views, grid layout, small multiple maps, and simpli∗e-mail: a [email protected] †e-mail: [email protected] ‡e-mail: [email protected] §e-mail: hagen@inform...