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On the Reusability of User Interface Declarative Models

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The automatic generation of user interfaces based on declarative models achieves a significant reduction of the development effort. In this paper, we analyze the feasibility of using two well-known techniques such as XInclude and Packaging in the new context of reusing user-interface model specifications. After analyzing the suitability of each technique for UI reutilization and implementing both techniques in a real system, we show that both techniques are suited to be used within the context of today’s existing model-based user interfaces.

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  1. Escuela Superior de Ingenieros, C/ Camino de los descubrimientos s/n, 41092, Sevilla, Spain

    Antonio Delgado, Antonio Estepa, José A. Troyano & Rafael Estepa

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  1. Escuela Politecnica Superior de Albacete, Universidad Castilla-La Mancha, Campus Universitario s/n, Albacete, 02071, Spain

    Victor Lopez Jaquero

  2. Escuela Politecnica Superior, Universidad Castilla-La Mancha, Campus Universitario s/n, Albacete, 02071, Spain

    Francisco Montero Simarro

  3. Escuela Politecnica Superior de Albacete, Universidad Castilla-La Mancha, Campus Universitario s/n, Albacete, 02071, Spain

    Jose Pascual Molina Masso

  4. Institut d'Administration et de Gestion, Université catholique de Louvain, Place des Doyens 1, Louvain-la-Neuve, 1348, Belgium

    Jean Vanderdonckt

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Delgado, A., Estepa, A., Troyano, J.A., Estepa, R. (2009). On the Reusability of User Interface Declarative Models. In: Lopez Jaquero, V., Montero Simarro, F., Molina Masso, J., Vanderdonckt, J. (eds) Computer-Aided Design of User Interfaces VI. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84882-206-1_29

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