A Framework of Syntactic Models for the Implementation of Visual Languages

In this paper we present a framework of syntactic models for the definition and implementation of visual languages. We analyze a wide range of existing visual languages and, for each of them, we propose a characterization according to a syntactic model. The framework has been implemented in the Visual Language Compiler-Compiler (VLCC) system. VLCC is a practical, flexible and extensible tool for the automatic generation of visual programming environments which allows to implement visual languages once they are modeled according to a syntactic model.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 1997
• Where: VL
• Authors: Gennaro Costagliola, Andrea De Lucia, Sergio Orefice, Genoveffa Tortora
• Keywords: Syntactic Model, Visual Language Compiler-Compiler, Visual Languages, VL 1997