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UI Device Properties in Model UI Device Properties@0.0.4

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Model: UI Device PropertiesStatus: EXPERIMENTAL

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Documentation

The UI device properties catalog contains properties that can be used to select appropriate UI fragments depending on the properties of the available platforms and on the design constraints of the respective fragment. The device properties presented herein may also be used for the design process of interactive systems. However, this catalog is not fully developed. Single properties may not be sufficient regarding the data type modeling and also the actual properties may not be up-to-date. This catalog has been designed in order to show how the properties modeling could be done in general and in order to make some device properties available to case studies regarding the selection of UI fragments. The main categories of the available properties are organized depending on the modality, i.e. the used or available information channels to and from the user. That is how multimodal devices providing a combination of different modalities can be designed. - Abstract Properties: Mostly classes of information on an abstract level that can be provided by users as system input are specified. Each of the properties does not rely on the actual channels used for information exchange. - Visual Properties: Properties regarding the visual information in- and output are specified. Human personnell uses their eyes to perceive information from the interactive system. Visual or graphical information input will be performed indirectly, e.g. by using their hands. - Auditive Properties: Properties regarding the auditive information in- and output are specified. Human personnell uses their ears to perceive information and their voices to provide information. - Haptical Properties: Properties regarding the haptival information in- and output are specified. Human personnell might mostly use their hands to percieve and provide information. - Physical Properties: Properties regarding the physical shape of interaction devices are being specified. - Property Types: Specialized property types for the device description are defined. Other property types from the common property types catalog will also be used.