A visual approach for modeling spatiotemporal relations

ABSTRACT

Textual programming languages have proven to be difficult to learn and to use effectively for many people. For this sake, visual tools can be useful to abstract the complexity of such textual languages, minimizing the specification efforts. In this paper we present a visual approach for high level specification of spatiotemporal relations. In order to accomplish this task, our visual representation provides an intuitive way to specify complex synchronization events amongst media. Finally, to validate our work, the visual specification is mapped to NCL (Nested Context Language), the standard declarative language of the Brazilian Terrestrial Digital TV System.

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INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  I. Computing Methodologies
  I.7 DOCUMENT AND TEXT PROCESSING
      I.7.2 Document Preparation
          Subjects: Hypertext/hypermedia

General Terms:
Design, Experimentation, Human Factors, Languages

Keywords:
NCL, SBTVD, connector, spatiotemporal relations, synchronization, visual representation, visual specification