2013 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
Towards an Operationalization of the “Physics of Notations” for the Analysis of Visual Languages
Authors : Harald Störrle, Andrew Fish
Published in: Model-Driven Engineering Languages and Systems
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
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We attempt to validate the conceptual framework “Physics of Notation” (PoN) as a means for analysing visual languages by applying it to UML Use Case Diagrams. We discover that the PoN, in its current form, is neither precise nor comprehensive enough to be applied in an objective way to analyse practical visual software engineering notations. We propose an operationalization of a part of the PoN, highlight conceptual shortcomings of the PoN, and explore ways to address them.