A Framework for Integrating UIMS and User Task Models in the Design of User Interfaces

Abstract

This paper describes work towards the development of a framework for relating User Interface Management System (UIMS) architectural models and User Task Models (UTMs). The aim of the framework is to enable us to position features of user interface models and features of user task models in a common space. As a preliminary to the framework, we review recent work in both fields and identify the elements of user tasks and user interfaces (as reflected by UIMS architectures). We then propose an initial version of a framework to integrate the two forms of model.