In the past, formatting guidelines have proved to be a successful method to improve the readability of source code. With the increasing success of visual specification languages such as UML for model-driven software engineering visual guidelines are needed to standardize the presentation and the exchange of modeling diagrams with respect to human communication, understandability and readability. In this article, we introduce a new and encompassing taxonomy of visual guidelines capturing the aesthetic quality of UML class diagrams. We propose these guidelines as a framework to improve the aesthetic quality and thus the understandability of UML class diagrams. To validate this claim, we describe in detail a controlled experiment carried out as a pilot study to gather preliminary insights on the effects of some of the guideline rules on the understandability of UML class diagrams.
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Guidelines on the aesthetic quality of UML class diagrams - ScienceDirect
%0 Journal Article
%1 eichelberger2009guidelines
%A Eichelberger, Holger
%A Schmid, Klaus
%D 2009
%J Information and Software Technology
%K ClassDiagram OOM ObjectOrientation UML
%N 12
%P 1686-1698
%R https://doi.org/10.1016/j.infsof.2009.04.008
%T Guidelines on the aesthetic quality of UML class diagrams
%U https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0950584909000421
%V 51
%X In the past, formatting guidelines have proved to be a successful method to improve the readability of source code. With the increasing success of visual specification languages such as UML for model-driven software engineering visual guidelines are needed to standardize the presentation and the exchange of modeling diagrams with respect to human communication, understandability and readability. In this article, we introduce a new and encompassing taxonomy of visual guidelines capturing the aesthetic quality of UML class diagrams. We propose these guidelines as a framework to improve the aesthetic quality and thus the understandability of UML class diagrams. To validate this claim, we describe in detail a controlled experiment carried out as a pilot study to gather preliminary insights on the effects of some of the guideline rules on the understandability of UML class diagrams.
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abstract = {In the past, formatting guidelines have proved to be a successful method to improve the readability of source code. With the increasing success of visual specification languages such as UML for model-driven software engineering visual guidelines are needed to standardize the presentation and the exchange of modeling diagrams with respect to human communication, understandability and readability. In this article, we introduce a new and encompassing taxonomy of visual guidelines capturing the aesthetic quality of UML class diagrams. We propose these guidelines as a framework to improve the aesthetic quality and thus the understandability of UML class diagrams. To validate this claim, we describe in detail a controlled experiment carried out as a pilot study to gather preliminary insights on the effects of some of the guideline rules on the understandability of UML class diagrams.},
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author = {Eichelberger, Holger and Schmid, Klaus},
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description = {Guidelines on the aesthetic quality of UML class diagrams - ScienceDirect},
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journal = {Information and Software Technology},
keywords = {ClassDiagram OOM ObjectOrientation UML},
note = {Quality of UML Models},
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pages = {1686-1698},
timestamp = {2024-03-17T12:56:14.000+0100},
title = {Guidelines on the aesthetic quality of UML class diagrams},
url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0950584909000421},
volume = 51,
year = 2009
}