Teallach: a model-based user interface development environment for object databases
Journal Article
Griffiths, T., Barclay, P. J., Paton, N. W., McKirdy, J., Kennedy, J., Gray, P., …Pinherio da Silva, P. (2001)
Teallach: a model-based user interface development environment for object databases. Interacting with Computers, 14(1), 31-68. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0953-5438%2801%2900042-x
Model-based user interface development environments show promise for improving the productivity of user-interface developers and possibly for improving the quality of develope...
A Software Engineering Framework for Context-Aware Service-Based Processes in Pervasive Environments
Book Chapter
Jaroucheh, Z., Liu, X., & Smith, S. (2014)
A Software Engineering Framework for Context-Aware Service-Based Processes in Pervasive Environments. In Software Design and Development, (71-95). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-4301-7.ch005
Context-awareness is considered to be the cornerstone technique for developing pervasive computing applications that are flexible, adaptable, and capable of acting autonomousl...
Supporting design through the strategic use of shape grammars
Journal Article
Edmonds, E., Smyth, M., & Edmonds, E. A. (2000)
Supporting design through the strategic use of shape grammars. Knowledge-Based Systems, 13(6), (385-393). ISSN 0950-7051
This paper is concerned with the early processes of design, particularly in the context of spatial arrangements. We are interested in the strategies that a designer uses in or...
Implementing a wireless network of PDAs in a hospital setting
Journal Article
Turner, P., Milne, G., Kubitscheck, M., Penman, I., & Turner, S. (2005)
Implementing a wireless network of PDAs in a hospital setting. Personal and Ubiquitous Computing, 9, 209-217. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00779-004-0322-7
This paper discusses the introduction of a wireless network of personal digital assistants into a specialist unit of a hospital in Edinburgh. All of the technology has been us...
Regaining the conceptual level in object oriented modelling
Conference Proceeding
Barclay, P. J., & Kennedy, J. (1991)
Regaining the conceptual level in object oriented modelling. In Proceedings of the 9th British National Conference on Databases, Aspects of Databases, (BNCOD 9) (269-305
This paper attempts to develop a conceptual model for the object oriented description of data. We abstract from various logical model features essential for thinking about dat...
Semantic integrity for persistent objects
Journal Article
Barclay, P. J., & Kennedy, J. (1992)
Semantic integrity for persistent objects. Information and Software Technology, 34(8), 533-541. https://doi.org/10.1016/0950-5849%2892%2990147-H
Modelling constructs for specifying semantic integrity are reviewed, and their implicit execution semantics discussed. An integrity maintenance model based on these constructs...
A framework for information visualisation
Journal Article
Kennedy, J., Mitchell, K., & Barclay, P. J. (1996)
A framework for information visualisation. SIGMOD record, 25, 30-34
In this paper we examine the issues involved in developing information visualisation systems and present a framework for their construction. The framework addresses the compon...
Providing views and closure for the object data management group object model
Journal Article
Roantree, M., Kennedy, J., & Barclay, P. (1999)
Providing views and closure for the object data management group object model. Information and Software Technology, 41(15), 1037-1044. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0950-5849%2899%2900042-7
The ODMG Object Model uses a standard for object-oriented database designers,
while attempting to address some issues of interoperability. This research is focused
on the viab...
Intelligent storage devices for scalable information management systems.
Conference Proceeding
Kukla, R., & Kerridge, J. (1996)
Intelligent storage devices for scalable information management systems. In H. Liddell, A. Colebrook, B. Hertzberger, & P. Sloot (Eds.), High-Performance Computing and Networking. , (683-688). https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-61142-8_614
For most large commercial organisations the ability to store and manipulate massive volumes of data is a key operational requirement. Database systems are now fundamental to t...
A standard data model representation for taxonomic information.
Journal Article
Kennedy, J., Hyam, R., Kukla, R., & Paterson, T. (2006)
A standard data model representation for taxonomic information. OMICS, 10, 220-230. doi:10.1089/omi.2006.10.220
The names used by biologists to label the observations they make are imprecise. This is an issue as workers increasingly seek to exploit data gathered from multiple, unrelated...