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This paper introduces a set of XML-based and XMI-based tools for creating usability engineering requirements and automatically transforming them into software engineering specifications. Each of these tools is data-driven and uses XML to maximize flexibility, accessibility, and translatability. These tools are primarily intended for use by usability engineers to create usability engineering (UE) requirements, analyze accessibility issues, and automatically transform UI requirements into software engineering specifications. By transforming usability requirements into software engineering specifications, usability engineers can help software engineers design systems that satisfy the applicable usability requirements. Additionally these tools can be used by researchers investigating usability engineering methodologies.
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Huang, F., Titus, J., Wolinski, A., Schneider, K., Carter, J.A. (2009). XML-Based Tools for Creating, Mapping, and Transforming Usability Engineering Requirements. In: Seffah, A., Vanderdonckt, J., Desmarais, M.C. (eds) Human-Centered Software Engineering. Human-Computer Interaction Series. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84800-907-3_5
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