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This paper addresses the modeling of user-centred interaction paradigms at a fundamental level. Interfacing can be described as defining and specifying ‘connection’ points for communication. By providing interactive means of relating flows between these connection points, we can achieve a dialogue. A dialogue becomes a Dialog if a sufficient level of understanding both ways is achieved. We consider this to represent the level of accessibility an environment, whether virtual or real, requires. A well balanced design in any information system provides an architecture with built-in accessibility features. To this end, a high level of flexibility and accessibility can be achieved by separating the various entities that are of importance in the communication process. This paper provides an explanation of this approach and an example of its implementation.
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Crombie, D., Lenoir, R., McKenzie, N., Miesenberger, K. (2004). Interfacing the Interface: Unification Through Separation. In: Stary, C., Stephanidis, C. (eds) User-Centered Interaction Paradigms for Universal Access in the Information Society. UI4ALL 2004. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3196. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-30111-0_10
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