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The paper discusses the development of the visual language syntax based on the application of sound methodological principles, a visual communication model, a visual syntax model, a formal description of syntax based on visual grammar metalanguage (an extension of BNF) and ontology of visual signs (graphemes). The syntax of an illustrative visual language VisuRobo for the mobile robot programming domain is presented.
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Plauska, I., Damaševičius, R. (2013). Design of Visual Language Syntax for Robot Programming Domain. In: Skersys, T., Butleris, R., Butkiene, R. (eds) Information and Software Technologies. ICIST 2013. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 403. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-41947-8_25
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