Introduction to the Serpent User Interface Management System

Abstract

Serpent (Software Engineering Rapid Prototyping Environment) is an example of the class of systems known as User Interface Management System (UIMS) . It uses the X window system to interact with the end user, and is useful both as a portion of a production system and as a separate prototyping tool. Serpent supports the development and execution of the user interface of a system. It provides an editor with which to specify the user interface and a run-time system which communicates with the application to get the data to display. The system then uses the specification previously output from the editor to decide how to display that data. This report provides a technical overview of Serpent, its components, the module used in specifying the user interface, and the editor used in constructing the user interface.

Open PDF

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1988
Accession Number
ADA200085

Entities

People

  • Erik Hardy
  • Kurt Hoyt
  • Len Bass
  • M. R. Little Jr.
  • Robert Seacord

Organizations

  • Carnegie Mellon University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Application Software
  • Availability
  • Classification
  • Databases
  • Department Of Defense
  • Engineering
  • Language
  • Product Prototyping
  • Production
  • Security
  • Software Development
  • Software Prototyping
  • Specifications
  • Universities
  • User Interface
  • User Interface Engineering

Fields of Study

  • Computer science
  • Engineering

Readers

  • Database Systems and Applications