USABILITY HEURISTICS FOR XML-BASED WEB DEVELOPMENT

Marta Fernández de Arriba, José A. López Brugos

2004

Abstract

Heuristic evaluation is a usability engineering method for finding the usability problems in a user interface design. This paper discusses a set of rules to evaluate the level of usability of an XML-based Web site. Taking advantage that XML separates the contents of a document from its presentation, heuristics grouped by content and presentation are defined in an analogous way, allowing a suitable evaluation for that type of applications.

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Fernández de Arriba M. and A. López Brugos J. (2004). USABILITY HEURISTICS FOR XML-BASED WEB DEVELOPMENT . In Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 5: ICEIS, ISBN 972-8865-00-7, pages 121-125. DOI: 10.5220/0002630901210125


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@conference{iceis04,
author={Marta Fernández de Arriba and José A. López Brugos},
title={USABILITY HEURISTICS FOR XML-BASED WEB DEVELOPMENT},
booktitle={Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 5: ICEIS,},
year={2004},
pages={121-125},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0002630901210125},
isbn={972-8865-00-7},
}


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TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 5: ICEIS,
TI - USABILITY HEURISTICS FOR XML-BASED WEB DEVELOPMENT
SN - 972-8865-00-7
AU - Fernández de Arriba M.
AU - A. López Brugos J.
PY - 2004
SP - 121
EP - 125
DO - 10.5220/0002630901210125