以XML Schema為基礎之表格式資料編輯系統之設計與實作

Design and Implementation of an XML Schema-driven System for Form-based GUI

林顯堂(Hsien-Tang Lin)

指導教授 ： 謝尚賢

國立臺灣大學/工學院/土木工程學研究所/碩士(2004年)

https://doi.org/10.6342/NTU.2004.01402

摘要

當電腦硬體的效能越來越好，視窗型的作業平台也廣泛的被社會大眾採用，圖形化的使用者介面（GUI－Graphic User Interface）提供一般的使用者直覺的操作方式，成為近年來軟體設計的主要潮流。而傳統的GUI設計，都是針對某一特定弁鄋熒~務處理而量身訂做，釵h軟體開發過程並未對軟體生命的延續做好詳盡的規劃，使得開發完的程式在下一版本的更新中幾乎得要完全改寫。
本研究即針對傳統軟體設計尋找新的方向，以XML作為軟體的基礎，搭配UIML對GUI程式設計提供的彈性，選擇跨平台且函式庫豐富的Microsoft .Net平台，設計並實作出一個可以抽換軟體資料底層之XML Schema，便成為不同專業領域使用之『資料處理』系統。以供相關領域在處理「輸入資料」、「查詢資料」、「列印表單」等業務需求時，不必每次重新開發新的軟體，只要透過UIML以及XML Schema的調整，就可以動態的產生符合不同業務需求的軟體。由於以XML Schema為系統之核心，故將本系統命名為ＸsForm。

關鍵字

建築管理 ； UIML ； 圖形化使用者介面 ； XML ； 彈性

並列摘要

The GUI (Graphic User Interface) window application, which provides a visual environment, is extensively used with the progress of computer hardware efficiency. However, the traditional GUI designs only considered specific capabilities for specific jobs. As a result, when the version of the software needs to be updated, the old codes must be reviewed and practically the whole source code has to be rewritten.
This research tries to explore a new way for software design. XML is chosen as the base of the system, named XsForm; and UIML (User Interface Markup Language) for flexible GUI design. The cross-platform Microsoft .NET framework library is employed, obtain the following advantages：(a) Provision of different domain jobs with different data schema by changing the XML Schema of the application. (b) Provide these functions “Input data”, “Print report”, ”Import data”, “Export data” and “File management” functions for general business requirement. (c) Adjustment of the presented GUI simply by adjusting the UIML file. (d) Given the flexibility of XML (as data source) and UIML (as GUI presentation), the user could easily create a new application for a specific use.

並列關鍵字

XML Schema ； GUI ； .NET ； UIML

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