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From: szwillus@unidocv..uucp (Gerd Szwillus)
Newsgroups: comp.editors
Subject: CHI'90 Workshop
Summary: CFP Workshop on Structure Editors
Keywords: Structure Editors, Syntax-Directed Editors, Graphical Editors
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Date: 30 Nov 89 07:14:44 GMT
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Organization: University of Dortmund, W-Germany
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                     Call for Participation
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              CHI'90 Workshop on Structure Editors
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A limited attendance, invitational workshop on Structure  Editors
is being organized for the CHI'90 Conference in Seattle, Washing-
ton.  The workshop will be held on April 1-2, 1990.

Syntax-directed editors  and  graphical  structure  editors  vary
widely  in  the  mechanisms they provide for entry, modification,
and display.  Some  structure  editors  are  special  purpose  or
oriented towards novice programmers; some support multiple phases
of the software lifecycle.  Editor generators  allow  more  rapid
specification  of application-specific or user-specific structure
editors.

The workshop will address the following questions:

1)   What are the benefits and drawbacks of structure editors?

2)   To what extent do  they  provide  the  benefits  that  their
     designers  attribute  to  them,  such as increasing the ease
     with which novices learn to program?

3)   Can  they  be  redesigned  to  remove  their   deficiencies,
     extended  to  provide additional capabilities, or diluted to
     provide partial functionality such as prettyprinting?

4)   What are the future directions/uses for  these  tools?   For
     instance,  are  they  particularly well-suited for designing
     direct manipulation interfaces or certain types of  applica-
     tions?  Likewise, are they beneficial for certain classes of
     users only, and, if so, why?

Participation in the workshop will be limited to  twenty  people.
Individuals  wishing  to participate are requested to submit four
copies of a position paper (and an additional copy by  email,  if
possible)  presenting  their views on structure editors and their
experience with the design or  use  of  structure  editors.   The
position  paper  should  also  include  a brief discussion of the
above questions.  Papers should not exceed three pages in length.

The workshop organizers (Lisa Neal, Harvard University  and  Gerd
Szwillus,  Universitaet Dortmund) will issue invitations based on
the position papers.  Papers will be distributed to all  partici-
pants,  along  with  an  agenda, upon notification of acceptance.
The workshop results will be reported in SIGCHI Bulletin.

Position papers are due no later than  February  6,  1990.   Send
position papers to:

Lisa Neal
Aiken Computation Laboratory
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA 02138
lisa@harvard.harvard.edu
617-495-8848

Invited participants will be notified by February 20, 1990.
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