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The analytical tools of database modelling can be applied to information artefacts. We extend a well-known technique, entity-relationship modelling, to give models (‘structure maps’) of information structures in both static (paper-based) and interactive cases. Structure maps can reveal deep similarities between different-seeming devices, set bounds for searching and updating information structures, and reveal likely discrepancies between the `system image’ and the intended user’s conceptual model, and they lay bare the resources available for display-based problem-solving.
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Green, T.R.G., Benyon, D. (1995). Displays as Data Structures: Entity-Relationship Models of Information Artefacts. In: Nordby, K., Helmersen, P., Gilmore, D.J., Arnesen, S.A. (eds) Human—Computer Interaction. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-5041-2896-4_9
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