Design of an Object-Oriented Syntax for UIL, the User Interface Language of the Space Station Freedom

Abstract

This MS Thesis proposes a syntax definition for UIL. The UIL (User Interface Language) provides the man-machine interface for most of the test and operation command procedures on the forthcoming Space Station Freedom. The UIL will be structured like a natural language, and will be object-oriented. UIL will also be extensively used for the development and testing of experiments on the ground, and the remote execution of these experiments. The UIL, for example, could be used to command, from the ground, several hardware valves and pumps located within a laboratory located aboard the Space Station Freedom. The command to open the valve on a heat exchanger might be: OPEN HEAT EXCHANGER VALVE TO 85%.


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