TOOTSI: creating a toolkit for building user interfaces to business information services

Abstract

On the basis that the platform for user equipment for the 1990s is reasonably predictable, the creation of a new generation of user interface facilities can be started. The Esprit project TOOTSI (Telematic Object Oriented Tools for Services Interfaces) has as its objective the creation of a toolkit for building user interfaces to business information services using the GUI paradigm. The project brings together a unique combination of companies, active in the provision of actual services to the information community. This paper will describe the results of the initial two years of work on TOOTSI covering the decision making on the application platform and the design of the elements which will make up the toolkit. A prediction of the actual services to be developed is also included.

Citation

Mahon, B., Meinkohn, F. and Leila, G. (1990), "TOOTSI: creating a toolkit for building user interfaces to business information services", Online Review, Vol. 14 No. 6, pp. 378-388. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb024355