In search of a user interface reference model
Gene Lynch, Jon A. Meads · ACM SIGCHI Bulletin · 1986
The conclusion of the workshop on Planning for User Interface Standards (held at the CHI '85 conference in San Francisco) was that a reference model of human computer interaction should be developed before standards could reasonably be contemplated. That conclusion prompted the workshop on User Interface Reference Models which was held just prior to the CHI '86 conference in Boston. As the title implies we still do not have a reference model, but we have learned a lot in our search. The purpose of this paper is to convey the issues, process, problems, difficulties, suggested solutions, and directions that came to light during this workshop.