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Modeling the evolving design rationale to achieve a shared understanding

  • Jihong Liu*
  • , Xujie Hu
  • , Hao Jiang
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Beihang University

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Abstract

How to achieve a shared understanding among design team members is essential for the collaborative design. Design rationale (DR) explains why and artifact is designed the way it is. An explicit representation of DR can bring many benefits to this objective. This paper argues that the conventional argumentation-based representation of DR has some inherent limitations. Based on this argument, an evolving design rationale (EDR) model is proposed to capture and formalize the DR and its evolving history, in which cognitive elements participating in a design process are organized in an integrated fashion. The model's knowledge structure is detailed and its OWL-based knowledge representation is introduced. The two aspects in which EDR can contribute to the shared understanding are addressed. Finally, a graphical DR modeling system is developed. And the future research based on the proposed model is discussed.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 2012 IEEE 16th International Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work in Design, CSCWD 2012
Pages308-314
Number of pages7
DOIs
StatePublished - 2012
Event2012 IEEE 16th International Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work in Design, CSCWD 2012 - Wuhan, China
Duration: 23 May 201225 May 2012

Publication series

NameProceedings of the 2012 IEEE 16th International Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work in Design, CSCWD 2012

Conference

Conference2012 IEEE 16th International Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work in Design, CSCWD 2012
Country/TerritoryChina
CityWuhan
Period23/05/1225/05/12

Keywords

  • Collaborative design
  • Design context
  • Evolving design rationale
  • Representation model
  • Shared understanding

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