Visual specifications of correct spreadsheets

Robin Abraham, Martin Erwig, Steve Kollmansberger, Ethan Seifert
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We introduce a visual specification language for spreadsheets that allows the definition of spreadsheet templates. A spreadsheet generator can automatically create Excel spreadsheets from these templates together with customized update operations. It can be shown that spreadsheets created in this way are free from a large class of errors, such as reference, omission, and type errors. We present a formal definition of the visual language for templates and describe the process of generating spreadsheets from templates. In addition, we present an editor for templates and analyze the editor using the cognitive dimensions framework.
正确的电子表格的视觉规格
我们为电子表格引入了一种可视化的规范语言,它允许定义电子表格模板。电子表格生成器可以从这些模板自动创建Excel电子表格以及自定义更新操作。可以看出,以这种方式创建的电子表格没有大量的错误,例如引用、遗漏和类型错误。我们给出了模板可视化语言的正式定义,并描述了从模板生成电子表格的过程。此外,我们提出了一个模板编辑器,并使用认知维度框架对编辑器进行了分析。
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