The CAITLIN Auralization System: Hierarchical Leitmotif Design as a Clue to Program Comprehension
This addresses program comprehension for developers using auralization, but it is incremental as it builds on prior work without proven outcomes.
The paper tackles the problem of conveying program structure through sound by proposing hierarchical leitmotifs in the CAITLIN auralization system, but no concrete results are provided as experiments are pending.
Early experiments have suggested that program auralization can convey information about program structure [8]. Languages like Pascal contain classes of construct that are similar in nature allowing hierarchical classification of their features. This taxonomy can be reflected in the design of musical signatures which are used within the CAITLIN program auralization system. Experiments using these hierarchical leitmotifs indicate whether or not their similarities can be put to good use in communicating information about program structure and state. (Note, at time of going to press experimental results could not be included. These will be presented at the conference and included later.)