USER INTERFACE DESIGN SPECIFICATION

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June 15, 2006
UI Contacts:
Jane Smith (jsmith@somecompany.com)
John Jones (jjones@ somecompany.com)

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Table of Contents
Table of Contents ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 2
Introduction ...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 3
<Functional Area> ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 4
<General description> ...............................................................................................................................................................................................................................4
<Page/Screen Title> ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................4

Revision History ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 5

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Introduction

[Things you can discuss in the introduction:

The scope of this spec

Terminology / basic vocabulary
High-level flow
Areas that are covered in other specs / documents
Reference to a Common UI spec, patterns library, etc
References to other support documents such as research reports, prototypes, etc ]

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<Functional Area A>

3.1

<General description of area>

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[Things to consider including here:

Brief description of area

Definitions
Block flow for task area
Design rationale, etc ]

3.2

<Page/Screen A1>

[Notes specific to this screen]

Screen sample(s)

ID

Item

Description

[name of field,
control, or input
event]

[For field, describe contents, including text format, alignment, and any rules governing
conditional text.
For a control, describe its response to various input events, when it is
enabled/disabled, options available, placement within the screen, etc.
For input events, describe the response. The response may be a state change for this
screen, navigation to a new context, etc. Include discussion of animations, error
conditions, etc.]

<primary screen>

Source: WireframeFileName.ai

[date of
change]

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3.3

<Page/Screen A2>

3.4

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<Functional Area B>

4.1

<General description>

4.2

<Page/Screen B1>

4.3

<Page/Screen B2>

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Revision History

Version

Date

Author

Change

Bug(s)

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2006

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[List of items which were added, modified, or deleted.]

[May include rationale for why change was made.]

[IDs of bug(s)
associated with
each change]

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Open Issues

Version

Date

Author

Issues

Bug(s)

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2006

Jane Smith

[List of open issues]

[Update to include resolutions once issues are closed]

[IDs of bug(s)
associated with
each issue]

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