User
An uxiverse.com typeA user is an individual person accessing the application. Users typically have roles, belong to groups and have permissions (or not). User data and personal data should be especially secured and anonymized for development. Dummy personas can help with testing the boundaries of the application better, e.g. when testing for long names or characters in Asian or Right-to-left languages. Compared to a role, a role summarizes a 'job' that can be done in an application. One user can have many roles, and is permitted access and view parts of the application or not, depending on the activity. E.g. in a marketplace, the same user might be a seller for one item, but a buyer for other items.
| Property | Expected Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| ContextProperty | Element | A property that holds the context a UI element is in |
| DescriptionFlag | Element | Flags to express that a UI element describes something, e.g. isHelp, isContent, isProgress |
| HierarchyFlag | https://schema.org/Boolean | Flags that express a hierarchical position on an element |
| NavigationProperty | Element | A property that holds the navigation on a UI element, e.g. menu, settings |
| OutcomeProperty | A property that holds a result, output or status | |
| a11y | Element | Properties related to accessibility |
| input | Input is the value/parameter/prop that gets passed to an element in the UX, and can be empty. This applies to visual as well as non-visual elements. | |
| isInUseBy | When people collaboratively work, the property isInUseBy can be used to make an element non-editable until it is set free. Showing where other users are can also prevent conflicting edits. | |
| isUsableBy | To handle which User, Role or Group can use an Element of the UI, the property isUsableBy can be used to grey out parts of the interface, or hide them entirely. |
Instances of "User" may appear as a value for the following properties
| Property | On Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| isInUseBy | Element | When people collaboratively work, the property isInUseBy can be used to make an element non-editable until it is set free. Showing where other users are can also prevent conflicting edits. |
| isUsableBy | Element | To handle which User, Role or Group can use an Element of the UI, the property isUsableBy can be used to grey out parts of the interface, or hide them entirely. |