{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2164803710","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/vlhcc.2009.5295283","title":"Improving API documentation using API usage information","display_name":"Improving API documentation using API usage information","publication_year":2009,"publication_date":"2009-09-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2164803710","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/vlhcc.2009.5295283","mag":"2164803710"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1109/vlhcc.2009.5295283","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/vlhcc.2009.5295283","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"2009 IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing (VL/HCC)","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5111723264","display_name":"Jeffrey Stylos","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I74973139","display_name":"Carnegie Mellon University","ror":"https://ror.org/05x2bcf33","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I74973139"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Jeffrey Stylos","raw_affiliation_strings":["Carnegie Mellon University, USA"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Carnegie Mellon University, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I74973139"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5090721270","display_name":"Andrew Faulring","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I74973139","display_name":"Carnegie Mellon University","ror":"https://ror.org/05x2bcf33","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I74973139"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Andrew Faulring","raw_affiliation_strings":["Carnegie Mellon University, USA"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Carnegie Mellon University, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I74973139"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5108229724","display_name":"Zizhuang Yang","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I74973139","display_name":"Carnegie Mellon University","ror":"https://ror.org/05x2bcf33","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I74973139"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Zizhuang Yang","raw_affiliation_strings":["Carnegie Mellon University, USA"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Carnegie Mellon University, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I74973139"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5005887313","display_name":"Brad A. Myers","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4769-0219"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I74973139","display_name":"Carnegie Mellon University","ror":"https://ror.org/05x2bcf33","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I74973139"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Brad A. Myers","raw_affiliation_strings":["Carnegie Mellon University, USA"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Carnegie Mellon University, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I74973139"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":4,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5111723264"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I74973139"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":20.1857,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":80,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.9915937,"is_in_top_1_percent":true,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":90,"max":100},"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":"119","last_page":"126"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10260","display_name":"Software Engineering Research","score":0.9998000264167786,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1710","display_name":"Information Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10260","display_name":"Software Engineering Research","score":0.9998000264167786,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1710","display_name":"Information Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10639","display_name":"Advanced Software Engineering Methodologies","score":0.9923999905586243,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1702","display_name":"Artificial Intelligence"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12490","display_name":"Software Engineering and Design Patterns","score":0.9904000163078308,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3303","display_name":"Development"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/documentation","display_name":"Documentation","score":0.9300171136856079},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.8396286964416504},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/construct","display_name":"Construct (python library)","score":0.7151771187782288},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/code","display_name":"Code (set theory)","score":0.6010469198226929},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/aggregate","display_name":"Aggregate (composite)","score":0.5408111214637756},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/application-programming-interface","display_name":"Application programming interface","score":0.49211829900741577},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/class","display_name":"Class (philosophy)","score":0.48982760310173035},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/programming-language","display_name":"Programming language","score":0.482837975025177},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/source-code","display_name":"Source code","score":0.4172459840774536},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/information-retrieval","display_name":"Information retrieval","score":0.4013798236846924},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/world-wide-web","display_name":"World Wide Web","score":0.3700655400753021},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/database","display_name":"Database","score":0.3606955409049988},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/artificial-intelligence","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","score":0.22299975156784058},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/set","display_name":"Set (abstract data type)","score":0.10030826926231384}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C56666940","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q788790","display_name":"Documentation","level":2,"score":0.9300171136856079},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.8396286964416504},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780801425","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5164392","display_name":"Construct (python library)","level":2,"score":0.7151771187782288},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776760102","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5139990","display_name":"Code (set theory)","level":3,"score":0.6010469198226929},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C4679612","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q866298","display_name":"Aggregate (composite)","level":2,"score":0.5408111214637756},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C99613125","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q165194","display_name":"Application programming interface","level":2,"score":0.49211829900741577},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777212361","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5127848","display_name":"Class (philosophy)","level":2,"score":0.48982760310173035},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199360897","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9143","display_name":"Programming language","level":1,"score":0.482837975025177},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C43126263","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q128751","display_name":"Source code","level":2,"score":0.4172459840774536},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C23123220","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q816826","display_name":"Information retrieval","level":1,"score":0.4013798236846924},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C136764020","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q466","display_name":"World Wide Web","level":1,"score":0.3700655400753021},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C77088390","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8513","display_name":"Database","level":1,"score":0.3606955409049988},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C154945302","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11660","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","level":1,"score":0.22299975156784058},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C177264268","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1514741","display_name":"Set (abstract data type)","level":2,"score":0.10030826926231384},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C159985019","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q181790","display_name":"Composite material","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C192562407","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q228736","display_name":"Materials science","level":0,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":3,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1109/vlhcc.2009.5295283","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/vlhcc.2009.5295283","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"2009 IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing (VL/HCC)","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.153.8564","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.153.8564","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"http://edelstein.pebbles.cs.cmu.edu/jadeite/Jadeite2009Submitted.pdf","raw_type":"text"},{"id":"pmh:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.160.3237","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.160.3237","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~NatProg/papers/Stylos2009Jadeite.pdf","raw_type":"text"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/4","display_name":"Quality Education","score":0.4699999988079071}],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":16,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1499596137","https://openalex.org/W1549891226","https://openalex.org/W1649645444","https://openalex.org/W1994683471","https://openalex.org/W2008164297","https://openalex.org/W2048627472","https://openalex.org/W2092731145","https://openalex.org/W2102235124","https://openalex.org/W2109125971","https://openalex.org/W2116304133","https://openalex.org/W2153943889","https://openalex.org/W2158512572","https://openalex.org/W2161847731","https://openalex.org/W2170480356","https://openalex.org/W2197000251","https://openalex.org/W4232188856"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2366107444","https://openalex.org/W2618286804","https://openalex.org/W4388145910","https://openalex.org/W2329643025","https://openalex.org/W2381570729","https://openalex.org/W1976205134","https://openalex.org/W4248336175","https://openalex.org/W4244946961","https://openalex.org/W2915114672","https://openalex.org/W2073875337"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Jadeite":[0,92,114,151],"is":[1],"a":[2,116],"new":[3,23,52],"Javadoc-like":[4],"API":[5,63],"documentation":[6],"system":[7],"that":[8,19,29,33,57,79,139],"takes":[9,93],"advantage":[10,94],"of":[11,95,119,132],"multiple":[12],"users'":[13],"aggregate":[14],"experience":[15],"to":[16,73,98,110,122,128],"reduce":[17],"difficulties":[18],"programmers":[20,30,80,140],"have":[21,27],"learning":[22],"APIs.":[24],"Previous":[25],"studies":[26,77],"shown":[28],"often":[31],"guessed":[32],"certain":[34],"classes":[35,54,86,102],"or":[36,55],"methods":[37,56],"should":[38],"exist,":[39],"and":[40,65],"looked":[41],"for":[42],"these":[43],"in":[44,60,90],"the":[45,61,70,84,124],"API.":[46],"Jadeite's":[47],"ldquoplaceholdersrdquo":[48],"let":[49],"users":[50],"add":[51],"ldquopretendrdquo":[53],"are":[58],"displayed":[59],"actual":[62],"documentation,":[64,91],"can":[66],"be":[67],"annotated":[68],"with":[69,150,153],"appropriate":[71],"APIs":[72],"use":[74],"instead.":[75],"Since":[76],"showed":[78,138],"had":[81,106],"difficulty":[82,107],"finding":[83],"right":[85],"from":[87],"long":[88],"lists":[89],"usage":[96],"statistics":[97],"display":[99],"commonly":[100],"used":[101],"more":[103],"prominently.":[104],"Programmers":[105],"discovering":[108],"how":[109],"instantiate":[111],"objects,":[112],"so":[113],"uses":[115],"large":[117],"corpus":[118],"sample":[120],"code":[121],"automatically":[123],"most":[125],"common":[126,148],"ways":[127],"construct":[129],"an":[130],"instance":[131],"any":[133],"given":[134],"class.":[135],"An":[136],"evaluation":[137],"were":[141],"about":[142],"three":[143],"times":[144],"faster":[145],"at":[146],"performing":[147],"tasks":[149],"than":[152],"standard":[154],"Javadoc.":[155]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":5},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2018,"cited_by_count":9},{"year":2017,"cited_by_count":7},{"year":2016,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2015,"cited_by_count":6},{"year":2014,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2013,"cited_by_count":5},{"year":2012,"cited_by_count":13}],"updated_date":"2026-04-28T14:05:53.105641","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}