Systematic hypermedia application design with OOHDM
Daniel Schwabe, Gustavo H. Rossi, Simone Diniz Junqueira Barbosa · 1996
In this paper we analyze the process of hypermedia applications design and implementation, focusing in particular on two critical aspects of these applications: the navigational and interface structure. We discuss the way in which we build the navigation and abstract interface models using the Object-Oriented Hypermedia Design Method (OOHDM); we show which concerns must be taken into account for each task by giving examples from a real project we are developing, the Portinari Project. We show which implementation concerns must be considered when defining interface behavior, discussing both a Toolbook and a HTML implementation of the example application. Keywords: Hypermedia Design, Methodology, Modeling, Object Orientation, Navigation, Interfaces 1. Introduction In the past three years there has been growing interest in hypermedia design approaches [Izakowitz 95, Garzotto 93, Lange 94]. There are many different problems the hypermedia designer has to deal with, since the combination...