XML-based integration of hypermedia design and component-based techniques in the production of educational applications

• Antonio Navarro ^[1] ; José Luis Sierra ^[1] ; Baltasar Fernández-Manjó ^[1] ; Alfredo Fernández-Valmayor ^[1]
  1. [1] Universidad Complutense de Madrid

     Universidad Complutense de Madrid

     Madrid, España

     
• Localización: Computers and education in the 21st century / Manuel Ortega Cantero (ed. lit.), José Bravo Rodríguez (ed. lit.), 2000, ISBN 1-280-20019-7, págs. 229-239
• Idioma: inglés
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  • This paper describes a XML-based solution for developing educationalhypermedia. This solution is the outcome of the lessons learned in thedevelopment of Galatea application, and integrates a hypermedia designmethodology (ODH) with a generic technique for the construction of XMLbased applications (DTC). Using ODH, designers can describe theirapplication contents, presentation and interaction as XML documents. DTCcopes with the development of XML based applications by linking XMLdocuments with component-based software, using document transformationsas needed. The combination of both approaches leads to a solution foreducational hypermedia development that overcomes some of the mainproblems that appear in the construction of these applications (communicationbetween educators and developers, explicit representation of the educationalstrategy that underlies the application, development complexity andmaintainability).