Resumen de XML-based integration of hypermedia design and component-based techniques in the production of educational applications
Antonio Navarro Martín, José Luis Sierra Rodríguez, Baltasar Fernández Manjón, Alfredo Fernández-Valmayor Crespo
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).
