Abstract of Paper


Modeling of Hypermedia Applications
by Radovan Cervenka

Abstract:

This paper introduces the Hypermedia Modeling Language --- HML, which
constitutes a formal basis for modeling navigation/manipulation,
synchronization and media channels handling functionality of
applications having some hypermedia features.

We present a logical application architecture framework which forms a
principal basis for the HML language. It defines individual hypermedia
aspects and determines their position within the application
architecture.

Using this framework for analysis and design process enables to separate
the hypermedia functionality from the application layer, and improves
transparency of the application architecture and modularity of
particular components of the application. This leads to a higher degree of reuse
and portability as well as to the ease of maintenance of the application in
the deployment phase.

For each layer of the framework, we discuss basic principles of its
modeling. We concentrate on the navigation/manipulation, synchronization
and media channels modeling.