Conceptual Modeling of Device-Independent Web Applications
IEEE MultiMedia
Generating content and display of library catalogue cards using XML technology
Software—Practice & Experience - Research Articles
Introducing MDA in a large IT consultancy organization
APSEC '06 Proceedings of the XIII Asia Pacific Software Engineering Conference
Exploring the Corporate Blogosphere: A Taxonomy for Research and Practice
HICSS '08 Proceedings of the Proceedings of the 41st Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
Web Engineering: Modelling and Implementing Web Applications (Human-Computer Interaction Series)
Web Engineering: Modelling and Implementing Web Applications (Human-Computer Interaction Series)
Interactive product catalogue with user preference tracking
International Journal of Web and Grid Services
Platform-independent modelling in MDA: supporting abstract platforms
MDAFA'03 Proceedings of the 2003 European conference on Model Driven Architecture: foundations and Applications
A process framework for the successful adoption of model driven development
ECMDA-FA'06 Proceedings of the Second European conference on Model Driven Architecture: foundations and Applications
Harvesting models from web 2.0 databases
Software and Systems Modeling (SoSyM)
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Blogs can be used as a conduit for customer opinions and, in so doing, building communities around products. We attempt to realise this vision by building blogs out of product catalogues. Unfortunately, the immaturity of blog engines makes this endeavour risky. This paper presents a model-driven approach to face this drawback. This implies the introduction of (meta)models: the catalogue model, based on the standard Open Catalog Format, and blog models, that elaborate on the use of blogs as conduits for virtual communities. Blog models end up being realised through blog engines. Specifically, we focus on two types of engines: a hosted blog platform and a standalone blog platform, both in Blojsom. However, the lack of standards in a broad and constantly evolving blog-engine space, hinders both the portability and the maintainability of the solution. Hence, we resort to the notion of ''abstract platform'' as a way to depart from the peculiarities of specific blog engines. Additionally, the paper measures the reuse gains brought by MDE in comparison with the manual coding of blogs.