A document-based approach to the generation of web applications

  • Authors:
  • Andrea R. de Andrade;Ethan V. Munson;Mariada G. Pimentel

  • Affiliations:
  • University of São Paulo São, Carlos-SP, Brazil;University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee;University of São Paulo São, Carlos-SP, Brazil

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 2004 ACM symposium on Document engineering
  • Year:
  • 2004

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Abstract

wVIEW is an automated system for generating Web applications that relies extensively on document representations and transformations. wVIEW adopts the widely accepted hypermedia design principle that content navigation and presentation are separate concerns. Each of these aspects of the design process is controlled by separate declarative specifications. Only the first specification the content structure specification which is described using UML must be provided. However the wVIEW user is free to add extensions and customizations to both the data and navigation models in order to make the final application suit specific needs. This paper describes the wVIEW approach and the current prototype which focuses on the data and navigation modelling aspects. The paper discusses experiences in using XSLT as the primary development tool and shows examples how the enhancements planned to XSLT address some limitations of the application generation process.