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Hypertext Application Design using a Model-Based Approach

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Hypertext und Hypermedia 1992

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In this paper, the first results of the ESPRIT project HYTEA (HYperTExt Authoring) will be presented. HYTEA aims at supporting the construction of large and complex hypertext/hypermedia (“HT/HM”) applications. For this purpose, the Hypertext Design Model (HDM) is introduced which serves as a high-level data structure for hyperdocument design. Within HYTEA, a variety of prototype applications are specified and implemented that use HDM as a modelling device. In order to exemplify this approach, we will describe one application in detail: the design of a hypertext online documentation for a user manual of the forms processing system SIFORM. Another objective of HYTEA is the development of tools which are conceptually based on HDM and provide a graphical interface for easy and efficient hyperdocument authoring. Two of these tools will be presented in order to illustrate the HYTEA approach for the design and maintenance of HT/HM applications.

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Schröcksnadl, B., Meusel, K., Zucker, W., Schiff, J., Thüring, M. (1992). Hypertext Application Design using a Model-Based Approach. In: Cordes, R., Streitz, N. (eds) Hypertext und Hypermedia 1992. Informatik aktuell. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-77822-3_2

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