Evaluation of Hypermedia Application Development and Management Systems

In this paper we propose and study a framework for evaluating Hypermedia Application Development and Management Systems (HADMS) in relation to specific application requirements. We address the need for HADMS capable to efficiently support the main users involved in the life cycle of hypermedia applications, namely designers, programmers/implementers, authors/administrators and end-users. A HADMS consists of a hypermedia application development and management methodology and the respective environment. In this work, we propose and classify a set of evaluation criteria. These are mainly imposed by real life development and the need to support forthcoming, or next generation, features for hypermedia applications. We also introduce a simple framework for a comparative evaluation of HADMS. Furthermore, we demonstrate the use of the criteria and the framework proposed, for the case of three real-life applications. A representative set of seven HADMS is selected and the evaluation of these s...

• Type: Conference
• Year: 1998
• Where: HT
• Authors: Sotiris P. Christodoulou, Georgios D. Styliaras, Theodore S. Papatheodorou
• Keywords: HT 1998, Hypermedia Application Development, Hypermedia Applications, Internet Technology, Specific Application Requirements