Methodologies for Web Information System Design

The Web information space is rapidly growing in the size and the diversity of both its data and its audience. A consequence is that Web Information Systems (WIS) in many applications replace existing traditional (not Web based) information systems. Hence, the complexity of (WIS) increases and the need for an effective design process ask for a rigorous and systematic design approach. Since the nature of WIS differs from the nature of traditional information systems has some essential differences, there is a strong demand for design methodologies specifically oriented towards WIS design. We argue that besides the quality of the navigation that is typical for Web (hypermedia) data also the adaptation of the presented content is a desired feature of a modern WIS. In this paper we briefly describe the navigation and adaptation design in selected WIS design methodologies, RMM, OOHDM, UWE, and particulary Hera.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2003
• Where: ITCC
• Authors: Peter Barna, Flavius Frasincar, Geert-Jan Houben, Richard Vdovjak
• Keywords: Information Systems, ITCC 2003, Web Information, WIS Design