Title :
A high-level visual language for generating Web structures
Author :
Minas, Mark ; Shklar, Leon
Author_Institution :
Comput. Sci. Dept., Erlangen-Nurnberg Univ., Germany
Abstract :
In earlier work, the authors discussed using data encapsulation to provide integrated access to large amounts of heterogeneous information through WWW browsers. They describe a visual data modeling language which supports the generation of metadata entities to encapsulate raw data. A prototype version of an interpreter for their interactive Visual Repository Definition Language (VRDL) is now operational and may be used for building and maintaining information repositories
Keywords :
Internet; data encapsulation; data structures; information retrieval; interactive programming; program interpreters; visual languages; visual programming; WWW browsers; Web structure generation; heterogeneous information; high-level visual language; information repository building; information repository maintenance; integrated access; interactive Visual Repository Definition Language; interpreter; metadata entity generation; raw data encapsulation; visual data modeling language; Buildings; Computer science; Data encapsulation; Indexing; Large scale integration; Programming profession; Prototypes; Software prototyping; Software reusability; World Wide Web;
Conference_Titel :
Visual Languages, 1996. Proceedings., IEEE Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Boulder, CO
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-7508-X
DOI :
10.1109/VL.1996.545299
