A practitioner´s approach to evolving and remodeling large-scale WWW sites

Addresses the issues of evolving large-scale Web sites, in order to migrate them to more flexible forms for developing and managing content and applications. We first present an integrated process model for the life-cycle of a Web site. Next, we focus on specific steps of this model in order to (i) examine a layered, next-generation architecture for large Web sites, providing for content reuse and easier implementation of services and applications, and (ii) discuss the activities of remodeling our existing content infrastructure and applications, according to the specifications of this target architecture. In our case study, we apply the new architecture, through the remodeling activities, in the evolution of the official Web site of the Hellenic Ministry of Culture.