Hypermedia Patterns and Components for Building better Web Information Systems

The use of software engineering knowledge for web application development is being complicated by its coarse-grained model. This model fit well for its originally intended use that was enabling authors especially researches to provide and maintain their content respectively their research results. The use of the web has changed dramatically during the last years and has established a new kind of application domain. Today, web application development suffers from the coarse-grained web implementation model. The implementation model prevents reuse of design knowledge yielding in cost-intensive applications and difficulties for quality improvements. As the number of technologies involved within the development of new web applications with better services is growing endlessly, developers are forced to deal with technology interactions and maintenance that are more complex.