Arno Scharl, MIS Department, Vienna University of Economics, Augasse 2-6, A-1090 Vienna, Austria. scharl@wu-wien.ac.at
Web Information Systems, Hypertext Design Methodologies, Reference Modeling, extended World Wide Web Design Technique
Due to a constantly changing environment, a poor understanding of the user’s needs and preferences, as well as a lack of willingness to modify existing organizational structures and decision models, the full economic potential of Web Information Systems (WIS) has not been realized by now. The data object types of the presented meta model, the Extended World Wide Web Design Technique (eW3DT), provide hypertext designers with a conceptual, user-centric framework and graphical notation for the construction of both, reference and customized models, during the software development process of commercial WIS. A reference model as a normative concept represents an abstraction of a typical company, its functional units, or its (Web) Information Systems and is intended to streamline the design and implementation of complex applications at reduced costs. As precondition for pursuing a partial globalization strategy, eW3DT distinguishes between technical and content-specific responsibilities for designing, implementing, and maintaining WIS.
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