A document-oriented paradigm for the construction of content-intensive applications

Computer Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 562-584

  Sierra, José Luis ^a   Fernández Valmayor, Alfredo ^a   Fernández Manjón, Baltasar ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Content intensive applications; Domain specific markup languages; Modular language processors; Software development approach; Software evolution; Software maintenance; XML

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; COMPUTER SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE; COMPUTER SOFTWARE REUSABILITY; PROGRAM PROCESSORS; XML;

CONTENT-INTENSIVE APPLICATIONS; DOMAIN-SPECIFIC MARKUP LANGUAGES; MODULAR LANGUAGE PROCESSORS; SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT APPROACH; SOFTWARE EVOLUTION;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 33750142230     PISSN: 00104620     EISSN: 14602067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/comjnl/bxl008     Document Type: Article

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