An automated solution to integrating information architecture into the interactive web-application development process

Abstract

Information architects are mostly focused on the conceptual modeling and analysis of non-functional aspects in the early stages of interactive web projects. The resulting output is then processed by software engineers to design the needed web interface. However, this flow of information is somehow difficult to automate due to the implicit differences in the conceptual level of information processed by each expert. In order to facilitate this flow of information we propose a tool called Interarch , which helps to establish bridges between the information processed by both professionals, automatically creating analysis and design information for software engineers from the content models created by the information professionals.