Sophie Tools and Materials in Multimedia Book Creation

Author

Holz, Norman ; Hirschfeld, Robert ; Lincke, Jens ; Haupt, Michael ; Ruger, M.

Author_Institution

Hasso-Plattner-Inst., Univ. of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany

fYear

2009

fDate

19-22 Jan. 2009

Firstpage

20

Lastpage

26

Abstract

Sophie is an authoring tool for interactive multimedia books. The Sophie user can combine different kinds of media and synchronize them with events and time. Such highly interactive systems are difficult to design and to implement. The large amount of functionality provided has to be balanced with a significant ease of use. The standard software engineering approaches for the construction of large software systems are insufficient concerning the special requirements of interactive systems. The tools and materials pattern language is an alternative approach to design interactive systems. This paper exemplifies the use and benefits of tools and materials by the Sophie application.

Keywords

authoring systems; electronic publishing; interactive systems; Sophie; authoring tool; interactive multimedia books; interactive systems; multimedia book creation; software engineering approaches; Application software; Books; Building materials; Interactive systems; Multimedia computing; Software design; Software engineering; Software systems; Streaming media; User interfaces;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Creating, Connecting and Collaborating through Computing, 2009. C5 '09. Seventh International Conference on

Conference_Location

Kyoto

Print_ISBN

978-0-7695-3620-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/C5.2009.16

Filename

5350244