1. Designing hypermedia documents

1.1 Design and production processes

• Separation of design and production

  Many professionals use a two-phase development technique, separating abstract design from actual production (figure 1 ).

  • Abstract design leads to the elaboration of very detailed specifications containing page mock-ups and detailed scenarios, including navigation specifications. It corresponds roughly to the analysis phase of computer applications.

  • The actual production process delivers the hypermedia document in accordance with the specifications.