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Phase 1 : Explore feasibility of XML to Java Applet Pathway (Sep't 1999 - August 2000)

  1. Design XML vocabulary and tag set structure for markup of diagrams and diagram pathways.

  2. Design XML to Java source code compiler.

    [XML to Java Applet Development Pathway ]

  3. Connect Java-enabled diagrams to regular html pages (and system for tutorial navigation).

Phase 2 : Develop Java-enabled Diagram Editor (June, 2001 -- present)

  1. Create a click-and-drop editor for development of Java-enabled diagrams.

    [XML to Java Applet Development Pathway ]

  2. We are currently working on the right-hand side of this diagram. Future versions of the editor will work inside a web browser and will import of XML representations of diagrams created in commerical tools (e.g., Visio 2002, Rational Rose).

Section 4-1: November, 2001. [Left] [Up] [Right]