Architecting the Elephant: Software Architecture and User Interface Design for Pachyderm 2.0

Joshua Archer, California State University, USA
Tom Hapgood, University of Arizona, USA
Michelle LaMar, California State University, USA
D'Arcy Norman, University of Calgary, Canada
Tim Wang, University of British Columbia, Canada
http://www.nmc.org/pachyderm/

Session: Introducing Pachyderm

This paper covers the processes of designing the system architecture and the authoring interface for Pachyderm 2.0, as well as some of the fundamental conceptual strategies that enabled the development of the soft-ware. It describes the architecture of the underlying frameworks, applications, and content templates. Areas for potential col-laboration and development are identified.