GRAMMAR-BASED ARTICULATION FOR MULTIMEDIA DOCUMENT DESIGN

This paper describes an approach to the problem of articulating multim edia information based on parsing and syntax-directed translation that uses Relational Grammars. This translation is followed by a constrain t-solving mechanism to create the final layout. Grammatical rules prov ide the mechanism for mapping from a representation of the content and context of a presentation to forms that specify the media objects to be realized. These realization forms include sets of spatial and tempo ral constraints between elements of the presentation. Individual gramm ars encapsulate the ''look and feel'' of a presentation and can be use d as generators of such a style. By making the grammars sensitive to t he requirements of the output medium, parsing can introduce flexibilit y into the information realization process.