Content Templating for Automated Content Production and Aggregation

The aim of this paper is to provide editors and designers guidance for the development of effective templates for use in cultural heritage- (or tourism-) related production environments with the support of AXMEDIS tools. It stems from the trial scenarios within the project and addresses content production and templating from GIUNTI's perspective, both as a publisher and multimedia producer in cultural heritage and tourism. The paper addresses page formats (both for PC and PDA/Smart-phone clients), template definition and format adoption, functional page structure (again for both PC and PDA/Smart-phones), content sources and usage, content combination and adaptation concluding with key formatting and usability rules. The primary focus is on the methodology required to define effective templates to address functional as well as presentational or language-related aspects. Additionally the paper provides some insight on a layered template approach that supports content generation via automated processing.