CaVa^DSL: Virtual learning spaces formal specification

Abstract

In the context of Cultural Heritage, memory institutions build exhibition rooms to expose their assets and disseminate knowledge through these learning spaces. CaVa project aims at facilitating the process of learning spaces construction on the web to implement virtual museums. This paper presents CaVa^DSL, an external Domain-Specific Language (DSL) designed to specify virtual Learning Spaces enabling their automatic generation. To introduce CaVa^DSL language, the paper runs a case study, Museu Virtual Interativo da Fotografia (MVIF), presenting the specification for the museum's exhibiting rooms and their final layout. The process that analyzes and transforms the formal specification into the virtual Learning Spaces is briefly described to present the core engine of CaVa platform.