A systematic approach for the development of an object-based information system

On the internet, many websites provide services for users to post and share their contents. However, most systems do not address on the convenience in content portability or the extensibility in functionality on the information to be shared. This paper presents a methodology to construct an information system using the information object model. The key mechanisms behind the methodology are three parts: 1) the tools used to build the object tree; 2) the tools used to install the methods of an information object; 3) the tools used to browse and search the target information objects. Using the three key mechanisms, an application designer can systematically build an information object system in a relatively simple way. In this paper we will explore the methodology and the mechanisms used. We will also demonstrate how we develop an application using the methodology.