Uma solução modularizada e plugável para indexação de Informações sobre trabalhos acadêmicos escritos em Latex

Abstract

Context: This work presents the development of a modular and pluggable solution for indexing information on academic papers written in LaTeX. Goals: The main objective of this work was to create a web system, called InProLa (Indexing and Processing of LaTeX), using a pluggable architecture capable of processing and indexing scientific papers written in LaTeX, as well as making these papers available so they can be searched by their content. Method: A General/Generic Architecture was defined to support the addition of functional and independent plugins. The architecture was instantiated as a Web Application, InProLa, using the JavaScript programming language and modern frameworks. To test InProLa, recent undergraduate thesis papers, written in article format, from the Bachelor’s Degree in Information Systems at IFBA, Vitoria ´ da Conquista campus, were used. Results: InProLa was successfully developed, and its source code is publicly available, allowing for its evolution through the addition of plugins and reuse in the creation of other software solutions that can benefit from plugin-oriented architecture. Conclusion: The resulting Web Application, InProLa, provides evidence that it is possible to use a plugin-oriented Software Architecture to process and make available information obtained from LaTeX documents.