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How is VoS structured in its new database environment?

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How is VoS structured in its new database environment?

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In Fall 2001, VoS was converted from a static Web site into a dynamic database-to-Web system. Instead of editing static HTML pages in Dreamweaver (or another Web-authoring program), VoS developers now log on to the “MyVoS” part of the site and use Web forms to enter or revise information in the underlying SQL Server database. The database then takes care of selecting, organizing, and outputting information requested by the end user (who navigates with links or uses the “search” function) on an “on-the-fly” basis. The dynamic structure of VoS means that while the main “disciplines” and “resources” on the VoS home page are fixed, there is no fixed substructure analogous to a static HTML page and its equally static subpages. In the old, static VoS, for example, the home page (index.html) would have a first-level subpage like English Literature (english.html), which in turn might have second-level subpages underneath it. But in the new, dynamic VoS, clicking on “Literature (in English”) wi

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