---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Subject: Call for Chapter Proposals Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2001 11:45:43 +0200 From: Patrick van Bommel pvb@cs.kun.nl To: www-rdf-interest@w3.org
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******** Call for Chapter Proposals ********
You are invited to propose papers for a BOOK on:
Information - Modeling - for - Internet - Applications
*** SCOPE
Different kinds of objects are found on the Internet, including eg documents, structured databases, and search engines. This has resulted in new challenges for future information systems.
Although the creation, manipulation, and retrieval of Internet documents has benefited from modeling techniques for information systems and databases, most web sites have one or more of the following problems: (a) structured search for documents is not sufficiently supported, (b) proving properties of web sites is difficult or impossible, (c) maintenance is not supported by formal mechanisms, and (d) personalization of information, or adaptation to user groups, is difficult or impossible.
These problems are often caused by the fact that web sites are not properly modeled before they are implemented. This leads to a number of questions. What is an adequate web site modeling technique? What are the requirements for web site models? What are the problems in existing approaches? What are the possibilities of web site modeling in electronic commerce and distributed artificial intelligence? In order to deal with such questions, further theoretical foundation as well as practical application is needed.
*** TOPICS
Web-oriented conceptual modeling techniques Data modeling for web sites Integrity constraints in web sites Modeling the dynamic aspects of web sites Hypertext / hyperdocument - data modeling Personalization of web sites Models for adaptive hypertext Verification of web site properties Web development CASE tools Formal models of web sites Case studies on web site modeling Web site maintenance Models for the evolution of web sites Web query languages Integration of data modeling and document retrieval Multimedia data modeling in web site development Data distribution and integration via web sites Architectures for web-based information systems
Other related topics may be proposed as well. The book will be published by IDEA GROUP PUBLISHING, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA.
*** IMPORTANT DATES
May 30, 2001: submission of proposals June 30, 2001: notification of acceptance October 15, 2001: full chapters due December 31, 2001: revised chapters due March 1, 2002: final accepted chapters due
*** SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
You are invited to submit a proposal of 2-4 pages describing the focus of your paper. The proposal should also give the tentative organization of the paper (section titles with section summaries).
Electronic submissions are required. Please e-mail your proposal or questions to P. van Bommel, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands, pvb@cs.kun.nl with subject IGP-PROPOSAL.
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