Table of Contents

• Preliminary Ontology Modeling for B2B Content IntegrationBorys Omelayenko. 7-13
• Semantic B2B Integration Server Technology as Infrastructure for Electronic HubsChristoph Bussler. 14-18
• Designing a Three-Layer Ontology in a Web-based Interconnection ScenarioSilvana Castano, Valeria De Antonellis, Sabrina De Capitani di Vimercati, Michele Melchiori. 21-26
• Efficient XML Query Processing in MediatorsLiang Huai Yang, Shiwei Tang, Dongqing Yang, Lijun Chen 0002. 27-31
• An Architecture for Multidatabase Systems Based on CORBA and XMLBing Li, Zhengding Lu, Weijun Xiao, Ruixuan Li, Zhang Wei, Mudar Sarem. 32-37
• Building Portals for E-BiologyZoé Lacroix. 41-49
• Knowledge Representation Architecture for Context Interchange Mediation: Fixed Income Securities Investment ExamplesAllen Moulton, Stuart E. Madnick, Michael Siegel. 50-54
• Requirements for XML Functionality in Relational Database Management Systems - An Informix PerspectivePaul Brown, Martin Herbach, Akmal B. Chaudhri, Alexander Koerner. 55-57
• Converting Relational Database into XML DocumentJoseph Fong, Francis Pang, Chris Bloor. 61-65
• Towards Grouping Constructs for Semistructured DataFrançois Bry, Dan Olteanu, Sebastian Schaffert. 66-70
• Towards XML Metamodel Patterns for XML Data ModelingZaijun Hu, Gerhard Vollmar. 71-74
• An E-Store Developing Model for Minimizing the Impact of Procedural and Cultural Change within an EnterpriseIrene S. Y. Kwan. 79-83
• Agent Solutions for E-Business TransactionsIsmail Khalil Ibrahim, Wieland Schwinger, Edgar Weippl, Josef Altmann, Werner Winiwarter. 84-86
• Modeling Parallel and Distributed Computing Resources Using Structured MetadataPhilipp Tomsich. 95-99
• Experimenting with Object Navigation in Parallel Object DatabasesSandra de F. Mendes Sampaio, Jim Smith, Norman W. Paton, Paul Watson. 103-109
• Parallel and Distributed Methods for Image Retrieval with Dynamic Feature Extraction on Cluster ArchitecturesOdej Kao. 110-114
• Design and Evaluation of Database Multiprocessor Architecture with High Data AvailabilityLeonid B. Sokolinsky. 115-120
• Block Level Query Scrambling Algorithm within Distributed Multidatabase EnvironmentEhsan Vossough, Janusz R. Getta. 123-127
• Design of a Data Warehouse over Object-Oriented and Dynamically Evolving Data SourcesBogdan D. Czejdo, Johann Eder, Tadeusz Morzy, Robert Wrembel. 128-132
• Using an Out-of-Core Technique for Clustering Large Data SetsElio Masciari, Clara Pizzuti, Giuseppe Raimondo, Domenico Talia. 133-137
• Modeling and Querying Content Description and Quality Adaptation Capabilities of Audio-Visual DataHarald Kosch, László Böszörményi, Hermann Hellwagner. 141-145
• Software Architectures for Collaborative Proxies in Wide Area Information SystemsLionel Brunie, David Coquil, Serge Simon. 146-150
• A Fuzzy Admission Control Scheme for High-Speed NetworksLeonard Barolli, Akio Koyama, Takako Yamada, Shoichi Yokoyama, Takuo Suganuma, Norio Shiratori. 157-161
• Construction of A Multiple Entities Communication Protocol by Compositional ApproachBhed Bahadur Bista, Norio Shiratori. 162-166
• Autonomous Load Balance System for Distributed Servers using Active ObjectsSaneyasu Yamaguchi, Katsumi Maruyama. 167-171
• CORBA based Approach to the Development of an Advanced Architecture in TINA Service Management SystemHea-Sook Park, O-Hoon Choi, Doo-Kwon Baik. 175-179
• A Framework for Integrating Information Retrieval on CORBAYue-Shan Chang, Shyan-Ming Yuan. 180-184
• QoS-Based Method for Compensating Multimedia ObjectsMotokazu Yokoyama, Katsuya Tanaka, Makoto Takizawa. 185-189
• Network Status Observation for A Dynamic Object Relocation ProtocolTakashi Watanabe, Makoto Hara. 193-197
• An Agent Based Education System for Cellular PhoneAkio Koyama, Akira Sasaki, Leonard Barolli, Zixue Cheng. 198-202
• Traditional Japanese Crafting Presentation System by Kansei Information Processing Over Japan Gigabit NetworkAkihiro Miyakawa, Kaoru Sugita, Koji Hashimoto, Tomoe Fukamachi, Yoshitaka Shibata. 203-207
• A Distributed Search Engine for Fresh Information RetrievalNobuyoshi Sato, Minoru Uehara, Yoshifumi Sakai, Hideki Mori. 211-216
• Using XML in a Web-Oriented Information SystemPetr Kroha, Lars Gemeinhardt. 217-211
• ADTP: A New Protocol for Data Processing over the InternetJason Dongwon Kwak, Ramez Elmasri, Wook Choi, Rung-Chi Ye, Ajit Mahareddy. 222-226
• Cooperative Backgroud Task Spaces and its EvaluationSaneyasu Yamaguchi, Masao Takimoto, Hitoshi Aida, Tadao Saito. 227-231
• Informal Inference via Information FlowPeter Bruza, Dawei Song. 237-241
• Parallel Between Situation and Interaction RetrievalSándor Dominich. 242-246
• Rating the Impact of Logical Representations on Retrieval PerformanceDavid E. Losada, Alvaro Barreiro. 247-253
• Partial Probabilistic Interpretations and General ImagingFrançois Lepage. 254-258
• Finding Associations between Concepts in an Unstructured Corpus of Texts (invited Address)Yves Kodratoff. 265-269
• Document Categorization and Retrieval Using Semantic Microfeatures and Growing Cell StructuresWantao Deng, Wendy Xihyu Wu. 270-274
• Statistical Analysis of Web Documents: A Proposal and a Case StudyPierpaolo Vittorini, Paolino Di Felice. 275-281
• Feature Weighting Methods for Improving the Accuracy of Collaborative Filtering (Invited Address)Kai Yu, Zhong Wen, Xiaowei Xu, Martin Ester. 285-290
• Model Based Predictive PrefetchingQiang Yang, Zhen Zhang. 291-295
• A Comparison of Categorisation Algorithms for Predicting the Cellular Localisation Sites of ProteinsPaul A. Cairns, Christian R. Huyck, Ian Mitchell, Wendy Xihyu Wu. 296-300
• An Approach to Develop Human Gene Disorder Database for Intelligent Variance Analysis of Genes and its ProductsNawaz Khan, Shahedur Rahman, Trevor G. Clarkson. 301-305
• Directions in E-Government: Processes, Portals, KnowledgeRoland Traunmüller, Maria Wimmer. 313-317
• PASSPORT, A Novel Architectural Model for the Provision of Seamless Cross-Border e-Government ServicesDimitris Gouscos, Gregoris Mentzas, Panagiotis Georgiadis. 318-322
• Information Technology for Redesigning GovernmentArthur Csetenyi. 323-326
• The Italian E-Government Action Plan: from Gaining Efficiency to Rethinking GovernmentFrancesco Virili. 329-333
• E-Government: Developments in the US and UKPaul Jackson, Noah Curthoys. 334-342
• Public Key Certification Providers and E-Government Assurance Agencies. An Appraisal of Trust on the InternetFernando Galindo. 345-349
• E-Government: Aspects of Security on Different LayersMaria Wimmer, Bianca von Bredow. 350-355
• An Integrated Platform for Realising One-Stop Government: The eGOV ProjectEfthimios Tambouris. 359-363
• Implementation of e-Government Using Knowledge-Based SystemJan Paralic, Tomas Sabol. 364-368
• Legal Knowledge Representation using the Ressource Description Framework (RDF)Peter Ebenhoch. 369-373
• Limitations for Interstate e-Government and for Interdisciplinary ProjectsReinhard Riedl. 377-382
• Electronic Government and Software ConfederationsJaroslav Král, Michal Zemlicka. 383-387
• Information Technology Improves Most of the Democratic Voting ProcessesAnthony Watson, Vincent Cordonnier. 388-393
• e-Vienna Living Situation Based eGovernment and eDemocracyLothar Fischmann, Gerhard Jakisch, Rainer Riedel. 397-401
• Change Management, a Critical Success Factor for e-GovernmentAgis Papantoniou, Ezz Hattab, Foto N. Afrati, Eleftherios Kayafas, Vassilis Loumos. 402-406
• SIM: a working example of an e-government service infrastructure for mountain cummunities (extended abstract)Franco Arcieri, Elettra Cappadozzi, Enrico Nardelli, Maurizio Talamo. 407-411
• Electronic Government Services for the Business Sector in AustriaGeorg Aichholzer, Regina Sperlich. 412-416
• Identifying Emerging Web-Communication Patterns Between Government and CitizensGerald Quirchmayr, Jill Slay. 419-422
• E-Governance and the Judicial System. A Point of ViewNicolae Costake. 423-427
• Early Evidence for the Governments Gradually Declining Role into the CyberspaceDimitrios S. Stamoulis, Drakoulis Martakos. 428-432
• Dimensions of the Knowledge Management ProcessAlfs T. Berztiss. 437-441
• A Business-Process Oriented Delivery of Knowledge through Domain OntologiesAndreas Abecker, Gregoris Mentzas, Maria Legal, Spyridon Ntioudis, Giorgos Papavassiliou. 442-446
• MEME: An Adaptive Email-based Information Sharing System for Educational InstitutionsMichael Dain, Jack R. Brzezinski. 449-453
• Managing the Knowledge contained in Electronic Documents: a Clustering Method for Text MiningS. Iritano, Massimo Ruffolo. 454-458
• Reflecting Distributed Knowledge in IT Systems: A Tree Layers ConceptMaria Wimmer, Roland Traunmüller. 459-464
• Measuring Knowledge with Workflow Management SystemsBeate List, Josef Schiefer, Robert M. Bruckner. 467-471
• Topic Maps - An Enabling Technology for Knowledge ManagementKnud Steiner, Wolfgang Eßmayr, Roland Wagner. 472-476
• Efficient Management of Data in Proxy CacheKai Cheng, Yahiko Kambayashi, Mukesh K. Mohania. 479-483
• Building Internet Learning CommunitiesDes Casey. 491-495
• A Comparative Analysis of Web-based Collaborative SystemsGeorgia Bafoutsou, Gregoris Mentzas. 496-500
• Advanced Concepts for Next Generation PortalsChristian Zirpins, Harald Weinreich, Andreas Bartelt, Winfried Lamersdorf. 501-506
• Collaborative Advertising over Internet with AgentsMihhail Matskin. 509-513
• Collaborative Document Edition in a Highly Concurrent EnvironmentWilly Picard. 514-518
• Modeling Cooperative Applications with Multiuser InteractionsCornelia Haber. 519-523
• TeamSpace: An Environment for Team Articulation Work and Virtual MeetingsLudwin Fuchs, Steven E. Poltrock, Ingrid Wetzel. 527-531
• Integrating Voice and Data Services for Mobile Internet Collaboration with the MOVE Middleware ArchitectureDominique Carrega, Hendrik Decker, Hervé Muyal, Michael Wallbaum. 532-536
• FMOL: A System for Collaborative Music Composition over the WebSergi Jordà, Otto Wüst. 537-542
• An Architecture for Location Dependent Query ProcessingAyse Yasemin Seydim, Margaret H. Dunham, Vijay Kumar. 549-555
• Mobile Database Procedures in MDBASRichard Vlach. 559-563
• BUC, a Simple yet Efficient Concurrency Control technique for Mobile Data Broadcast EnvironmentAhmad S. Al-Mogren, Margaret H. Dunham. 564-569
• A Power-aware Technique to Manage Real-time Database Transactions in Mobile Ad-Hoc NetworksLe Gruenwald, Shankar M. Banik. 570-574
• A System based on Mobile Agents for Tracking Objects in a Location-dependent Query Processing EnvironmentSergio Ilarri, Eduardo Mena, Arantza Illarramendi. 577-581
• Verification of Itineraries for Mobile Agent Enabled Interorganizational WorkflowSea Ling, Seng Wai Loke. 582-586
• Dynamic Multi-signatures for Secure Autonomous AgentsPanayiotis Kotzanikolaou, Mike Burmester, Vassilios Chrissikopoulos. 587-591
• Analyzing Mobile Transaction Supports for DBMSPatricia Serrano-Alvarado, Claudia Roncancio, Michel E. Adiba. 595-600
• Holons & Agents: Recent Development and Mutual ImpactsVladimír Marík, Michal Pechoucek. 605-607
• Reconfiguring Real-time Holonic Manufacturing SystemsRobert W. Brennan, Martyn Fletcher, Douglas H. Norrie. 611-615
• Rationales for Holonic Manufacturing Systems in Chemical Process IndustriesNirav Navinchandra Chokshi, Duncan C. McFarlane. 616-620
• Deadline Control in Holonic Manufacturing using Mobile AgentsMartyn Fletcher, Robert W. Brennan, Douglas H. Norrie. 623-627
• The Appliance of ZEUS Agents in Manufacturing SystemsKlaus Glanzer, Alexander Hämmerle, Ralf Geurts. 628-632
• Material Handling Problem: FIPA Compliant Agent ImplementationPavel Vrba, Vaclav Hrdonka. 635-639
• Adoption of an Agent-Based Production Planning Technology in the Manufacturing IndustryAles Ríha, Michal Pechoucek, Hana Krautwurmova, Petr Charvát, Adamantios Koumpis. 640-646
• A Realistic Substrate for Small-World Networks ModellingCarlos Aguirre, Fernando J. Corbacho, Ramón Huerta. 649-653
• Towards an Axiomatic Framework to Support the Design of an Holonic SystemGustavo Nucci Franco, Antonio Batocchio. 654-659
• Script Language for Generating Internet-botsDickson K. W. Chiu. 667-671
• An Information Concierge for the WebFeifei Li, Zehua Liu, Yangfeng Huang, Wee Keong Ng. 672-676
• Integrating Mobile Agents into Off-the-Shelf Web Servers: the M&M approachPaulo Marques, Raul Fonseca, Paulo Simões, Luís Moura Silva, João Gabriel Silva. 677-681
• Using Mobile Agents in TelecommunicationsDo Van Thanh. 685-688
• Supporting Mobile Agent Applications Using WrappersNils P. Sudmann, Dag Johansen. 689-695
• Facility Provision Using Mobile AgentsErlend L. Kvalvaag, Do Van Thanh. 696-700
• Cooperative Multi-Attribute Bilateral Online Negotiation for E-CommerceLei Zhao, Wee Keong Ng, Ee-Peng Lim. 703-707
• Conflict Management and Negotiation among Intentional AgentsFernando Lopes, Nuno J. Mamede, Augusto Q. Novais, Helder Coelho. 708-714
• An Agent System Architecture for E-CommerceWan Suwu, Amitabha Das. 715-719
• E-Service Composition: Supporting Dynamic Definition of Process-oriented Negotiation Parameters (Invited Address)Giacomo Piccinelli, Chris Preist, Claudio Bartolini. 727-731
• Towards a Flexible Middleware Negotiation Facility for Distributed ComponentsJean-Marc Andreoli, Stefania Castellani. 732-736
• An Infrastructure for Rule-Driven Negotiating Software AgentsMorad Benyoucef, Hakim Alj, Rudolf K. Keller. 737-741
• Efficiency and Flexibility of Multi-Attribute Negotiations - The Role of Business Object FrameworksMichael Rebstock. 742-746
• Coping with One-to-Many Multi-Criteria Negotiations in Electronic MarketsBartel Van de Walle, Sven Heitsch, Peyman Faratin. 747-751
• Trust Issues and User Reactions to E-Services and E-Marketplaces: A Customer SurveyNadja Linketscher, Mike Child. 752-756
• The Ideal Audience and Artificial Intelligence and LawTrevor J. M. Bench-Capon. 763-767
• Towards Electronic Contract PerformanceAspassia Daskalopulu, T. S. E. Maibaum. 771-777
• Legal Information Access on the WEB: A Project for an Information System ModelAntonio Cammelli, Elio Fameli. 778-783
• MILE Assessment: Turning Legal Information into Legal AdviceAlexander Boer. 787-791
• Ontology-driven Access to Legal InformationDaniela Tiscornia. 792-796
• Electronic Documents in Legal WorksJosé Félix Muñoz. 799-803
• Improving the Quality of Labels for Self-Organising Maps Using Fine-TuningErich Schweighofer, Andreas Rauber, Michael Dittenbach. 804-808
• On the Design of Copyright Protection Protocols for Multimedia Distributioni Using Symmetric and Public-Key WatermarkingStefan Katzenbeisser. 815-819
• The TAIM Intelligent Visual DatabaseCyrus F. Nourani. 820-824
• Robust Frame-Based Watermarking For Digital VideoVito Cappellini, Franco Bartolini, Roberto Caldelli, Alessia De Rosa, Alessandro Piva, Mauro Barni. 825-829
• Xanadu: XML- and Active-Database-Unified Approach to Distributed E-CommerceHiroshi Ishikawa, Shohei Yokoyama, Seiji Isshiki, Manabu Ohta. 833-837
• Distributed Television Production for Distance Education with a Customizable Internet PlatformSusanne Naegele-Jackson, Nadja L. M. Eschbaum, Peter Holleczek. 838-842
• Definition and Application of Rules for the Adequate Designing of XML Documents for the Hyper-Automaton SystemCesar C. Machado, Gustavo L. Federizzi, Paulo Blauth Menezes. 843-847
• Query Evaluation and Presentation Planning within a Spatial Mediator: Extending XML-based Mediation to Heterogeneous Sources of GIS and Imagery Data (Invited Address)Ilya Zaslavsky, Amarnath Gupta, Bertram Ludäscher, Shabbar Tambawala. 853-855
• A Study on the Indexing of Satellite Images at NASA Regional Application CenterChiara Ghirardini, Soon Ae Chun, Vijayalakshmi Atluri, Ibrahim Kamel, Nabil R. Adam. 859-864
• Spatiotemporal Lifelines in Support of Video QueriesAnthony Stefanidis, Panos Partsinevelos, Kristin Eickhorst, Peggy Agouris. 865-869
• Web-Enabled Raster GIS Services for Large Image and Map DatabasesPeter Baumann. 870-874
• Registration of Maps using Deformable Contours in a Global AtlasFiona Lee, Chu Yee Liau, Stéphane Bressan. 875-879
• Agent-Based Knowledge Extraction Services Inside Enterprise Data Warehousing Systems EnvironmentsAnália Lourenço, Joaquim Gonçalves, Orlando Belo. 887-891
• Flexible Web-based Decision Support System Generator (FWDSSG) Utiolising Software AgentsChing-Shen James Dong, Grace SauLan Loo. 892-897
• Modeling Temporal Consistency in Data WarehousesRobert M. Bruckner, Beate List, Josef Schiefer, A. Min Tjoa. 901-905
• Aspect-Oriented Technology for Business Applications: A Case Study in Stock TradingFaisal Akkawi, Atef Bader, Tzilla Elrad. 906-908
• A Soft Systems Methodology Model for Clinical Decision Support Systems (SSMM-CDSS)Grace SauLan Loo, Philip C. H. Lee. 909-914
• Significant Conceptual Modelling - A Health Care Enterprise Case StudyPaulo César Moreira Gottgtroy, Márcia de Paiva Bastos Gottgtroy. 917-921
• A Framework for Business Rule PresentationGaihua Fu, Jianhua Shao, Suzanne M. Embury, W. A. Gray, Xingkun Liu. 922-926
• The Object Oriented Document Model of a Meta System for Existing Digital LibrariesMichael G. Bauer, Günther Specht. 933-936
• Towards a Two-Layered Video Metadata ModelChrisa Tsinaraki, Stratos Papadomanolakis, Stavros Christodoulakis. 937-941
• A Metadata Approach for Designing Configurable Interfaces in Digital LibrariesAna Maria de Carvalho Moura, Luis Alexandre Estervão da Silva, Maria Luiza Machado Campos. 942-947
• Web Document Summarisation: A Task-oriented EvaluationRyen White, Ian Ruthven, Joemon M. Jose. 951-955
• Hierarchically Structural Approach to Improving the Browsability of Web Search Engine ResultsHang Cui, Osmar R. Zaïane. 956-960
• IR and AI: Using co-occurrence Theory to Generate Lightweight OntologiesYing Ding, Robert Engels. 961-965