Aim of the Workshop


Companies and organizations are today massively using the Web as the main information distribution means both at the internal and external level. Such a widespread use of the Web has pushed the rapid development of suitable standards for information representation. XML (eXtensible Markup Language) is currently the most relevant standardization effort in the area of data exchange trough markup languages. XML has many similarities with object-oriented data models and languages. However, whereas the object-oriented technology has reached a great level of maturity, XML is still in its infancy.

The aim of the workshop is thus to discuss how object-oriented technology can be exploited in data management solutions for XML and which issues require new developments and further investigation.

The workshop is limited to about twenty-five participants to ensure ample time for discussion and interaction. Preliminary conference proceedings will be distributed to participants. We expect to be able to publish the best papers in the ECOOP'99 Workshop Reader or in a related publication. To maximize participant interaction and discussion, the workshop will be conducted as a combination of paper presentations and a panel session.

Please send suggestions and comments to: armani@educ.disi.unige.it, bozzo@educ.disi.unige.it
Last Updated: February 10th, 2000