PURPOSE AND SCOPE
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.
TOPICS OF INTEREST
The following is a non-exclusive list of topics of
interest in the development of XML-based systems:
- Data Models and Database Design
- Query languages
- Query processing and optimization
- Access methods and data structures
- Authorization and security
- Data mining and knowledge discovery
- Database performance and benchmarks
- User and application interfaces
- Experience using XML and objects
- XML standards
INSTRUCTION FOR AUTHORS
Papers:
Authors are invited to submit their previously
unpublished contributions by March 22, 2000. Electronic
and hard copy submissions of papers will both be
accepted, but electronic submission is strongly
preferred. Please send a PostScript version of your
manuscripts to one of the following addresses:
ws_ecoop2000@disi.unige.it
ws_ecoop2000@dsi.unimi.it
Alternatively, send 5 hard copies of your submission to
one of the following addresses:
Barbara Catania
Dipartimento di Informatica e Scienze dell'Informazione
Università degli Studi di Genova
Via Dodecaneso, 35
16146 Genova (Italy)
Phone: +39-0103536728
Fax: +39-0103536699
Email: catania@disi.unige.it
Elena Ferrari
Dipartimento di Scienze dell'Informazione
Università degli Studi di Milano
Via Comelico, 39/41
20135 Milano (Italy)
Phone: +39-0255006230
Fax: +39-01055006373
Email: ferrarie@dsi.unimi.it
Manuscripts must be in English, typed in double spaced
format in 12 point font, and not more than 5000 words.
The manuscript should include a cover page with title,
name and addresses (including e-mail address) of authors,
and an abstract of no more than 200 words. Fax
submissions will not be accepted. We expect to be able to
publish the best papers in a special issue of a journal
to be announced later.
Panel Proposals:
Authors are invited to submit their panel proposals by
March 22, 2000. Panel Proposals should include a one-page
description of the subject matter, the name and address
(including e-mail addresses) of the organizer, and a list
of proposed panelists. Electronic submissions are
preferred. Please send your panel proposals to one of the
following addresses:
ws_ecoop2000@disi.unige.it
ws_ecoop2000@dsi.unimi.it
Submissions will be refereed by the members of the
Program Committee and selected based on technical merit
and their relevance to the aim of the Workshop.
IMPORTANT DATES
March 22 |
Submission deadline for
papers and panels |
April 18 |
Notification to authors |
May 18 |
Camera-ready due |
June 12 |
Workshop |
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
- Barbara Catania, University of Genova, Italy
- Elena Ferrari, University of Milano, Italy
- Alon Levy, University of Washington, USA
- Alberto Mendelzon, University of Toronto, Canada
PROGRAM COMMITTEE
- Nabil R. Adam, Rutgers University, USA
- Paolo Atzeni, University of Rome, Italy
- Elisa Bertino,University of Milano, Italy
- Silvana Castano,University of Milano, Italy
- Mary Fernandez, AT&T Labs, USA
- Daniela Florescu, Inria, France
- Piero Fraternali, Politechnic of Milano, Italy
- Zack Ives, University of Washington, USA
- Sanjay Kumar Madria, Purdue University, USA
- M. Tamer Ozsu, University of Alberta, Canada
- Yannis Papakonstantinou, University of California San
Diego,USA
- Jerome Simeon, Bell Labs, USA
- Dan Suciu, AT&T Labs, USA
- Athena Vakali, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki,
Greece
- Masatoshi Yoshikawa, Nara Institute of Science and
Technology, Japan
- Philip Wadler, Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies, USA
- Roberto Zicari, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universitaet,
Germany
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