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00lS'94
1994 International Conference on Object Oriented Information Systems
19-21 December 1994, London
Edited by D. Patel, Y. Sun and S. Patel
00lS'95
1995 International Conference on Object Oriented Information Systems
18-20 December 1995, Dublin
Edited by John Murphy and Brian Stone
00lS'96
1996 International Conference on Object Oriented Information Systems
16-18 December 1996, London
Edited by D. Patel, Y. Sun and S. Patel
00lS'97
1997 International Conference on Object Oriented Information Systems
10-12 November 1997, Brisbane
Edited by Maria E. Orlowska and Roberto Zicari
0015'98
1998 International Conference on
Object Oriented Information Systems
9-11 September 1998, Paris
Proceedings
Edited by
Colette Rolland and Georges Grosz
University of Paris -IUT, Paris, France
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Colette Rolland and George Grosz
Centre de Recherche en Informatique, Universite Paris I - La Sorbonne, Paris,
FRANCE
ISBN-13:978-1-85233-046-0 e-ISBN-13:978-1-4471-0895-5
DOl: 10.1007/978-1-4471-0895-5
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Preface
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The Sorbonne University is very proud to host this year the Conference
on Object Oriented Information Systems. There is a growing awareness of the
importance of object oriented techniques, methods and tools to support
information systems engineering. The term information systems implies that
the computer based systems are designed to provide adequate and timely
information to human users in organizations. The term engineering implies
the application of a rigorous set of problem solving approaches analogous to
those found in traditional engineering disciplines. The intent of this
conference is to present a selected number of those approaches which favor an
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object oriented view of systems engineering. '98 is the fifth edition of a
series of conferences. Starting in 1994 in London, this series evolved from a
British audience to a truly European one. The goal is to build a world wide
acknowledged forum dedicated to object oriented information systems
engineering. This conference is organized with the aim to bring together
researchers and practitioners in Information Systems, Databases and Software
Engineering who have interests in object oriented information systems. The
objective is to advance understanding about how the object technology can
empower information systems in organizations, on techniques for designing
effective and efficient information systems and methods and development
tools for information systems engineering. The conference aims also at
discussing the lessons learned from large scale projects using objects. The call
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for was given international audience. The program committee was
chosen from very well reputed researchers in the international information
systems, databases and software design. Twenty six papers have been selected
for presentation and discussion during the conference. The spectrum of the
contributions in the present proceedings extends from issues regarding the
modeling and design of information systems in an object oriented manner, to
various novel views for some specific aspects of information systems
development such as modeling and querying spatial and temporal aspects of
object oriented applications, reuse, evolution and new topics such as model
and method engineering. The editors express the hope that these papers will
contribute to improvements in both the understanding and practice of object
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technologies in information systems. The '98 conference would not have
been possible without the efforts of the authors, the program committee
members and the additional referees. They deserve our deepest thanks.
Colette Rolland
Programme Chair
Professor Colette Rolland, CRI, University of Paris, France
Organizing Chair
George Grosz, CRI, University of Paris 1, France
Programme Committee
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Lautemann (Germany) M. Saeki (Japan)
J. Bezivin, LRSG (France) C. Ghezzi (Italy)
F. Lochovsky (China) F. Saltor (Spain)
S. Brinkkemper (The Netherlands) P. Gray (United Kingdom)
P. Loucopoulos (United Kingdom) M. Schneider (France)
J. Brunet (France) J. Grimson (Ireland)
R. Meersman (Belgium) C. Souveyet (France)
X. Castellani (France) H. Habrias (France)
M. Orlowska (Australia) J. Stage (Denmark)
C. Cauvet (France) B. Henderson-Sellers (Australia)
D. Patel (United Kingdom) K. Subieta (Poland)
C. Chrisment (France) M. Jarke (Germany)
B. Pernici (Italy) Y. Sun (United Kingdom)
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Emmerich (United Kingdom) K. Jeffery (United Kingdom)
N. Prakash (India) Y. Vassiliou (Greece)
A. Flory (France) L. Kalinichenko (Russia)
D. Rieu (France) H. Zullighoven (Germany)
M. Franckson (France) R. King (USA)
Organizing Commitee
Camille Ben Achour (France)
Rebecca Deneckere (France)
Saefd Assar (France)
Setthachai Jungjariyanonn (France)
Joel Brunet (France)
Vincent Motte (France)
Adolphe Benjamen (France)
Farida Semmak (France)
Alphabetical List of 0015'98 Contributors
Y. Arapha, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine,
Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Exhibition Road,
London, SW7 2BT, UK
F. Barbier, IRIN, University of Nantes, 2 rue de la Houssiniere, BP 92208,
44322 Nantes cedex 3, France
P.J. Barclay, Department of Computer Studies, Napier University, Edinburgh,
Scotland
1. Bellatreche, Department of Computer Science, Hong Kong University of
Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong
W. Benn, Department of Computer Science, Technical University of
Chemnitz-Zwickau, 09107 Chemnitz, Germany
H. Briand, IRIN, Rue de la Houssiniere, BP 92208, 44322 Nantes cedex 3,
France
J. Brunet, C.R.I., Universite Paris I, 90 rue de Tolbiac, 75013 Paris, France
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Castellani, CEDRIC lIE (CNAM) Research Laboratory, 18 allee Jean
Rostand, 91025 Evry cedex, France
M. Chabre-Peccoud, Laboratoire Logiciels Systemes Reseaux -IMAG, BP 72,
38402 Saint Martin d'Heres cedex, France
E. Chang, La Trobe University, Department of Computer Science and
Computer Engineering, Bundora, Victoria 3083, Australia
P. Charlton, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine,
Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Exhibition Road,
London, SW7 2BT, UK
Y. Chen, IPSI Institute, GMD GmbH, Dolovostr. 15,64293 Darmstadt,
Germany
T.Y. Cheung, 3/F., University Administration Building Department of
Computer Science, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, NT, Hong
Kong
K. S. Cheung, 3/F., University Administration Building Department of
Computer Science, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, NT, Hong
Kong
I. Choudhury, South Bank University, School of Computing, Information
Systems and Maths, 103 Borough Road, London SEI OAA, UK
K.O. Chow, 3/F., University Administration Building Department of
Computer Science, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, NT, Hong
Kong
S. Clarke, School of Computer Applications, Dublin City University, Dublin 9,
Ireland
C. Delobel, INRIA, LRI-Universite de Paris-Sud, France
P. Delorme, Department of Computer Science, Trinity College, Dublin
R. Deneckere, C.R.I., Universite Paris 1,90 rue de Tolbiac, 75013 Paris, France
T. S. Dillon, La Trobe University, Department of Computer Science and
Computer Engineering, Bundora, Victoria 3083, Australia
Y. Ehou, Department of Computer Science, Worcester Polytechnic Institute,
100 Institute Road, Worcester, MA, 01609 2280, USA
A. Finkelstein, Department of Computer Science, University College London,
Gower Street, London, WCIE 6BT, UK
R.B. France, Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Florida Atlantic
University, Boca Raton FL 33431 0991, USA
J. c. Freire Junior, UNESP, Faculdade de Engenharia, CP 205,15500000
Guaratinguet, Brazil
A. Front, Laboratoire Logiciels Systemes Reseaux - IMAG, BP 72, 38402 Saint
Martin d'Heres cedex, France
J.-P. Giraudin, Laboratoire Logiciels Systemes Reseaux -IMAG, BP 72, 38402
Saint Martin d'Heres cedex, France
W. Goebl, CFC Informations Systeme, Baeckerstrasse 112/7, 1010 Vienna,
Austria
J. Grimson, Department of Computer Science, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
N. Hamamouche, CEDRIC lIE (CNAM) Research Laboratory, 18 allee Jean
Rostand, 91025 Evry cedex, France
M.L. Hines, Software Architecture Department, Computer Science
Telecommunications, University of Missouri-Kansas City, 5100 Rockhill Road,
Kansas City, MO 64110, USA
K. Hung, Department of Computer Science, The University of Sheffield,
Regent Court, 211 Portobello Street, Sheffield, SI 4DP, UK
M. Jouve, Laboratoire CEDRIC-lIE (CNAM), 18 allee Jean Rostand, 91025
Evry, France
K. Karlapalem, Department of Computer Science, University of Science and
Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong
J.B. Kennedy, Dept. of Computer Studies, Napier University, Edinburgh,
Scotland
B.B. Kristensen, The Maersk. Me-Kinney Moller Institute for Production
Technology, Odense University, DK 5230 Odense, Denmark
H. Kuno, R&D Instrument Support Sol. Div., Hewlett-Packard Company,
Santa Clara CA 95052 8059, USA
R. Laleau, Laboratoire CEDRIC-lIE (CNAM), 18 allee Jean Rostand, 91025
Evry, France
N.W. Lammari, Laboratoire CEDRIC-lIE (CNAM), 18 allec Jean Rostand,
91025 Evry, France
M.M. Larrondo-Petrie, Department of Computer Science & Engineering,
Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton FL 334310991, USA
A. Le Grand, Centre Universitaire d'lnformatique, Universite de Geneve, Rue
General Dufour 24, CH 1211 Geneve 4
A.J. Lee, Department ofEECS, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor MI 48109
2122, USA
H. Lehmann, Department of Management Science and Information Systems,
University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, New Zealand
Q. Li, Department of Computing, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung
Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong
M. Magnan, LGI2P EMA-EERIE, Parc Scientifique Georges BESSE, 30000
Neemes, France
R, McGuigan, Department of Computer Science, Trinity College, Dublin,
Ireland
J. Murphy, School of Computer Applications, Dublin City University, Dublin
9, Ireland
J. Odell, James Odell Associates, 1315 Hutchins Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48103,
USA
C. Oussalah, LGI2P EMA-EERIE, Parc Scientifique Georges BESSE, 30000
Neemes, France
S. Patel, School of Computing, Information Systems and Mathematics, South
Bank University, 103 Borough Road, London SEI OAA, UK
D. Patel, School of Computing, Information Svstems and Mathematics,
South Bank University, 103 Borough Road, London SEI OAA, UK
N.W. Paton, Department of Computer Science, University of Manchester,
Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, UK
Y.-G. Ra, Department ofEECS, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor MI 48109
2122, USA
W. Rahayu, La Trobe University, Department of Computer Science and
Computer Engineering, Bundora, Victoria 3083, Australia
S. Rideau, GC2i, 5 et 7 rue des Pillers de la Chauviniere, 44800 Saint-Herbain,
France
M. Roantree, School of Computer Applications, Dublin City University,
Dublin 9, Ireland
T. Rose, CAD Consultants Ltd., 797 London Road, Thornton Heath, Surrey,
CR76XA, UK
E.A. Rundensteiner, Department of Computer Science, Worcester Polytechnic
Institute, 100 Institute Road, Worcester, MA 016092280, USA
M. Saksena, Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Florida Atlantic
University, Boca Raton FL 334310991, USA
