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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
0015'97
1997 International Conference on
Object Oriented Information Systems
10-12 November 1997, Brisbane
Proceedings
Edited by
Maria E. Orlowska
The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
Roberto Zicari
Johann Wolfgang Goethe-UniversWi.t, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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Maria E. Orlowska
School of Information Technology, University of Queensland,
Brisbane Q4072, Australia
Roberto Zicari
Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universitat, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
ISBN-13:978-3-540-76170-9 e-ISBN-13:978-1-4471-1525-0
DOl: 10.1007/978-1-4471-1525-0
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International Conference on Object Oriented Information Systems (1997 : Brisbane)
00lS'97 : 1997 International Conference on Object Oriented Information Systems 10-12 November
1997, Brisbane: proceedings
1.0bject-oriented methods (Computer science) -Congresses
I.Title II.Orlowska, Maria E. III.Zicari, Roberto
005.7'57
ISBN-13:978-3-540-76170-9
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
International Conference on Object Oriented Information Systems (1997 : Brisbane, Qld.)
oms '97: 1997 International Conference on Object-Oriented Information Systems,10-12 November
1997, Brisbane : proceedings 1 edited by Maria E. Orlowska, Roberto Zicari.
p. em.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN-13:978-3-540-76170-9 (paperback: alk. paper)
1. Object-oriented databases--Congresses. I. Orlowska, M. E. (Maria E.) II. Zicari, Roberto
III. Title
QA76.9.D3155875 1997 97-35571
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Preface
This publication contains the proceedings of the 4th International Conference on
Object-Oriented Information Systems. The first three OOIS conferences were held
in London UK (1994), Dublin Ireland (1995) and again in London in 1996.
In response to the Call for Papers we received 91 submissions which were reviewed
by members of the Program Committee. Each paper was refereed by at least three
reviewers, and following discussion with PC members, 40 of the papers were
accepted for presentation at the conference, and for publication in this volume.
In addition to the contributions from authors, this volume includes an abstract of
the Keynote Speaker's presentation. At OOIS'97 in Brisbane in November, Dr Dan
Fishman, the Chief Architect for Informix Software Inc., traced some of the early
developments in information systems through current day technology, and further
explored possible future directions and potential for object -oriented information
systems.
The papers included in the proceedings consist of various aspects of object-oriented
concepts and they have been presented to the reader under the following thematic
sections:
Object Oriented Methodologies
Query Processing
Modelling Issues I
Transaction Processing and Concurrency Control
Applications
Modelling Issues II
Re-Usability I
Modelling Issues III
Re-usability II
Architectural Issues
Object Orientation in Spatial Structures
Database Design and Views
Software Engineering/Development
Large Scale Environments
This conference has received tremendous support from the School of Information
Technology at The University of Queensland. We would also like to thank the
Australian Computer Society (ACS) for their support, and we are especially
grateful to our sponsors: Distributed Systems Technology Centre (DSTC) and Iona
Technologies.
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In preparing for this conference, we would also like to thank the Queensland
Tourist and Travel Corporation, and the Queensland Department of Environment
for their advice and support. A number of individuals also deserve special thanks
including Kathleen Williamson of The University of Queensland who has provided
invaluable help in the preparations for this conference, and Rebecca Moore at
Springer Verlag for her help and advice.
Finally, we would like to thank the Program Committee members and the external
referees for their expertise and help in evaluating the submitted papers.
Maria E. Orlowska, Roberto Zicari
Program Co-Chairs, 00lS'97
Programme Committee
General Chair
David Barbagallo, CEO, DSTC Pty Ltd (Australia)
Programme Co-Chairs
Maria E Orlowska (Australia)
Roberto Zicari (Germany)
Programme Committee
Serge Abiteboul (USA) Peri Loucopoulos (UK)
Terry Baylis (UK) Leszek Maciaszek (Australia)
Wolfgang Emmerich (UK) Jens Palsberg (USA)
Fabrizio Ferrandina (Germany) Remo Pareschi (France)
Carlo Ghezzi (Italy) Dilip Patel (UK)
Igor Hawryszkiewycz (Australia) Barbara Pemici (Italy)
Brian Henderson-Sellers (Australia) Naveen Prakash (India)
Matthias Jarke (Germany) Collette Rolland (France)
Keith Jeffery (UK) Felix Saltor (Spain)
Yahiko Kambayashi (Japan) Kazimierz Subieta (poland)
Roger King (USA) Yuan Sun (UK)
Karl Lieberherr (USA) Yannis Vassiliou (Greece)
Frederick Lochovsky (Hong Kong)
Organizing Committee
Kathleen Williamson (Australia)
Peter Creasy (Australia)
Alphabetical List of 0015'97 Contributors
M.A. Bailey, MBS (1997) Massey University, New Zealand
Department of Information Systems, Massey University,
Palmerston North, New Zealand
P. Baumann, PhD (1993) Technische Hochschule Darmstadt, Germany
FORWISS, Bavarian Research Center for Knowledge-Based Systems,
Munich, Germany
M. Beheshti, PhD (1992) University of Southwestern Louisiana, USA
Department of Computer & Mathematical Sciences,
University of Houston-Downtown, 1 Main Street, Houston TX, 77002, USA
Z. Bellahsene, PhD (1982) The University of Paris VI, France
LIRMM UMR 55060 CNRS, Montpellier 11,161 Rue ADA
34392 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
M. Bellavia, student of Computer Science, University of Milan, Italy
Universita Statale di Milano, Italy
H. Bentaleb, DEA (1994) Universite Paul Sabatier, France
Institut de Recherche en Informatique de Toulouse,
Universite Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France
J. Biskup, Dr. rer. nat (1975), Habilitation (1981) RWTH Aachen
Fachbereich Informatik, UniversiUit Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany
F. Buddrus, Dip-Inf (1992) University of Dortmund, Germany
Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universitat, DBIS FB20,
Robert-Mayer-Str 11-15, 60325 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
C.R. Carlson
Department of Computer Science & Applied Mathematics,
Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, USA
R Chafi, PhD (1996) Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL
Department of Computer Science & Applied Mathematics,
Illinois Institute of Technology, 10 West 31st Street, Chicago IL 60616, USA
J.W. Chang, Ph.D (1991) Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Tech
Department of Office Automation, Kijeon Women's Junior College,
Chonju, Chonbuk 560-701, Korea
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I. Choudhury, PG-Dip (1991) University of Wales College of Cardiff, UK
School of Computing, Information Systems & Mathematics,
South Bank University, 103 Borough Road, London, SEI OAA, UK
G. Cugola, MSc (1994) Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Dipartimento di Elettronica e Informazione, Politecnico di Milano,
P.za Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133 Milano, Italy
T. Dillon, PhD (1974) Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
La Trobe University, Melbourne VIC 3083, Australia
E.E. Doroshenko, BAppComp(Hons) (1994) The University of Tasmania, Australia
Department of Information Systems, University of Tasmania,
PO Box 1214, Launceston TAS 7250, Australia
T. Elrad, PhD, Technicion Israel Institute of Technology, Israel
Department of Computer Science & Applied Mathematics,
Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, USA
W. Emmerich, Dr (1995) University ofPaderborn, Germany
Interoperable Systems Research Centre, City University,
Northampton Square, London ECI V OHB, UK
G. Fernandez, MSc (Mathematics), University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Australia
D. Fishman, PhD (1973) University of Maryland, USA
Chief Architect, Informix Software Inc, USA)
J. Freitag, Dip.-Inf (1983) University of Dortmund, Germany
Fachbereich Informatik, Universitlit Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany
P. Furtado, MSc CS (1994) University ofCoimbra, Portugal
FORWISS, Bavarian Research Center for Knowledge-Based Systems,
Orleansstr 34,81667 Muenche'n, Germany
C. Ghezzi, Full Professor (1980) Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Dipartimento di Elettronica e Informazione, Politecnico di Milano,
P.za Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133 Milano, Italy
A.G. Grosse, Dip (1994) University of Karlsruhe, Germany
Institute of Telematics, University of Karlsruhe, PO Box 6980,
76128 Karlsruhe, Germany
J. Hartroth, Dip (1994) University of Karlsruhe, Germany
Institute ofTelematics, University of Karlsruhe, 76128 Karlsruhe, Germany
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B.H. Hong, DSc (1988) Seoul National University, Korea
Department of Computer Engineering, Pusan National University,
30 Changjeon-Dong, Kumjeong-Ku, Pusan, 609-735, Korea
E.H. Huang, PhD (1997) Illinois Institute of Technology, USA
Department of Computer Science & Applied Mathematics,
Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, USA
K. Hung, MSc (1995) South Bank University, UK
School of Computing, Information Systems & Mathematics,
South Bank University, 103 Borough Road, London, SEI OAA, UK
J.L. Johnson, PhD (1973) University of Minnesota, USA
Computer Science Department, Western Washington University,
Bellingham W A 98225, USA
Y. Karabulut, Dip.-Inf (1983) University of Dortmund, Germany
Fachbereich Informatik, Universitat Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany
1. Kennedy, MPhil (1985) Computing Paisley University, Scotland, UK
Department of Computer Studies, Napier University, Canal Court, 42
Craiglockhart Avenue, Edinburgh EH14 lLT, Scotland, UK
Y.H. Kim, Ph.D. Korea University (computer engineering major)
Department of Computer Science, Suwon Industrial College,
Botong-ri, Jungnam-myun, Whasung-gun, Kyungki-do, 445-960, Korea
M. Kolp, MSc (1994) University of Louvain, Belgium
Universite Catholique de Louvain, IAG-QANT,
1 Place des Doyens, 1348 Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium
D.A. Kottmann, Dip (1996) University of Karlsruhe, Germany
Institute of Telematics, University of Karlsruhe, 76128 Karlsruhe, Germany
B.B. Kristensen, MSc (1974) Aarhus University, Denmark
The Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller Institute for Production Technology,
Odense University, DK-5230 Odense M, Denmark
T. Kunishima, DEng (1997) Kyoto University, Japan
Graduate School of Information Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology,
8916-5, Takayama, Ikoma, Nara 630-01, Japan
S.E. Lautemann, Dip. -Inf (1993) Technical University of Karlsruhe, Germany
Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universitat, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
