4. WEBIST 2008: Funchal, Madeira, Portugal
José Cordeiro, Joaquim Filipe, Slimane Hammoudi (Eds.): WEBIST 2008, Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies, Volume 1, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal, May 4-7, 2008. INSTICC Press 2008 ISBN 978-989-8111-26-5
Invited Speakers
Tony Chao Shan: SOA in Practice.
Claudia Bauzer Medeiros: Serving Ontologies Across the Web - Challenges and Approaches.
Leszek A. Maciaszek: Building Quality into Web Information Systems.
Maria Ganzha, Maciej Gawinecki, Michal Szymczak, Grzegorz Frackowiak, Marcin Paprzycki, Myon-Woong Park, Yo-Sub Han, Young Tae Sohn: Generic Framework for Agent Adaptability and Utilization in a Virtual Organization - Preliminary Considerations.
Rainer Unland: (Multi-)agent Systems Technology and E-Commerce.
Klaus Pohl: S-CUBE: Enabling the Next Generation of Software Services.
Internet Technology
Full Papers
Kamel Aouiche, Daniel Lemire, Robert Godin: Collaborative OLAP with Tag Clouds - Web 2.0 OLAP Formalism and Experimental Evaluation. 5-12
Stefan Böttcher, Rita Hartel, Christian Heinzemann: BSBC: Towards a Succinct Data Format for XML Streams. 13-21
Carsten Kleiner, Arne Koschel: BRINGING TOGETHER WHAT TOGETHER BELONGS - Applying Web Services to Couple SOA and Grid in Smaller Environments. 30-37
Antoine Pichot, Oliver Wäldrich, Wolfgang Ziegler, Philipp Wieder: Dynamic SLA Negotiation Based on WS-Agreement. 38-45
João P. Germano, Alberto Rodrigues da Silva, Fernando M. Silva: Blackbird Monitoring System - Performance Analysis and Monitoring in Information Systems. 46-53
Agnieszka Cieslik, Maria Ganzha, Marcin Paprzycki: Developing Open Travel Alliance-Based Ontology of Golf. 62-69
Short Papers
Anderson Supriano, Gustavo M. D. Vieira, Luiz Eduardo Buzato: Evaluation of a Read-Optimized Database for Dynamic Web Applications. 73-81
Jing Lu, Bernhard Mitschang: A Constraint-Aware Query Optimizer for Web-Based Data Integration. 87-92
George C. Wells, Barbara Mueller, Loïc Schulé: A Tuple Space Web Service for Distributed Programming - Simplifying Distributed Web Services Applications. 93-100
Frederic Majer, Martin Nussbaumer, Martin Gaedke: A Descriptive Approach for the Lifecycle Support of Distributed Web-Based Systems. 101-108
Niels Joncheere, Bart Verheecke, Viviane Jonckers, Sofie Van Hoecke, Gregory van Seghbroeck, Bart Dhoedt: Web Service Composition Using the Web Services Management Layer. 109-116
Carlos Guerrero, Carlos Juiz, Ramón Puigjaner: Using Ontologies to Improve Performance in a Web System - A Web Caching System Case of Study. 117-122
Toshihiko Sasama, Yasuhiro Abe, Hiroshi Masuyama: A Broadcasting Algorithm Using Adjustable Transmission Ranges in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks. 123-128
Vincenzo Cannella, Giuseppe Russo, Roberto Pirrone: Towards MKDA: A Data Mining Semantic Web Service. 129-134
Elena del Val Noguera, Miguel Rebollo Pedruelo: A Survey on Web Service Discovering and Composition. 135-142
José Ignacio Fernández-Villamor, Mercedes Garijo: A Machine Learning Approach with Verification of Predictions and Assisted Supervision for a Rule-Based Network Intrusion Detection System. 143-148
Stephen McCombie, Paul Andrew Watters, Alex Ng, Brett Watson: Forensic Characteristics of Phishing - Petty Theft or Organized Crime? 149-157
Yasser Abdel Kader, Barry Eaglestone, Siobhán North: An Analysis of Relational Storage Strategies for Partially Structured XML. 165-170
Yoshihiro Kawano, Masahiro Miyata, Dai Hanawa, Tatsuhiro Yonekura: A New Concept for Real-Time Web Games - Developing Highly Real-Time Web Games. 171-177
Ismael Caballero, Eugenio Verbo, Coral Calero, Mario Piattini: DQRDFS - Towards a Semantic Web Enhanced with Data Quality. 178-183
Leacir Nogueira Bastos, Rossini Pena Abrantes, Brauliro Gonçalves Leal: A Mathematical Formulation of a Model for Landform Attributes Representation for Application in Distributed Systems. 184-189
Yangjun Chen: An Efficient Streaming Algorithm for Evaluating XPath Queries. 190-196

Posters
Juha Puustjärvi: A Concurrency Control Model for Multiparty Business Processes. 209-215
Fathi Tenzakhti: Modeling the Web as a Forest of Trees. 216-219
Mao Li, Michael J. O'Grady, Gregory M. P. O'Hare: Geo-Gaming: The Mobile Monopoly Experience. 220-223
María José Escalona Cuaresma, Javier Jesus Gutiérrez Rodriguez, José A. Ortega, Isabel M. Ramos, Gustavo Aragón: NDT & Metrica V3 - An Approach for Public Organizations based on Model Driven Engineering. 224-227
Serena Pastore: Using Content Syndication Technologies in Distributing and Publishing Information to Reach all Users. 228-231
Toshihiko Sasama, Ryo Monde, Hiroshi Masuyama: Evaluation of K-/Lattice-Clustering Algorithms for Random Wireless Multi-Hop Networks. 236-239
Viorica R. Chifu, Ioan Salomie, Emil St. Chifu, Constantin Pârtac: Harmony - A Framework for Automatic Web Service Composition. 240-243
Darren Curtis, Elena S. Peterson, Christopher S. Oehmen: A Secure Web Application Providing Public Access to High-Performance Data Intensive Scientific Resources - ScalaBLAST Web Application. 244-251
Dionisis X. Adamopoulos: A Development Infrastructure for Web Services. 256-259
Dionisis X. Adamopoulos: Structuring Design Activities in Open Programmable Networks. 260-263
Hugo Rigor, José Machado, António Abelha, José Neves, Carlos Alberto: A Web-Based System to Reduce the Nosocomial Infection Impact in Healtcare Units. 264-268
David Paul, Mark Wallis, Frans Henskens, Michael Hannaford: Transaction Support for Interactive Web Applications. 269-272
Michael O. Adeyeye, Neco Ventura: Implementing Content Sharing and Session Hand-off between Web Browsers - An Integration of SIP Stack into Mozilla Firefox Web Browser. 278-282
Claudio Cubillos, Silvana Roncagliolo, Leonardo Espinoza: Multiagent Design for Dynamic Job-Shop Scheduling Using PASSI. 288-291
Claudio Cubillos, Daniel Cabrera: Towards an Agent Framework for a Passenger Transportation Virtual Enterprise. 292-295
Tadeusz Pankowski: XML Data Integration in Peer-to-Peer Data Management Systems. 296-300
Emmanouil Magkos, Vassilios Chrissikopoulos: Towards Efficient Cryptography for Privacy Preserving Data Mining in Distributed Systems. 301-304
E-Learning
Full Papers
Felix G. Hamza-Lup, Ivan Sopin: Haptics and Extensible 3D in Web-Based Environments for E-Learning and Simulation. 309-315
Daniel Biella, Wolfram Luther: A General Framework for Replicated Experiments in Virtual 3D Environments. 316-323
James A. Redmond, Audrey Stenson, Alan Mullally: Case Studies via the Web for Continuous Professional Development - Use of the ViCoCITY Web-based Case Study Support Tool. 324-332
Onjira Sitthisak, Lester Gilbert, Hugh C. Davis: Transforming a Competency Model to Assessment Items. 333-338
Antonina Dattolo, Flaminia L. Luccio: Formalizing a Model to Represent and Visualize Concept Spaces in E-Learning Environments. 339-346
Short Papers
Cláudia Fernandes, Luís Rocha: E-Learning Activities Design and Individual Learning Styles - Case Study. 349-355
Andrée Roy, Louis Raymond: E-Learning as a Solution to the Training Problems of SMEs - A Multiple Case Study. 356-363
Ileana Trandafir, Ana-Maria Borozan, Alexandru Balog: Learning Personalization - Design Solutions in an e-Learning System. 364-369
Mohamed Amine Chatti, Daniel Dahl, Matthias Jarke, Gottfried Vossen: Towards Web 2.0 Driven Learning Environments. 370-375
Sathiamoorthy Manoharan: A Transliteration Engine for Asian Languages. 376-379
Maja Cukusic, Andrina Granic, Ivan Marsic: Launching an E-Learning System in a School - Cross-European e-/m-Learning System UNITE: A Case Study. 380-387
Augustin Prodan, Madalina Rusu, Remus Câmpean, Rodica Prodan: E-Learning Tools for Wound Image Understanding. 388-393
Jannicke Baalsrud Hauge, Heiko Duin, Manuel Oliveira: Using Evaluation as a Quality Assurance Tool in the Development of Serious Games - A Case Study based on the PRIME Game. 394-401
Carlos Muñoz, Miguel Ángel Conde González, Jorge Reyero, Francisco José García: Open Source LMS Customization - A Moodle Stadistical Control Aplication. 402-407
Thrasyvoulos Tsiatsos, Andreas Konstantinidis: Designing 3D Collaborative Virtual Environments to Utilize the Pedagogical Benefits of CSCL. 408-413
Pedro Guerreiro, Katerina Georgouli: Teaching Programming with a Competitive Attitude to Foster Group Spirit. 414-421
Azeddine Chikh, Lamia Berkani, Akila Sarirete: IMS-CLD: A New Specification for Learning Scenarios in CoPEs. 422-427
Thomas M. Connolly: Using Alternate Reality Games to Support the Teaching of Modern Foreign Languages. 428-434
Andrzej Niesler, Gracja Wydmuch: Predisposition-Based Intelligent Tutoring System - Adaptive User Profiling in Human-Computer Interaction. 435-440
Posters
Isabel Cuadrado Gordillo, Inmaculada Fernández Antelo: Design of Digital Educational Materials for Primary Education. 443-447
Ileana Hamburg: Introducing E-Learning 2.0 in SME - A Practical Guide. 448-451
Perfecto Mariño, Miguel Angel Domínguez, Santiago Otero, Miguel Merino Gil: Application of a Web-Based Education System in Industrial Processes. 452-455
Ana M. Breda, Eugénio M. Rocha, M. M. Rodrigues: Interactive, Collaborative and Adaptative Learning Tools - The TexMat Example. 456-459
Steffen Mencke, Dmytro Rud, Fritz Zbrog, Reiner R. Dumke: Proactive Autonomous Resource Enrichment for E-Learning. 464-467
Eugenijus Kurilovas, Svetlana Kubilinskiene: Interoperability Guidelines for Digital Library of Educational Resources and Services. 468-471
Diana Rosario Pérez Marín, Ismael Pascual-Nieto, Pilar Rodríguez: About the Benefits of Exploiting Natural Language Processing Techniques for E-Learning. 472-475



