Call for Papers



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Authors are invited to submit their previously unpublished contributions by March 22, 2000.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


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