Volume 28    Number 1    March 1999

Editor's Notes (also in Postscript) Message from Editor-in-Chief, ACM TODS Chair's Message (also in Postscript) Statement from the Treasurer (also in Postscript) SPECIAL SECTION ON SEMANTIC INTEROPERABILITY IN GLOBAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS A brief introduction to the research area and the special section A. Ouksel and A. Sheth Available in: gzipped Postscript, gzipped PDF and gzipped MS Word format Semantic Integration of Environmental Models for Application to Global Information Systems and Decision-Making D. Mackay Available in: gzipped Postscript and gzipped PDF Semantic and Pedagogic Interoperability Mechanisms in the ARIADNE Educational Repository E. Forte, F. Haenni, K. Warkentyne, E. Duval, K. Cardinaels, E. Vervaet, K. Hendrikx, M. Wentland Forte, F. Simillion Available in: gzipped Postscript, gzipped PDF and gzipped MS Word format Unpacking The Semantics of Source and Usage To Perform Semantic Reconciliation In Large-Scale Information Systems K. Smith, L. Obrst Available in: gzipped Postscript, gzipped PDF and gzipped MS Word format Semantic Video Indexing: Approaches and Issues A. Hampapur Available in: gzipped Postscript and gzipped PDF Contextualizing the Information Space in Federated Digital Libraries M. Papazoglou, J. Hoppenbrouwers Available in: gzipped Postscript and gzipped PDF Dynamic Service Matchmaking Among Agents in Open Information Environments K. Sycara, M. Klusch, S. Widoff, J. Lu Available in: gzipped Postscript and gzipped PDF Semantic Integration of Semistructured and Structured Data Sources S. Bergamaschi, S. Castano and M. Vincini Available in: gzipped Postscript and gzipped PDF Agent-Based Semantic Interoperability in InfoSleuth J. Fowler, B. Perry, M. Nodine, B. Bargmeyer Available in: gzipped Postscript and gzipped PDF Semantic Interoperability in Information Services: Experiencing with CoopWARE A. Gal Available in: gzipped Postscript and gzipped PDF Reports Report on the 13th Brazilian Symposium on Database Systems (SBBD '98) M. Nascimento, C. Medeiros Available in: gzipped Postscript and gzipped PDF Efficient Materialization and Use of Views in Data Warehouses M. Farias de Souza, M. Costa Sampaio Available in: gzipped Postscript, gzipped PDF and gzipped MS Word format Articles Design Principles for Data-Intensive Web Sites S. Ceri, P. Fraternali, S. Paraboschi Available in: gzipped Postscript and gzipped PDF A study on data point search for HG-trees J. Kuan and P. Lewis Available in: gzipped Postscript and gzipped PDF Systems & Prototypes The OASIS Multidatabase Prototype M. Roantree, J. Murphy, W. Hasselbring Available in: gzipped Postscript and gzipped PDF URL: http://www.compapp.dcu.ie/~oasis VideoAnyhere: A System for Searching and Managing Distributed Heterogeneous Video Assets A. Sheth, C. Bertram, K. Shah Available in: gzipped Postscript and gzipped MS Word format Influential Papers Reminiscences on Influential Papers - R. Snodgrass ed. S. Abiteboul, S. Cluet, M. Franklin, G. Lohman, D. Lomet, G. Ozoyoglu, R. Ramakrishnan, K. Ross, T. Sellis, P. Valduriez Available in: Postscript and gzipped PDF Industry Perspectives NSF Workshop on Industrial/Academic Cooperation in Database Systems M. Carey and L. Seligman Available in: gzipped Postscript, gzipped PDF and gzipped MS Word format URL: http://www.ccs.neu.edu/groups/IEEE/ind-acad/webpage.html Standards SQL:1999, formerly known as SQL3 A. Eisenberg and J. Melton Available in: gzipped Postscript, gzipped PDF and gzipped MS Word format Call for Papers ICTEC'99 - International Conference on Telecommunications and Electronic Commerce Also available in: Postscript and MS Word format URL: http://cottonian.ogsm.vanderbilt.edu/ICTEC99/ Call for Participation MobiCom '99 - Mobile Computing and Networking MobiCom '99 - August 17-19 @ Seattle, Washington, USA URL: http://mobicom99.research.microsoft.com Last update: June 26, 2000 Previous Issue: December 1998 Next Issue: June 1999 Send comments or suggestions to Alexandros Labrinidis.