CoopIS 1997: Kiawah Island, South Carolina, USA
Proceedings of the Second IFCIS International Conference on Cooperative Information Systems, Kiawah Island, South Carolina, USA, June 24-27, 1997, Sponsored by IFCIS, The Intn'l Foundation on Cooperative Information Systems. IEEE Computer Society 1997 ISBN 0-8186-7946-8
Message from the General Chair, Message from the Program Chairs, Organizers, Program Committes, Reviewers, Index of Authors.
Invited Paper
Georges Gardarin, Béatrice Finance, Peter Fankhauser: Federating Object-Oriented and Relational Databases: The IRO-DB Experience. 2-13
Cooperation
Shin'ichi Konomi, Yusuke Yokota, Kazuhiro Sakata, Yahiko Kambayashi: Cooperative View Mechanisms in Distributed Multiuser Hypermedia Environments. 15-24
Rose Sturm, Jutta A. Mülle, Peter C. Lockemann: Collision of Constrained Work Spaces: A Unifying Concept for Design Interactions. 25-35
Justus Klingemann, Thomas Tesch, Jürgen Wäsch: Enabling Cooperation among Disconnected Mobile Users. 36-46
Rules and Reasoning
Yuko Murayama: Configuration Detection as a Problem of Knowledge Discovery in Computer Networks. 47-55
Mikael Berndtsson, Sharma Chakravarthy, Brian Lings: Task Sharing among Agents using Reactive Rules. ... 56-65
Frédéric Koriche: Fault-Tolerant and Approximate Reasoning in Multi-Source Environments. 66-72
Panel 1: Cooperative MultiAgent Systems for the Web
Anupam Joshi: Panel on Cooperative MultiAgent Systems for the Web. 74-77
Workflow Management
Patrick C. K. Hung, Kamalakar Karlapalem: A Paradigm for Security Enforcement in CapBasED-AMS. 79-88
Esin Gokkoca, Mehmet Altinel, Ibrahim Cingil, Nesime Tatbul, Pinar Koksal, Asuman Dogac: Design and Implementation of a Distributed Workflow Enactment Service. 89-98
Thomas Bauer, Peter Dadam: A Distributed Execution Environment for Large-Scale Workflow Management Systems with Subnets and Server Migration. 99-108
Interoperation
Rongquen Chen, Weiyi Meng: Precise Detection and Proper Handling of View Maintenance Anomalies in a Multidatabase Environment. 110-119
Israel Ben-Shaul, Avron Cohen, Ophir Holder, Boris Lavva: HADAS: A Network-Centric Framework for Interoperability Programming. 120-129
Ling-Ling Yan, M. Tamer Özsu, Ling Liu: Accessing Heterogeneous Data Through Homogenization and Integration Mediators. 130-139
Internet Access
Jon A. Pastor, Suzanne Liebowitz Taylor, Donald P. McKay, Robin McEntire: An Architecture for Intelligent Resource Agents. 151-159
Naveen Ashish, Craig A. Knoblock: Semi-Automatic Wrapper Generation for Internet Information Sources. 160-169
Kuhanandha Mahalingam, Michael N. Huhns: An Ontology Tool for Query Formulation in an Agent-Based Context. 170-178
Panel 2: Practical Applications of Enterprise CIS
Steve Laufmann: Panel Discussion: Practical Applications of Enterprise CIS. 180
Invited Paper
Ted Rybeck: Benchmark Business Integration (abstract). 182
Query Processing

Mark W. W. Vermeer, Peter M. G. Apers: Query Modification in Object-Oriented Database Federations. 193-202
Michael Stillger, Johann K. Obermaier, Johann Christoph Freytag: AQuES: An Agent-based Query Evaluation System. 203-212
Anisoara Nica, Elke A. Rundensteiner: DIIM: A Foundation for Translating Loosely-Specified Queries into Executable Plans in Large-Scale Information Systems. 213-222
Panel 3: Bridging the Gap between Cooperative Information Systems and Database Systems
Sharma Chakravarthy: Panel Discussion: Bridging the Gap between Cooperative Information Systems and Database Systems. 224
Poster Session
Shunichiro Nakamura, Harumi Minemura, Tomohisa Yamaguchi, Hiroshi Shimizu, Takashi Watanabe, Tadanori Mizuno: Poster on A Distributed RAID VOD System. 226
Dickson K. W. Chiu, Kamalakar Karlapalem, Qing Li: Poster on Exception Handling in ADOME Workflow Management System. 227
Christine Reck: Poster on Transparent Access to a Network of Information Sources and Service Providers via a Universal Relation Interface. 228
Bettina von Buol, Stefanie Kethers, Manfred A. Jeusfeld, Matthias Jarke: Poster on A Terminology Server for Cooperative Terminology Work. 229
Günter von Bültzingsloewen, Arne Koschel, Ralf Kramer: Poster on Accept Heterogeneity: An Event Monitoring Service for CORBA-based Heterogeneous Information Systems. 230
Ashraf Wadaa, Stewart Shen, Mohamed Eltoweissy: Poster on Electronic Circulation of Copyrighted Information in CSCW Environments. 231



