WebNet World Conference on the WWW and Internet
1999
Table of Contents
Number of papers: 561
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Utopia, Oblivion, or Muddled Compromise? Fantasies and Realities about the Coming Global Society (POWERPOINT SLIDES)
Nathaniel S. Borenstein, University of Michigan, United States
pp. 2-6
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Human Communication and the Design of the Modern Web Architecture
Roy T. Fielding, University of California, United States
A software architecture determines how system elements are identified and allocated, how the elements interact to form a system, the amount and granularity of communication needed for interaction,... More
p. 7
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All's WELL That Ends: The Origins and Future of Online Community
Steve Jones, University of Illinois at Chicago, United States
This presentation is focused on the connections between online community and commerce/economics, particularly the rhetoric of community as it has been taken up by those in e-commerce endeavors. It... More
p. 8
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Escaping Entropy Death: Why The Web Works For Business
Simon Phipps, IBM UK Laboratories, United Kingdom
The world of computing is being revolutionised by the Web, Java and XML. This talk explains why. Expect clear ideas, interesting examples, humour and energy. A new paradigm is breaking on the... More
p. 9
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Taking Hypertext Seriously: Scholarship and Storytelling
Mark Bernstein, Eastgate Systems, Inc., United States
The artifactual form of books and journals undergoes continual change and refinement, as technologies and tastes change from generation to generation. As serious writing migrates from the printed... More
pp. 11-14
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Computer Crime in the Net - The Case of the Virus
Walter J. Jaburek, EDV Concept Technisches Büro für Informatik GmbH, Germany
pp. 15-18
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3D Inhabited Virtual Worlds Interactivity and interaction between avatars, autonomous agents, and users
Jens F. Jensen, Aalborg University, Denmark
This paper addresses some of the central questions currently related to 3-dimensional In-habited Virtual Worlds (3D-IVWs), their virtual interactions and communication. First, 3D-IVWs – seen as a... More
pp. 19-26
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Non-Topical Factors in Information Access
Jussi Karlgren, SICS, Sweden & Helsinki University, Finland
Research in information retrieval has traditionally concentrated on making assumptions about the content of documents based on very shallow semantic analysis through word occurrence statistics of... More
pp. 27-31
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Adapting Web Information to Disabled and Elderly Users
Alfred Kobsa, GMD FIT - German National Research Center for Information Technology, Germany
Substantial research and standardization efforts already exist to make it easier for people with physical impairments to perceive and interact with web pages. This paper describes work aimed at... More
pp. 32-37
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THE LEGAL OBSTACLES AND THE PROBLEM OF TRUST ON THE INTERNET
Dagmar M. Koch
When doing eCommerce on the Internet the various country-specific legislations are often a potential risk to companies that want to leverage the global aspect of the Internet and new markets.... More
pp. 38-47
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Telematics Applications for High Quality Educational and Clinical Support to Practicing Professionals and Medical Students
G. F. Walter, A. C. Stan, U. von Jan, A. J. Porth & H. K. Matthies, Hannover Medical School, Germany; A. Ammann, Quintessence Publishing Co. ltd., Germany
The era we are living in is often referred to as "the age of communication". The combination of new and rapidly developing interactive multimedia computers and applica-tions with electronic... More
pp. 48-53
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Digital Heritage and Cultural Content Towards a European cultural information landscape
Bernard Smith, European Commission, Luxembourg
The European Commission's 5 th Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development, 1998-2002 1 is divided into five thematic and three horizontal programmes. The Information Society ... More
pp. 54-55
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Client Design for Service Centric Architectures
Mark T. Smith, Hewlett Packard Laboratories, United States
Next generation computing clients and appliances are components of systems and applications that are service centric, and the potential for economic growth of e-commerce and e-services that use... More
pp. 56-61
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Integrating Multimedia Techniques into CS Pedagogy
Sandra Honda Adams, Sacred Heart University, United States; Richard Jou, Winston-Salem State University, United States; Ahmad Nasri, American University of Beirut, Lebanon; Anne-Louise Radimsky, California State University, United States; Bon K. Sy, Queens College/CUNY, United States
Through its grants, the National Science Foundation sponsors workshops that inform faculty of current topics in Computer Science. Such a workshop, entitled, "Developing Multimedia-based... More
pp. 63-68
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Web-CS: Infrastructure for Web-based Competitions
P.F.M. Bierhoff, P.M.E. De Bra & A.t.m. Aerts, Eindhoven University of Technology
Most cooperative environments that have been developed for the Web are designed for groups of people with "equal rights" working together on a task, possibly supervised by a single level of... More
pp. 69-74
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Teaching Via the Web: A Self-Evaluation Game Using Java for Learning Logical Equivalence
Alessandro Agostini, Universit` a di Siena, Italy; Marco Aiello, Universiteit van Amsterdam
pp. 75-80
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Evaluation And Comparison Of Web-Based Testing Tools
Anastasios A. Economides, Manos Roumeliotis & Grigoris Baklavas, University of Macedonia, Greece
In this paper, we evaluate popular Web-based tools for test design, implementation, delivery, automatic grading and result analysis. We compare these tools with respect to the variety of question... More
pp. 81-86
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The Evolution of Electronic Pedagogy in an Outcome Based Learning Environment: Learning, Teaching, and the Culture of Technology at California's Newest University- CSU Monterey Bay
George Baldwin, California State University Monterey Bay, United States
CSU Monterey Bay is the newest university in the CSU system. CSUMB's vision statement distinguishes the institution from others in the system by promoting learning paradigms of Outcome Based... More
pp. 87-93
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IMAGO - Web Based Mapping Solution for Business Processes Modelling
Claudio Barbero, CSELT S.p.A., Italy
This paper describes the experience gained by the Telecom Italia Network Direction with IMAGO (the Italian acronym for Multilevel Interface for Graphic Organizational Analysis), an application... More
pp. 94-99
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A Study of Asynchronous and Synchronous Discussion on Cognitive Maps in a Distributed Learning Environment
Madhumita Bhattacharya, National Institute of Multimedia Education, Japan
A comparative study of use of asynchronous (bulletin board) and synchronous (chat) for discussion on three learning units based on the cognitive maps developed by the learners has been made. We... More
pp. 100-105