Engineering Information Systems in the Internet Context, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2002 IFIP TC8 / WG8.1 Working Conference on Engineering Information Systems in the Internet Context September 25–27, 2002, Kanazawa, Japan IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology Series, Vol. 103

Since the early 1980's, the IFIP WG8.1 conferences have provided a forum for the presentation and exchange of research results and practical experiences in the field of Information System Engineering. The WG8.1 '02 Conference is held in the beautiful Kanazawa area in North western Japan. The ubiquitous Web has revolutionised the way organisations communicate and work internally as well as externally and, consequently, the nature of information systems supporting business activities. Web-based systems have become the state of the art in information systems engineering in a very short time. As companies become more international in their strategies and activities, information systems themselves span the globe, led by the Internet. While the risks from failed systems may be enhanced due to higher expectations and increased complexity, we have the opportunity to learn more about the nature of information systems and to develop new engineering techniques and methods to improve the development of information services in a World Wide Web context. The aim theme of this working conference is "Engineering Information Systems in the Internet Context" and the programme address both technologies and methodologies for building them. x The call for the EISIC Conference was given international audience. The program committee was chosen from very well reputed researchers in the international information systems, web information systems and communication communities. Seventeen papers have been selected for presentation and discussion during the conference.

Invited talk : Web Services Engineering.- Using OPEN’s Deontic Matrices for E-Business.- Specifying and Evaluating Software Architectures Based on 4+1 View Model.- Extending XML Schema with Derived Elements.- Generation of Web Applications from Annotation-Based Definitions.- A Methodology to support Web-services Development using Legacy Systems.- Active Server for the Management of Structured Documents Link Integrity.- Tutorial: Web-based Information Systems Development.- Requirements Definition for the Situational Method Engineering.- Engineering Methods For Schema Transformation: Application to XML.- An Intelligent Web Service System.- Success Factors of Electronic Markets: Impact of Context and Process on Outcomes.- Moving Web Services Dependencies at the Front-End.- Duration Histograms for Workflow Systems.- Security Policy Checker and Generator for Java Mobile Codes.- Semi-Automatic Wrapper Generation for Commercial Web Sources.- Optimized Querying of Integrated Data over the Web.- An Extensible Framework for Web Sites Integration.- A Theory of Communication for User Interface Design of Distributed Information Systems.- Panel: Evolution and Changes in Information System Technologies in Industry.