Intl. Journal of Digital Libraries Vol. 1 Num. 1
International Journal of Digital Libraries (JODL) Springer Verlag Editors-in-Chief Nabil R. Adam Yelena Yesha Rutgers University, CIMIC UMBC/NASA CESDIS Newark, NJ 07102 Baltimore, MD 21228 adam@adam.rutgers.edu yeyesha@cs.umbc.edu (201) 648-5239 (410) 455-3542 Advisory Board Alfred V. Aho, Columbia Univ. Dan Atkins, Univ. of Michigan Jim Flanagan, Rutgers University Milton Halem, GSFC-NASA Don Tiedeman, AT&T Editorial Board S. Abiteboul, Stanford University P. Aigrain, Universite Paul Sabatier, France P. Buneman, University of Pennsylvania D. Choy, IBM Almaden Research Center U. Dayal, HP R. Jain, UC-San Diego D. Maier, Oregon Graduate Institute H. Maurer, Inst. of Info. Proc. & Computer Supported Media, Austria A. McCray, The National Library of Medicine A. Mendelzon, University of Toronto, Canada S. Naqvi, Bellcore E. J. Neuhold, GMD-IPSI, Germany C. Pu, Oregon Graduate Institute E.A. Rundensteiner, University of Michigan J. Slonim, IBM Centre for Advanced Studies, Canada T. Smith, UC-Santa Barbara S. Sugimoto, Univ. of Lib. Info. Sc., Japan H. Wactlar, Carnegie Mellon University Detailed information and submission guidelines can be found on the World Wide Web at the following URL: http://cimic.rutgers.edu/jodl/ ======================= Volume 1, Number 1 ======================== November 1996 Special Issue on Languages for Digital Libraries In memory of Paris Kanellakis Editors: Peter Buneman, University of Pennsylvania Stan Zdonik, Brown University Digital libraries are concerned with organizing, integrating, manipulating, and presenting large volumes of networked, multimedia information. Languages play a central role in this area since they are the vehicle through which this information is described and accessed. Proper design choices for these languages will be a requirement for successful and scalable systems. Much of the information in a digital library is not stored in a conventional database, yet database functionality such as expressive and efficient forms of access is required. Languages are needed to provide the mapping between the native form of this data and a form that is more convenient for database processing. Advanced query languages are also needed to describe retrievals over large volumes of multimedia data. This first issue of the journal will explore basic principles of language design in support of digital libraries. It draws from experts who are currently working in this area and who are interested in extending the functionality and application of database languages in general. This volume is dedicated to the memory of our colleague and friend, Paris Kanellakis. Table of Contents: 1. Querying Documents in Object Databases S. Abiteboul (INRIA, Stanford U.) S. Cluet (INRIA), V. Christophides (INRIA) T. Milo (Tel Aviv U.), G. Moerkotte (Aaachen U.) J. Simeon (INRIA) 2. The Lorel Query Language for Semistructured Data S. Abiteboul (Stanford University) D. Quass (Stanford University) J. McHugh (Stanford University) J. Widom (Stanford University) J. Wiener (Stanford University) 3. BioKleisli: A Digital Library for Biomedical Researchers Susan Davidson (Depts. CIS & Genetics, U. of Pennsylvania) Chris Overton (Depts. CIS & Genetics, U. of Pennsylvania) Val Tannen (Depts. CIS & Genetics, U. of Pennsylvania) Limsoon Wong (Institute of Systems Science, Singapore) 4. Querying the World Wide Web Alberto Mendelzon (University of Toronto) George Mihaila (University of Toronto) Tova Milo (Tel Aviv University) 5. Linguistic and Architectural Requirements for Personalized Digital Libraries Joachim W. Schmidt Gerald Schroder Claudia Niederee Florian Matthes Universitat Hamburg, Fachbereich Informatik, Datenbanken und Informationssysteme 6. Structured Maps: Modeling Explicit Semantics over a Universe of Information Lois Delcambre (Oregon Graduate Institute) David Maier (Oregon Graduate Institute) Radhika Reddy (Oregon Graduate Institute) Lougie Anderson (Oregon Graduate Institute)