AIS SIGSEMIS Bulletin 1(3) 2004: 130 Pages for download at www.sigsemis.org

Dear All,

For the third time AIS SIGSEMIS Bulletin is available for download at: http://www.sigsemis.org. Many interesting articles, a featured interview of Tom Gruber (dont miss it!!), our regular columns as well as several interesting announcements are waiting for your attention.

Among all these interesting things, a piece of news is of great importance for AIS SIGSEMIS. We are proud to announce that the inaugural issue of our
journal entitled INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL ON SEMANTIC WEB AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS (Editor in Chief Prof. Amit Sheth) has been launched.
For more details see <http://www.idea-group.com/journals/details.asp?id=4625>

If you are interested in received a free copy of the inaugural issue pls send me an email at lytras@ceid.upatras.gr with the Subject "IJSWIS Free Copy".
A discount for AIS members has already been agreed with IDEA for subscribing to the new journal. I invite you to join our SIG and be part of an exciting community: (<http://www.sigsemis.org/sig/membership/document_view>).

Looking forward to "see" you in one of the forthcoming AIS SIGSEMIS activities.

On behalf of AIS SIGSEMIS Board

Dr. Miltiadis D. Lytras


TOC of AIS SIGSEMIS Bulletin 1(3) 2004\
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Editorial:3
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Interview Tom Gruber:4
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AIS SIGSEMIS Activities:9 
ECIS 2005 Semantic Web and Information Systems Track:9
AMCIS 2005 Semantic E-Business Track:10
International Journal on Semantic Web and Information Systems: 12
Library Management Journal Special Issue: Digital Libraries in the
Knowledge Era:16
E-Government: an International Journal: Exploiting Knowledge Management
for Ubiquitous E-Government in the Semantic Web 18
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Research Articles 20
1. Masuoka R., Labrou Y, Song Z., Semantic Web and Ubiquitous Computing - Task Computing as an Example 21
2. Cardoso J., Semantic Web Processes and Ontologies for the Travel Industry 25
3. Biskup T. , Gomez J., Component Requirements for a Universal Semantic Web Framework 29
4. Priebe T., Integrative Enterprise Knowledge Portals - A User-oriented Integration Approach Utilizing Semantic Web Technologies 33
5. Garcia-Barriocanal E., Humor and Rumors in Contemporary Cultural Heritage Access through Ontologies 37
6. Antoniou G., Berndtsson M., Spreeuwenberg S., Taveter K., Wagner G., Elements of a First Visual Rule Language for the Semantic Web 40
7. Damjanoviae V., Devedziae V., Djuriae D., Gaseviae D., Framework for Analyzing Ontology Development Tools 43
8. Dell'Erba M., Exploiting semantic web technologies for data interoperability 48
9. Damjanoviae V., The Semantic Web Trends in Brief 53
10. Becks A., Seeling C., Jarke M., Response Management in Multidimensional Web Information Systems 57
11. Castellanos-Nieves D.1, Breis J. 2, Using Semantic Technologies to Support Evaluation Processes in E-Learning 61
12. Capuano N., Gaeta M., Micarelli A. and Sangineto E., Diogene: a Semantic Web-Based Automatic Brokering System 65
13. Mattocks C., Using e-business Registry / Repository for E-Health Semantics 68

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SW Research Center Presentation: LSDIS, University of Georgia 75
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Regular Columns 83
Semantic Search Technology Technologies by Dr. Peter Alesso 84
Semantic Web Technologies by Dr. Jessica Chen Burger 99
Methodologies for the Semantic Web Column by Dr. Matteo Cristani 105
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Semantic Web Calendar 111
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SW Research Centers: LSDIS, University of Georgia, USA 117
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Projects Corner: Rewerse: Reasoning on the Web 121
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Students Corner: 122
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AIS SIGSEMIS Members Page: 126
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AIS SIGSEMIS Board and Advisors: 128
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In the Next Issue: 130


Dr. Miltiadis D. Lytras
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Association for Information Systems, SIG on Semantic Web and Information Systems AIS SIGSEMIS, http://www.sigsemis.org
International Journal on Semantic Web and Information Systems (IDEA Group, http://www.idea-group.com/journals/details.asp?id=4625)
International Journal of Knowledge and Learning (IJKL) - http://www.inderscience.com/ijkl/ 
International Journal of Learning and Change (IJLC)- http://www.inderscience.com/ijlc/ 
International Journal of Metadata, Semantics and Ontologies (IJMSO)- http://www.inderscience.com/ijmso/ 
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ECIS Track on Semantic Web and Information Systems:  http://www.ecis2005.de/semantic.html
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Computers Engineering and Informatics Department
University of Patras, Patra Greece
e-mail: lytras@ceid.upatras.gr
site: http://www.ceid.upatras.gr
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