Advanced Information Systems Engineering

of Database Applications to EJB Based Architecture.- Efficient Similarity Search for Time Series Data Based on the Minimum Distance.- A High-Performance Data Structure for Mobile Information Systems.- Requirements Issues.- External Requirements Validation for Component-Based Systems.- Using Business Rules in Extreme Requirements.- Evaluating CM3: Problem Management.- Schema Matching and Evolution.- Database Schema Matching Using Machine Learning with Feature Selection.- Evolving Partitions in Conceptual Schemas in the UML.- Schema Evolution in Heterogeneous Database Architectures, A Schema Transformation Approach.- Workflows.- Serviceflow Beyond Workflow? Concepts and Architectures for Supporting Inter-Organizational Service Processes.- Design for Change: Evolving Workflow Specifications in ULTRAflow.- An Alternative Way to Analyze Workflow Graphs.- Semantics and Logical Representations.- Auditing Interval-Based Inference.- A Logical Foundation for XML.- Providing the Semantic Layer for WIS Design.- Understanding and Using Methods.- Towards a Framework for Comparing Process Modelling Languages.- Generic Models for Engineering Methods of Diverse Domains.- Role of Model Transformation in Method Engineering.- Modeling Objects and Relationships.- A Generic Role Model for Dynamic Objects.- Understanding Redundancy in UML Models for Object-Oriented Analysis.- Representation of Generic Relationship Types in Conceptual Modeling.- Short Papers.- Building Spatio-Temporal Presentations Warehouses from Heterogeneous Multimedia Web Servers.- A Practical Agent-Based Method to Extract Semantic Information from the Web.- Process Inheritance.- Addressing Performance Requirements Using a Goal and Scenario-Oriented Approach.- Querying Data with Multiple Temporal Dimensions.- Query Explorativeness for Integrated Search in Heterogeneous Data Sources.- Using Nested Tables for Representing and Querying Semistructured Web Data.- Defining and Validating Measures for Conceptual Data Model Quality.- An Architecture for Building Multi-device Thin-Client Web User Interfaces.- A Framework for Tool-Independent Modeling of Data Acquisition Processes for Data Warehousing.- Managing Complexity of Designing Routing Protocols Using a Middleware Approach.- Deferred Incremental Refresh of XML Materialized Views.- Requirements for Hypermedia Development Methods: A Survey of Outstanding Methods.- An Approach for Synergically Carrying out Intensional and Extensional Integration of Data Sources Having Different Formats.- DSQL - An SQL for Structured Documents Extended Abstract.- A Comparative Study of Ontology Languages and Tools.- Life Cycle Based Approach for Knowledge Management: A Knowledge Organization Case Study.- Parallel Query Processing Algorithms for Semi-structured Data.- Domain-Specific Instance Models in UML.- Extended Faceted Ontologies.- On the Logical Modeling of ETL Processes.- Intelligent Agent Supported Flexible Workflow Monitoring System.- A Meeting Scheduling System Based on Open Constraint Programming.