Call for Book Chapters (Web Powered Databases)
Date: 31 Jan 2001 17:20:02 +1100
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CALL FOR CHAPTERS
Submission deadline March 31, 2001
Web-Powered Databases
A book edited by David Taniar (Monash University, Australia) and
Wenny Rahayu (La Trobe University, Australia)
Publisher: Idea Group Publishing, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA
A web-powered database is basically a database system that is
accessible through the Internet. This is applicable to not only
web sites, which can display information from the databases, but
also e-commerce web-sites, in which transactions are normally
carried out. The main driving force of writing such a book is
because of the growing popularity of web technology and e-commerce,
in which more and more database systems are implemented and
accessible through the web. This book is intended to give
readers knowledge on how to set up databases on the web.
This covers topics, such as web servers, scripting, middleware,
database accesses through web, and advanced issues such as
transactions, security, content management, etc.
The primary objectives of this book are: (i) to give readers
basic knowledge on web technology relating to databases,
(ii) to give readers practical knowledge on setting up and
maintaining databases through the web, (iii) to give readers
Representative topics include but are not limited to the following:
- Web servers installation and web server technologies
- HTML and scripting languages
- Database access through middlewares
- Client-server concepts used in web technology
- Middlewares in web databases
- Setting up a web database
- SQLand XML for web databases
- Web searching
- Web content management and dynamic web pages
- Security issues in web databases
- Operating systems environment for web database implementation
- Advanced topics, such as ActiveX DDL
- Issues and challenges in web databases
- Commercial products or research prototypes of web databases
SUBMISSION PROCEDURE
Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before
March 31, 2001, a 2-5 page manuscript proposal clearly explaining
the mission and concerns of the proposed chapter. Authors of
accepted proposals will be notified by May 15, 2001 about the
status of their proposals and sent chapter organizational
guidelines. Full chapters are expected to be submitted by
September 15, 2001. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a
blind review basis. The book is scheduled to be published by
Idea Group Publishing in mid 2002.
Inquiries and Submissions can be forwarded electronically to:
Dr. David Taniar Dr. Wenny Rahayu Monash University La Trobe University School of Business Systems Dept of Comp.Sc. and Comp.Eng. PO Box 63B, Clayton, Vic 3800 Bundoora, Victoria 3083 Australia Australia David.Taniar_at_infotech.monash.edu.au wenny_at_cs.latrobe.edu.au
URL: http://www-personal.monash.edu.au/~dtaniar/
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