HTF5: The Fifth International Workshop on Engineering Hypertext Functionality into Future Information Systems
Kyoto International Conference Hotel
Kyoto, JapanApril 20, 1998
This workshop continues and expands upon previous HTF workshops on incorporating hypertext functionality into software systems, held in conjunction with Hypertext 1994, 1996, and 1997 conferences, respectively. History, themes, and goals of the HTF series are described below. Papers accepted to this workshop will be considered for book publication, as explained below.
Work in the intersection of hypertext and software systems has grown significantly in volume, quality, and diversity. In addition to incorporating hypertext functionality into software systems, new areas of interest include engineering of hypertext capabilities, conceptual and practical metaphors for software architectures and, most importantly, areas of overlap with the WWW community, the MIS field, and the Open Hypermedia Systems (OHS) community. Therefore, whereas the first three HTF workshops were held in association with the hypertext conference series, the next three incarnations are planned in conjunction with the WWW7, ICSE'98, and ICIS'98 conferences, and will be named HTF 4, 5, and 6, respectively. While all upcoming workshops still share the underlying theme of hypertext functionality, each will be tailored to the emphasis and unique interests of the adjoining conference. In summary, our goal is to expand the scope of the HTF workshop series, reach out to a broader, more diverse audience, and forge new links with the SE, WWW, OHS, and MIS fields.
HTF5 is a one-day workshop concerning construction and application of hypertext functionality in conjunction with software development. HTF5 aims to provide a forum for researchers and practitioners alike to express and exchange opinions on topics at the intersection of hypertext and software engineering.
Most existing and future information systems need to know about hypertext, whether in order to execute on the Internet or Intranet, to operate in a distributed environment, or to allow its users point-and-click navigation. We are, therefore, required to augment with hypertext functionality the myriad of today's personal, scientific, and business systems, which were not designed with hypertext in mind. Also, developers may not have sufficient working knowledge of hypertext and hypermedia to augment currently available systems. For users to benefit from hypertext functionality (for example, by using or linking to WWW applications), it must be incorporated into information systems that are in everyday use. Designers and developers must accomplish this with minimal effort as well as unobtrusively -- applications should still be able to perform their regular, originally intended functionality. Thus we are not building standalone hypertext systems; rather we incorporate hypertext capabilities into other types of systems. For many of these systems, hypertext must be integrated so seamlessly that users are unaware of its presence.
Incorporating hypertext functionality should result in new ways to view a system's knowledge and processes conceptually, to navigate among items of interest and development steps, to enhance system knowledge with comments and relationships, and to target information displays to individual users and their tasks. Hypertext functionality therefore poses new challenges to software engineers who must be able to integrate hypertext and hypermedia functionality (including navigation, backtracking, annotation, guided tours, and more) with existing software behavior, without disrupting operation or compromising system modularity, maintainability, evolvability, and so on.
This workshop focuses on the value added to a system by hypertext and hypermedia support capabilities as well as the actual process of embedding hypertext functions into non-hypertext information systems. The main theme for this workshop is engineering hypertext functionality, i.e., various aspects of constructing hypertext capabilities. Topics of interest include, but are not restricted to, the following:
Participation in HTF5 is ideally limited to no more than 20 researchers and practitioners, representing a cross-section of interest from the hypertext, software engineering and MIS communities. Participation is by invitation, based on submission of a position paper to the program chairs. Selection for participation will be based primarily on the quality and relevance of submitted position statements, as recommended by the program committee.
A position statement (extended abstract) must be sent to one or both program chairs listed below. Position papers must be no more than three pages in length, excluding figures and references, and should be submitted in ASCII, HTML, or postscript/pdf format. Electronic submission of papers is required, preferably as HTML or by electronic mail. All submissions must be accompanied with an email message to alert both program chairs. It is intended for all position papers to be made available on the WWW in advance as well as distributed in binders at the workshop. HTML versions of accepted papers are therefore required.
The program co-chairs are pleased to announce that an agreement has been reached with Addison Wesley publishing company to provide selected workshop papers in book form. We are excited about providing this opportunity to turn workshop papers into book contributions. The program co-chairs will create and edit the compendium to include selected workshop papers. Authors will then be asked to deliver a publication-ready version of their workshop paper within the timeframe listed below. Compendiums of HTF workshop papers will be published annually; the 1998 HTF compendium will include papers from both HTF4 (Brisbane, Australia) and HTF5 (Kyoto, Japan)
| Submissions due: | January 20, 1998 |
| Authors Notified: | February 20, 1998 |
| Final workshop version due: | March 20, 1998 |
| Workshop date: | April 20, 1998 |
| Final publication copy due: | June 20, 1998 |
Gustavo Rossi, LIFIA, Universidad Nacional de la Plata, Argentina
gustavo@sol.info.unlp.edu.arHadar Ziv, Quest Software, Inc., Newport Beach, CA, USA
zivh@quests.com
Kenneth M. Anderson
University of California, Irvine, CaliforniaHelen Ashman
University of Nottingham, UKV. Balasubramanian
E-Papyrus, Inc., Graduate School of Management, Rutgers University, New JerseyMichael Bieber
New Jersey Institute of Technology, New JerseyAlejandra Garrido
Universidad Nacional de la Plata, ArgentinaDavid Hicks
Knowledge Systems, Export, PennsylvaniaJohn Noll
Network Appliance, Inc., Santa Clara, CaliforniaHarri Oinas-Kukkonen
University of Oulu, FinlandDebra J. Richardson
University of California, Irvine, CaliforniaWalt Scacchi
Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CaliforniaDaniel Schwabe
Departamento de Informatica, PUC-RIO, Brazil
Helen Ashman
University of Nottingham, UKV. Balasubramanian
E-Papyrus, Inc., Graduate School of Management, Rutgers University, New JerseyMichael Bieber
New Jersey Institute of Technology, New JerseyHarri Oinas-Kukkonen
University of Oulu, Finland
Gustavo Rossi
Dr. Rossi is a full professor at Universidad Nacional de la Plata in Argentina, working mostly in the area of object-orientation. He has published work on frameworks for hypertext functionality, design patterns for hypermedia, and hypermedia design, as well as participated in many workshops related to hypertext functionality and hypermedia design. Gustavo completed his Ph.D. thesis at PUC-Rio in Brazil, focusing on an object-oriented design model for hypermedia.
Hadar Ziv
Dr. Ziv has published on hypertext and software engineering, most recently on adding uncertainty models to hypertext at HTF III in Southampton, UK. Papers describing his Ph.D. work, completed at University of California, Irvine, in 1997, have been recently presented at ICSM'97 in Bari, Italy, October 1997, as well as at the Multimedia Applications and Technology Conference (MTAC'97) in Irvine, CA, March 1997. Hadar is a member of ACM, IEEE, and the OPEN Consortium, and currently leads several projects in software maintenance and database management at Quest Software, Inc., in Newport Beach.
HTF6: The Sixth International Workshop on Engineering Hypertext Functionality
Maintainer: Kenneth M. Anderson