OOIS'97

About this book

This volume contains the papers presented at the fourth International Conference on Object Oriented Information systems - OOIS 7, which is to be held at the University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia on 10-12 November 1997. The papers published in this volume highlight the contributions of leading researchers in the field who are working with Object-Oriented technology, theory and practice. Among the topics to be covered are: Object-Relational Data Technology; Distributed Object Computing; Patterns and Frameworks; Concepts and Methodologies; Multimedia Systems; Object-0riented Metrics; Object Reuse; Object Ontologies; Business Process Re-Design; Knowledge Management; Object Database Management Systems; and Interoperability Issues. Areas of significant interest to industry, especially in providing innovative directions for the development of next generation systems are also covered.