Web information systems

The chapters of this book provide an excellent overview of current research and development activities in the area of web information systems. They supply an in-depth description of different issues in web information systems areas, including web-based information modeling, migration between different media types, web information mining, and web information extraction issues. | Web David Iamar and Johanna Wenny Rahayu Web Information Systems David Taniar Monash University Australia Johanna Wenny Rahayu La Trobe University Australia IDEA GROUP PUBLISHING Hershey London Melbourne Singapore Acquisitions Editor Senior Managing Editor Managing Editor Development Editor Copy Editor Typesetter Cover Design Printed at Mehdi Khosrow-Pour Jan Travers Amanda Appicello Michele Rossi Jennifer Wade Jennifer Wetzel Lisa Tosheff Yurchak Printing Inc. Published in the United States of America by Idea Group Publishing an imprint of Idea Group Inc. 701 E. Chocolate Avenue Suite 200 Hershey PA 17033 USA Tel 717-533-8845 Fax 717-533-8661 E-mail cust@ Web site http and in the United Kingdom by Idea Group Publishing an imprint of Idea Group Inc. 3 Henrietta Street Covent Garden London WC2E 8LU Tel 44 20 7240 0856 Fax 44 20 7379 3313 Web site http Copyright 2004 by Idea Group Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any means electronic or mechanical including photocopying without written permission from the publisher. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Web information systems David Taniar editor Johanna Wenny Rahayu editor. p. cm. ISBN 1-59140-208-5 hardcover -- ISBN 1-59140-283-2 pbk. -- ISBN 1-59140-209-3 ebook 1. Information technology. 2. World Wide Web. I. Taniar David. II. Rahayu Johanna Wenny. 2004 8--dc22 2003022612 British Cataloguing in Publication Data A Cataloguing in Publication record for this book is available from the British Library. All work contributed to this book is new previously-unpublished material. The views expressed in this book are those of the authors but not necessarily of the .