2. CoopIS 1994: Toronto, Canada

CIS Interoperability and Transactions

• Marian H. Nodine, Noela Nakos, Stanley B. Zdonik: Specifying Flexible Tasks in a Multi-database. 3-14
• Anne H. H. Ngu, Robert Meersman, Hans Weigand: Specification and Verification of Communication Constraints for Interoperable Transactions. 15-22
• Michael A. Bauer, Neil Coburn, Per-Åke Larson, Patrick Martin: Managing Global Information in the CORDS Multidatabase System. 23-34

CIS Queries I

• Peter E. Hart, Jamey Graham: Query-Free Information Retrieval. 36-46
• Jiawei Han, Yongjian Fu, Raymond T. Ng: Cooperative Query Answering Using Multiple Layered Databases. 47-58

CIS Programming

• Olivier Gruber, Patrick Valduriez: Towards Persistent Object Systems for Desktop Computing. 60-71
• Silvano Pozzi, Luca Giachino: An Object-Oriented Programming Environment for Multimedia Cooperative Information Systems. 72-78

CIS Design

• Mark S. Fox, Michael Grüninger: Ontologies for Enterprise Integration. 82-89
• Bernd Brügge, Kevin O'Toole, David Rothenberger: Design Considerations for an Accident Management System. 90-100
• Eric Dubois, Philippe Du Bois, Frédéric DuBru: Animating Formal Requirements Specifications of Cooperative Information Systems. 101-112

CIS Agents

• Jörg P. Müller, Markus Pischel: An Architecture for Dynamically Interacting Agents. 114-121
• Craig A. Knoblock, Yigal Arens, Chun-Nan Hsu: Cooperating Agents for Information Retrieval. 122-133
• Robert Grob, Stephan Jacobs, Stefanie Kethers: Towards CIS in Quality Management - Integration of Agents and Methods. 134-145

CIS Applications

• Steve Laufmann: The Information Marketplace: The Challenge of Information Commerce. 147-157
• Gia Toan Nguyen, François Vernadat: Cooperative Information Systems in Integrated Manufacturing Environments. 158-165
• John Murphy, Jane Grimson: Multidatabase Interoperability in Health Case Legacy Applications. 166-176

CIS Semantics and Consistency

• Hasan M. Jamil, Paul Johannesson: Semantic Interoperability - Context, Issues and Research Directions. 180-191
• Khalil el Hindi, Brian Lings: Using Truth Maintenance Systems to Solve the Data Consistency Problem. 192-201

CIS Queries II

• Daniel A. Keim, Hans-Peter Kriegel, Andreas Miethsam: Query Translation Supporting the Migration of Legacy Databases into Cooperative Information Systems. 203-214
• Louiqa Raschid, Yahui Chang, Bonnie J. Dorr: Query Transformation Techniques for Interoperable Query Processing in Cooperative Information Systems. 215-225

CIS Cooperation and Collaboration

• Gustavo Alonso, Amr El Abbadi: Cooperative Modeling in Aplied Geographic Research. 227-234
• Sandip Sen, Edmund H. Durfee: The Role of Commitment in Cooperative Negation. 235-242
• Rainer Unland: Control of Collaboration within Intelligent and Cooperative Information Systems. 243-254
• Jun Huang, Nicholas R. Jennings, John Fox: Cooperation in Distributed Medcal Care. 255-263