INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COOPERATIVE INFORMATION SYSTEMS

The paradigm for the next generation of information systems (ISs) will involve large numbers of ISs distributed over large, complex computer/communication networks. Such ISs will manage or have access to large amounts of information and computing services and will interoperate as required. These support individual or collaborative human work. Communication among component systems will be done using protocols that range from conventional ones to those based on distributed AI. We call such next generation ISs Cooperative Information Systems (CIS).The International Journal of Cooperative Information Systems (IJCIS) addresses the intricacies of cooperative work in the framework of distributed interoperable information systems. It provides a forum for the presentation and dissemination of research covering all aspects of CIS design, requirements, functionality, implementation, deployment, and evolution. IJCIS will publish papers describing original ideas and new results, on topics that include, but are not limited to:CIS Principles - cooperation, intelligence, autonomy.Architectures and communication protocols for CIS - open architectures, blackboard systems, multiagent planning frameworks, speech acts, advanced information services in support of interoperability.Information Agents - models and organisations, application of information agent technology in virtual laboratories, concurrent engineering and other groupware frameworks.Large-Scale Knowledge Bases for CIS-sharing and reuse of worldwide knowledge, knowledge of knowledge structures, trends and applications in this area.Core Technology for CIS - open distributed computing architectures, type systems, object models and advanced transaction models for interoperability, advanced query models and languages, active databases.Theoretical Frameworks and Formal Methods for CIS - knowledge management, view management, high-level communication protocols, workflows, flexible transactions, negotiation and information agents.CIS Implementation Techniques - programming languages for CISs, interoperability issues in distributed heterogeneous information bases, multi-database transaction scheduling and execution, rule bases.Integration Challenges - interoperability, multiple paradigms, forms of transparency, object and transaction model integration, global information (e.g., schemas, directories, repositories), semantic interoperability, negotiation, optimisation (e.g., queries, indexing, ...).Information Modelling and Reasoning techniques for CISs - multiple perspective representations, non-deductive forms of inference (inductive, analogical, case-based, ...), multiagent planning and problem solving.Advanced CIS Programming - workflows, transactions, information requests, policy/rule-driven systems, mega-programming, multiple programming paradigms.Information Engineering for CIS - information acquisition, classification and retrieval techniques and tools, information sharing and management.CIS Evolution - concepts, tools, and techniques for CIS design, development, and maintenance.Re-Engineering - concepts, tools, and methodologies; re-engineering legacy and new information systems into CISs.Business Process Management Systems: Architectures, Concepts, Technology (e.g. analysis, modelling, reengineering and evaluation and business processes).

下一代信息系统（ISS）的范例将涉及分布在大型、复杂计算机/通信网络上的大量ISS。这样的ISS将管理或访问大量的信息和计算服务，并将根据需要进行互操作。这些支持个人或协作的人工工作。组件系统之间的通信将使用从传统协议到基于分布式人工智能的协议来完成。我们称之为下一代ISS合作信息系统（CIS）。《国际合作信息系统杂志》（IJCIS）论述了分布式可互操作信息系统框架内合作工作的复杂性。它为展示和传播研究提供了一个论坛，涵盖CIS设计、需求、功能、实现、部署和演进的所有方面。IJCIS将发表论文，描述原始想法和新成果，主题包括但不限于：独联体原则——合作、情报、自主。CIS的体系结构和通信协议-开放式体系结构、黑板系统、多代理规划框架、语音行为、支持互操作性的高级信息服务。信息代理-模型和组织，虚拟实验室中信息代理技术的应用，并行工程和其他群件框架。大型知识库，用于独联体共享和重用全球知识、知识结构知识、这一领域的趋势和应用。CIS的核心技术-开放分布式计算体系结构、类型系统、对象模型和互操作性高级事务模型、高级查询模型和语言、活动数据库。CIS的理论框架和正式方法-知识管理、视图管理、高级通信协议、工作流、灵活的事务、协商和信息代理。CIS实现技术-CIS的编程语言，分布式异构信息库中的互操作性问题，多数据库事务调度和执行，规则库。集成挑战-互操作性、多个范例、透明形式、对象和事务模型集成、全局信息（如模式、目录、存储库）、语义互操作性、协商、优化（如查询、索引等）。CISS的信息建模和推理技术-多视角表示、非演绎推理形式（归纳、类比、基于案例等）、多代理规划和问题解决。高级CI编程-工作流、事务、信息请求、策略/规则驱动系统、大型编程、多个编程范例。信息工程：信息获取、分类和检索技术和工具、信息共享和管理。独联体演进-独联体设计、开发和维护的概念、工具和技术。重新设计-概念、工具和方法；将遗留和新信息系统重新设计成CIS。业务流程管理系统：架构、概念、技术（例如分析、建模、重新设计和评估以及业务流程）。