Web Information Systems and Technologies: 8th International Conference, WEBIST 2012, Porto, Portugal, April 18-21, 2012, Revised Selected Papers (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, 140)

This book contains the thoroughly refereed and revised best papers from the 8th International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies, WEBIST 2012, held in Porto, Portugal, in April 2012, and organized by the Institute for Systems and Technologies of Information, Control and Communication (INSTICC), in collaboration with ACM SIGMIS. The 23 papers presented in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 184 submissions. The papers were selected from those with the best reviews also taking into account the quality of their presentation at the conference. The papers are grouped into parts on Internet Technology; Web Interfaces and Applications; Society, e-Business, and e-Government; Web Intelligence; and Mobile Information Systems. Front Matter....Pages - Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Efficient Parallel Algorithms for XML Filtering with Structural and Value Constraints....Pages 3-15 Cross-Platform Development Using HTML5, jQuery Mobile, and PhoneGap: Realizing a Smart Meter Application....Pages 16-33 A Simulation-Based Method for Eliciting Requirements of Online CIB Systems....Pages 34-52 Reducing Latency and Network Load Using Location-Aware Memcache Architectures....Pages 53-69 Modelling Capabilities as Attribute-Featured Entities....Pages 70-85 Governance Policies for Verification and Validation of Service Choreographies....Pages 86-102 Front Matter....Pages 103-103 Real-Text Dictionary for Topic-Specific Web Searching....Pages 105-119 Evaluating Cross-Platform Development Approaches for Mobile Applications....Pages 120-138 Information Gathering Tasks on the Web: Attempting to Identify the User Search Behaviour....Pages 139-152 Web-Based Exploration of Photos with Time and Geospace....Pages 153-166 Mixed-Initiative Management of Online Calendars....Pages 167-182 Front Matter....Pages 183-183 Knowledge Discovery: Data Mining by Self-organizing Maps....Pages 185-200 The Use of Social Media in Arab Countries: A Case of Saudi Arabia....Pages 201-219 Service-Coordinated Emergency Response Community....Pages 220-234 Front Matter....Pages 235-235 Ranking Location-Dependent Keywords to Extract Geographical Characteristics from Microblogs....Pages 237-251 Using W-Entropy Rank as a Unified Reference for Search Engines and Blogging Websites....Pages 252-266 Extracting Term Relationships from Wikipedia....Pages 267-280 Growing Hierarchical Self-organizing Maps and Statistical Distribution Models for Online Detection of Web Attacks....Pages 281-295 Mining Product Features from the Web: A Self-supervised Approach....Pages 296-311 Capturing User’s Interest from Human-Computer Interaction Logging....Pages 312-327 Front Matter....Pages 329-329 Harnessing Electronic Signatures to Improve the Security of SMS-Based Services....Pages 331-346 Integrating Communication Services into Mobile Browsers....Pages 347-362 Using Horn Clauses and Fuzzy Logic to Provide Location Intelligence Services to Mobile Users: An Implementation Account....Pages 363-381 Back Matter....Pages - This Book Contains The Thoroughly Refereed And Revised Best Papers From The 8th International Conference On Web Information Systems And Technologies, Webist 2012, Held In Porto, Portugal, In April 2012, And Organized By The Institute For Systems And Technologies Of Information, Control And Communication (insticc), In Collaboration With Acm Sigmis.the 23 Papers Presented In This Book Were Carefully Reviewed And Selected From 184 Submissions. The Papers Were Selected From Those With The Best Reviews Also Taking Into Account The Quality Of Their Presentation At The Conference. The Papers Are Grouped Into Parts On Internet Technology; Web Interfaces And Applications; Society, E-business, And E-government; Web Intelligence; And Mobile Information Systems. Part I: Internet Technology -- Part Ii: Web Interfaces And Applications -- Part Iii: Society, E-business And E-government -- Part Iv: Web Intelligence -- Part V: Mobile Information Systems. Edited By José Cordeiro, Karl-heinz Krempels.