The Australasian Journal of Information Systems
Theme: Selected papers from the Engineering Federated Information Systems Conference
Introduction
This is the first issue of volume 7 of the Australian Journal of Information Systems. This issue is divided into two sections. The first section contains papers submitted through the normal channels of the journal, the second contains two papers judged the best papers from the recent EFIS 99 conference.
Editorial
Research Articles
Discourse Strategies Model: an initial phase for discovery of the fact-based statements from descriptive texts
Bruce Calway and Ross Smith
Strengthen and Support the Maintenance of Object-Oriented Software
Ming-Chi Lee, Timothy Shih, and Teh-Sheng Huang
Advances and Research Directions in Data-Warehousing Technology
Mukesh Mohania, Sunil Samtani, John Roddick, and Yahiko Kambayashi
Confusion with Diffusion? Unravelling IS Diffusion and Innovation Literature with a Focus on SME'S
Jeanette Van Akkeren and Angele Cavaye
Selected papers from the OZCHI conference
A Generative Approach for Building Database Federations
Uwe Hohenstein
Constructing Multidatabase Collections Using Extended ODMG Object Model
Adrian Skehill Mark Roantree