Information Design Models and Processes

Schedule

• Submission deadline: 15 December 2003
• Publication date: April 2004

Theme

Submissions are invited for a special issue of the Information Management theme of JoDI on information design models and processes.

A crucial aspect of most (if not all) Web systems is the way in which information is utilised and managed. Recent work on areas as diverse as topic maps, information architectures, adaptation of UML, agile development methods such as extreme programming, and modelling for the semantic Web, have all contributed to an emerging understanding of how to design the information structures that underpin the Web (and of course much of this work has in turn been informed by research in areas like hypertext and HCI). Despite this the research outcomes have had questionable impact on current commercial practice - something of significant concern as Web systems mature and become an increasingly integral element of our social infrastructure.

In effect, much work remains on supporting the wide adoption of emerging modelling approaches and development processes. There are numerous unanswered questions around aspects such as: what these models ought to capture; how they relate information design to functional design; and how the design process accommodates changing client and developer understanding of information designs during the development. This special issue will focus on how this body of work might best support practical improvement to Web system development.

Example Topics

• Applying information design models and notations
• Analysis of elements to be modelled
• Case studies of usage of information design models
• Formal methods for representing designs
• Metrics for evaluating the quality of information designs
• Development processes for modelling information
• Integration with existing notations such as UML
• Commercial issues in the adoption of models

Submission

Authors should submit their papers electronically using the submission form. Selecting the title or editor for this issue from the Theme or Editor drop-down box will alert the editor to your submission automatically.

Before submitting please take note of the journal's Guidelines for submission: notes for authors. There is no fixed length for submissions, but papers should be self-contained. Authors are encouraged to leverage the online nature of JoDI in developing submissions that optimally illustrate the issues raised in papers. Authors who wish to submit a paper with unusual features are requested to contact the Special issue Editors prior to submission.

All submissions will be subject to peer review. Authors of accepted papers will be able to modify their papers.

The submission deadline is December 15, 2003.

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