International Journal of Web Information Systems: Volume 13 Issue 2

Network traffic reduction mechanism for collaborative Web activities

Tsuyoshi Donen, Shingo Otsubo, Ryo Nishide, Ian Piumarta, Hideyuki Takada

The purpose of this study is to reduce internet traffic when performing collaborative Web search. Mobile terminals are now in widespread use and people are increasingly using them…

Guidelines and deployment of accessibility-aware framework approach

Saqib Ali, Taiseera AlBalushi, Ali AlBadi

The purpose of this research is to facilitate the full potential of the web for the people with disabilities. People with disabilities may fail to make full use of the potentials…

A fill-in-blank problem workbook for Java programming learning assistant system

Ta Na, Nobuo Funabiki, Khin Khin Zaw, Nobuya Ishihara, Shinpei Matsumoto, Wen-Chung Kao

To advance Java programming educations, the authors have developed a Java Programming Learning Assistant System (JPLAS) as a web application system. JPLAS provides fill-in-blank…

A semantic-syntax model for XML query construction

Keng Hoon Gan, Keat Keong Phang

When accessing structured contents in XML form, information requests are formulated in the form of special query languages such as NEXI, Xquery, etc. However, it is not easy for…

A quality-controlled logic-based clustering approach for web service composition and verification

Khai Tan Huynh, Tho Thanh Quan, Thang Hoai Bui

Service-oriented architecture is an emerging software architecture, in which web service (WS) plays a crucial role. In this architecture, the task of WS composition and…

Social trust: impacts on social influential diffusion

Hock Yeow Yap, Tong-Ming Lim

This paper aims to present social trust as a variable of influence by demonstrating the possibilities of trusted social nodes to improve influential capability and rate of…