<font size=2 face="Calibri"><b>Journal of Database Management (JDM)</b></font>
<br><font size=2 face="Calibri">Official Publication of the Information
Resources Management Association</font>
<br><font size=2 face="Calibri">Volume 22, Issue 4, October-December 2011</font>
<br><font size=2 face="Calibri">Published: Quarterly in Print and Electronically</font>
<br><font size=2 face="Calibri">ISSN: 1063-8016 EISSN: 1533-8010</font>
<br><font size=2 face="Calibri">Published by IGI Publishing, Hershey-New
York, USA</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="Calibri">Editor-in-Chief: Keng Siau, University
of Nebraska - Lincoln, USA</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="Calibri"><b>PAPER ONE</b></font>
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<br><font size=2 face="Calibri">Semi-Automatic Composition of Situational
Methods</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="Calibri">Anat Aharoni, Kinneret College, Israel</font>
<br><font size=2 face="Calibri">Iris Reinhartz-Berger, University of Haifa,
Israel</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="Calibri">Situational methods are approaches to the
development of software systems that are designed and constructed to fit
particular circumstances that often refer to project characteristics. One
common way to create situational methods is to reuse method components,
which are the building blocks of development methods. For this purpose,
method components must be stored in a method base, and then retrieved and
composed specifically for the situation in hand. Most approaches in the
field of situational method engineering require the expertise of method
engineers to support the retrieval and composition of method components.
Furthermore, this is usually done in an ad-hoc manner and for pre-defined
situations. In this paper, the authors propose an approach, supported by
a tool that creates situational methods semi-automatically. This approach
refers to structural and behavioral considerations and a wide variety of
characteristics when comparing method components and composing them into
situational methods. The resultant situational methods are stored in the
method base for future usage and composition. Based on an experimental
study of the approach, the authors show that it provides correct and suitable
draft situational methods, which human evaluators have assessed as relevant
for the given situations.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="Calibri"><b>PAPER TWO</b></font>
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<br><font size=2 face="Calibri">DocBase: Design, Implementation and Evaluation
of a Document Database for XML</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="Calibri">Arijit Sengupta, Wright State University,
USA</font>
<br><font size=2 face="Calibri">Ramesh Venkataraman, Indiana University,
USA</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="Calibri">This article introduces a complete storage
and retrieval architecture for a database environment for XML documents.
DocBase, a prototype system based on this architecture, uses a flexible
storage and indexing technique to allow highly expressive queries without
the necessity of mapping documents to other database formats. DocBase is
an integration of several techniques that include (i) a formal model called
Heterogeneous Nested Relations (HNR), (ii) a conceptual model XER (Extensible
Entity Relationship), (ii) formal query languages (Document Algebra and
Calculus), (iii) a practical query language (Document SQL or DSQL), (iv)
a visual query formulation method with QBT (Query By Templates), and (v)
the DocBase query processing architecture. This paper focuses on the overall
architecture of DocBase including implementation details, describes the
details of the query-processing framework, and presents results from various
performance tests. The paper summarizes experimental and usability analyses
to demonstrate its feasibility as a general architecture for native as
well as embedded document manipulation methods.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="Calibri"><b>PAPER THREE</b></font>
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<br><font size=2 face="Calibri">A Meta-Analysis Comparing Relational and
Semantic Models</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="Calibri">Keng Siau, University of Nebraska – Lincoln,
USA</font>
<br><font size=2 face="Calibri">Fiona Fui-Hoon Nah, University of Nebraska
– Lincoln, USA</font>
<br><font size=2 face="Calibri">Qing Cao, Texas Tech University, USA</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="Calibri">Data modeling is the sine quo non of systems
development and one of the most widely researched topics in the database
literature. In the past three decades, semantic data modeling has emerged
as an alternative to traditional relational modeling. The majority of the
research in data modeling suggests that the use of semantic data models
leads to better performance; however, the findings are not conclusive and
are sometimes inconsistent. The discrepancies that exist in the data modeling
literature and the relatively low statistical power in the studies make
meta-analysis a viable choice in analyzing and integrating the findings
of these studies.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="Calibri"><b>RESEARCH NOTE</b></font>
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<br><font size=2 face="Calibri">Extending Agile Principles to Larger, Dynamic
Software Projects: A Theoretical Assessment</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="Calibri">Dinesh Batra, Florida International University,
USA</font>
<br><font size=2 face="Calibri">Debra VanderMeer, Florida International
University, USA</font>
<br><font size=2 face="Calibri">Kaushik Dutta, National University of Singapore,
Singapore</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="Calibri">The article evaluates the feasibility of
extending agile principles to larger, dynamic, and possibly distributed
software development projects by uncovering the theoretical basis for agile
values and principles for achieving agility. The extant literature focuses
mainly on one theory – complex adaptive systems – to support agile methods,
although recent research indicates that the control theory and the adaptive
structuration theory are also applicable. This article proposes that at
least three other theories exist that are highly relevant: transaction
cost economics, social exchange theory, and expectancy theory. By employing
these theories, a rigorous analysis of the Agile Manifesto is conducted.
Certain agile values and principles find theoretical support and can be
applied to enhance agility dynamic projects regardless of size; some agile
principles find no theoretical support while others find limited support.
Based on the analysis and the ensuing discussion, the authors propose a
framework with five dimensions of agility: process, design, people, outcomes,
and adaptation.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="Calibri">Mission of JDM:</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="Times New Roman">The <b>Journal of Database Management
(JDM)</b> publishes original research on all aspects of database management,
systems analysis and design, and software engineering. The primary mission
of JDM is to be instrumental in the improvement and development of theory
and practice related to information technology and management of information
resources. The journal is targeted at both academic researchers and practicing
IT professionals.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="Times New Roman">Coverage of </font><font size=2 face="Calibri">JDM</font><font size=2 face="Times New Roman">:</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="Calibri">The <b>Journal of Database Management (JDM)</b>
publishes three types of rigorous and high quality articles: research articles,
research notes, and research reviews. Research articles are full innovative
findings that make substantial theoretical and empirical contributions
to knowledge in the field by using various theoretical and methodological
approaches. Research notes are novel and complete but not as comprehensive
as full research articles; they include exploratory studies and methodological
articles. Research reviews are insightful and carefully crafted articles
that conceptualize research areas, synthesize previous innovative findings,
advance the understanding of the field, and identify and develop future
research directions. Authors are welcome to submit manuscripts that qualify
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<br><font size=2 face="Calibri">Topics of interest to the journal include,
but are not limited to, the following areas:</font>
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systems development</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="Symbol">· </font><font size=2 face="Calibri">Cognitive
modeling</font>
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engineering</font>
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modeling</font>
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quality</font>
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warehousing and data mining</font>
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for advanced applications</font>
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management and administration</font>
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models and query languages</font>
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security and integrity</font>
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development</font>
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and m-commerce models and architectures</font>
<br><font size=2 face="Symbol">· </font><font size=2 face="Calibri">Empirical
software engineering</font>
<br><font size=2 face="Symbol">· </font><font size=2 face="Calibri">Enterprise
systems and supply chain integration</font>
<br><font size=2 face="Symbol">· </font><font size=2 face="Calibri">Extreme
modeling and extreme programming</font>
<br><font size=2 face="Symbol">· </font><font size=2 face="Calibri">Geographical
information systems</font>
<br><font size=2 face="Symbol">· </font><font size=2 face="Calibri">Human-computer
interaction</font>
<br><font size=2 face="Symbol">· </font><font size=2 face="Calibri">Heterogeneous
and distributed database</font>
<br><font size=2 face="Symbol">· </font><font size=2 face="Calibri">Information
and knowledge modeling</font>
<br><font size=2 face="Symbol">· </font><font size=2 face="Calibri">Intelligent
agents and agent-based applications</font>
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engineering and management</font>
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engineering and metamodeling</font>
<br><font size=2 face="Symbol">· </font><font size=2 face="Calibri">Object
oriented methods and methodologies</font>
<br><font size=2 face="Symbol">· </font><font size=2 face="Calibri">Requirements
engineering</font>
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oriented architecture/service oriented computing</font>
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Web and ontology</font>
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engineering</font>
<br><font size=2 face="Symbol">· </font><font size=2 face="Calibri">System
analysis and design</font>
<br><font size=2 face="Symbol">· </font><font size=2 face="Calibri">Unified
modeling language and unified process</font>
<br><font size=2 face="Symbol">· </font><font size=2 face="Calibri">Virtual
team and Web 2.0</font>
<br><font size=2 face="Symbol">· </font><font size=2 face="Calibri">Web
database and Web-based information systems</font>
<br><font size=2 face="Symbol">· </font><font size=2 face="Calibri">Web
design methods and methodologies </font>
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