Future Internet, Volume 4, Issue 2: 16 New Papers

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We are pleased to announce the publication of the following issue:

Future Internet, Volume 4, Issue 2 (June 2012), Pages Pages 362-617

http://www.mdpi.com/1999-5903/4/2/

Table of Contents:

Line Lundvoll Nilsen
Article: Collaboration between Professionals: The Use of Videoconferencing for Delivering E-Health
Future Internet 2012, 4(2), 362-371; doi:10.3390/fi4020362
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Sean Kennedy, Owen Molloy, Robert Stewart, Paul Jacob, Maria Maleshkova and Frank Doheny
Article: A Semantically Automated Protocol Adapter for Mapping SOAP Web Services to RESTful HTTP Format to Enable the Web Infrastructure, Enhance Web Service Interoperability and Ease Web Service Migration
Future Internet 2012, 4(2), 372-395; doi:10.3390/fi4020372
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Kostas Zafiropoulos, Vasiliki Vrana and Dimitrios Vagianos
Article: Bloggers’ Community Characteristics and Influence within Greek Political Blogosphere
Future Internet 2012, 4(2), 396-412; doi:10.3390/fi4020396
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John N. Davies, Paul Comerford and Vic Grout
Article: Principles of Eliminating Access Control Lists within a Domain
Future Internet 2012, 4(2), 413-429; doi:10.3390/fi4020413
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Eduardo B. Fernandez, Ola Ajaj, Ingrid Buckley, Nelly Delessy-Gassant, Keiko Hashizume and Maria M. Larrondo-Petrie
Article: A Survey of Patterns for Web Services Security and Reliability Standards
Future Internet 2012, 4(2), 430-450; doi:10.3390/fi4020430
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Maurizio Pollino, Grazia Fattoruso, Luigi La Porta, Antonio Bruno Della Rocca and Valentina James
Article: Collaborative Open Source Geospatial Tools and Maps Supporting the Response Planning to Disastrous Earthquake Events
Future Internet 2012, 4(2), 451-468; doi:10.3390/fi4020451
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David G. Rosado, Rafael Gómez, Daniel Mellado and Eduardo Fernández-Medina
Article: Security Analysis in the Migration to Cloud Environments
Future Internet 2012, 4(2), 469-487; doi:10.3390/fi4020469
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Sebastian Müller, Franziska Brecht, Benjamin Fabian, Steffen Kunz and Dominik Kunze
Article: Distributed Performance Measurement and Usability Assessment of the Tor Anonymization Network
Future Internet 2012, 4(2), 488-513; doi:10.3390/fi4020488
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Sam Nordfeldt and Carina Berterö
Article: Young Patients’ Views on the Open Web 2.0 Childhood Diabetes Patient Portal: A Qualitative Study
Future Internet 2012, 4(2), 514-527; doi:10.3390/fi4020514
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Kostas Zafiropoulos, Ioannis Karavasilis and Vasiliki Vrana
Article: Assessing the Adoption of e-Government Services by Teachers in Greece
Future Internet 2012, 4(2), 528-544; doi:10.3390/fi4020528
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Jason Farman
Editorial: Introduction to the Social Transformations from the Mobile Internet Special Issue
Future Internet 2012, 4(2), 545-550; doi:10.3390/fi4020545
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David A. Newell, Margaret M. Pembroke and William E. Boyd
Article: Crowd Sourcing for Conservation: Web 2.0 a Powerful Tool for Biologists
Future Internet 2012, 4(2), 551-562; doi:10.3390/fi4020551
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Francesco Rotondo
Article: The U-City Paradigm: Opportunities and Risks for E-Democracy in Collaborative Planning
Future Internet 2012, 4(2), 563-574; doi:10.3390/fi4020563
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Marcus Goetz
Article: Using Crowdsourced Indoor Geodata for the Creation of a Three-Dimensional Indoor Routing Web Application
Future Internet 2012, 4(2), 575-591; doi:10.3390/fi4020575
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Chiara Garau
Article: Focus on Citizens: Public Engagement with Online and Face-to-Face Participation—A Case Study
Future Internet 2012, 4(2), 592-606; doi:10.3390/fi4020592
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Quynh Lê, Hoang Boi Nguyen and Tony Barnett
Article: Smart Homes for Older People: Positive Aging in a Digital World
Future Internet 2012, 4(2), 607-617; doi:10.3390/fi4020607
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The U-City Paradigm: Opportunities and Risks for E-Democracy in Collaborative Planning

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We are pleased to announce the latest Future Internet Paper entitled The U-City Paradigm: Opportunities and Risks for E-Democracy in Collaborative Planning by Francesco Rotondo from the Department of Architecture and Town Planning, Bari Polytechnic.

Abstract
Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) tools appear to enhance the possibilities offered by a collaborative approach to planning. The present paper analyzes both the results of experiences of the author and of those available in the literature, highlighting possible advantages and disadvantages. After a brief introduction to the meaning of e-democracy, the second part focuses on the role of ICT in collaborative planning, proceeding in the third part to an illustration of an initial panorama of knowledge gathered using ICT in such processes, while discussing criticisms and opportunities. The fourth part discusses the U-city paradigm as a driver of change in urban planning participation processes. Research perspectives are then outlined in the final part.


View the full paper over at Future Internet... (edit - now with the correct link).

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We are pleased to announce the latest FutureInternet Journal paper as part of the special issue on NeoGeography and WikiPlanning:

WikiGIS Basic Concepts: Web 2.0 for Geospatial Collaboration

Stéphane Roche ^1,* , Boris Mericskay ¹ , Wided Batita ¹ , Matthieu Bach ²  and Mathieu Rondeau ³ 

¹ Centre for Research in Geomatic, Pavillon Casault, Université Laval, Québec, QC G1V0A6, Canada² Fujitsu Canada, 2000, boulevard Lebourgneuf, bureau 300, Québec, QC G2K0B8, Canada³ Interdisciplinary Centre for the Development of Ocean Mapping–CIDCO, 310 allée des Ursulines, Rimouski, QC G5L3A1, Canada

With the emergence of Web 2.0, new applications arise and evolve into more interactive forms of collective intelligence. These applications offer to both professionals and citizens an open and expanded access to geographic information. In this paper, we develop the conceptual foundations of a new technology solution called WikiGIS. WikiGIS’s strength lies in its ability to ensure the traceability of changes in spatial-temporal geographic components (geometric location and shape, graphics: iconography and descriptive) generated by users. The final use case highlights to what extent WikiGIS could be a relevant and useful technological innovation in Geocollaboration.


As an open access journal you can download the full paper direct from Future Internet.

Landscape and the Internet - 9 Papers in Future Internet Special Issue

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We are pleased to announce a special issue of  Future Internet, Volume 3, Issue 4 (December 2011).  Focussed on Landscape and the Internet and edited by Dr. Christopher Pettit Principal Research Scientist and Research Manager, Spatial Information Sciences, Department of Primary Industries Victoria, Australia and Dr. Arzu Coltekin,Department of Geography, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 80750 Zürich, Switzerland, the issue represents a series of notable papers:

Table of Contents:

Olaf Schroth, Ellen Pond, Cam Campbell, Petr Cizek, Stephen Bohus and Stephen R. J. SheppardArticle: Tool or Toy? Virtual Globes in Landscape Planning Future Internet 2011, 3(4), 204-227; doi:10.3390/fi3040204
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Philip Paar and Jörg RekittkeArticle: Low-Cost Mapping and Publishing Methods for Landscape Architectural Analysis and Design in Slum-Upgrading Projects Future Internet 2011, 3(4), 228-247; doi:10.3390/fi3040228
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Mark Imhof, Matthew Cox, Angela Fadersen, Wayne Harvey, Sonia Thompson, David Rees and Christopher PettitArticle: Natural Resource Knowledge and Information Management via the Victorian Resources Online Website Future Internet 2011, 3(4), 248-280; doi:10.3390/fi3040248
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David Parsons, Ramesh Lal and Manfred Lange
Article: Test Driven Development: Advancing Knowledge by Conjecture and Confirmation
Future Internet 2011, 3(4), 281-297; doi:10.3390/fi3040281
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Haifeng Li and Bo WuArticle: A Service-Oriented Architecture for Proactive Geospatial Information Services
Future Internet 2011, 3(4), 298-318; doi:10.3390/fi3040298
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Subhash Sharma, Christopher Pettit, Ian Bishop, Pang Chan and Falak ShethArticle: An Online Landscape Object Library to Support Interactive Landscape Planning
Future Internet 2011, 3(4), 319-343; doi:10.3390/fi3040319
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Saviour Formosa, Vincent Magri, Julia Neuschmid and Manfred SchrenkArticle: Sharing Integrated Spatial and Thematic Data: The CRISOLA Case for Malta and the European Project Plan4all Process Future Internet 2011, 3(4), 344-361; doi:10.3390/fi3040344
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Sabrina Lai and Corrado ZoppiArticle: An Ontology of the Strategic Environmental Assessment of City Masterplans 
Future Internet 2011, 3(4), 362-378; doi:10.3390/fi3040362
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Arzu Coltekin and Tumasch ReichenbacherReview: High Quality Geographic Services and Bandwidth Limitations
Future Internet 2011, 3(4), 379-396; doi:10.3390/fi3040379
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Full details can be found over at the Future Internet Journal. 

Mashups: A Literature Review and Classification Framework

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Future Internet continues the tradition of publishing online high quality peer reviewed papers. The latest paper byBrandon Beemer and Dawn Gregg entitled 'Mashups: A Literature Review and Classification Framework' is a timely and indeed useful reference for anyone working in the field.

The papers abstract is as follows:

The evolution of the Web over the past few years has fostered the growth of a handful of new technologies (e.g. Blogs, Wiki’s, Web Services). Recently web mashups have emerged as the newest Web technology and have gained lots of momentum and attention from both academic and industry communities. Current mashup literature focuses on a wide array of issues, which can be partially explained by how new the topic is. However, to date, mashup literature lacks an articulation of the different subtopics of web mashup research. This study presents a broad review of mashup literature to help frame the 1subtopics in mashup research.

What better on a snowy Christmas Eve than to download the latest paper from Future Internet?

Can Weblogs and Microblogs Change Traditional Scientific Writing?

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The papers are coming thick and fast at the Future Internet Journal - the latest paper describes a follow up Web 2.0 approach to a technology enhanced master course for students of Graz University of Technology.

The lecture “Social Aspects of Information Technology” has a long tradition for using new didactical scenarios as well as modern e-Learning technologies. After using a blogosphere one year ago, this year microblog channels helped to expand the traditional lecture. Students choose (on a voluntary basis) whether they want to participate in a blogging/microblogging group instead of using conventional methods called Scientific Writer/Scientific Reviewer. This study addresses the question whether this method can change the learning outcome into a more reflective one. Furthermore, peer-reviewing groups judge the quality of essays and blog contributions. In this paper we examine if microblogging can be an appropriate technology for assisting the process. This publication comes to the conclusion that an amazing potential and a new way to work with information is opened when using microblogging. Students seem to be more engaged, reflective and critical in as much as they presented much more personal statements and opinions than years before.

The paper is an interesting look at Web 2.0 and blogging in academia - something we know a little about having come under notable criticism a few years ago for putting everything we do in a blog. Personally, the Future Internet Journal is indicative of these changes with fast turn around times and publication in terms of weeks rather than months/years.

You can read/download the full paper via the Future Internet Journal site.

Automating Geospatial Dataset Metadata

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James K. Batcheller, Bruce M. Gittings and and Robert I. Dunfey of the
Institute of Geography, School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh have just published 'A Method for Automating Geospatial Dataset Metadata' in Future Internet Journal of which we here at digital urban are Editor-in-Chief.

Abstract

Metadata have long been recognised as crucial to geospatial asset management and discovery, and yet undertaking their creation remains an unenviable task often to be avoided. This paper proposes a practical approach designed to address such concerns, decomposing various data creation, management, update and documentation process steps that are subsequently leveraged to contribute towards metadata record completion. Using a customised utility embedded within a common GIS application, metadata elements are computationally derived from an imposed feature metadata standard, dataset geometry, an integrated storage protocol and pre-prepared content, and instantiated within a common geospatial discovery convention. Yielding 27 out of a 32 total metadata elements (or 15 out of 17 mandatory elements) the approach demonstrably lessens the burden of metadata authorship. It also encourages improved geospatial asset management whilst outlining core requisites for developing a more open metadata strategy not bound to any particular application domain.

Its an interesting paper tackling the laborious task of metadata creation, as ever with Future Internet you can read/download the paper for free via http://www.mdpi.com/journal/futureinternet

Introducing Future Internet an International, Open Access, Journal

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I have just finished writing the opening two page editorial for Future Internet and thought it would be a good chance to introduce it on the blog.

As Editor-in-Chief, it is a pleasure to introduce the new international, open access journal on Internet technologies and the information society, published by Molecular Diversity Preservation International (MDPI): Future Internet (ISSN 1999-5903).

Subject areas covered include:

• Internet-related topics, including applications
• information society
• computer science
• indexing and search engines and technologies
• semantic web, markup, RDF
• web services
• file formats, protocols
• virtual and mirror worlds
• e-Government
• e-Education and e-Learning
• emerging topics.

Our aim is to encourage scientists to publish their experimental and theoretical results in as much detail as possible. Therefore, there is no restriction on the length of the papers or the use of color figures.

Of note is the quick turn around on review and instant publication once accepted.

You can read the opening editorial The Future Internet
Future Internet 2009, 1(1), 1-2; doi:10.3390/fi1010001 and the first paper published:

Article: Learning Space Mashups: Combining Web 2.0 Tools to Create Collaborative and Reflective Learning Spaces Future Internet 2009, 1(1), 3-13; doi:10.3390/fi1010003 - published online 13 July 2009.

You can keep up to date with the latest papers or we encourage you to submit your own via http://www.mdpi.com/journal/futureinternet