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Subject: CALL FOR PAPERS - MAJOR NEW ONLINE OBJECT JOURNAL - SIGS/BOB HATHAWAY
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Summary: Object Oriented Technology on the WORLD WIDE WEB
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Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1996 12:52:15 GMT


                         CALL FOR PAPERS
             ===============
             OBJECT CURRENTS ONLINE HYPERTEXT JOURNAL
            NEW MONTHLY OBJECT-ORIENTED FORUM

          Location:         http://www.sigs.com/objectcurrents
                  Editor:           Bob Hathaway
                  Publisher:        SIGS
                  Next Issue:       February 1, 1996
                  Feb Articles Due: January 15 (3-5pp)
                  Submissions To:   [e-mail]
                  Cc:   [e-mail]
            w/attachments:  [e-mail]
            Hard Copy:      See signature below.
              Formats:      HTML, Word.  DOS, Sun Unix.
          ph: 312-327-2121

Bob Hathaway and SIGS are proud to announce Object Currents - the first
significant hypermedia journal devoted to object-oriented technology.
Object Currents appears monthly, and its first issue is now up at
SIGSnet; see above.  The premiere January 1996 issue was a resounding
success, and we have received much praise since it went up on January 1.

Object Currents' Policy and Contributors' Guidelines are included below
and should be read in full prior to article submission.  Articles may not
have been previously published, but papers and articles on the net are
welcome.  We are *not* overly concerned about copyright issues on net
articles, and while articles may not have appeared in another journal or
periodical, they may be reprinted in book form or available on the net
with advanced consent.

Object Currents presents a complete new free journal with Departments,
Columns, and Feature Articles, along with 8 to 10 *new* articles from SIGS'
Journals - JOOP, ROAD, C++ Report, Object Magazine, Smalltalk Report, X
Journal, The Java Report etc.  Advertisers' queries are most welcome!

Send email for a discussion of honorarium (Authors' fees).

Object Currents provides unique opportunities to authors, readers, and
advertisers with WWW hypertext multimedia, such as access to home pages
and databases, and in advanced object-oriented coverage.

Object Currents' unique hypertext media provides for advances over earlier
journals - links to home pages, sites, databases and information servers,
interaction, animation, graphics, code retrieval and execution, expanded
pages, and video - and this superior medium should be exploited to its
fullest possible extent.  This not only presents a unique opportunity to
authors and advertisers, but to Object Currents' readership as well.  From
the Guidelines below:

  Authors should capitalize on the unique multimedia and hypermedia
  nature of Object Currents, as Object Currents is the first significant WWW
  journal for software development.   Hypermedia provides a unique
  opportunity for  the innovation of superior articles and information
  systems technology.

  All forms of hypermedia links and multimedia are strongly encouraged in
  submissions including text, computation, images, audio, video, animation,
  and true interactivity.   CGI bridges to external databases and information
  servers are also encouraged, although commercial uses will be judged
  along strict relevance criteria.

  [...] First priority is given to new and advanced topics of real importance
  to the object community, including applied research and development and new
  techniques and systems.  Advanced topics and techniques include but are not
  limited to delegation languages, advanced programming techniques and idioms,
  advanced use of methodologies, reflective meta-systems, new visual systems,
  GUI and hypermedia, and new methods, processes, and metrics.  New systems
  and their use include but are not limited to programming languages, CASE
  and meta-CASE, databases, operating systems, and distributed systems.  All
  articles should have emphasis on new technology and their use, but can
  include the full range of traditional topics in object technology from
  analysis to design and implementation, research and theory to practical[...]


Object Currents Issue Inventory:
  SIGS articles:         7 to 10 articles from current SIGS Publications
                  per issue (JOOP, ROAD, Obj Mag., C++ Rpt, etc.)
  Object Currents Articles: 2 to 4 per issue.
  Columns:                  Several columns will appear from regular
                  columnists on important topics.
  Newsgroup Dialog:         Extrapolated subjects with commentary.
  Fun and Games:            Puzzles to be picked up from the C++ Report
                              and the net (Obfs. C++).
  Questionnaire:            W/compiled results from last issue.
  SIGS Bookshelf:           Book reviews and summary.
  Movers & Shakers:         Interview or profile of object industry VIPs.
  Code Watch:               Source code, from both SIGS journals and
                              elsewhere, such as on the net.
  Editorial Comments:        By both authors and readers are encouraged.
  This week in OT:        Prepared by SIGS News Editor.

Object Currents World Class Columnists:
  Watts Humphrey:     SEI Process Director, CMM & PSP Inventor
  Bertrand Meyer:     Eiffel, Object-Oriented Design and Software Engineering
  Michael Jesse Chonoles: Chief of Methodology, Advanced Concepts Center of
                          Lockheed Martin
  David Shang:        OO Programming Language Designer, Motorola Labs
  Francois Bancilhon: President, O2 Technology, Leading ODBMS
  Michael Spertus:    President, Geodesic Systems, Advanced automation systems


Articles for the February issue are due by January 15.

Good luck!

Best Regards,
Bob Hathaway

Robert John Hathaway III
Editor in Chief
Object Currents Hypertext Journal
655 West Irving Park Road, Suite 5417
Chicago, Illinois 60613-313775  USA
Ph:    312-327-2121
Fax:   [phone]
Email: [e-mail]             - Correspondence, Submissions
       [e-mail]   - Submissions after 1/1/96
       [e-mail]                      - Unix, Attachments


OBJECT CURRENTS HYPERTEXT JOURNAL
  POLICY AND CONTRIBUTORS' GUIDELINES
Editor:    Bob Hathaway
Publisher: SIGS
Date:      12/6/1995
Copyright SIGS/Bob Hathaway 1995

Authors' Guidelines
Object Currents presents the first significant hypermedia journal to provide
developers and managers of object-oriented systems with a full range of
articles covering the entire spectrum of object technology.  Object Currents
articles are accompanied by several articles from SIGS' journals, but are set
apart by their "eye on the future" perspective.  First priority is given to
new and advanced topics of real importance to the object community, including
applied research and development and new techniques and systems.
Advanced topics and techniques include but are not limited to delegation
languages, advanced programming techniques and idioms, advanced use of
methodologies, reflective meta-systems, new visual systems, GUI and
hypermedia, and new methods, processes, and metrics.  New systems and
their use include but are not limited to programming languages, CASE and
meta-CASE, databases, operating systems, and distributed systems.  All
articles should have emphasis on new technology and their use, but can
include the full range of traditional topics in object technology from
analysis to design and implementation, research and theory to practical
applications advice for real engineering and commercial environments, all
relevant object-oriented programming languages, including but not limited
to C++ and Smalltalk, and other relevant areas including interoperability
to X Windows and GUI.

Authors should capitalize on the unique multimedia and hypermedia
nature of Object Currents, as Object Currents is the first significant WWW
journal for software development.   Hypermedia provides a unique
opportunity for  the innovation of superior articles and information
systems technology.

All forms of hypermedia links and multimedia are strongly encouraged in
submissions including text, computation, images, audio, video, animation,
and true interactivity.   CGI bridges to external databases and information
servers are also encouraged, although commercial uses will be judged
along strict relevance criteria.

Audience
Object Currents' intended audience comprises all involved in and effected by
object-oriented technique and technology, such as programmers, software
engineers, systems and applications developers, progressive students,
project leaders, managers, and users of object-oriented systems, with the
purpose of providing more quick and effective acceptance and
improvement of existing object practice, strategy, technology, and
understanding.

Vision
A software development community utilizing the best known practice and
experience of object-oriented technology.  A hypermedia network
supporting object-oriented technology transfer and the continual
improvement of object technology with the ultimate aim of fostering
continued progress within the software community.

Mission
To present the latest in object-oriented theory, practice, and experience in
a way that is most immediately useful to the intended audience; and to
encourage the highest levels of quality and excellence within the software
development community through object technology - to achieve
Object Currents' vision - through innovative use of the latest in hypermedia
and multimedia technology.

Objectives
1) To be the primary conveyance of object-oriented information, resource,
    technique, and technology.

2) To provide an exemplary hypermedia medium through Object Currents;
to  be a leader on the "Information Superhighway".  Object Currents' authors
should be innovative in the use of hypermedia in submissions.

3) To link Object Currents and the Official WWW/Internet Object-Oriented
FAQ for the purpose of fulfilling Object Currents' vision and mission.

4) To provide a weekly online news service on new and important
developments in object technology.

5) Contributors' Objective: To support successful widespread acceptance
and growth of object technology by authoring Object Currents' articles and
through use of  multimedia and hypermedia composition.

Editorial Outline and Features

Contents
Object Currents presents a full range of object-oriented articles pertaining
to  new and advanced object technology.  This includes all areas from
programming languages, methodologies, software engineering,
breakthrough ideas, theory and experience from the software industry, and
etc.   Reviews of existing products, problem/solution papers. and other
important areas from the object domain will also be considered.

Format
Html preferred, with creative use of multimedia and hypermedia strongly
encouraged.  Also Java and VRML.  ASCII or Word RTF is also acceptable -
Object Currents will provide html transformation.  Send email for a list
of freeware/shareware html tools, or visit www.sigs.com (late Dec '95) for
links to popular sites.

Frequency: 12 times/year.

  Issue Inventory:

    Feature articles:      8 to 10 articles from  current SIGS Publications per
                         issue.
    Object Currents Articles: 2 to 4 per issue.
    Columns:             Several columns will appear from regular
                         columnists on important topics.
    Newsgroup Dialog:    Extrapolated subjects with commentary.
    Fun and Games:       Puzzles to be picked up from the C++ Report
                         and the net (Obfs. C++).
    Questionnaire:       W/compiled results from last issue.
    SIGS Bookshelf:      Book reviews and summary.
    Movers & Shakers:    Interview or profile of object industry VIPs.
    Code Watch:          Source code, from both SIGS journals and
                         elsewhere, such as on the net.
    Editorial Comments:     By both author and readers are encouraged.
    This week in OT:     Prepared by SIGS News Editor.

Articles (3 - 5 pages)
All submitted articles must satisfy some genuine need in the software
community with respect to object-oriented development, be highly
informative and lucid, and be appropriate to the intended Object Currents
audience.  Articles containing new and advanced technology or method, with
an "eye on the future"  perspective, and making best use of hypermedia will
receive highest priority.

Article sections should be numbered.  Articles must have a brief one or two
paragraph abstract/summary. Recommended are sections on
introduction/background, goals and audience, unique contribution,
problems, benefits, issues and related works, conclusion, and
acknowledgements and references, as appropriate.  Diagrams and examples,
including code fragments and complete programs, should be plentiful to
exemplify concepts.

 Series (3-5 pages, 2-8 installments)
A series is a collection of articles offering the author an opportunity to
address a topic in great depth.  The series may run from two to eight
installments.  Series should be clearly partitioned into subtopics.

Column (2-3 pages)
Columns are designed to provide an ongoing discussion of a topic area,
offering the columnist an opportunity to cover a topic in great breadth over
an extended period of time, and to track changes and trends in the topic
area as the technology matures.  Over time, the readers of a column should
gain an    appreciation for the approach and style of the columnist and be
able to identify the people, companies,  and products involved.  Editorial
comments by both the author and readers are encouraged.

Newsgroup Dialog
The editor will take a thread or threads from the comp.object newsgroup
and provide commentary.  Such threads may be started by the Editor and
may be related to the current issue.

Fun and Games
Puzzles to be picked up from the C++ Report and the net.  Puzzles can
include obfuscated programming  code, preferably from a well-known
language, or any other sort.

Questionnaire
A questionnaire will appear in each issue raising questions of importance
to the object community, typically concerning the issues raised by that
issue.  The results from the last questionnaire will appear in the next issue
of Object Currents.

SIGS Bookshelf (2-3 pages)
Reviews of books, videos, and conferences.  These should have the "eye on
the future" perspective of Object Currents.  A review should describe the
purpose, content, and intended audience of the item and make critical
comments on its accuracy and success in fulfilling its purpose.  If
appropriate, the author  should comment on the suitability of the item for
educational purposes.

Movers & Shakers
Interview or profile of object industry VIPs.  An interview or profile should
discuss the "movers" background, such as research interests, current line of
work and primary contributions, primary work today, object of interview or
profile, and conclusion.  An "eye on the future" perspective should be
maintained, including a discussion on where the "movers" contribution
will bring the object community in the near future.

Code Watch
Source code will be provided at the SIGS site, possibly mirrored from
another.  This code may come from SIGS journals or anywhere, such as on
the net.

Editorial Comments
Comments on the previous Object Currents issue, including other editorial
comments, provides a means of feedback and interaction for both author
and reader.

Potential topic areas are enumerated below; this list is not exhaustive and
creativity is encouraged.  Topics should be drawn from new and advanced
areas of  object technology.  SIGS topics are very similar, but Object
Currents articles emphasize the latest and most advanced technology, how
it should be incorporated today, and where it is leading tomorrow.

Applications
Authors should discuss how advanced object technology should be used to
improve current practice.  Successes and failures can provide valuable
feedback on future directions and what to follow and what to avoid.  How
new or advanced techniques improve quality, productivity, or problem
solving should be reported.  Learning curves, obstacles and their removal,
required support, metrics optimization, and other issues where
improvement is needed in the software industry today should be addressed.
Transitioning from old to new technology can be addressed.

Example Topic Areas:
- Advanced Applications
- Modern Systems support
- Visual programming, hypermedia, Java, VRML
- Advanced OO frameworks, patterns, APIs, Libraries
- Application portability, open systems, new standards

Hypermedia
The World Wide Web has been described as object-oriented.  New approaches
to hypermedia, especially the World Wide Web, are desired.   Java, VRML,
Python, and other new languages and systems are of interest.   New and
innovative use of the Web and/or hypermedia by object-oriented applications.

Example Topic Areas:
- The object-oriented WWW
- Better approaches to hypermedia with object technology
- Innovative use of hypermedia and the WWW by object-oriented applications
- Innovative or novel use of new approaches, such as Java, Python, VRML.
- Exemplary use of graphics, animation, or video.
- New Standards
- New Tool Support
- OO VR, development, use
-  Integration with the Web, e.g. OODB, Systems, interfacing

Idioms, Languages, Environments, and CASE
More powerful and expressive idioms and techniques in object-oriented
programming are desired.  New languages and environments can be
discussed,  including research languages. New paradigms in OO, such as
delegation,  and new environments, such as metacase, are of importance
today.  Perhaps examine issues of power, flexibility, orthogonality,
expressiveness, correctness,  portability, availability, suitability, and
style with an emphasis on modern use.

Example Topic Areas:
- New constructs in OO
- Better approach or technology
- New CASE and why it should be used in real development
- New Idioms or advanced programming techniques to follow
- Reflective systems and extensibility
- Metasystems
- Advanced use of polymorphism
- Advanced uses of inheritance: multiple, dynamic, shared, etc.
- Advanced reuse - theory and practice:
- Efficiency/optimization vs. power expressiveness
- New Standards

Databases
New developments and advanced topics in OODBs can be addressed.
Where, when, and why a new technology is required.  Reasons for
transition to and acceptance of object databases including advantages
(over older and/or other approaches) and new ideas should be presented.

Example Topic Areas:
- New OODB technology
- New and novel uses of OODBs, such as for business objects
- Distribution, concurrency, reliability, security - And WWW?
- Advanced Languages Interfacing
- Uses and  Integration with other object systems - E.g. languages, CASE,
  business objects
- New object query languages and use and 4GLs
- Schema evolution and its importance/relationship to OOD.
- Superiority of new OODB approaches over others
- New standards and ideas

Analysis And Design Methodology
New techniques in analysis and design are always being devised.  Older
methods are evolving and fusing into newer methods.  The need to utilize
the new methodologies and how to best achieve their acceptance is of real
importance today.  Identifying future trends is of interest to readers.
Comparisons between the new methodologies and what they imply, or at
least why the new technique is superior.

Example Topic Areas:
- New and better methodologies and their use
- Best or creative uses of OOA/D, perhaps in new application domains, such
  as business.
- Most relevant domains of use, strengths and weaknesses
- New techniques proven to be effective
- CASE/METACASE support
- Extensibility and reuse
- Use in process
- CMM/SPICE/Other approaches: standards, reviews, walkthroughs, JAD,
   RAD, Spiral Model, and etc.  Modern practice and experience.
- Improved cost drivers, moving effort upstream
- New fusion efforts

Process
Software engineering processes are a hot topic today.  The SEI's CMM
level 1.0/2.0, ISO SPICE and the modern management practice of process
improvement are of great relevance to today's software development.
Discuss how object methodologies and technologies fit in with and better
support modern software engineering processes, such as Boehm's Spiral
Model of development.

Example Topic Areas:
- New and better development processes - how they relate to OO
- OO's basis in modern and flexible processes, especially in analysis and
  design
- Experience with modern process and OO
- Handling the transition to modern from legacy processes, such as the
  waterfall model
- Novel use of analysis models
- Metrics and process
- Process optimization
- Process and methodology, suitability of various methods to various processes
  of development
- Process specialization and generalization - what should be tailored and what
  should be standardized intra- and inter- organizationally.
- Standards - ISO/SPICE, SEI, etc.

Management - OD - Project Management - Testing
Modern management theory and its application to OO development.  TQM, CMM
2.0, SPICE, Baldridge, Deming and their relevance in todays markets.  Best
practices, world class standards, and productivity.  Statistical control
and process improvement.  How do these relate to object technology and
methodology?  Modern learning theory and its application in education (at
all levels) and practice.  How OO affects or improves project management,
planning and estimating, SCM, quality, and system evolution.

Example Topic Areas:
- TQM/CMM 2.0/SPICE/Baldridge/Deming applied to OO development.
- Improved metrics: e.g., reduced cycle time, time to market, ROI, quality
  of life.
- Effects of improvement efforts, including OO.
- Introduction of new techniques and technologies, innovative approaches
- Grass roots efforts at quality (stealth quality and SE?)
- Instituting change with very modern technology and technique.
- Staffing for new OO technology development - e.g. Boehm's 5 principles
- Enterprise modeling and design, hypermodern techniques.
- Dealing with user needs and expectations, early analysis.
- New standards, Baldridge, ISO, etc.

Education and Training
How the new OO techniques are best taught and how training should be
provided is of real importance today.  One Level 5 organization provides
45 days training to all developers before starting, is this best?  What are
the  alternatives?  The need for improved education and training in both
academia and industry, especially with regards to real-world development,
is of importance.  How should new OO techniques be taught or used in
initial development efforts?

Example Topic Areas:
- Application of new learning techniques to object education; such as
  learning tools
- Teaching/learning object technology
- Experience reports
- Transitioning from programming to object-oriented analysis, design, and
  programming
- Learning curves.  How long does it take to reach proficiency, or various
  levels of expertise at very modern techniques?  Optimizing the learning
  curve.
- Humphrey's PSP


Contributors' Guidelines Object Currents

Submissions
All submissions must be sent directly to the Editor on diskette or via email.
All articles are subject to peer review by the Editorial Board and selected
members of the object community.  Notification of  acceptance and
assignment to an issue will shortly follow the review process.   All
submissions are final; material will not be returned.  Authors  are required
to assign copyright to SIGS publications.  Copyright forms will be sent
upon notification of acceptance.   Special allowance can be made for
submissions to reappear in future planned books.

Style
We request the following elements of style for all submissions:
- Liberal use of WWW hypermedia facilities and multimedia are strongly
  encouraged.  Object Currents provides a unique opportunity to present
  information in a superior way to readers, and this should be taken
  advantage of to the fullest extent possible.   Make correct use of HTML
  (support is available).
- Open articles with a few strong paragraphs to attract readers' attention.
  An introductory abstract is preferred.
- Highlight possible pull-quotes.  Keep pull-quotes in mind when writing.
- No double returns, even after paragraphs.
- Clearly mark major and minor subheads <1>, <2>, etc., if possible.
- Use tabs instead of spaces for formatting tables, lists, code, etc.
- Do not manually hyphenate; the page layout software will do this
- Omit headers and footers.
- Literature citations should be placed numerically in order of appearance at
  the end of the article; text citations should appear in parenthesis.
- Charts or other graphics should be submitted in clear, reproducible hard
  copy, if possible.

Format

The preferred format for files is HTML in ASCII or Microsoft Word (V 6.0 or
later preferred).  Please note format clearly on diskette.   Articles can be
submitted in Word RTF or ASCII, to be placed in html by Object Currents.
UUencoded, tared, compressed filed, or files with attachments should be
CC'd to [e-mail].  Anonymous FTP will soon be available at:
  ftp.geodesic.com:/pub/objectcurrents/submissions

Media: Disks accepted:
  DOS 3.5"
  Email: RTF or ASCII files sent over Compuserve, 75027,1663
  ([e-mail]).  Submissions with attachments should
  be sent to [e-mail].
  Please also try to send a hard copy:

Robert John Hathaway III
Editor in Chief
Object Currents Hypertext Journal
655 West Irving Park Road, Suite 5417
Chicago, Illinois 60613-313775  USA
Ph:    312-327-2121
Fax:   [phone]
Email: [e-mail]             - Correspondence, Cc Submissions
       [e-mail]   - Submissions
       [e-mail]                      - Unix, Attachments

Contact Bob Hathaway, [e-mail], [phone] (leave
msg), with trouble on submissions.  Alternate contact points are
[e-mail], and upon failure, [e-mail].

Manuscript Submission Schedule

ISSUE: 1996
  February    - January  15
  March        - February 5
  April        - February 23
  May        - March 23
  June        - April 23
  July        - May 23
  August    - June 23
  September    - July 23
  October    - August 23
  November    - September 23
  December    - October 23