From: rys@inf.ethz.ch ()
Subject: The VLDB Journal: General and Subscription Information
Originator: rys@apelc12.inf.ethz.ch
Organization: Dept. Informatik, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH)
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 12:10:01 GMT




                        THE VLDB JOURNAL
          General Information and Subscription by Email


AIM AND SCOPE

The VLDB Journal is a quarterly publication of  the  VLDB  Endow-
ment.   The  journal is  dedicated to the publication of scholary
contributions to the advancement of information system  architec-
tures,  the reflection of technological impacts, and the develop-
ment of novel applications. The  journal  was  launched  in  July
1992.

In addition to its goal as an outlet for high quality and  timely
research  and  development results, the journal has two important
goals:

1)  A commitment to low cost so that  it  is  widely  affordable.
It's cost is $24 for an individual ($96 for an institution).

2)  A commitment to a quick publication of accepted papers, so as
to publish the most recent and timely results.

We achieve cost savings by using the efforts of a volunteer staff
and  the  support of the VLDB Endowment.  There are no additional
administrative costs.

We achieve high quality and timely  publication  by  employing  a
large  editorial board of internationally known researchers and a
thorough review procedure.   Each  editor  handles  a  relatively
small  number  of papers at any one time, and can pay more atten-
tion to quality and timeliness of reviews.  Furthermore,  if  the
journal  will  generate  surplus subscription funds, they will be
used to increase the number of pages per issue in order to reduce
the publication backlog.


THE FIRST TWO ISSUES

The first issue was a special issue on "Federated  Databases"  an
appeared  on  July  1st 1992. It includes the following contribu-
tions:

 - Y. Breitbart, A. Silberschatz, G.R.Thompson:  An  Approach  to
   Recovery Management in a Multidatabase System
 - M. Nodine, S. Zdonik: Cooperative Transaction Hierarchies
 - S. Spaccapietra,  Y.  Dupont,  C.  Parent:  Model  Independent
   Assertions for Integration of Heterogeneous Schemas
 - D. Hsiao: Survey on Federated Databases and Systems (Part I)

The second issue is a regular issue and appears  on  October  1st
1992. It includes:

 - P. Drew, D. Heimbigner, R. King: A la carte:  The  Integration
   of Persistent Stores
 - D. Hsiao: Survey on Federated Databases and Systems (Part II)
 - Y. Breitbart, H. Garcia-Molina, A. Silberschatz: Invited  sur-
   vey on Multidatabase Transaction Management


FORTHCOMING ISSUES

The following papers will tentatively appear in one of the forth-
coming issues:

 - P. Yu, D. Cornell: Buffer Management Based on Return on Compo-
   sition in Multi-Query Environment
 - T. Haerder, K. Rothermel: Concurrency Control Issues in Nested
   Transactions
 - C.S. Jensen et al.: Using Caching,  Cache  Indexing  and  Dif-
   ferential Techniques to Efficiently Support Transaction Time
 - J.R. Haritsa, M.J. Carey, M. Livny: Value-Based Scheduling  in
   Real-Time Database Systems
 - G. Weikum, C. Hasse: Multi-Level  Transaction  Management  for
   Complex Objects: Implementation, Performance, Parallelism
 - J. Grant et al: An Algebra and Calculus for Relational  Multi-
   databases
 - W. Du, A.K. Elmagarmid, W.Kim: Supporting  Consistent  Updates
   in Partially Replicated Multidatabase Systems
 - D. Georgapoulos, Rusinkievicz, Litwin: Chronological  Schedul-
   ing of Transactions with Temporal Dependencies

In addition, the following special issues are committed  and  are
coordinated by invited editors:

 - Parallelism in Database Systems, Editors: M.J. Carey, Univ. of
   Wisconsin and P. Valduriez, INRIA
 -   Deductive   Databasse   Systems   Prototypes,   Editor:   K.
   Ramamohanarao, Univ. of Melbourne
 - Spatial Database  Systems,  Editor:  R.H.  Gueting,  Fernuniv.
   Hagen


PAPERS SUBMITTAL INFORMATION

Please contact one of the Editors-in-Chief for  further  informa-
tion and the guidelines for manuscript preparation.

Editors-in-Chief

Fred J. Maryanski                       Hans-J. Schek
(Americas and Asia)                     (Europe, Africa and Oceania)
University of Connecticut               Swiss Fed. Institute of Technology
Fax: +1-203-486 6379                    Fax: +41-1-262 3973
E-Mail: fred@provost.vpa.uconn.edu      E-Mail: schek@inf.ethz.ch

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