A particular emphasis was placed on bibliographical resources, a topic which is closely related to digital libraries. In this vein, Dr Ruggiero and Dieng likened their experiment in broadcasting on the WWW a knowledge base on breast cancer diagnosis, to an 'advanced digital library'. As a matter of fact, as in a library, the aim is to make a knowledge available to a wide audience. However, the material to be so publicized goes beyond a written document and embeds a real knowledge base. Dr Orphanoudakis rightly pointed out that high bandwith is not always necessary to do practical things.
Much material is symbolic information.
His experience with the public health system of Crete shows how a pragmatic approach lets one improve the sanitary situation immediately. Start with what you get, and one will find the resources to upgrade the system when it has proved its worth. A key idea behind much of the experiments reported is to move expertise around the country, or across borders, without moving the experts nor the patients. The session was made up of three papers. Mr M. Wilson proposed a very detailed analysis of where the added value of information systems lie in the tourism business, essentially in managing the chronological gap between reservations and actual sales, and the variety of the players involved.