基于XML元素加密的Web服务安全策略

Web服务使开发人员能够建立一种面向服务的、平台无关的、分布式的应用程序架构,另一方面Web服务使用XML在网络中进行数据交换,如何提高Web服务的安全性则成为需要解决的关键问题。本文论述了基于对XML文件中的元素进行加密的策略,从而保证了Web服务安全性。     

Using the World Wide Web for Art and Humanities Reference Services

Abstract

This paper describes what the World Wide Web is and what is needed in order to access its information. It discusses the future of art and humanities reference resources and presents criteria for evaluating Web sites. A review of the literature related to “Generation X” and their information expectations was done. There is an annotated list of specific World Wide Web resources related to African Diaspora, American Poetry, Comparative Literature, Gay and Lesbian Literature, and Outsider Art. This list provides examples for evaluation and is not meant to be exhaustive.     

Development of an Internal Web Site for a Law Firm

Abstract

The Information Services Department at the Washington, DC law firm, Dickstein Shapiro Morin & Oshinsky, decided in 1995 to provide firmwide access to the Internet. Two separate World Wide Web home pages would be created to meet the divergent needs of the Marketing Department and the information resource requirements of the attorneys, who would be using the Internet for research. In the course of developing Internet pages for the firm, the Library began working in conjunction with attorneys in various practice sections to locate and create Internet resources. The cooperation between attorneys and the Libraiy has led to Internet pages of hypertext linked resources for each specific practice section within the firm. Furthermore, some of the pages of resources have evolved into home pages for the various sections.     

A Review of “What They Don’t Teach You in Library School”

SUMMARY

Distance learning students may not think of the “campus” library as the first place to fulfill their information needs and may not even be aware of the services available to them. One way to reach these students is to adopt and adapt marketing techniques from the business world. This article examines the findings of a survey conducted at Emporia State University concerning the awareness of distance learning services. It will also examine marketing techniques and illustrate how they can be applied to increase awareness of reference support services for distance learners.     

The Buck Stops Where?

SUMMARY

University students-whether adult, distance learner, or traditional age-need access to university services and quick accurate answers to their questions beyond traditional “business” hours. Students' busy schedules and changing life patterns dictate that university services meet their needs. At DePaul University in Chicago, student focus groups repeatedly pointed to the need for one central place to get an answer or solve a problem. DePaul Central was created as an information and referral service to satisfy that student need, at the same capitalizing on the value of the librarian skill set.     

A Historical Overview of Internet Reference Services for Distance Learners

SUMMARY

The advent of library services and collections on the Internet revolutionized reference services to students enrolled in distance learning programs. Prior to the Internet, reference librarians who supported distance learning programs had few methods, and many of them costly, to provide the equivalent library services advocated by the ACRL Guidelines. Through the Internet, these librarians were able to approximate the services and resources that had always been available to students who came into the library. This article describes the development of reference services on the Internet in a variety of libraries that support distance learners.     

洞庭湖治理与湖区湿地保护探讨

洞庭湖是长江洪水的天然调蓄场所,不仅承接湘、资、沅、澧四水水沙,还纳入由荆江三口分泄的长江水沙,经湖泊调蓄后由城陵矶注入长江,形成了复杂的江湖关系,需要加强流域统一管理。通过分析洞庭湖区自然、经济状况及湖区湿地情况,结合1998年大水后湖区的治理情况及三峡工程蓄水运用后江湖关系的新变化,深入分析湖区湿地生态环境所面临的诸多问题,探讨如何在新一轮洞庭湖综合治理过程中,科学处理湖区综合治理与湿地生态环境保护与修复的关系。提出了洞庭湖统一管理措施,以便有效保护洞庭湖湿地生态环境与资源。     

网络化服务性能管理的技术研究与实现

随着网络上各种服务和应用的快速增长,人们对计算机网络的依赖程度越来越大,因此,保证网络上的服务和应用的正常运行、优化服务性能,成为网络管理迫切需要解决的问题。针对网络化服务的性能实行管理,建立了以服务为核心节点的服务性能管理视图,并以此勾画出服务与其资源之间的依赖关系图。分层构建了服务性能管理系统,并搭建了服务性能监控平台,对部分服务和应用进行了性能监测、分析和展示,实现了网络化服务性能管理系统的各项功能。     

An automatic subdigraph renovation plan for failure recovery of composite semantic Web services

A Web service-based system never fulfills a user＇s goal unless a failure recovery approach exists. It is inevitable that several Web services may either perish or fail before or during transactions. The completion of a composite process relies on the smooth execution of all constituent Web services. A mediator acts as an intermediary between providers and consumers to monitor the execution of these services. If a service fails, the mediator has to recover the whole composite process or else jeopardize achieving the intended goals. The atomic replacement of a perished Web service usually does not apply because the process of locating a matched Web service is unreliable. Even the system cannot depend on the replacement of the dead service with a com- posite service. In this paper, we propose an automatic renova- tion plan for failure recovery of composite semantic services based on an approach of subdigraph replacement. A replacement subdigraph is posed in lieu of an original subdigraph, which includes the failed service. The replacement is done in two separate phases, ofltine and online, to make the recovery faster. The ofitine phase foresees all possible subdigraphs, pre-calculates them, and ranks several possible replacements. The online phase compensates the unwanted effects and executes the replacement subdigraph in lieu of the original subdigraph. We have evaluated our approach during an experiment and have found that we could recover more than half of the simulated failures. These achievements show a significant improvement compared to current approaches