K n o w R i g h t ' 9 5
 
FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT &
CALL FOR PAPERS
 
International Congress on Intellectual Property Rights for
Specialized Information, Knowledge and New Technologies
 
organized by
Austrian Computer Society, Austrian national commission for
UNESCO, Vienna University of Technology, TermNet
 
sponsored by
IFIP - CEPIS - UNIDO - ISO - FID
.
21 - 25 August 1995
Vienna, Austria
 
AIMS
 
Computer hardware and software technology increasingly
allows us to record and process complex information and
knowledge simultaneously in various languages and in
different forms of representation. The exponential growth of
information and knowledge requires more and more
sophisticated computer applications including especially
technologies, networking and multimedia.
 
In the course of these developments the borderlines between
computer hardware (in particular storage media) and software
(in particular application software) on the one hand and
data, texts and other forms of representation of information
and knowledge on the other hand have become blurred. The
increasingly unrestricted possibilities to manipulate
representations of information and knowledge make it
difficult to distinguish clearly between the original and
its offspring. Moreover, the transfer of information via
information highways will require legal and organizational
means to assist the transfer of related rights.
 
Research on and development of information and knowledge
systems abound everywhere in the world. New - multilingual -
communication media and databases are created which lead to
an increased need for new access, retrieval and interaction
methods. However, the methodology how to manage complex
information structures lags behind the development of
information technology itself.
 
In this context the legal provisions concerning the
protection of intellectual property rights are still based
on traditional hardcopy-oriented technology. New
representation methods and technologies are not sufficiently
covered by these provisions. Information users and customers
may welcome this development claiming that specialized
information and knowledge is the intellectual property of
all mankind. But the originators of specialized information
and knowledge may be highly interested in the utmost
protection of their intellectual property. These two
diametrically different positions mark the span of attitudes
towards the protection of intellectual property rights
today.
 
Increasingly, information and knowledge are created in
international cooperation networks through the division of
labour and shared efforts transcending national borders.
National legislation and jurisdiction concerning
intellectual property, however, show substantial
discrepancies and are equally insufficient everywhere. This
calls for harmonization at international level especially
addressing European cooperation and also developing
countries.
 
Legal measures, however, do not suffice. Technical methods
and tools - not to mention ethics - have to contribute to
the solution of the problems outlined above. There is
definitely the need for a congress with an interdisciplinary
and integrative approach at international level dealing with
the highly complex and unsatisfactory situation with regard
to intellectual property for specialized information and
knowledge in order to prepare the grounds for adequate
solutions.
 
SECTIONS
 
Section 1: Knowledge bases, databases, information and
communication services
 
- smallest copyright unit(s)
- merged elements from various sources
- multi-national data and knowledge services
- mixed linguistic, numeric, graphical etc. data
- user-interface design
- bibliographic, factual and text databases
- liability problems in knowledge and databases
- downloading
- which information should be free, subsidized or commercial
- data protection and encryption
- data manipulation
 
Section 2: KnowRight related aspects of software
 
- basic unit(s) of software protection
- software adaptations
- copying and pirating
- different types of software with different problems
- commercial software vs. public domain software, shareware
  etc.
- data protection software
- usage fees and superdistribution
- regulation for revenue collection via digital money
- electronic contracting and licensing
- data security software
- downloading protection
- encryption standards
 
Section 3: Terminology and lexicography
 
- linguistic data intermixed with numeric and non-linguistic
  data
- dictionary data vs. encyclopedic data
- terminology and text
- multilingual records from various sources
- multilingual user-interface design
- data safety & security
 
Section 4: Scientific-technical publishing
 
- electronic publishing
- database publishing
- new media
- hypermedia systems
- integration of text processing and DBMS data
- non-textual information
- updating
- copyright, security and problems of charging
 
Section 5: Multimedia
 
- digital broadcast and other services
- interactive TV
- user-interface, TV-Guide
- conditional access
- need of regulation and harmonization
- intellectual property and copyright
- consumer protection right
 
Section 6: Graphics and design
 
- graphical elements in texts
- images and parts thereof
- graphical databases
- protection of industrial design
- computer games
- computer animation
- user interface design
- picture format copyrights
- electronic art
 
INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE
as of 18 May 1994
 
K. Brunnstein, University Hamburg, Germany (general chair)
P. Sint, Austrian Academy of Sciences (general co-chair)
M. Straube, Vienna Univ. of Tech., Austria (gen. co-chair)
A  M. Tjoa, University Vienna, Austria (chair section 1)
G. Ertl, Regional Court of Appeal, Austria (chair section 2)
Ch. Galinski, Infoterm, Austria (chair section 3)
H. Maurer, Graz Univ. of Tech., Austria (chair section 4)
C. E. Eberle, ZDF, Mainz, Germany (chair section 5)
W. Purgathofer, Vienna Univ. of Tech., Austria (chair section 6)
K. Bauknecht, University Zurich, Switzerland
J. Berleur, University Namur, Belgium
J. Bing, Norway
D. Bourcier, Sorbonne, France
J. O. Chabot, ISO, Geneva, Switzerland
Yi Changhui, CSICCI, Beijing, China
W. Dillenz, VDFS, Vienna, Austria
A. Djintcharadze, Russia
J. Dorner, United Kingdom
B. Falcidieno, Italy
H. Feldner-Bustin, AKH Vienna, Austria
H. Fiedler, University Bonn, Germany
S. Fujiwara, Japan
H. Grdos, Austrian national commission for UNESCO
W. Jaburek, Diebold, Vienna, Austria
M. Lauritsen, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
R. Launo, FID, Finland
E. Mackaay, Montreal, Canada
G. Quirchmayr, University Vienna, Austria
V. Risak, Siemens PSE, Vienna, Austria
H. Schauer, University Zurich, Switzerland
J. Schoenhut, Fraunhofer Institute, Darmstadt, Germany
R. Stoeckelle, WSR, Vienna, Austria
R. W. Staudt, Kent College, Chicago, USA
R. Traunmueller, University Linz, Austria
R. Wagner, University Linz, Austria
E. Wilmersdorf, MDADV Vienna, Austria
E. Wolf, Alcatel Austria
K. K. Wolf, Uitikon, Switzerland
A. Zampolli, Italy
H. Zemanek, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
 
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
 
W. Grafendorfer (chair), W. Hawlik, I. Sudra, R. Schwarz
c/o Austrian Computer Society
 
INTRODUCTORY TUTORIALS
AND SEMINARS
 
Tutorials/Seminars are planned on Monday, 21 August 1995 on
the following topics:
 
- Graphical Design
- Standardization
- Patents
- New media and multimedia
- Cryptography
- International communication systems and services
 
CONFERENCE LANGUAGE
 
English
 
EXHIBITION
 
An exhibition of pertinent software, publications and
projects will be organized from 21 - 25 August 1995 in
conjunction with the congress.
 
INFORMATION FOR AUTHORS
AND PARTICIPANTS
 
Please indicate your interest in participating or in
submitting a paper by returning the completed
preregistration form as soon as possible to:
 
W. Grafendorfer
Austrian Computer Society
Wollzeile 1-3,
A-1010 Vienna, Austria
PHONE: +43/1/512 02 35,
FAX: +43/1/512 02 35-9
E-MAIL: OCG@VM.UNIVIE.AC.AT
 
DEADLINES:
Preregistration:  at your earliest convenience.
Submission
of papers (draft):   13 January 1995
Notification of
acceptance:          14 March 1995
Camera-ready copy:   14 April 1995
 
Further details will be provided following preregistration.
 
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