11th International Conference on Reference Modeling

26-28 February 2008 in Munich, Germany

Track on the Multi-Conference on Information Systems (Multikonferenz Wirtschaftsinformatik, MKWI) 2008
26-28 February 2008

Important Dates:

see information about the shared proceedings of the conference (Tagungsband)

Aims and Scope:

The development of information models is often an expensive and time consuming task. Hence, approaches are eligible which increase the efficiency of information modeling. Reference models are information models that are developed explicitly with the goal of being reused for different, but similar purposes. Therefore, the benefit of using reference models is mainly the reduction of development and maintenance costs due to the possible reuse of knowledge. The 11th International Conference on Reference Modeling (RefMod2008) will provide a forum for both researchers and practitioners in order to exchange new findings and experiences in the field of reference modeling. Papers for RefMod2008 should discuss methodological, business domain-oriented or economic issues of reference modeling. Possible topics are (but are not restricted to):

• procedure models and modeling languages for the development of reference models
• evaluation and adaptation of reference models
• reference models for retail, industry, service, administration and eGovernment
• economic aspects of reference modeling
• reference modeling tools
• reports concerning publicly funded research projects in the field of
  reference modeling
• reports concerning the Open Model Initiative

Submission Requirements:

Papers should be submitted in English or German language and should comply with the general MKWI submission guidelines. The submission format should be MS Word (DOC or RTF). Figures should preferably be embedded in VISIO or EMF format. Manuscripts should be sent to modeling@ercis.de. Please submit your paper without any author information and provide this information and the title of the paper in a separate cover file.

Quality Requirements and Review Process:

Papers should be original, well-written, self-contained contributions that elucidate novel research and innovation in reference modeling which advance the field fundamentally and significantly. Papers are selected within a rigorous double-blind peer review process performed by the conference program committee (see below).

Publication

Papers will be published in the MKWI 2008 Proceedings.

Track Chair:

Prof. Dr. Jörg Becker
European Research Center for Information Systems
Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster
Leonardo-Campus 3
48149 Münster
Tel.: +49 (0)251 8338100
E-Mail: becker@ercis.de

Co-Chair / Contact Person:

Dr. Patrick Delfmann
European Research Center for Information Systems
Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster
Leonardo-Campus 3
48149 Münster
Tel.: +49 (0)251 8338083
E-Mail: delfmann@ercis.de

Program Committee:

Wil van der Aalst (Eindhoven University of Technology, NL)
Jörg Becker (European Research Center for Information Systems, Münster, D)
Jan vom Brocke (University of Liechtenstein, Vaduz, FL)
Patrick Delfmann (European Research Center for Information Systems, Münster, D)
Jörg Desel (University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, D)
Werner Esswein (Dresden University of Technology, D)
Ulrich Frank (University of Duisburg-Essen, D)
Monique Jansen-Vullers (Eindhoven University of Technology, NL)
Ralf Knackstedt (European Research Center for Information Systems, Münster, D)
Peter Loos (University of Saarland, D)
Michael zur Mühlen (Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ, USA)
Andreas Oberweis (University of Karlsruhe, D)
Michael Rohloff (Siemens AG, D)
Michael Rosemann (Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, AUS)
Reinhard Schütte (Dohle Group, D)