Keynote Speech

Next Generation Internet and the Global Digital Library (Fig1, Fig2, Fig3)

Ching-chih CHEN, Simmons College, USA

Library Development and Directions for the 21^st Century

Margaret C. FUNG, Library Association of China, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Web Technology Session 1

Markup on the Web-from TEI to XML

John LEHMAN, University of Alaska, USA

From SGML to XML A Case Study of a Product Service Guide Development

Chung-ping LIANG, Institute for Information Industry, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Asian Studies and the WWW: A Quick Stocktaking at the Cusp of Two Millennia

Matthew CIOLEK, The Australian National University, Australia

Web Technology Session 2

Automatic Acquisition of Phrasal Knowledge for English-Chinese Bilingual Information Retrieval

Lee-feng CHIEN, Academia Sinica, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Searching the World Wide Web: Challenges and Partial Solutions

Ricardo Baeza-YATES, University of Chile, Chile

Networking Session 1

On the IT Strategic Development for Pacific Neighborhood Institutions

Simon C. LIN, Academia Sinica, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Future Perspective of Networking

Kenny HUANG, Academia Sinica, Taiwan, R.O.C

Network Externalities and Composite IT Goods: An Empirical Investigation of the WWW Software Market

Yu-ming WANG, National Taiwan University, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Networking Session 2

Will Public Policy Destroy or Nurture an Industry? - The Issues Facing a Global Unfettered Internet Industry

David FU, AT&T Solutions, Hong Kong

Distance Learning Session

The Distance Learning Program for Vocational Education and Training

Lih-shyang CHEN, Ministry of Education, Taiwan, R.O.C.

UC Berkeley Interactive University: Using the Internet for University/K-12 Partnerships

David GREENBAUM & Jenette ZERNEKE, University of California, Berkele, USA

A New Canoe to Cross the Sea of Learning

Maureen HENNINGER, Helen JARVIS, & Paul WILSON, University of New South Wales, Australia

Cartography & GIS Session 1

Land Use and Socio-economic Development in North Taiwan since the Late Ming and Early Ch’ing Period

I-chun FAN, Academia Sinica, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Geographical Information Clearing House: Conceptual Design
(File1, File2, File3, File4, File5, File6, File7, File8, File9, File10, File11, File12)

Royol CHITRADON, High Performance Computing Center, Thailand

Cartography & GIS Session 2

Electronic Cultural Atlas

Richard HENDERSON & Lewis LANCASTER, University of California, Berkeley, USA

GIS Database of Sensitive Coastal Area in Taiwan

Bor-wen TSAI, National Taiwan University, Taiwan, R.O.C

The TimeMap Project: Interactive Maps of Time-dependent Cultural Features Using Multiple Internet Data Sources
(Fig1, Fig2, Fig3, Fig4, Fig5, Fig6, Fig7, Fig8, Fig9, Fig10)

Ian JOHNSON, University of Sydney, Australia

Cartography & GIS Session 3

The Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative and Geographical Information Systems Technology (ECAI-GIS)

Lawrence W. CRISSMAN, Griffith University, Australia

Image Database for Cultural Sites of Asia

John HUNTINGTON, Susan Huntington, & Janice Glowski, Ohio State University, USA

Library Lession 1

Cooperative Development for Reference Database in Taiwan

Ming-der WU, National Taiwan University, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Asian Library Cooperation

Thomas HAHN, University of Heidelberg / University of Wisconsin, Germany

Chinese Information Access and Retrieval: Issues Facing Libraries

Ki-tat LAM, University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong

Library Session 2

Cooperation in the Building of the South Asian Resources Database: Past Issues and Future Challenges

Ian DAWES & Maggie EXON, Curtin University of Technology, Asutralia

The PNC Buryat Academic Information Center

Tsymjit VANCHIKOVA, Russian Academy of Sciences, Buryiatia

Resources Development Session 1

Development of Humanities Computing at Academia Sinica

Kuan-chung HUANG & Jender LEE, Academia Sinica, Taiwan, R.O.C.

The Ricci 21^st Century Roundtable: An International Database on the History of Christianity in China

Mark MIR, University of San Francisco, USA

Electronic Resources Development and SEER (Scholars Engaged in Electronic Resources)
(Fig3, Fig4, FIg5, Fig6, Fig7, Fig8, Fig9)

Jost GIPPERT, University of Frankfurt, Germany

Resources Development Session 2

The Electronic Information Space for Russian Oriental Studies

Eugene GOLOVANOV, Institute of Oriental Studies, Russia

Medical Biological Resources, Ecology Session 1

Computerising Pulse Diagnostics: Approaches, Implementation, Perspective

Oleg RINCHINOV, Russian Academy of Sciences, Buryiatia

Medical, Biological Resources, Ecology Session 2

Building Scientific Collaboratories

Deb AGARWAL, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, USA

Intellectual Property Rights Session

Intellectual Property Rights Protection and Fair Use Policy

Paul C. B. LIU, National Chengchi University, Taiwan, R.O.C.

IP Data Base Management

Leo LIN, Asia Pacific Intellectual Property Association, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Intellectual Property Rights Issues on Internet

Christina CHAO, Lee and Li, Attorneys at Law, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Standards Session

Extra-Linguistic Data for Understanding Dialect Mutual Intelligibility

Chin-Chuan CHENG, City University of Hong Kong/University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA

A Progress Report of Solving the Missing Character Problem at Academia Sinica

Ching-chun HSIEH, Academia Sinica, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Translated by Hsueh-hsiang LU, Academia Sinica, Taiwan, R.O.C

The Issue of Rare Characters: Coding, Input and Output

Christian WITTERN, University of Goettingen, Germany

Hanziku: Implementation of 54,000 Chinese Characters on Mainstream Operating Platforms

Huiray SHIH, Department of Research and Development, Fo Kuang Shen, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Lexical Session

Towards a Sharable and Reusable Lexical List: The Construction of a Standard Reference Lexicon for Chinese NLP

Chu-ren HUANG, Keh-jiann CHEN, Zhao-ming GAO, & Claude C.C. SHEN, Academia Sinica, Taiwan, R.O.C.

The Structure and Function of the Interlinked Electronic CJK-English and Buddhist CJK-English Dictionaries

Charles MULLER, Toyo Gakuen University, Japan