On the Move to Meaningful Internet Systems: OTM 2008 - OTM Confederated International Conferences, CoopIS, DOA, GADA, IS, and ODBASE 2008, Monterrey, Mexico, November 9-14, 2008 Proceedings, Part I (Paperback, 2008 ed.)

the second covering the issues of security in complex Internet-based information systems. Eachof these ?ve conferencesencouragesresearchersto treattheir respective topics within a framework that incorporates jointly (a) theory, (b) conceptual design and development, and (c) applications, in particular case studies and industrial solutions. Following and expanding the model created in 2003, we again solicited and selected quality workshop proposals to complement the more "archival" nature of the main conferences with research results in a number of selected and more "avant-garde"areasrelatedtothegeneraltopicofdistributedcomputing. For- stance, the so-called Semantic Web has given rise to severalnovel research areas combining linguistics, informationsystems technology, andarti?cialintelligence, such as the modeling of (legal) regulatory systems and the ubiquitous nature of theirusage. WeweregladtoseethatinspiteofOnTheMoveswitchingsidesofthe Atlantic, seven of our earlier successful workshops (notably AweSOMe, SWWS, ORM, OnToContent, MONET, PerSys, RDDS) re-appearedin2008withathird or even fourth edition, sometimes by alliance with other newly emerging wo- shops, and that no fewer than seven brand-newindependent workshopscould be selected from proposals and hosted: ADI, COMBEK, DiSCo, IWSSA, QSI and SEMELS. Workshop audiences productively mingled with each other and with those of the main conferences, and there was considerable overlap in authors. The OTM organizers are especially grateful for the leadership, diplomacy and competence of Dr. Pilar Herrero in managing this complex and delicate process for the ?fth consecutive year.