The Book of Informatics Revised Edition

Val is a senior lecturer at Murdoch University. Her teaching is in the areas of information systems and knowledge management. Val has undergraduate degrees in Computer Science and Ecological Science and completed her PhD at Aberdeen University. Her research interests and recent publications concern knowledge modelling, multimedia database design and template-based information repurposing.Diarmuid has degrees in Philosophy and Library Studies, and is currently completing his PhD in the conceptual modelling of knowledge. He has over twenty years industry experience in systems design and development, particularly in management of online digital assets and methods of knowledge modelling, and has published many papers in these areas. Diarmuid is the creator of the intercultural knowledge programming language Protium.John is Adjunct Professor in Intelligent and Integrated Systems at Griffith University. He is also Adjunct Professor in Information Technology at Murdoch University. A former Head of School both at Griffith and at Murdoch John has researched and taught information systems at all levels for over 20 years, in the UK, in Australia and in China. A pioneer in knowledge elicitation methods, John has been on software research and development teams for various innovative decision support and collaborative systems. He has held several research grants in the UK, in Australia and with APEC. Professor Gammack has authored around 200 research papers and monographs and has designed, developed or externally reviewed undergraduate and postgraduate curricula at various Universities.