Joseph Fong

Joseph Fong is an editorial board member of International Journal of Web Information Systems. He is a fellow of Hong Kong Computer Society, the founder chairman of the [ Hong Kong Computer Society Database Special Interest Group], and the honorable founder chairman of [Hong Kong Web Society], and International Hybrid Learning Society. Fong had worked in the electronic data processing in US for 11 years, and came back to Hong Kong as an academician since 1988. His research interests are in database, data warehousing, data mining XML and Web-Based Learning. His above 100 publications include SCI Journals, Conferences, Patent (US), edited books, and an authored text book on "Information Systems Reengineering and Integration" 2nd edition by Springer in 2006. He had been a program manager of a M.Sc. of Staffordshire University hosted at City University of Hong Kong for a decade and teaches [Data warehousing and data mining], [ Data Engineering], [Database Systems ] and [Introduction to Database Systems ]including XML technology.

Publications

An Interpreter Approach for Exporting Relational Data into XML Documents with Structured Export Markup Language
An Interpreter Approach for Exporting Relational Data into XML Documents with Structured Export Markup Language
Joseph Fong, Herbert Shiu. © 2012. 29 pages.
Almost all enterprises use relational databases to handle real time business operations and most need to generate various XML documents for data exchanges internally among...
Reverse Engineering from an XML Document into an Extended DTD Graph
Reverse Engineering from an XML Document into an Extended DTD Graph
Herbert Shiu, Joseph Fong. © 2011. 19 pages.
Extensible Markup Language (XML) has become a standard for persistent storage and data interchange via the Internet due to its openness, self-descriptiveness and flexibility....
Handbook of Research on Hybrid Learning Models: Advanced Tools, Technologies, and Applications
Handbook of Research on Hybrid Learning Models: Advanced Tools, Technologies, and Applications
Fu Lee Wang, Joseph Fong, Reggie Kwan. © 2010. 598 pages.
Hybrid learning is now the single-greatest trend in education today due to the numerous educational advantages when both traditional classroom learning and e-learning are...
Abstract DTD Graph from an XML Document: A Reverse Engineering Approach
Abstract DTD Graph from an XML Document: A Reverse Engineering Approach
Joseph Fong, Herbert Shiu. © 2010. 21 pages.
Extensible Markup Language (XML) has become a standard for persistent storage and data interchange via the Internet due to its openness, self-descriptiveness and flexibility....
A Hybrid Learning Model Using an XML-Based Multimedia Podcasting System
A Hybrid Learning Model Using an XML-Based Multimedia Podcasting System
Joseph Fong. © 2010. 12 pages.
Due to heavy workload and tight working schedule, it is difficult for part-time students at City University of Hong Kong to ‘digest’ course materials and to understand the...
Reverse Engineering from an XML Document into an Extended DTD Graph
Reverse Engineering from an XML Document into an Extended DTD Graph
Herbert Shiu, Joseph Fong. © 2009. 20 pages.
Extensible markup language (XML) has become a standard for persistent storage and data interchange via the Internet due to its openness, self-descriptiveness, and flexibility....
Reverse Engineering from an XML Document into an Extended DTD Graph
Reverse Engineering from an XML Document into an Extended DTD Graph
Herbert Shiu, Joseph Fong. © 2009. 21 pages.
The extensible markup language (XML) has become a standard for persistent storage and data interchange via the Internet due to its openness, self-descriptiveness, and...
Reverse Engineering from an XML Document into an Extended DTD Graph
Reverse Engineering from an XML Document into an Extended DTD Graph
Herbert Shiu, Joseph Fong. © 2009. 21 pages.
The extensible markup language (XML) has become a standard for persistent storage and data interchange via the Internet due to its openness, self-descriptiveness, and...
Reverse Engineering from an XML Document into an Extended DTD Graph
Reverse Engineering from an XML Document into an Extended DTD Graph
Herbert Shiu, Joseph Fong. © 2008. 19 pages.
The extensible markup language (XML) has become a standard for persistent storage and data interchange via the Internet due to its openness, self-descriptiveness, and...
XTOPO: An XML-Based Topology for Information Highway on the Internet
XTOPO: An XML-Based Topology for Information Highway on the Internet
Joseph Fong, Hing Kwok Wong. © 2004. 27 pages.
The need for interoperation and data exchange through the Internet makes XML a dominant standard language. Much work has been done on translating relational data into XML...
Online Analytical Mining for Web Access Patterns
Online Analytical Mining for Web Access Patterns
Joseph Fong, Hing K. Wong, Anthony Fong. © 2004. 33 pages.
The WWW and its associated distributed information services provide rich world-wide online information services, where objects are linked together to facilitate interactive...
Methodology of Schema Integration for New Database Applications: A Practitioner's Approach
Methodology of Schema Integration for New Database Applications: A Practitioner's Approach
Joseph Fong, Kamalakar Karlapalem, Qing Li, Irene Kwan. © 2002. 25 pages.
A practitioner’s approach to integrate databases and evolve them so as to support new database applications is presented. The approach consists of a joint bottom-up and top-down...
Methodology of Schema Integration for New Database Applications: A Practitioner’s Approach
Methodology of Schema Integration for New Database Applications: A Practitioner’s Approach
Joseph Fong, Kamalakar Karlapalem, Qing Li, Irene Kwan. © 1999. 17 pages.
A practitioner’s approach to integrate databases and evolve them so as to support new database applications is presented. The approach consists of a joint bottom-up and top-down...