967 research outputs found
A Modular Logic Approach for Expressing Web Services in XML Applying Dynamic Rules in XML
No full textRuleML is considered to be a markup language for the semantic web. It allows the enrichment of web ontologies by adding definitions of derived concepts and it enhances interoperability among different systems and tools by publishing rules in an XML format. Moreover the in-creasing demand for interfaces that enhance information sharing has given rise to XML doc-uments that include embedded calls to web services. In this paper we propose a variation of RuleML that is based on modular logic programming. Our approach is based in a two level architecture. In the first level a modular logic language, called M-log, is presented. This lan-guage encompasses several mechanisms for invoking web services. In the second level we ex-ploit the semantics of M-log to present a variation of RuleML with rich modeling capabilities. Formal foundations for this variation are given through direct translation to M-log semantics.Knowledge Management, XML, Modular Logic Programming, E-Services
Written evidence submitted by Dr Ioannis Chapsos, Dr James Malcolm and Dr Robert McCabe (UNC0002) to the House of Lords’ International Relations & Defence Committee.:UNC0002 - UNCLOS: fit for purpose in the 21st century?
No full textThe House of Lords’ International Relations and Defence Committee initiated an inquiry to determine whether UNCLOS remains fit for purpose forty years after its agreement. The ‘framework’ nature of the convention allows for the development of more detailed regulation and guidance to be delegated to other international bodies such as the International Maritime Organization. This means that UNCLOS has been considered a ‘living treaty’, which can change to reflect modern circumstances. This is now being tested by new concerns and new uses of the sea. CTPSR’s maritime security team responded to the inquiry and their submitted evidence informed relevant sections of the report which was published on 1st March 2022, titled ‘UNCLOS: the law of the sea in the 21st century
Written evidence submitted by Dr Ioannis Chapsos, Dr James Malcolm and Dr Robert McCabe (UNC0002) to the House of Lords’ International Relations & Defence Committee.:UNC0002 - UNCLOS: fit for purpose in the 21st century?
No full textThe House of Lords’ International Relations and Defence Committee initiated an inquiry to determine whether UNCLOS remains fit for purpose forty years after its agreement. The ‘framework’ nature of the convention allows for the development of more detailed regulation and guidance to be delegated to other international bodies such as the International Maritime Organization. This means that UNCLOS has been considered a ‘living treaty’, which can change to reflect modern circumstances. This is now being tested by new concerns and new uses of the sea. CTPSR’s maritime security team responded to the inquiry and their submitted evidence informed relevant sections of the report which was published on 1st March 2022, titled ‘UNCLOS: the law of the sea in the 21st century
Ioannis Dallaei De imaginibus libri IV.
No full textIncludes errata at end.Signatures: *⁸ A-2L⁸ 2M⁴ chi².Woodcut printer's device on t.p. Head- and tail-pieces, initials.Scanned copy bound with: Joannis Dallaei Apologia pro ecclesiis reformatis. Amstelodami : Apud Jodocum Jansonium, 1652.Mode of access: Internet.Binding: vellum. Author & titles written at head of spine.With his: Apologia pro ecclesiis reformatis (Amsterdam : J. Janson, 1652)
The privatisation of international security: The regulatory framework for Private Maritime Security Companies, using operations off Somalia, 2005-13, as a case study
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Illegal Fishing and Fisheries Crime as a Transnational Organized Crime in Indonesia
No full textIllegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing is increasingly drawing international attention and coastal states strengthen their efforts to address it as a matter of priority due to its severe implications for food, economic, environmental and social security. As the largest archipelagic country in the world, this is especially problematic for Indonesia. In this already complex geographical and security environment, the authors test the hypothesis that IUU fishing and fisheries crime(s) classify as transnational organized criminal activities. The article argues that IUU fishing is much more than simply a fisheries management issue, since it goes hand in hand with fisheries crime. As a result, although the two concepts are quite distinct, they are so closely interlinked and interrelated throughout the entire value chain of marine fisheries, that they can only be managed effectively collectively by understanding them both within the framework of transnational organized crime. To make this argument, the research utilizes qualitative and quantitative data collected from approximately two thousand trafficked fishers, rescued in 2015 from slavery conditions while stranded in two remote Indonesian locations: Benjina on Aru island and on Ambon island. The article’s findings also unveil new trends relating to the inner workings of the illegal fishing industry, in four different, yet interlinked categories: recruitment patterns and target groups; document forgery; forced labor and abuse; and fisheries violations. The paper concludes by confirming the hypothesis and highlights that IUU fishing provides the ideal (illegal) environment for fisheries crimes and other forms of transnational organized crimes to flourish.</p
Written evidence submitted by Dr Ioannis Chapsos, Dr Adam Fenton, Dr James A. Malcolm and Dr Robert McCabe (IRR0004) to the UK Parliament Foreign Affairs Select Committee Update to the UK's Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy.
No full textWritten evidence to the UK Parliament's Foreign Affairs Select Committee update to the UK's Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy. The evidence focused on sub-sea infrastructure protection and the use of autonomous maritime vessels
Ioannis Metaxas: Speech on the occasion of the inauguration of public works
No full textTitle: Λόγος κατά τα εγκαίνια των έργων του Σελινούντος Αιγιαλείας (Speech on the occasion of the inauguration of the public works at Selinous, Egialia) Originally published: Delivered at Selinous on 31 October 1937. Language: Greek The excerpts used are from Ioannis Metaxas, Λόγοι και Ομιλίες (Athens: Ερμής, 1992), pp. 247–255. About the author Ioannis Metaxas [1871, Ithaca (Ionian Islands)–1941, Athens]: military officer and politician. He was born into a well-known aristocratic family. In ..
Maritime Security and Sovereignty
No full textThe upsurge of maritime piracy and armed robbery off the coast of Somalia over the last decade (Ama Osei-Tutu, 2011; Bahadur, 2011; Murphy, 2011), made the headlines and grabbed international attention triggering a broad discussion within the scholarly debate and policy practice, focused on contemporary maritime security
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