Policy testing in virtual environments: Addressing technical and legal challenges

International Journal of Electronic Government Research

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1-21

  Kardara, Magdalini ^a   Fuchs, Omri ^b   Kosta, Eleni ^c   Aisopos, Fotis ^a   Spais, Ilias ^d   Varvarigou, Theodora ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b IBM RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d Athens Technology Center   (Greece)

Author keywords

E Government; IT in public administration; Legislation; Privacy in social networks; Social network interoperability; Social networks; Software architecture; Virtual worlds

Indexed keywords

3D VIRTUAL WORLDS; E-GOVERNMENT; LEGAL REQUIREMENTS; SOCIAL NETWORKS; TECHNICAL CHALLENGES; TESTING ENVIRONMENT; VIRTUAL WORLDS; WEB 2.0 TECHNOLOGIES;

DATA HANDLING; GOVERNMENT DATA PROCESSING; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE); SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE; VIRTUAL REALITY;

SOCIAL ASPECTS;

EID: 84870261946     PISSN: 15483886     EISSN: 15483894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jegr.2012070101     Document Type: Article

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