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      <p>Technologies</p>
      <p>Proceedings</p>
      <p>I</p>
      <p>Welcome to the fourth edition of the International Conference on Web and
Information technologies, ICWIT 2012. This year the ICWIT conference continued
the tradition that has evolved from the inaugural conference held in 2008
in Sidi Bel-Abbes and since then has made its journey around the Maghreb: 2009
Sfax (Tunisia) and 2010 Marrakech (Morocco).</p>
      <p>This year we were happy to hold the event in Sidi Bel-Abbes, a city of 300,000
inhabitants in western Algeria. Sidi Bel-Abbes’s geographical location has
predestined the city to be a significant scientific, cultural and economic center with
more than just regional influence.</p>
      <p>The ICWIT 2012 Conference provided a forum for research community and
industry practitioners to present their latest findings in theoretical foundations
current methodologies and practical experiences. ICWIT 2012 will focus on new
research directions and emerging applications in Web and Information
Technologies. The submitted contributions address challenging issues of Web Technologies,
Web Security, Information Systems, Ontology Engineering and Wireless
Communications.</p>
      <p>The 136 papers submitted for consideration for publication originated from 7
countries from all over the world: Algeria, Brazil, Belgium, France, Morocco
Saudi Arabia, and Tunisia. After a thorough reviewing process, 30 papers were
selected for presentation as full papers – the acceptance rate was 22%. In addition
15 papers were selected for presentation as posters, yielding an overall acceptance
rate of 33%. The papers published in these proceedings are included in
CEUR-WS.org Workshop Proceedings service and indexed by DBLP. Best Papers
will be recommended for publication in special issues of journals like: International
Journal of Information Technology and Web Engineering (IJITWE), International
Journal of Metadata, Semantics and Ontologies (IJMSO) and International Journal
of Reasoning-based Intelligent Systems (IJRIS).</p>
      <p>We believe that this volume provides an interesting and up-to-date picture of
what are the last trends and new ideas fermenting right now in the Web and
information technologies community. Some of the papers included in this volume
unveil unexpected, novel aspects and synergies that we think will be taken up in
the future and may become main-stream research lines.</p>
      <p>II</p>
      <p>This conference was made possible through the efforts of many people. We
wish to thank everyone involved, including those who worked diligently behind the
scenes and without formal recognition. First, we would like to thank the ICWIT
Steering Committee for selecting the Djillali liabes University of Sidi Bel-Abbes to
hold ICWIT 2012 conference. Great thanks to Conference Honorary President
Abdenacer Tou, head of Djillali liabes University, for all his encouragement and
financial support to make sure the success of this conference.</p>
      <p>Without enthusiastic and committed authors this volume would not have been
possible. Thus, our thanks go to the researchers, practitioners, and PhD students
who contributed to this volume with their work. We would like to thank the
Program Committee members and reviewers, for a very rigorous and outstanding
reviewing process. Our thanks should also reach the Organizing Committee of the
conference, for their dedication and hard work in coordinating the organization of a
wide array of interesting papers presentation, tutorials, posters and panels that
completed the program of the conference, and providing an excellent service in all
administrative and logistic issues related to the organization of the event</p>
      <p>Special thanks go to the various sponsors – Djillali Liabes University
Evolutionary Engineering and Distributed Information Systems Laboratory
National Administration of Scientific Research and National Agency of University
Research Development – who kindly support this 4th edition of ICWIT 2012 and
make these proceedings available.</p>
      <p>We wish to thank Aris M. Ouksel (University of Illinois at Chicago, USA), and
Mourad Ouzzani (QCRI Doha, Qatar), for graciously accepting our invitations to
serve as keynote speakers.</p>
      <p>April 2012</p>
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      <title>Mimoun Malki Salima Benbernou Sidi Mohamed Benslimane Ahmed Lehireche</title>
      <p>III
Organization
Conference Honorary President</p>
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      <title>Prof. Abdenacer Tou</title>
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      <title>Head of Djillali Liabes Unviversity</title>
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        <title>Conference General Chair</title>
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      <title>Mimoun Malki Djillali Liabes University of Sidi Bel-Abbes, Algeria</title>
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        <title>Steering Committee</title>
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      <title>Ahmed Lehireche</title>
      <p>Boualem Benatallah
Djamal Benslimane
Faiez Gargouri
Ladjel Bellatreche
Mimoun Malki</p>
      <p>Djillali Liabes University of Sidi Bel-Abbes, Algeria
CSE Sydney, Australia
University of Lyon1, France
ISIMSF Sfax, Tunisia
ENSMA Poitiers, France</p>
      <p>Djillali Liabes University of Sidi Bel-Abbes, Algeria</p>
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        <title>Program Committee Chair</title>
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      <title>Salima Benbernou</title>
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      <title>Paris Descarte University, France</title>
      <p>Program Committee members:</p>
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      <title>El Hassan Abdelwahed Mustapha Kamel Abdi Driss Aboutajdine Réda Adjoudj</title>
      <p>Mohamed Ahmed Nacer
Rachid Ahmed-Ouamer
Yamine Ait Ameur
Otmane Ait Mohamed
Idir Aitsadoune
Fahad Ahmed Al-Zahrani</p>
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      <title>UCAM University, Morocco</title>
      <p>Es-Sénia University of Oran, Algeria
FSR Mohammed V University, Morocco
University of Sidi Bel-Abbes, Algeria
USTHB University, Algeria
University of Tizi Ouzou, Algeria
IRIT-ENSEIHT Toulouse, France
Concordia University, canada
SUPELEC Gif Paris, France
UQU University, Saudi Arabia</p>
      <p>IV
Zaia Alimazighi USTHB University, Algeria
Djamel Amar Bensaber University of Sidi Bel-Abbes, Algeria
Youssef Amghar INSA Lyon, France
Abdelmalek Amine University of Saida, Algeria
Baghdad Atmani University of Oran, Algria
Nadjib Badache CERIST Algiers, Algeria
Hassan Badir ENSA Tanger, Morocco
Youcef Baghdadi Sultan Qaboos University, Oman
Karim Baina ENSIAS Rabat, Morocco
Amar Balla ESI Algiers, Algeria
Kamel Barkaoui Barkaoui CNAM Paris, France
Ghalem Belalem University of Oran, Algeria
Bouziane Beldjilali University of Oran, Algeria
Abdelghani Bellaachia George Washington University, USA
Ladjel Bellatreche ENSMA Poitiers, France
Fatima Zahra Belouadha EMI Mohamadia, Morocco
Boualem Benatallah CSE Sydney, Australia
Nabila Benharkat INSA Lyon, France
Mohamed Benmohamed University of Constantine, Algeria
Djamel Bennouar University of Blida
Kamel Bensalem Manar University of Tunis, Tunisia
Djamal Benslimane University of Lyon1, France
Sidi Mohamed Benslimane University of Sidi Bel-Abbes, Algeria
Abdelkader Benyettou USTO University, Algeria
Fatiha Boubekeur IRIT Toulouse, France
Noureddine Boudriga SUPCOM Tunis, Tunisia
Mahmoud Boufaida University of Constantine, Algeria
Zizette Boufaida University of Constantine, Algeria
Kamel Boukhalfa USTHB University, Algeria
belahJalil Boukhobza UBO-University of Occidental Britanny, France
Azedine Boulmakoul FST Mohammedia, Morocco
Omar Boussaid University of Lyon2, France
Lotfi Bouzguenda ISIMSF Tunis, Tunisia
Allaoua Chaoui University of Constantine, Algeria
Chihab Cherkaoui ENCG Rabat, Morocco
Azzedine Chikh University of Tlemcen, Algeria,
Mohamed Amine Chikh University of Tlemcen, Algeria
V
Salim Chikhi University of Constantine, Algeria
Samir Chouali University of Franche-Comté, France
Abdellah Chouarfia USTO University, Algeria
Souad Chraibi UCAM University, Morocco
Alfredo Cuzzocrea ICAR-CNR and University of Calabria, Italy
Jerome Darmon University of Lyon2, France
Abdelouahid Derhab CERIST, Algiers
Noureddine Djedi University of Biskra, Algeria
Djamel Djenouri CERIST Algiers, Algeria
Habiba Drias USTHB University, Algeria
Abdelaziz El Fazzikki UCAM University, Morocco
Essaid Elbachari UCAM University, Morocco
Zakaria Elberrichi University of Sidi Bel-Abbes, Algeria
Mohammed Erradi ENSIAS, Morocco
Kamel Mohamed Faraoun University of Sidi Bel-Abbes, Algeria
Jamel Feki FSEGS Sfax, Tunisia
Andre Flory INSA Lyon, France
Abdelkader Gafour University of Sidi Bel-Abbes, Algeria
Momo Gammoudi University of Tunis, Tunisia
Faiez Gargouri ISIMSF Sfax, Tunisia
Khaled Ghedira ISG Tunis,Tunisia
Herve Guyennet University of Franche-Comté, France
Fatima Zohra Hadjam University of Sidi Bel-Abbes, Algeria
Hafid Haffaf University of Oran, Algeria
Ahmed Hammad University of Franche-Comté, France
Zahi Jarir Ucam University, Morocco
Wassim Jaziri ISIMSF, Sfax, Tunisia
Stéphane Jean ENSMA, Poitiers, France
Anis Jedidi ISIMS, Sfax, Tunisia
Okba Kasar University of Biskra, Algeria
Bouabdellah Kechar University of Oran, Algeria
Abdelaziz Khadraoui University of Geneva, Switzerland
Hamamache Kheddouci University of Lyon1, France
Mohamed-Khireddine Kholladi, University of Constantine, Algeria
Mouloud Koudil ESI, Algiers
Azzeddine Lazrek UCAM University, Morocco
VI</p>
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      <title>Yahia Lebbah</title>
      <p>Ahmed Lehireche
Sofian Maabout
Zakaria Maamar
Walid Mahdi
Djoudi Mahieddine
Qusay H. Mahmoud
Mimoun Malki
Patrick Marcel
Belhadri Messabih
Mohamed Mezghiche
Abdellatif Mezrioui
Rokia Missaoui
Abdelillah Mokkedem
Hassan Mountassir
Abdelouahab Moussaoui
Safia Nait Bahloul
Kazumi Nakamatsu
Tho Nguyen Manh
Rachid Nourine
Aris M. Ouksel
Mourad Oussalah
Said Raghay
Abdellatif Rahmoun
Mustapha K. Rahmouni
Chantal Reynaud
Ounsa Roudies
Mohammed Sadgal
Djamel Eddine Saïdouni
Michel Schneider
Larbi Sekhri
Mokhtar Sellami
Sid-Ahmed Selouani
Mohamed Senouci
Hassina Seridi
Michel Simonet
Zohra Slama</p>
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      <title>University of Oran, Algeria</title>
      <p>University of Sidi Bel-Abbes, Algeria
LABRI, University of Bordeaux, France
Zayed University, UAE
ISIMSF, Sfax, Tunisia
University of poitiers, France
University of Guelph, Canada
University of Sidi Bel-Abbes, Algeria
University of Tours, France
USTO, Oran, Algeria
University of Boumerdes, Algeria
INPT, Casablanca, Morocco
UQO, Montréal Canada
ST , Morocco
University of Franche-Comté, France
Ferhat Abbas University of Setif, Algeria
University of Oran, Algeria
SHSE, University of Hyogo, Japan
ITS Vienna, Austria
University of Oran, Algeria
University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
University of Nantes, France
FSSTG, Marrakech, Morocco
University of Sidi Bel-Abbes, Algeria
University of Oran, Algeria
LRI Orsay, France
EMI of Mohamadia, Morocco
UCAM of Marrakech, Morocco
University of Constantine, Algeria
ISIMA Audiere, France
University of Oran, Algeria,
NASR, Algeria
UMCS Moncton, Canada
University of Oran, Algeria
Badji Mokhtar University of Annaba
TIMC-IMAG, Grenoble, France
University of Sidi Bel-Abbes, Algeria</p>
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      <title>Manar University of Tunis, Tunisia University of Bejaia, Algeria ESI, Algiers ISIMSF, Tunisia</title>
      <p>Blaise Pascale University, clermont-ferrant, France
Poznan University of Technology, Poland
University of Oran, Algeria
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
University of Bourgogne Dijon, France
University of Sidi Bel-Abbes, Algeria
ESI Algiers, Algeria</p>
      <p>Rouen University, France
Organization Committee Chair
Sidi Mohamed Benslimane University of Sidi Bel-Abbes</p>
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        <title>Secretariat</title>
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    <sec id="sec-14">
      <title>Djamel Amar Bensaber Sofiane Boukli hacene Kamel Mohamed Faraoun</title>
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      <title>University of Sidi Bel-Abbes University of Sidi Bel-Abbes, University of Sidi Bel-Abbes</title>
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        <title>Members</title>
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