Instructions for Reviewers
The following questions are intended both as a
guideline to reviewers and as a summary to prospective authors
of the goals
and criteria for presentations incorporated on this CD ROM.
Accept or Reject?
- Accept as is
- Accept with minor (suggested) modifications
- Accept with major (mandatory) modifications
- Reject
Acceptance Format
- Accept as new page on CD ROM
- Accept as modification of existing page on CD ROM
- Do not include as new page on CD ROM but
refer to a page maintained by the author from CD ROM
Reference Value
- To whom is this proposed contribution of interest?
Engineers or researchers in a company or with operators
or service providers; University students; ..
- Is it a basic discussion of a topic hitherto not covered or
a significant improvement of an existing "basic page"?
- Is it a significantly deeper discussion of a topic already covered.
- For how many years should this contribution be
carried on the CD ROM? Is it likely that it become superficial or obsolete soon?
If so, is it sufficiently relevant now?
Educational Value
- Would you recommend a student working in this field to read this material?
(Yes, as an authoritative first introduction to the topic, Yes, but at a later stage
when he is deepening his knowledge and insight, May be, if he has time, No, it is
a waste of time)
- Does the contribution give a good intuitive understanding of the main issues?
- Does the contribution help to understand a rigid scientific treatment
of the issue?
Presentation
- Is the language correct?
- Are sentences kept simple enough to allow reading from a screen?
- Are the pages well structured?
- Is the length of page(s) appropriate?
- Should pages be combined? Should pages be split?
Technical Soundness
- Is the contribution scientifically correct?
Is the treatment accurate and precise?
- Are "han.mp3ing" or "intuitive reasoning" indicated as such?
Scope, Depth and Coverage
- Is the contribution with in the scope of the CD ROM?
- Is there any unwanted overlap with other pages?
- Is there a discontinuity or gap between the depth and
coverage of this proposed page and the existing pages?
- Can/should other pages refer to this page?
- Should the Table of contents page have a pointer to this contribution?
Use of MultiMedia Features
- Do the authors appropriately exploit the
possibilities of a multi-media presentation?
- Are equations presented in an efficient manner? (GIF images are inappropriate
for simple formulas, plain HTML text is not appropriate for complicated expressions,
PDF is most appropriate for lengthy mathematical discussions)
- Are the file formats used supported by browser software
available to our subscribers?
- Is the occupation of space on
the CDROM appropriate for the importance of the content?
Bibliographic References
- Does the subscriber get enough information about where to find additional material?
- Are researchers whose ideas, concepts and results are cited credited in an appropriate manner?
- Are standards and patents mentioned?
Hyperlinks
- Is the number a hyperlinks appropriate?
(too few, too many, inappropriate ones?)
- What is the structure of the pages? Sequential, mesh, star, .. ? Can the subscriber
navigate easily?
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