+++++++++++++++++++++ FME 2001 Paper Review Form ++++++++++++++++++++++ PAPER NUMBER: 59 CATEGORY: 2 TITLE: Secrecy-preserving Refinement AUTHOR(S): Jan Jürjens PC MEMBER: NAME OF REVIEWER (if not PC member): Thank you for agreeing to help FME 2001 by acting as a reviewer. Please complete this report and send it by e-mail to jno@di.uminho.pt by Friday 27 October 2000. For reference, the Call for Papers is at http://www.informatik.hu-berlin.de/top/fme2001 Please note that everything below will be forwarded to the authors except the last item (13.) 1. Briefly SUMMARIZE the paper (2-3 lines): 2. RELEVANCE: Please provide a rating of the paper's relevance to the FME Symposium, using the scale: 0 = Out of scope 1 = Marginal interest 2 = Minority interest 3 = Majority interest 4 = Outstanding interest Numeric Rating: Please comment your rating: 3. OVERALL RECOMMENDATION: Please provide a rating of the paper's acceptability, using the scale: 1 = Strong reject 2 = Weak reject 3 = Could go either way 4 = Weak accept 5 = Strong accept Numeric rating: NB: There should be a correlation between the two rates above. 4. CONFIDENCE LEVEL: Please provide a rating oof your expertise in the area addressed by the paper, using the scale: 1 = Know virtually nothing about this area 2 = Not too knowledgeable, but I know a bit 3 = Know a moderate amount, about average I'd say 4 = Not my main area of work, but I know a lot about it 5 = My area of work, I know it extremely well Numeric rating: NB: PC members are responsible for ensuring that 1 is not used here. 5. ORIGINALITY. What is NEW and SIGNIFICANT in the work reported here? Comment: 6. How WORTHWILE is the goal of the authors? Comment: 7. How well is this goal EXPLAINED and JUSTIFIED? Comment: 8. TECHNICAL QUALITY. Are the technical parts (definitions, statements, specifications, proofs, algorithms, etc.) SOUND? Comment: 9. APPLICABILITY. If the work is primarily theoretical or conceptual, are the implications in terms of applicability adequately justified? If the paper is about a new formal technique, are satisfactory arguments presented in favor of the new technique? If a methodology is proposed, is it sound? If experimental results are presented, is their relevance justified? Comment: 10. PRESENTATION: Describe the QUALITY of the writing, including suggestions for changes where appropriate. Comment: 11. Were there any formatting or mechanical problems with this paper?: Are the figures and length acceptable?: Are the references correct?: 12. OTHER COMMENTS you believe would be useful to the author(s), including pointers to missing relevant work: 13. Use this space to provide comments that you feel are relevant to the review process but that you do NOT want forwarded to the author(s): ++++++++++++++++ End of Review Form - Do not delete ++++++++++++++++