CNRS & Science University of Montpellier). Her research interests include various aspects of inheritance (conflict resolution based on linearization methods, inheritance graph decomposition, formal concept analysis based techniques for class hierarchy and UML class diagrams restructuring) and static access control mechanisms. She leads at the LIRMM a working group dedicated to object orientation. She can be reached at huchard@lirmm.fr. See also http://www.lirmm.fr/˜huchard.