Information Research: an international electronic journal
Call for Papers for A Special Issue on
Explicitly Representing Knowledge: Theories, Practices, and
Tools
Co-Editors: Jian Qin, Barbara Kwasnik, & Dmitri Roussinov
Knowledge representation is an interdisciplinary area that draws
theories and methodologies from computer science, information
science, linguistics, mathematics, psychology, and many other
related disciplines. It involves concepts of surrogation,
ontology, reasoning, computation, and human expression. In the
digital and network environment, knowledge representation is
gaining increasing attention from researchers as well as
practitioners. The information communication needs in the
research community require knowledge sharing and collaboration,
and those in the practicing communities need knowledge for
decision support. Technology advancement and the changing
working environment have expanded the research areas in
knowledge representation compared to just a few decades ago. The
purpose of this special issue is to highlight new research in
knowledge representation. The topics include, but are not
limited to:
- Representation theories: representation as surrogates;
representations of belief, intention, time, space, action,
events, and material; formal conceptualization; description
logic.
- Ontology: ontology and knowledge bases; principles, methods,
and tools for developing ontologies; ontology markup language;
evaluation of ontologies.
- Reasoning: ontology-supported intelligent reasoning.
- Human expression: natural language; vocabulary control;
classification theory; linguistic applications in knowledge
representation and ontology.
All papers submitted will be refereed. Each paper should not
exceed 5,000 words. The deadline for submission is October 15,
2000. The special issue is planned to appear in the January 2001
issue. We accept electronic submissions prepared in HTML in
accordance with the Instructions to Authors at
http://www.shef.ac.uk/~is/publications/infres/author1.html
Email address:
Jian Qin <[log in to unmask]>
Barbara Kwasnik <[log in to unmask]>
Dmitri Roussinov <[log in to unmask]>
If you wish to send a hard copy, please use the following
address (enclosing a copy of the paper on disc):
Dr. Jian Qin
School of Information Studies
Syracuse University
4-206 Center for Science and Technology
Syracuse, NY 13244
U.S.A.
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