first online metadata research conference... see below. -- jg/
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FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS MTSR'05 http://www.metadata-semantics.org
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The First on-Line conference on Metadata and Semantics Research (MTSR'05)
aims at bringing together researchers and practitioners that share a common
interest in metadata, its representation, its semantics and its diverse
applications to Information Systems.
Concretely, a focus is given to four interconnected research areas: Semantic
Web and Information Systems, Reusable Learning Objects applications,
Knowledge Management approaches in Information Systems and concepts, and
Cultural Heritage Metadata applications and schemas. The topics covered by
the conference are not limited to these four areas, but other "metadata and
semantics"-related topics are also of interest.
The asynchronous on-line format of the conference encourages demonstration
of systems and prototypes and it enables the provision of artifacts that are
important for discussion like schemas, ontologies, learning objects or
sample metadata records. The commitment of authors to share their artifacts
or implementations with conference participants will be supported by the
on-line conferencing system.
The Conference will publish on-line pre-proceedings to maximize the
possibilities of virtual interaction and discussion. Post-proceedings
including all presented papers, extended to include the eventual results of
discussion, will be published by an international editor. In addition, best
papers will be selected for publishing extended versions at several
International Journals (The Electronic Library, Online Information Review,
J.UCS) covering the diversity of topics of the Conference.
MTSR'05 is sponsored by AIS SIGSEMIS and AIS SIGRLO (members will benefit
from reduced registration fees).
TOPICS
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The First on-Line conference on Metadata and Semantics Research (MSR'05)
focuses on three metadata research areas:
Semantic Web (SW) applications to Information Systems.
Learning Objects (LO) concepts and applications.
Knowledge Management (KM) approaches to Information Systems
Cultural Heritage (CH) issues, schemas and applications.
Subtopics related to each of the areas include (but are not limited to) the
following:
Semantic Web area topics:
Metadata-intensive applications of Semantic Web technologies.
Annotation of Web resources.
Metrics and mining of Semantic Web metadata.
Ontologies for the annotation of particular kinds of resources.
Service architectures for Semantic Web applications.
Learning Objects area topics:
Learning object metadata studies.
Semantic Web approaches to learning objects.
Learning object metadata for Information Systems teaching and curricula.
Ontologies and learning technology.
Learning object quality and reusability.
Learning object selection and composition.
Web Services and learning objects.
Knowledge Management area topics:
Ontologies and ontology-based KM systems.
Metadata and ontologies for competency description.
Metadata-intensive organizational learning and KM approaches.
Case studies on metadata approaches to KM
Cultural heritage area topics:
Metadata and schemas for cultural heritage.
Ontologies and cultural heritage.
Semantic Web approaches to cultural heritage.
Case studies on metadata creation and management for cultural heritage.
Important dates:
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25th July, 2005 Submission of papers
25th September, 2005 Notification of acceptance/rejection
15th October, 2005 Final papers for pre-proceedings due
The dates for the publication of book post-proceedings will be announced
later.
Program Committe
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Mohamed Ally, Athabasca University, Canada
Grigoris Antoniou, University of Crete & Information Systems Laboratory,
FORTH, Greece
Danny Ayers, Italy
José Borbinha, Universidade Tecnica de Lisboa, Portugal
Gerhard Budin, Univ. of Vienna
Crhris Bussler, DERI, Ireland
Jorge Cardoso, University of Madeira, Portugal
Ioanna Constantiou, Copenhagen Business School, Department of Informatics,
Denmark
Matteo Cristani, University of Verona, Italy
Martin Doerr, University of Crete, & Information Systems Laboratory, FORTH,
Greece
Martin Dzbor, Open University, UK
Dragan Gaseviz, Military Academy, Serbia and Montenegro
Jane Greenberg, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
Wolfgang Greller, University of the Highlands and Islands, Scotland, UK
Vic Grout, University of Wales, UK
Jeff Heflin, Lehigh University, USA
Nikos Karacapilidis, University of Patras, Greece
Henry M. Kim, Schulich School of Business, York University
Miltiadis Lytras, University of Patras, Greece
Ryusuke Masuoka, Fujitsu Laboratories of America, Inc.
Gregoris Mentzas, National Technical University of Athens, Greece
Ambjörn Naeve, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden.
Patricia Ordoñez de Pablos, University of Oviedo, Spain
Kevin Parker, Idaho State University, USA
Pithamber Polsani, Univ. of Arizona, USA
Torsten Priebe, University of Regensburg, Germany
Miguel-Angel Sicilia, University of Alcalá, Spain
York Sure, Institut AIFB, Universität Karlsruhe, Germany
Danae Tsotra, Univ. of Missouri, St. Luis, USA
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WLIC 71st IFLA General Conference and Council
Oslo, Norway, 14-18 August 2005 "Libraries: A Voyage of Discovery"
Registration: http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla71/registration-e.htm
Conference Information: http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla71/index.htm
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