This just floated past my mailbox so I thought I'd forward to the DCers in
case any of you are interested.
Tatty bye,
Jim'll
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Jon "Jim'll" Knight, Researcher, Sysop and General Dogsbody, Dept. Computer
Studies, Loughborough University of Technology, Leics., ENGLAND. LE11 3TU.
* I've found I now dream in Perl. More worryingly, I enjoy those dreams. *
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Date: Mon, 2 Dec 1996 17:28:00 -0500
From: Terry Kuny <[log in to unmask]>
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Subject: Second IEEE Metadata Conference
Subject: IEEE Metadata 97, CFP
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Second IEEE Metadata Conference
CALL FOR PAPERS
* Location: NOAA Auditorium, Silver Spring, Maryland
* Dates: 16 - 17 September 1997
* For more information: http://www.llnl.gov/liv_comp/metadata/md97.html
Sponsored by:
IEEE Mass Storage Systems and Technology Technical Committee
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Hughes Information Technology Systems
IEEE Digital Libraries Task Force
The IEEE Metadata Conference goal is to encourage discussion of metadata
issues. Metadata is loosely defined as "data about data", or "additional
information that is necessary for data to be useful". Papers that contribute
to practical understanding are strongly encouraged. Survey papers, short
tutorial papers, and product or project experiences are welcome. Previously
published papers will not be considered. Panel proposals should describe the
topic, intended audience, and list the likely participants. Panels should
discuss topics that can involve the audience rather than being mini-paper
sessions. Proposals for poster displays and/or demonstrations should focus on
presenting novel and interesting technical aspects of metadata research or
development. Soon-to-be products that emphasize substantial technical support
for metadata are also welcome.
We are soliciting abstracts of 500 to 1000 words for potential papers and
panel proposals, along with abstracts of poster and/or demo presentations of
up to 500 words of text.
Topics of interest include (but are not limited to) the following:
* Metadata Management:
o modeling and representation of metadata, including
+ impact of modeling choices (oo, relational, ..) on
extensibility of metadata
+ impact of metadata on storage, retrievability and use of data
+ metadata for logical/semantic representation of the WWW
o metadata mining/extraction
o metadata for mass storage and warehousing
o integrating multi-level metadata
o metadata repository architecture
o systems for managing metadata
+ recording/providing/accessing/utilizing
+ WWW-based metadata management
* Application-specific issues of metadata:
o earth sciences (weather/climate, ecosystems)
o resource management (mining, agriculture)
o other data-intensive application areas (census, film/video
archives, etc.)
* Emerging applications in Global Information Infrastructure, including
o Digital library metadata issues:
+ search through multimedia documents
+ metadata for multimedia and heterogeneous digital data
+ metadata for mass storage
o metadata for managing WWW-based information resources
o information/electronic commerce
* Standards:
o government "documents" (email, voicemail, ..),
o tape format and file metadata,
o self-describing data formats (such as netcdf)
o survey of existing standards
o bridging multiple overlapping metadata 'standards'
o standards for information interchange and stewardship
* Working Systems demonstrating any aspects related to metadata
Please file your submissions electronically at
http://www.llnl.gov/liv_comp/metadata/md97.html.
For further information on submission, please contact:
Margie Templeton
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For further information on the conference, please contact:
Ron Musick
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Phone: 510-424-5015
Fax: 510-423-2993
or
Chris Miller
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Phone:301-713-1264
Fax: 301-713-1249
Important Dates
* Deadline for paper abstract, poster-demo abstract, panel proposal
submission: March 15, 1997
* Acceptance/rejection notification: April 20, 1997
* Full hard copies of the papers (8-10 pages suggested) due: July 20,
1997
* Final cooperative review for full papers ends 8/15
Proceedings will be published electronically, as were last year's (see
Metadata-96). There will be low cost hardcopy proceedings available for
conference participants.
CONFERENCE COMMITTEE
Robert Coyne IBM, USA - Chair
Joy Colucci Hughes Information Technology Sys, USA - Vice Chair
Merritt Jones MITRE, USA
Ben Kobler NASA, USA
PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Nabil Adams Rutgers, USA
Al Aho Columbia U., USA
Owen Ambur Fish & Wildlife, USA
Gerald Barton NOAA, USA
Barbara Bicking Environmental Sys. Research Institute, USA
Dian Gaffen NOAA, USA
Sara Graves U. of Alabama, Huntsville, USA
Dave Johnson Earthware Systems, Australia
Chris Miller NOAA, USA - Vice Chair
Matt Morgenstern Xerox, USA
Ron Musick Lawrence Livermore National Labs, USA - Chair
Amit Sheth U. of Georgia, USA
Jamie Shiers CERN, Switzerland
Terry Smith UCSB, USA
Margie Templeton Data Integration Inc., USA
Volker Vent-Schmidt Deutscher Wetterdienst, Germany
Mark Whiting Pacific Northwest Lab, USA
Matthias Zingler European Space Agency, Italy
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