<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML><HEAD>
<META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<META content="MSHTML 6.00.5296.0" name=GENERATOR>
<STYLE></STYLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY bgColor=#ffffff>
<DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2>Apologies for cross-postings</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>--------------------------------------------------------------------<BR> FINAL CALL
FOR CONTRIBUTIONS</DIV>
<DIV> submission deadline is approaching: 12
days
left <BR>--------------------------------------------------------------------</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>
International Journal on<BR> Semantic Web and Information
Systems
(IJSWIS)<BR>
<A
href="http://www.ijswis.org">www.ijswis.org</A><BR>
Special Issue on Ontology Matching</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>
<BR>THEME DESCRIPTION<BR>An ontology typically provides a vocabulary that
describes <BR>a domain of interest and a specification of the meaning of
<BR>terms used in the vocabulary. Depending on the precision <BR>of this
specification, the notion of ontology encompasses <BR>several data/conceptual
models, for example, classifications, <BR>database schemas, or fully axiomatized
theories. Ontologies <BR>tend to be put everywhere. They are viewed as the
silver bullet <BR>for many applications, such as information integration,
<BR>electronic commerce, semantic web services, social networks, <BR>and so on.
They, indeed, are a practical means to conceptualize <BR>what is expressed in a
computer format. However, in open or <BR>evolving systems, such as the semantic
web, different parties <BR>would, in general, adopt different ontologies. Thus,
just using <BR>ontologies, like just using XML, does not reduce heterogeneity:
<BR>it raises heterogeneity problems at a higher level. <BR> <BR>Ontology
matching is a plausible solution to the semantic <BR>heterogeneity problem faced
by information management systems. <BR>Ontology matching finds correspondences
between semantically <BR>related entities of the input ontologies. These
correspondences <BR>can be used for various tasks, such as ontology merging,
query <BR>answering, data translation, etc. Thus, matching ontologies
<BR>enables the knowledge and data expressed in the matched <BR>ontologies to
interoperate.<BR> <BR>The goal of this special issue is to present recent
advances in <BR>all the themes related to ontology matching. Topics of interest
<BR>include, but are not limited to:</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>THEORIES AND METHODS<BR> Formal foundations and
frameworks;<BR> Background knowledge in ontology
matching;<BR> Uncertainty in ontology
matching;<BR> Performance of ontology matching
techniques;<BR> Interactive ontology
matching;<BR> Explanations and transparency of ontology
matching;<BR> Social aspects of ontology
matching;<BR> Multilingual ontology
matching;<BR> Partial automated ontology matching;
<BR> Libraries of basic (elementary) automatic
matchers;<BR> Automation of the combination of basic
matchers;<BR> Self-configuration of matching
solutions;<BR> Ontology matching evaluation
methodology;<BR> Large evaluation dataset
construction;<BR> Evaluation quality
measures;<BR> Large-scale case
studies.<BR>APPLICATIONS<BR> Information
integration;<BR> Query answering;<BR> Web
query interfaces integration;<BR> Peer-to-peer
systems;<BR> Multi-agent systems;<BR> Web
services integration.<BR>TOOLS<BR> User interfaces;
<BR> Scalability of visualization
techniques;<BR> Customizing technology;<BR>
Systems and Infrastructures.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><BR>SUBMISSION GUIDELINES<BR>Submissions to this special issue should
follow the Style and <BR>Author Guidelines for regular IJSWIS papers available
at <BR><A
href="http://www.idea-group.com/ijswis">http://www.idea-group.com/ijswis</A>.
Please submit manuscripts <BR>through the online system at <A
href="http://www.ijswis.org">http://www.ijswis.org</A> with a copy to <BR>Pavel
Shvaiko at <A href="mailto:pavel@dit.unitn.it">pavel@dit.unitn.it</A>. We
recommend that manuscripts <BR>do not exceed 35 pages (including figures and
references). Potential <BR>authors are asked to notify the guest editors of
their interest by email <BR>(<A
href="mailto:pavel@dit.unitn.it">pavel@dit.unitn.it</A>) as soon as they are
certain to provide a contribution.<BR>
<BR>Submissions will be reviewed by the program committee <BR>of the special
issue. Accepted papers will have an opportunity <BR>for further revision and an
additional round of reviewers’ feedback.<BR> <BR> <BR>SHEDULE<BR>Email
Interest to Submit: as soon as the authors are certain to contribute.<BR>30th
June, 2006: submission deadline for manuscripts.<BR>30th September 2006:
completion of the 1st round of reviews.<BR>30th November 2006: major/minor
revisions due.<BR>15th January 2007: completion of the 2nd round of
reviews.<BR>15th February 2007: editorial decisions sent.<BR>Planned
Publication: IJSWIS Volume 3, Issue 3 (2007).<BR> </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>SPECIAL ISSUE GUEST EDITORS<BR>Pavel Shvaiko, University of Trento, e-mail:
<A href="mailto:pavel@dit.unitn.it">pavel@dit.unitn.it</A><BR>Jerome Euzenat,
INRIA Rhone-Alpes, e-mail: <A
href="mailto:Jerome.Euzenat@inrialpes.fr">Jerome.Euzenat@inrialpes.fr</A><BR> <BR> <BR>PROGRAM
COMMITTEE<BR>Sonia Bergamaschi, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia,
Italy<BR>Diego Calvanese, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy<BR>Jerome
Euzenat, INRIA Rhone-Alpes, France<BR>Avigdor Gal, Technion, Israel<BR>Fausto
Giunchiglia, University of Trento, Italy<BR>Bin He, University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign, USA<BR>Ryutaro Ichise, National Institute of Informatics,
Japan<BR>Yannis Kalfoglou, University of Southampton, UK <BR>Vipul Kashyap,
Clinical Informatics R&D, Partners HealthCare System, USA<BR>Kristina
Lerman, USC Information Sciences Institute, USA<BR>Marina Mongiello, Politecnico
di Bari, Italy <BR>Natasha Noy, Stanford University, USA<BR>Luigi Palopoli,
University of Calabria, Italy<BR>Arnon Rosenthal, MITRE, USA<BR>Pavel Shvaiko,
University of Trento, Italy<BR>Steffen Staab, University of Koblenz,
Germany<BR>Heiner Stuckenschmidt, University of Mannheim, Germany<BR>Petko
Valtchev, University of Montreal, Canada<BR>Mikalai Yatskevich, University of
Trento, Italy<BR> <BR> <BR>ABOUT THE JOURNAL <BR>The International
Journal on Semantic Web and Information Systems <BR>is an open forum aiming to
cultivate the Semantic Web vision within <BR>the Information Systems research
community. In the common practice <BR>of anticipating Semantic Web as a
technology driven phenomenon, <BR>a scientific insight is provided, which
reveals the practical <BR>implications and the research challenges of Semantic
Web in the <BR>context of Information Systems. It goes beyond the traditional
research <BR>agenda of Information Systems and critical themes are analyzed
through <BR>a Semantic Web perspective in horizontal and vertical
pillars.<BR> <BR>More information about the Journal can be found at:<BR><A
href="http://www.idea-group.com/journals/details.asp?id=4625">http://www.idea-group.com/journals/details.asp?id=4625</A><BR><A
href="http://www.ijswis.org">http://www.ijswis.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>More information about Ontology Matching can be found at:<BR><A
href="http://www.ontologymatching.org/">http://www.ontologymatching.org/</A>
</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Thanks for your time and
cooperation!<BR>--------------------------------------------------------<BR>Pavel
Shvaiko<BR>University of Trento<BR>Dept. of Information and Communication
Technology<BR>Sommarive 14, POVO, 38050, TRENTO, ITALY<BR>Web: <A
href="http://www.dit.unitn.it/~pavel/">http://www.dit.unitn.it/~pavel/</A><BR><A
href="http://www.ontologymatching.org/">http://www.ontologymatching.org/</A>
<BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2></FONT> </DIV></BODY></HTML>