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7th International Conference on Semantic Systems
Graz, Austria, 7 - 9 September 2011
<a href="http://www.i-semantics.at">http://www.i-semantics.at</a>
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including
Call for Papers
6th AIS SigPrag International Conference Track on Pragmatic Web
(ICPW 2011)
&
Call for Submissions
4th Triplification Challenge
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I-SEMANTICS proceedings published by ACM ICPS
Important Dates
Paper Submission Deadline: April 30, 2011
Notification of Acceptance: Mai 30, 2011
Camera-Ready Paper: June 30, 2011
I-SEMANTICS 2011: September 7-9, 2011
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Scope
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I-SEMANTICS 2011 (<a href="http://www.i-semantics.at">www.i-semantics.at</a>) is the 7th conference in the I-SEMANTICS series and provides a forum for academic and industrial research & development that focuses on semantic technologies and the Semantic Web. I-SEMANTICS 2011 will bring together both researchers and practitioners in the areas of Linked Data, Social Software and the Semantic Web in order to present and develop innovative ideas that help realising the Social Semantic Web and the Corporate Semantic Web.
I-SEMANTICS 2011 will be the host of the 6th AIS SigPrag International Conference on Pragmatic Web as well as the 4th edition of the TRIPLIFICATION Challenge. Further on I-SEMANTICS will be complemented by I-KNOW (<a href="http://www.i-know.at">www.i-know.at</a>), the 11th International Conference on Knowledge Management. This setup is aiming to reflect the increasing importance and convergence of knowledge management and semantic systems.
Topics
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As a conference aiming to bring together science and industry, I-SEMANTICS encourages scientific research and application oriented contributions in the field of Semantic Technologies and Linked Data.
The topics of interest for this years conference include but are not limited to:
Linked Data and Web of Data
Triplification of existing data
Vocabularies, taxonomies and schemas for use on the Web of Data
Querying, searching and browsing over the Web of Data
User interaction and visualisation of Semantic Web Data
Applications utilizing large open data sets
Linked Enterprise Data, Linked Government Data
Languages, tools and methodologies for representing, managing and reasoning on the Web of Data
Semantic Sensor Web
Quality of Semantic Data on the Web
Provenance Information for Linked Data
Large-Scale Ontology inspection and repair
Co-reference detection and dataset reconciliation
Maintenance of Linked Data Models
Quality criteria for socially generated semantic content
Trust, privacy and security in Semantic Web applications
Corporate Semantic Web
Corporate thesauri, corporate business vocabularies / ontologies and business rules
Semantic Business Information Systems
Semantic Business Process Management
Semantic Decision Management
Semantics, Pragmatics and Semiotics in Organizations
Economic and entrepreneurial aspects and business models of Semantic Enterprises
Social Web of Semantic Data
Semantic blogging, wikis and content management systems
Semantic Desktop & Semantic mashups
Semantic/structured tagging
Social semantic web and mobile services
Semantic Content Engineering
(Collaborative) Ontology Engineering
Ontology modularity, alignment and merging
Ontology Design Patterns
Ontology Life Cycle Management
Ontology Learning and knowledge acquisition (including Linguistic and statistic for structuring and extracting content and entities)
Automated annotation, extreme tagging and digital curation approaches
Semantic Web Applications and Application Building Blocks
Scalable inference, retrieval, and persistence of semantic data
Design processes from requirements to maintenance
Design patterns, Best practices and Reference Models
User-interface components, template languages
Integration of distributed repositories
Policy Awareness & Policy Aware Web
Semantic web services
Applications of semantic web technologies
Studies, Metrics & Benchmarks
Case studies of and benchmarks in semantic systems usage
Evaluation perspectives, methods and Semantic Web research methodologies
Technology assessment, acceptance/media choice theories
Usability and user interaction with semantic technologies
Economic effects generated by large scale semantic systems
Applications with clear lessons learned or evaluations
Pragmatic Web Track
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The track on PRAGMATIC WEB is centered around the study of pragmatics in the Semantic Web. That is, it draws attention to how communicative actions with a pragmatic context are performed via Web media and illuminates how mutual understanding and commitments to actions can evolve in conversations. For further information about the Pragmatic Web see <a href="http://www.pragmaticweb.info/">http://www.pragmaticweb.info/</a>
Topics of Interest
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Pragmatic Web Science
Theories, Frameworks, Models and Methods
inspired by Pragmatics and Pragmatism, or less formally, case study reflections on pragmatic uses of the Web that supported the negotiation of social/work relationships and common ground
Applied pragmatic theory
Communication, dialogue and argumentation models
Pragmatic Web media for communicative actions
Pragmatic collaboration and coordination tools
Pragmatic context models (e.g. within conversation-based collaborations)
Pragmatic design principles for Web contents where trust and commitment to action play a role
Vocabularies / ontologies for pragmatic primitives (e.g. speech acts, deontic primitives)
Linguistic metaphor: its value for framing the Syntactic, Semantic and Pragmatic Web
Pragmatic model of scientific inquiry in Semantic Web research
Negotiation, mediation, conflict resolution, and coordination combining existing ontologies and schemata, collaborative ontology sharing and matching techniques
Integrative frameworks: approaches to integrating insights from component disciplines (e.g. language-action perspectives, cognition, linguistics, semiotics, knowledge representation, philosophy, interaction design, negotiation, media studies)
Pragmatic reasoning supporting adaptive semantic collaboration and virtual collaborative teams
Sense making, analysis and decision-making in a cooperative or non-cooperative pragmatic model
Argumentation, dialogue and debate
Personalized / role-based Pragmatic Web Agents and intelligent conversation or action based web services
Pragmatic Web based human-human and human-computer interaction
Semiotically motivated approaches to information systems
Semiotic engineering and Semiotics in business computing
Semiotic theory, concepts, methods and techniques, and their practical applications
Triplification Challenge
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The challenge is open to anyone interested in applying Semantic Web and Linked Data technologies. This includes students, developers, researchers, and people from industry. Individual or group submissions are both acceptable. We envision submissions that fall into one or more of the following topics:
Novel data sets that are published as part of the Web of Data, according to Linked Data principles, and demonstrating potential benefit of use within applications;
Novel generic mechanisms, approaches, and technologies that convert certain types and formats of information into triples, interlink them to other data sets, and expose them as Linked Data;
Applications showcasing the benefits of Linked Data to end-users such as for information syndication, specialized search, browsing, or augmentation of content.
A prize money will be given to the most promising applications, newly published datasets and methodological approaches built upon Linked Data. Participants can choose between an Open Track and a special Open Government Data Track.
Evaluation Criteria
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Entries shall consist of a 2-3 page description and will be assessed according to the extent to which they:
demonstrate innovation through the expression of existing data structures as Linked Data;
reasonably reuse existing vocabularies and alignment ontologies (e.g., the datasets from the Linking Open Data cloud);
automatically discover and use new, linked data and do not restrict themselves to a predefined set of data sources;
bring real benefits to potential users through the consumption of Linked Data sources in real-world applications.
All three criteria will be given equal importance in selecting the winning entry. In the event of a tie, the entry deemed to bring greatest benefits to potential users will be awarded the prize.
Please find further information at
<a href="http://i-semantics.tugraz.at/triplification_challenge">http://i-semantics.tugraz.at/triplification_challenge</a>
Submission Information
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All accepted papers of I-SEMANTICS 2011 will be published in the digital library of the ACM ICP series.
Submissions must be original and must not have been submitted for publication elsewhere. Articles should follow the ACM ICPS guidelines for formatting (<a href="http://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/proceedings-templates">http://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/proceedings-templates</a>) and must be submitted via the online submission system available at the conference website as PDF documents (other formats will not be accepted). For the camera-ready version, we will also need the source files (Latex, Word Perfect, Word).
ISBN Number
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The publication will be available under the following ISBN number:
978-1-4503-0621-8
Research/Application Papers
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Research/Application papers report on novel research and/or applications relevant to the topics of the conference. The number of pages of research papers is limited to 8 pages including references and an optional appendix.
Posters, Demos & Tutorials
The conference also particularly welcomes the submission of posters, demos, and tutorials. Submissions should consist of a 2-4 page description that allows us to judge the quality of your presentation. Descriptions will also be published as part of the proceedings.
Important Dates
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Paper Submission Deadline: April 30, 2011
Notification of Acceptance: Mai 30, 2011
Camera-Ready Paper: June 30, 2011
I-SEMANTICS 2011: September 7-9, 2011
Committee (in alphabetical order)
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Program Chairs
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* Chiara Ghidini (Fondazione Bruno Kessler)
* Stefanie Lindstaedt (Know Center Graz)
* Axel Ngonga (University of Leipzig)
Track Chairs
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* Bernhard Schandl (University of Vienna) Triplification Challenge
* Hans Weigand (Tilburg University) Pragmatic Web Track
Industry Chair
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* Andreas Blumauer (Semantic Web Company)
Conference Chair
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* Tassilo Pellegrini (Semantic Web Company)
Program Committee
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Please go to: <a href="http://i-semantics.tugraz.at/scientific-track/program-committee/">http://i-semantics.tugraz.at/scientific-track/program-committee/</a>
Steering Committee
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* Sφren Auer (University of Leipzig)
* Andreas Blumauer (Semantic Web Company)
* Michael Granitzer (Technical University of Graz / Know Center Graz)
* Adrian Paschke (Freie Universitδt Berlin)
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