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International Workshop on Semantic Web and Ontology Design for
Cultural Heritage (SWODCH 2021)
@Bolzano Summer of Knowledge 2021 (BOSK II), September 20-21,
Bolzano, Italyhttps://swodch2021.inf.unibz.it/
Workshop scope and aim
SWODCH 2021 is the association of the 2nd edition of WODHSA
(
http://www.loa.istc.cnr.it/WODHSA/index.php/cfp/) and the 4th
edition of SW4CH (
https://sw4ch2018.ensma.fr/). It is also in
continuation of the 1st edition of ODOCH
(
http://odoch19.uniroma1.it/odoch19/odoch19) and the special issue
of the Semantic Web journal on “Semantic Web for Cultural
Heritage”
(
https://content.iospress.com/journals/semantic-web/12/2).
The purpose of WODHSA is to gather original research work about
both application and foundational issues emerging from the design
of conceptual models, ontologies, and Semantic Web technologies
for the Digital Humanities (DH). In fact, a plethora of
heterogeneous and multi-format data currently available in the
Digital Humanities domain asks for principled methodologies and
technologies to semantically characterize, integrate, and reason
on data and data models for analysis, visualization, retrieval,
and other purposes. We are also interested in studies about the
philosophical and social analysis of DH data and knowledge
representation models. For instance, ontologies for the DH often
require to take into account the historical and social dimensions
of data. The research question is how to explicitly represent
these dimensions in a way that is transparent and accessible to
both humans and machines. We believe that making both modellers
and users aware of the modelling choices laying behind models and
applications, as well as studying the background theories of such
modelling choices, enhance the transparency and reliability of
computational resources, and therefore help users in better
understanding and trusting them.
The aim of SW4CH is to bring together stakeholders from various
scientific fields, Computer Scientists, Data Scientists and
Digital Humanists, involved in the development or deployment of
Semantic Web solutions for Cultural Heritage. Cultural Heritage
data is typically made available in diverse languages and formats.
Knowledge representation can play an important role in making such
resources mutually interoperable, so that it can be presented,
linked and searched in a harmonized way. Early solutions were
based on the syntactic/structural level of data, without
leveraging the rich semantic structures underlying the content.
Nowadays, institutions bring their data to the Semantic Web level,
so the tasks of integrating, sharing, analysing and visualizing
data are to be conceived in this new and very rich framework.
The overall goal of SWODCH 2021 is to provide a scientific forum
where scholars and stakeholders will have the opportunity to
exchange ideas, experiences, and analyses, while presenting
realizations and outcomes of relevant projects and discussing the
related challenges.
Important Dates
Submission deadline: May 15, 2021
Review notification: June 26, 2021
Camera-ready: July 17, 2021
Workshop: September 20-21, 2021
List of Topics
We seek original and high-quality submissions related (but not
limited) to one or more of the following topic areas:
Conceptual analysis and ontology design for the Digital Humanities
Domain ontologies or conceptual models for history, history of
arts, book studies, theatre, literature, editorial practices,
archaeology, musicology, cultural and natural - heritage
(including architectural heritage), among others.
Methodological aspects of ontology development for the Digital
Humanities, including the need for modelling the social
(contextual) dimension of both data and ontologies
Use of ontology design patterns
Case studies based on and lessons learned from the use of
CIDOC-CRM or FRBR
Logical and ontological analysis of CIDOC-CRM or FRBR, e.g., with
respect to foundational ontologies (DOLCE, UFO, BFO, etc.)
Application of formal ontology theories for knowledge
representation or data management in the Digital Humanities
Philosophical and sociological analysis of both digital models and
modelling practices in the Digital Humanities
Social studies on the policies towards the standardization of
ontologies in the Digital Humanities
Semantic Web publishing, architectures and SW-based interaction
for Cultural Heritage
Semantic Web content creation, annotation, and extraction
Ontology mapping, merging, and alignment
Virtual Cultural Heritage collections
Peer-to-peer Cultural Heritage architectures
E-infrastructures for Cultural Heritage
Interoperability, virtually integrated Cultural Heritage
collections
Ontology-based data access or virtual knowledge graphs
Reasoning strategies (e.g. context, temporal, spatial)
Search, querying, and visualization of the Cultural Heritage on
the Semantic Web
Personalized access of Cultural Heritage collections
Context-aware information presentation
Navigation and browsing (facets)
Social aspects in Cultural Heritage access and presentation
Trust and provenance issues in mixed collection and mixed
vocabulary applications
Semantic Web-based applications for Cultural Heritage with clear
lessons learned
Digital Libraries
Museums (virtual collections, mobile/ web-based museum guides)
Tourist services
Ambient Cultural Heritage
Creative industries
Submission Guidelines
We will accept two different types of contributions:
Research articles for presenting original unpublished work,
neither submitted to, nor accepted for, any other venue.
Extended abstracts for presenting work in progress, brief
descriptions of doctoral theses, or general overviews of research
projects.
All the contributions to the workshop must be submitted according
to the LNCS format and must comply with the LNCS formatting
guidelines available at
https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines.
Submitted *research articles* must not be shorter than 10 pages
and must not exceed 12 pages, including bibliography, while the
submitted *extended abstracts* must not be shorter than 5 pages
and not exceed 6 pages, including bibliography.
Papers will be refereed and accepted on the basis of their
scientific merit, originality and relevance to the workshop. Each
paper will be reviewed by three Program Committee members.
Papers must be submitted electronically in PDF, using this link:
http://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=swodch2021.
Publication
Accepted papers will be published in a CEUR-WS volume.The authors
of the best workshop papers will be invited to prepare extended
versions of their papers after the workshop to be published in a
journal special issue.
Organizing Committee
Antonis Bikakis, University College London, U.K.
Roberta Ferrario, ISTC-CNR, Italy
Stéphane Jean, University of Poitiers - ENSMA, France
Béatrice Markhoff, University François Rabelais de Tours, France
Alessandro Mosca, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy
Marianna Nicolosi Asmundo, University of Catania, Italy
Venue
Due to the COVID-19 restrictions, the workshop will have a hybrid
format, allowing both physical and virtual participation.
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