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Fifth International Conference on Metadata and Semantic
Research (MTSR'11)
Yasar University, October 12-October 14, 2011, Izmir
(Turkey)
Proceedings published in Springer CCIS series
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SPECIAL TRACKS
The following special tracks have been approved
(information and separate CFP will be available at the Web
site soon):
* Track on Metadata & Semantics for Agriculture,
Food & Environment
* Track on Metadata & Semantics for Open Access
Repositories & Infrastructures
* Track on Metadata & Semantics for Learning
Infrastructures
* Track on Metadata & Semantics for Cultural
Collections & Applications
* Track on approaches to linked data in digital
collections and datasets
The papers selected for the tracks follow the same peer
review procedures and are included as regular papers in
the proceedings.
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SELECTION OF BEST PAPERS TO BE INCLUDED IN:
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Call for Papers
Following the success of the first three editions
(MTSR'05, MTSR'07, MTSR' 09 and MTSR'10), the fith
International Conference on Metadata and Semantics
Research (MTSR'11) aims to bring together researchers and
practitioners that share a common interest in metadata,
its representation, its semantics and its diverse
applications to Information Systems.
Contributions are welcome on every topic related to
Metadata and their relationships with Ontologies, Semantic
Web, Knowledge Management and Software Engineering, such
as:
I. Foundations
* Typology of metadata and metadata uses.
* The value and cost of metadata.
* Quality evaluation in the use of Metadata.
* Metadata reusability.
* New or revised metadata schemas or application
profiles.
* Metadata standardization
* Empirical studies on metadata and/or ontologies
usage.
II. Languages and Frameworks for Metadata Management
* SGML, XML, UML in theory and practice.
* Languages and Frameworks for Ontology Management.
* Metadata and the Semantic Web.
* Metadata and Knowledge Management.
* Metadata and Software Engineering.
* Metadata application of Semantic Web technologies.
* Ontologies and Ontology-based Knowledge Management
Systems.
III. Case Studies
* Metadata and ontologies for librarianship, management
of historical archives and archeological research.
* Metadata and ontologies for the design of innovative
products and processes.
* Metadata and ontologies for health, biological and
clinical information management.
* Metadata and ontologies in finance, tourism and
public administrations.
* Metadata and ontologies in industry.
* Metadata and ontologies in education.
* Metadata and ontologies in agriculture, food and
environment.
IV. Technological Issues
* Technologies for Metadata and ontology storage.
* Technologies for Metadata and ontology integration.
* Technologies for Metadata extraction and navigation,
querying and editing of ontologies.
* Technologies for Learning Objects management.
Interested authors can submit either full papers (12
pages) or short papers (6 pages) reporting complete or
ongoing research respectively. Papers should be original
and not previously submitted to other Conference or
Journals.
The main Conference will be preceded by a
Workshop/Tutorial Day, which aims at presenting new
topics, frontiers and ongoing researches in the Metadata,
Ontology and Semantic Research fields.
Proceedings will be published by Springer in the CCIS
book series (
http://www.springer.com/series/....).
In addition, best papers will be selected for publishing
revised versions at several International Journals
covering the diversity of topics.
Important Dates:
2011, July 1st : paper submission
2011, July 15th: acceptance/rejection notification
2011, July 28th: camera-ready papers due
2011, October 12nd-14th: MTSR'11 in Yasar University,
Izmir - Turkey
Authors of accepted papers will be asked to register to
the Conference and present their work in the form of
either oral presentation or poster presentation.
For any information, you can send an email to the
organizing committee at the following address:
mtsr11@easychair.org.
Elena García-Barriocanal (University of Alcala, Spain)
Zeynel Cebeci (Cukurova University, Adana, Turkey)
Miguel-Angel Sicilia (University of Alcala, Spain)
Nikos Manouselis (Greek Research & Technology
Network, Greece)
Hulya Atil (Ege University, Izmir, Turkey)