-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [WI] Journal Special Call for Survey articles on Semantic Web topics Date: Fri, 06 Aug 2010 21:59:28 -0400 From: Pascal Hitzler pascal.hitzler@wright.edu To: Pascal Hitzler pascal@pascal-hitzler.de

special call for papers on

SURVEY ARTICLES ON SEMANTIC WEB TOPICS

Description

The "Semantic Web" journalhttp://www.semantic-web-journal.net/ invites submissions of full-length papers surveying the state of the art of topics central to the journal's scope. Survey articles should have the potential to become well-known introductory and overview texts.

These submissions will be reviewed along the following dimensions: (1) Suitability as introductory text, targeted at researchers, PhD students, or practitioners, to get started on the covered topic. (2) How comprehensive and how balanced is the presentation and coverage. (3) Readability and clarity of the presentation. (4) Importance of the covered material to the broader Semantic Web community.

Topics of Interest

We invite submissions on all topics related to the Semantic Web.

Important Dates

Abstract Submission: 15th of September, 2010 Feedback about abstract: 20th of September, 2010 Paper Submission: 30th of October, 2010 Acceptance Notification: 20th of December, 2010 Final Paper: 31st of January, 2011

Abstracts and papers will be processed as they come in, and notification is planned earlier in these cases.

Submissions

Abstracts should consist of

* List of authors * Tentative title * Abstract * Tentative table of contents * Tentative page count

Abstracts must be sent by email to Pascal Hitzler pascal@pascal-hitzler.de with subject line "SWJ Survey abstract: ". The purpose of the abstract submission is that we can give you feedback on your planned survey, before you start putting too much work into this. This will also allow us to avoid duplicate topic.

For the paper submission, please see the submission information and guidelines athttp://www.semantic-web-journal.net/authors. When entering your manuscript into the review system, please state "Survey paper" in the cover letter. Please also note the journal's open review process detailed athttp://www.semantic-web-journal.net/reviewers.

Contact

Pascal Hitzler, Kno.e.sis Center, Wright State University, USA Krzysztof Janowicz, Pennsylvania State University, USA

Please direct all inquiries to Pascal Hitzler, pascal@pascal-hitzler.de.

Editorial Board

Claudia d'Amato, Università degli Studi di Bari, Italy Sören Auer, Universität Leipzig, Germany Lora Aroyo, Free University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands Boyan Brodaric, Geological Survey of Canada, Canada Philipp Cimiano, Universität Bielefeld, Germany Oscar Corcho, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain Bernardo Cuenca-Grau, Oxford University, UK Michel Dumontier, Carleton University, Canada Mark Gahegan, University of Auckland, New Zealand Aldo Gangemi, ISTC-CNR Rome, Italy Giancarlo Guizzardi, Federal University of Espírito Santo, Brazil Manfred Hauswirth, DERI, National University of Ireland, Galway Tom Heath, Talis, UK Rinke Hoekstra, Universiteit van Amsterdam, The Netherlands Andreas Hotho, Universität Würzburg, Germany Eero Hyvönen, Aalto University, Finland Werner Kuhn, University of Muenster, Germany Thomas Lukasiewicz, Oxford University, UK Axel Polleres, DERI, National University of Ireland, Galway Martin Raubal, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA Marta Sabou, The Open University, UK Christoph Schlieder, University of Bamberg, Germany Paulo Pinheiro da Silva, The University of Texas at El Paso, USA Jie Tang, Tsinghua University Beijing, China Kunal Verma, Accenture, USA