Forwarded message from [Elisabeth.Metais@PRISM.UVSQ.FR (Elisabeth Métais)] sent originally on Tue, 4 Jan 2000 15:18:57 +0100: : C A L L F O R P A P E R S (deadline March 12th,2000) : N L D B ' 2 0 0 0 : 5th International Conference on : APPLICATIONS OF NATURAL LAGUAGE TO INFORMATION SYSTEMS : Versailles (France), June 28-30, 2000 : http://www.prism.uvsq.fr/dataware/confs/nldb00/ : : Since 1995 the NLDB conference aims at bringing together researchers, : industrial and potential users interested in various applications of : NATURAL LANGUAGE in the DATABASE and information systems field. : : The integration of databases and natural language has been an utopia for : a long time. Nowadays, this is an accessible convergent point on which a : lot of researchers are focusing, mainly due to the large progress of : research in natural language and to the development of new technologies : which : allow the storage of real semantic electronic dictionaries. Each aspect : of an information system life cycle may be improved by natural language : techniques: database design (specification, validation, conflict : resolution), : database query languages and application programming that use new : software engineering : research (e.g. natural language program specifications). As information : systems are now evolving into the communication area, the term databases : should : be considered in the broader sense of information and communication : systems. : : SETTING: Versailles is an historical city famous for its palace and : gardens. Half an hour separates Versailles from Paris which is one of : the most charming : cities in the world. : : MAJOR TOPICS OF INTEREST : : : * Natural Language for WEB Databases : : Semantic information retrieval : Semi-structured models and associated languages : : * Natural Language Resources for Integration in Multi-Sources Systems : : Linguistic aspects of view integration : Linguistic aspects of data warehouse : Natural language queries to multi-databases systems : Data integration and data cleaning : : * Natural Language in Conceptual Modeling : : Requirement engineering : Analysis of natural language descriptions : Verification, consistency checking : Paraphrasing : Dynamic modeling : : * Natural Language Interfaces for Data Base Querying : : Natural languages interfaces for database querying : Verification of database queries by paraphrasing : Semantic analysis for information retrieval : : * Hypertext and Hyperbases : : Hypertext as a navigation tool : Generating hypertext from data sources : : * Large-Scale Online Linguistic Resources : : Question-answer corpora : Electronic dictionaries : Ontologies : : * Natural Language for Reuse : : Application dictionaries : Reusable components in database design : : * Textual Databases : : Indexing : Retrieval : : * Multilingual Issues : : Machine translation : Multilingual information systems : : SUPPORTING EVENTS: : : The organizers would like to provide for opportunities to disseminate : work in a variety of ways. Those interested in preparing tutorials or : panel discussions : are invited to contact the program chair. : : Demonstrations of prototypes or tools are also welcome. : : Previous conferences have been held in Versailles (France), Amsterdam : (The Netherlands), Vancouver (Canada) and Klagenfurt (Austria), and have : attracted researchers from all the continents. In addition to a : conference proceedings, selected papers have in the past been submitted : for review and : publication in special editions of the Journal of Data and Knowledge : Engineering. : : CONFERENCE CHAIR : Mokrane Bouzeghoub, Université de Versailles, France : : PROGRAM COMMITTEE : : chair: Elisabeth Metais, Université de Versailles, France : Alfs T. Berztiss, University of Pittsburgh, U.S.A. : Mokrane Bouzeghoub, PRiSM, Université de Versailles, France : Hans Burg, Ordina Alignment Consulting, The Netherlands : Isabelle Comyn-Wattiau, Université de Cergy, France : Günther Fliedl, Universität Klagenfurt, Austria : Nicola Guarino, CNR, Padova, Italy : Jon Atle Gulla, Borvegian Institute of Technology, Norway : Udo Hahn, Freiburg University, Germany : Paul Johannesson, Stockholm University, Sweden : Zoubida Kedad, PRiSM, Université de Versailles, France : Christian Kop, Universität Klagenfurt, Austria : Paul McFetridge, Simon Fraser University, Canada : Henrich Mayr, Universität Klagenfurt, Austria : Ana Maria Moreno, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain : Odile Piton, Université de Paris 1, France : Reind van de Riet, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands : Ans Steuten, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands : Veda Storey, Rochester University, Canada : Bernhard Thalheim, University of Cottbus, Germany : Roland Wagner, University of Linz, Austria : Werner Winiwarter, University of Vienna, Austria : Christian Winkler, Universität Klagenfurt, Austria : Stanislaw Wrycza, University of Gdansk, Poland : : ORGANIZING COMMITTEE : : chair: Zoubida Kedad, Université de Versailles, France : Chantal Ducoin, Université de Versailles, France : Paul Schmidt, IAI, Germany : : INSTRUCTIONS TO AUTHORS: : : To contribute, please submit 4 copies of a paper which does not exceed : 5000 words, including a short abstract, to the program committee chair : : Elisabeth Metais : laboratoire PRiSM : 45 avenue des Etats-Unis : F-78035 Versailles : France : Elisabeth.Metais@prism.uvsq.fr : phone: +33 (0) 1 39 25 40 53 : fax: +33 (0) 1 39 25 40 57 : : IMPORTANT DATES : : : PAPER SUBMISSION DEADLINE: March 12th, 2000 : Notification of acceptance: April 15th, 2000 : Camera-ready paper: May 8th, 2000 : : ===== Start of ISWorld List Footer ===== : ISWorld list is a service of the Association for Information Systems (AIS) : (http://www.aisnet.org) hosted at University College Dublin. 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