CfC: Semantic Web Methodologies for E-Business Applications

CALL FOR CHAPTERS

Submission Deadline: February 28, 2007

http://rhizomik.net/~roberto/semebizbook/cfc.html

 

Semantic Web Methodologies for E-Business Applications: Ontologies,
Processes and Management Practices

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A book edited by Dr. Roberto García, Universitat de Lleida, Spain

 

Introduction

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The Semantic Web is starting to show its practical benefits and one key
application domain, where it can show its potential with great impact, is
E-Business. The main opportunities are anticipated in information systems
interoperation and range from inter to intra-organizational links. For
instance, one of the main promises is that the Semantic Web can help develop
a webbed economy where, in spontaneous inter-organizational relations, the
involved parties share data and integrate their internal business processes
in a transparent and trustful way.

 

The Overall Objective of the Book

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The objective is to compile a reference reading that encourages and
facilitates the transfer of technologies and methodologies from the Semantic
Web to the E-Business world. In order to do that, each book chapter would
constitute an illustrative business case for a specific kind of
organizational information system or a cross-organizations solution for a
specific market. The idea is to produce a reading more appealing to IT
managers that, a part from technological and methodological benefits,
sketches a costs and benefits analysis showing that the Semantic Web is
prepared to do business.

 

Some guidelines to writing chapters are available at:
http://rhizomik.net/~roberto/semebizbook/businesscase.html

 

The Target Audience

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The audience of the proposed book is IT professionals, IT researchers,
business executives, consultants and students (undergraduate, graduate, PhD
and MBA).

 

Recommended topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

 

- Enhanced organisation management through ontologies

- Business integration using web ontologies

- Semantic Web services for business process automation

- Semantics-enhanced CRM using recommendation systems and social networks

- Multimedia content management and digital rights management

- Agent-mediated negotiation

- Product and service personalisation

- Semantic Web rules for business policies, planning, forecasting...

- Human resources management

- Organisational knowledge management

- Workflow management through Semantic Web services

 

SUBMISSION PROCEDURE

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Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before February
28, 2007, a 2-5 page manuscript proposal clearly explaining the mission and
concerns of the proposed chapter. Authors of accepted proposals will be
notified by April 15, 2007 about the status of their proposals and sent
chapter organizational guidelines. Full chapters are expected to be
submitted by July 31, 2007. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a
double-blind review basis. The book is scheduled to be published by Idea
Group Inc., www.idea-group.com, publisher of the Idea Group Publishing,
Information Science Publishing, IRM Press, CyberTech Publishing and Idea
Group Reference imprints.

 

- February 28, 2007: 2-5 pages proposals submission

- April 15, 2007: notification selected proposals

- July 31, 2007: full chapters submission

 

Inquiries and submissions can be forwarded electronically (Word document) or
by mail to:

 

Roberto García

Universitat de Lleida

Jaume II, 69

E-25001 Lleida, Spain

E-mail: rgarcia@diei.udl.es

Web: http://rhizomik.net/~roberto