2nd Call for Chapter Proposals - Handbook of Research on Semantic Technologies and Web Services

2nd CALL FOR CHAPTER PROPOSALS

Handbook of Research on Semantic Technologies and Web Services

Submission deadline: March 31, 2008

Editors: M. Manuela Cunha, Eva Oliveira, António Tavares & Luís Ferreira
Polytechnic Institute of Cávado and Ave, Portugal
 
http://handbooksemanticweb.ipca.pt

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Dear Professor,

I trust this e-mail finds you well!  
We are pleased to invite you to contribute to the "Handbook of Research on Social Dimensions of Semantic Technologies and Web Services" within your field of expertise related to the handbook topics. 

For your reference, we have attached the Call for Chapters, in PDF format, to this e-mail.  The Call for Chapters explains, in detail, our objectives for this manuscript as well as suggests some possible topics to which you may wish to contribute.  You are, however, not limited to these topics.  Please feel free to add any topics that you think are critical issues in Semantic Technologies and Web Services.  You may also visit our project’s webpage, http://handbooksemanticweb.ipca.pt, for more detailed information.

Should you accept this invitation, we kindly request that, on or before March 31, 2008, you submit via e-mail a two page chapter proposal clearly explaining the mission and concerns of the proposed chapter. Authors of accepted proposals will be notified by April 05, 2008 about the status of their proposals and sent chapter organization guidelines. Full chapters (8,000 to 10,000 words) are expected to be submitted by June 20, 2008. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis. 

The book is scheduled to be published by IGI Global, http://www.igi-global.com, publisher of the IGI Publishing (formerly Idea Group Publishing), Information Science Publishing, IRM Press, CyberTech Publishing Information Science Reference (formerly Idea Group Reference), and Medical Information Science Reference imprints in 2010.

Submissions should be forwarded electronically (Word document as attachment) to handbook.semantic.web@gmail.com.

Should you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact us:  handbook.semantic.web@gmail.com.  We appreciate your consideration of this invitation and hope to hear from you soon!


Kind regards,

Maria Manuela Cunha  (mcunha@ipca.pt)
Eva F. Oliveira (eoliveira@ipca.pt)
António J. Tavares (ajtavares@ipca.pt)
Luís G. Ferreira (lufer@ipca.pt)

http://handbooksemanticweb.ipca.pt

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