CfP: LDOW2011 - 4th International Workshop on Linked Data on the Web at WWW2011, Hyderabad, India

All,

 

We are happy to announce the 4th International Workshop on Linked Data on

the Web (LDOW2011) at WWW2011, Hyderabad, India. The LDOW2011 website is now

available at:

  <http://events.linkeddata.org/ldow2011/>
http://events.linkeddata.org/ldow2011/

 

Please find below the CfP and we are looking forward to see you at LDOW2011!

 

Cheers,

 

Chris Bizer

Tom Heath

Tim Berners-Lee

Michael Hausenblas

 

 

=================  Call for Papers  =================

 

Linked Data on the Web (LDOW2011) Workshop at WWW2011

 

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     28th or 29th March, 2011, Hyderabad, India

 

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Objectives

 

The Web has developed into a global information space consisting not just of

linked documents, but also of linked data. In 2010, we have seen significant

growth in the size of the Web of Data, as well as in the number of

communities contributing to its creation. In addition, there is intensive

work on applications that consume Linked Data from the Web.

 

The LDOW2011 workshop in Hyderabad follows the LDOW2008 workshop in Beijing,

the LDOW2009 workshop in Madrid, and the LDOW2010 workshop in Raleigh. As

with the previous workshops, LDOW2011 is open to covering all topics related

to Linked Data publication and consumption, including principled research in

the areas of user interfaces for the Web of Data as well as on issues of

quality, trust and provenance in Linked Data. We also expect to see a number

of submissions related to current areas of high Linked Data activity, such

as government transparency, life sciences and the media industry. The goal

of this workshop is to provide a forum for exposing high quality, novel

research and applications in these (and related) areas. In addition, by

bringing together researchers in this field, we expect the event to further

shape the ongoing Linked Data research agenda.

 

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Topics of Interest

 

Topics of interest for the workshop include, but are not limited to, the

following:

 

1. Foundations of Linked Data

 

    * Web architecture and dataspace theory

    * dataset dynamics and synchronisation

    * analyzing and profiling the Web of Data

 

2. Data Linking and Fusion

 

    * entity consolidation and linking algorithms

    * Web-based data integration and data fusion

    * performance and scalability of integration architectures

 

3. Write-enabling the Web of Data

 

    * access authentication mechanisms for Linked Datasets (WebID, etc.)

    * authorisation mechanisms for Linked Datasets (WebACL, etc.)

    * enabling write-access to legacy data sources (Google APIs, Flickr API,

etc.)

 

4. Data Publishing

 

    * publishing legacy data sources as Linked Data on the Web

    * cost-benefits of the 5 star LOD plan

 

5. Data Usage

 

    * tracking provenance of Linked Data

    * evaluating quality and trustworthiness of Linked Data

    * licensing issues in Linked Data publishing

    * distributed query of Linked Data

    * RDF-to-X, turning RDF to legacy data

 

6. Interacting with the Web of Data

 

    * approaches to visualising Linked Data

    * interacting with distributed Web data

    * Linked Data browsers, indexers and search engines

 

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Submissions

 

We seek three kinds of submissions:

 

   1. Full technical papers: up to 10 pages in ACM format

   2. Short technical and position papers: up to 5 pages in ACM format

   3. Demo descriptions: up to 2 pages in ACM format

 

Submissions must be formatted using the WWW2011 templates. Please note that

the author list does not need to be anonymized, as we do not operate a

double-blind review process.

 

Submissions will be peer reviewed by at least three independent reviewers.

Accepted papers will be presented at the workshop and included in the

workshop proceedings.

 

Please submit papers via EasyChair at

 <http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ldow2011>
http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ldow2011

 

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Important Dates

 

Submission deadline: 8th February, 2011

Notification of acceptance: 25th February, 2011

Camera ready versions of accepted papers: 10nd March, 2011

Workshop date: 28th or 29th March, 2011

 

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Organising Committee

 

Christian Bizer, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany

Tom Heath, Talis, UK

Tim Berners-Lee, W3C/MIT, USA

Michael Hausenblas, DERI, NUI Galway, Ireland

 

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Contact

 

For further information about the workshop, please contact the

workshops chairs at  <mailto:ldow2011@events.linkeddata.org>
ldow2011@events.linkeddata.org

 

 

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Dr. Michael Hausenblas, Research Fellow

LiDRC - Linked Data Research Centre

DERI - Digital Enterprise Research Institute

NUIG - National University of Ireland, Galway

Ireland, Europe

Tel. +353 91 495730

http://linkeddata.deri.ie/

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