- From: Giorgos Flouris <fgeo@ics.forth.gr>
- Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 15:49:06 +0300
- To: <fgeo@ics.forth.gr>
[apologies if you receive multiple copies] CALL FOR PAPERS =========================================== Journal of Logic and Computation Special Issue on Ontology Dynamics =========================================== Description ----------- One of the crucial tasks to be performed towards the realization of the vision of the Semantic Web is the encoding of human knowledge in ontologies using formal representation languages. Simply creating an ontology is not enough though; ontologies, just like any structure holding knowledge, need to be updated as well. There are several reasons why an ontology should change: changes could be initiated because of a change in the world being modeled; the users' needs may change, requiring a different conceptualization; knowledge previously unknown, classified or otherwise unavailable may become known; or a design flaw may have been noticed in the original conceptualization. In all these cases, the representation of our knowledge in the ontology should be modified so as to form a more accurate or adequate conceptualization of the domain. Such a modification presents several difficulties from both the practical and the theoretical point of view, as it is not always clear what the expected, or desired, result of any particular modification should be, nor how such a result can be determined. This special issue intends to publish articles related to the field of ontology dynamics, in order to discuss and analyze important characteristics, open research issues and recent research developments on the field. We are interested in advances in the field of ontology evolution, which is the main research area dealing with ontology dynamics, as well as in works that are directly or indirectly related to the problem. Both theoretical research work as well as works describing implemented systems or tools are welcome. It is targeted to anyone (from academia or industry) working on ontology evolution or related fields, as well as to people designing, supporting, or using ontologies that are subject to change. Topics of Interest ------------------ We encourage submissions on all topics related to ontology dynamics, including original theoretical work on the issues involved directly or indirectly with change as well as applications or implemented systems related to such issues. We are particularly (but not exclusively) interested in the following topics: - Ontology evolution and versioning - Foundations and formal aspects of ontology dynamics - Extensions to ontology languages to better support change - Belief revision for ontologies and the Semantic Web - Inconsistency handling in evolving ontologies - Change propagation in ontologies and metadata - Ontologies for dynamic environments - Dynamic knowledge construction and exploitation - Case studies, software tools, use cases, applications Important Dates --------------- Submission deadline: October 31, 2007 Acceptance notification: January 31, 2008 Revised Version deadline: March 31, 2008 Final Decision: May 30, 2008 Method of Submission -------------------- Only electronic submissions will be considered. All submissions should be sent by email to Giorgos Flouris (fgeo@ics.forth.gr) in pdf format. Submitted articles should follow the formatting guidelines of the Journal of Logic and Computation (see: http://www.oxfordjournals.org/logcom/for_authors/index.html). Guest Editors ------------- Giorgos Flouris, FORTH (fgeo@ics.forth.gr) Mathieu d'Aquin, The Open University (M.Daquin@open.ac.uk) Grigoris Antoniou, FORTH (antoniou@ics.forth.gr) Jeff Z. Pan, University of Aberdeen (jpan@csd.abdn.ac.uk) Dimitris Plexousakis, FORTH (dp@ics.forth.gr)
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