Call for Papers: Linked Data in Linguistics 2026

Dear all,

With apologies for cross posting, please find below the CFP for the 
Linked Data in Linguistics Workshop taking place at this year’s LREC 
Conference. This year’s workshop is especially interested in cultural 
heritage linked data and use cases including linking collections, the 
language of cataloguing, and multilingualism in collections information, 
so I hope it will be of interest to you!


1st Call for Papers: Linked Data in Linguistics 2026


Paper Submission: 20 February 2026

Submissions can be made via: https://softconf.com/lrec2026/LinkedData/ 
<https://softconf.com/lrec2026/LinkedData/>

Workshop: 12 May 2026

The Linked Data in Linguistics (LDL) workshop series has established 
itself as the premier venue for discussing the application of Semantic 
Web technologies to the fields of linguistics, digital lexicography, and 
digital humanities (DH).


While recent years have witnessed a steady growth in adoption of the 
technology in these areas, its uptake in other relevant domains, most 
notably in the case of natural language processing (NLP), continues to 
lag behind. This year the workshop (collocated with LREC 2026) in 
addition to embracing the full bandwidth of applications of Linguistic 
Linked Open Data (LLOD) technologies and the closely related area of 
knowledge graphs in linguistics, welcomes contributions addressing the 
application of LLOD technologies to NLP applications, as well as those 
dealing with emerging hot topics regarding future bridges between 
structured (linguistic) knowledge and fields such as neural methods and 
cultural heritage.


Motivation and Topics of Interest


We invite presentations of algorithms, methodologies, experiments, 
tools, use cases, descriptions of ongoing or planned research projects 
as well as position papers that describe the creation, publication or 
application of linked linguistic data collections and their linking with 
other resources. Descriptions of such data, and in particular, its uses 
in research (linguistics, lexicology, digital humanities) and technology 
(NLP, e-lexicography, localization) are also welcome. This year, we are 
particularly interested in submissions related to the use of linguistic 
linked data for cultural heritage applications. The following is a 
non-exhaustive list of relevant topics:


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    Building, managing and linking language resources:

      o

        Lexicons and Lexical Data, including Dictionaries and
        Lexicographic Resources

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        Annotations and Annotated Corpora

      o

        Entity Linking

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    Technologies, challenges and best practices for language technology
    and language resources on the web:

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        Interoperability

      o

        Sustainability

      o

        Infrastructure

      o

        FAIRness

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    Structured data in language technology:

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        Knowledge Graphs

      o

        Machine Learning

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        Multilingual Technologies

      o

        Language Knowledge Injection in LLMs

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    Show cases, case studies and applications by different communities
    of practice:

      o

        Multimodality

      o

        Corpus Linguistics

      o

        Lexicography

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        Digital Humanities

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    Cultural Heritage Applications of Linguistic Linked Data

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        Linking collections

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        Language of cataloguing

      o

        Multilingualism in collections information

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    Current directions and critical reflection. Position papers on:

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        Ethical, legal, technological aspects of structured data in the
        age of LLMs

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        The role of LLOD in promoting low-resource languages

      o

        Extensions of RDF and graph formalisms


We invite both long (8 pages and 2 pages of references) and short papers 
(4 pages and 2 pages of references) representing original research, 
innovative approaches and resource descriptions. Short papers may also 
represent project descriptions. These do not have to be implemented but 
discuss to what extent and for which purposes Linguistic Linked Open 
Data is reused or created. Projects that are still in their early stages 
and seek advice from the broader Linguistic Linked Data community are 
welcome, especially if they include underrepresented fields of study. We 
particularly welcome work on under-resourced and endangered languages, 
as well as contributions from communities and regions that are 
underrepresented in computational linguistics. For more information see 
https://ldl2026.linguistic-lod.org/ 
<https://ldl2026.linguistic-lod.org/>. Submissions can be made via: 
https://softconf.com/lrec2026/LinkedData/ 
<https://softconf.com/lrec2026/LinkedData/>

Papers should be formatted according to the LREC guidelines, please see 
https://lrec2026.info/authors-kit/ <https://lrec2026.info/authors-kit/>. 
Please note that the review process will be single-blind.


Important Dates

Paper Submission: 20 February 2026

Notification: 16 March 2026

Camera-ready Copy: 30 March 2026

Workshop: 12 May 2026


-- 
Katerina Gkirtzou, PhD (she/her)
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Institute for Language and Speech Processing (ILSP)
Athena Research Center
Epidavrou 6 & Artemidos, Maroussi, Greece
mailto:katerina.gkirtzou@athenarc.gr