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/

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

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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 ldow2011@events.linkeddata.org


-- 
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/
http://sw-app.org/about.html

Received on Tuesday, 21 December 2010 07:24:06 UTC