2nd CfP: SMMDA2006 Intl. Workshop on Semantic Modelling and Model-Driven Architecture

hosted by: ECMDA - European Conference on Model-Driven Architecture
                   11 July 2006 - Bilbao, Spain

                      2nd Call for Papers
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                   *** DEADLINE EXTENSION ***

      URL: http://www.computing.dcu.ie/SMMDA06/

With the emergence of knowledge representation and ontology technology
on the software engineering scene, the idea of modelling which
incorporates semantic ontologies has received increased attention.
Initiatives such as the OMG’s Ontology Definition Metamodel have the
chance of benefiting from the impetus of the Semantic Web and its
accompanying support in academia and industry. The aim of extending
semantics in the MDA framework is the enhancement of the modelling
capabilities of the different MDA layers.

The aim of the workshop is to debate the various aspects of enhanced
semantics in the MDA context. We invite original submissions from both
researchers and practitioners from the following (non-exhaustive) list
of topics:

     * MDA layer-specific semantic modelling
     * Semantic MDA solutions for component and service-based systems
     * The fit between Semantic MDA and emerging standards like Semantic 
Web Services
     * Extensibility opportunities when using enhanced semantics in MDA
     * MDA and semantic Web services
     * Ontology-based transformations
     * Shortcomings with the Semantic Web with respect to MDA
     * Potential disadvantages of extending semantics in an MDA framework
     * Practicalities of extending semantic capabilities in an MDA framework
     * Deficiencies in the Ontology Definition Metamodel ODM
     * Integration of UML/MDA and Semantic Web languages
     * Software modelling and Semantic Web languages
     * Ontology-driven architecture (ODA)
     * MDA modelling for ontology-based component and service discovery
     * Ontology reasoning for MDA
     * Semantic annotations in MDA
     * Semantic Web rule languages (SWRL, WSML-Rule, SWSL, etc.) in MDA
     * OMG's Architecture Driven Modernisation (ADM), 
Reverse-engineering and the Semantic Web
     * Case Study Examples

Semantic modelling in the context of model-driven development approaches
is an area that is still in its infancy, but that has the potential to
address recent issues in software engineering technology. The workshop
aims to explore and evaluate this potential.


The SMMDA workshop will take place in Bilbao, Spain and will be collocated
with the European Conference on Model-Driven Architecture (ECMDA)
http://www.ecmda-fa.org/.
The duration of the workshop is one day (11th July, 2006).

Submission Information:
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We invite submissions in two categories:

     * full papers of up to 15 pages presenting mature research results
     * short papers of up to 8 pages for work in progress research

in Springer-Verlag LNCS style. All submissions will be peer-reviewed by
at least three reviewers.

Submissions should be sent in PDF format by email to
mailto:SMMDA06@computing.dcu.ie. The publication of the proceedings
is currently under negotation. Please check this Web page regularly for
updates.
For any enquiries, please email mailto:SMMDA06@computing.dcu.ie.

Important Dates:
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Paper submission due:     * 24th April, 2006 *
Notification to authors:   22th May, 2006
Final copy of paper:       11th June, 2006
Workshop:                  11th July, 2006

Organising Committee:
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Claus Pahl, Dublin City University
Ronan Barrett, Dublin City University

Programme Committee:
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Claus Pahl (IR), Dublin City University, Chair
Colin Atkinson (DE), University of Mannheim
Ken Baclawski (US), Northeastern University
Dragan Gasevic (CA), Simon Fraser University
Michael Goedicke (DE), University of Essen
Roy Grønmo (NO), SINTEF & University of Oslo
Holger Knublauch (US), TopQuadrant
Mitch Kokar (US), Northeastern University
Daniel Oberle (DE), SAP Research
Jeff Z. Pan (UK), University of Aberdeen
Marwan Sabbouh (US), MITRE Corporation
Michael Smith (US), EDS
Phil Tetlow (UK), IBM
Gerd Wagner (DE), University of Technology Cottbus
Andrea Zisman (UK), City University, London

Received on Friday, 7 April 2006 05:26:53 UTC