REMINDER 3 Weeks to CfC: Semantic Web Methodologies for E-Business Applications

CALL FOR CHAPTERS
Submission Deadline: February 28, 2007
http://rhizomik.net/~roberto/semebizbook/cfc.html


Semantic Web Methodologies for E-Business Applications: Ontologies,
Processes and Management Practices
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A book edited by Dr. Roberto García, Universitat de Lleida, Spain


Introduction
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The Semantic Web is starting to show its practical benefits and one
key application domain, where it can show its potential with great
impact, is E-Business. The main opportunities are anticipated in
information systems interoperation and range from inter to
intra-organizational links. For instance, one of the main promises is
that the Semantic Web can help develop a webbed economy where, in
spontaneous inter-organizational relations, the involved parties share
data and integrate their internal business processes in a transparent
and trustful way.

The Overall Objective of the Book
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The objective is to compile a reference reading that encourages and
facilitates the transfer of technologies and methodologies from the
Semantic Web to the E-Business world. In order to do that, each book
chapter would constitute an illustrative business case for a specific
kind of organizational information system or a cross-organizations
solution for a specific market. The idea is to produce a reading more
appealing to IT managers that, a part from technological and
methodological benefits, sketches a costs and benefits analysis
showing that the Semantic Web is prepared to do business.

Some guidelines to writing chapters with a "business case" style are
available at: http://rhizomik.net/~roberto/semebizbook/businesscase.html

The Target Audience
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The audience of the proposed book is IT professionals, IT researchers,
business executives, consultants and students (undergraduate,
graduate, PhD and MBA).

Recommended topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

- Enhanced organisation management through ontologies
- Business integration using web ontologies
- Semantic Web services for business process automation
- Semantics-enhanced CRM using recommendation systems and social networks
- Multimedia content management and digital rights management
- Agent-mediated negotiation
- Product and service personalisation
- Semantic Web rules for business policies, planning, forecasting...
- Human resources management
- Organisational knowledge management
- Workflow management through Semantic Web services

SUBMISSION PROCEDURE
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Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before
February 28, 2007, a 2-5 page manuscript proposal clearly explaining
the mission and concerns of the proposed chapter. Authors of accepted
proposals will be notified by April 15, 2007 about the status of their
proposals and sent chapter organizational guidelines. Full chapters
are expected to be submitted by July 31, 2007. All submitted chapter
will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis. The book is scheduled
to be published by Idea Group Inc., www.idea-group.com, publisher of
the Idea Group Publishing, Information Science Publishing, IRM Press,
CyberTech Publishing and Information Science Reference
(formerly Idea Group Reference) imprints.

- February 28, 2007: 2-5 pages proposals submission
- April 15, 2007: notification selected proposals
- July 31, 2007: full chapters submission

Inquiries and submissions can be forwarded electronically (Word document)
or by mail to:

Roberto García
Universitat de Lleida
Jaume II, 69
E-25001 Lleida, Spain

Tel.: +34 973 702 740
Fax: +34 973 702 702
E-mail: rgarcia@diei.udl.es
Web: http://rhizomik.net/~roberto

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