Deadline Extension IWOD-08, 2nd International Workshop on Ontology Dynamics

The deadline for IWOD at ISWC 2008 has been extended to the 1st of August.

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2nd International Workshop on Ontology Dynamics (IWOD-08)

http://www.csd.abdn.ac.uk/iwod2008/

Workshop Description

This workshop will bring together researchers interested in 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 works as well as works describing
implemented systems or tools are welcome.

Motivation

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. Creating ontologies is
simply the first step; 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.

Workshop Objectives and 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
• Ontology versioning
• Formal aspects of ontology dynamics
• Foundational issues
• 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
• Open problems

Workshop Venue and Format

The workshop will take place in Karlsruhe, Germany, as part of the
ISWC-08 conference (http://iswc2008.semanticweb.org), on 26-30 October 2008.
IWOD-08 will be a full-day workshop, and will consist of an invited talk
and regular paper presentations. The organization of a panel or general
discussion session prior to the closing of the workshop will be sought.

Submission Guidelines

Only electronic submissions will be considered. All submissions should
be submitted in pdf format, as an email attachment to Dimitris
Plexousakis (dp@ics.forth.gr). Submissions should not exceed 14 pages
and should be formatted according to the LNCS Springer format
(http://www.springer.com/east/home/computer/lncs?SGWID=5-164-7-72376-0).

Important Dates

Submission deadline: August 1, 2008

Acceptance notification: September 9, 2008

Camera-ready deadline: September 26, 2008

Organizing Committee
Dimitris Plexousakis (FORTH, Greece) PC co-chair
Jeff Z. Pan (University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom) PC co-chair
Mathieu d’Aquin (The Open University, United Kingdom)
Grigoris Antoniou (FORTH, Greece)
Giorgos Flouris (FORTH, Greece)

Tentative Program Committee

The following individuals have confirmed their interest in contributing
to this workshop as members of the PC:
• Grigoris Antoniou
• Alessandro Artale
• Mathieu d’Aquin
• James Delgrande
• Giorgos Flouris
• Peter Haase
• Zhisheng Huang
• Thomas Meyer
• Guilin Qi
• Heiner Stuckenschmidt
• Holger Wache
• Renata Wassermann

Received on Friday, 25 July 2008 08:35:00 UTC