- From: Mathieu D'Aquin <m.daquin@open.ac.uk>
- Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2009 10:40:13 +0100
- To: Semantic Web <semantic-web@w3.org>
Call For Papers 3rd International Workshop on Ontology Dynamics (IWOD 2009) "Ontology Evolution in Practice" http://www.ontologydynamics.org/od/index.php/iwod/iwod2009 The goal of the 3rd International Workshop on Ontology Dynamics is to bring together researchers and students working on the fields of ontology evolution, revision and versioning, as well as people from the industry conducting activities (applications, case-studies) that involve the dynamic aspects of ontologies. Following the success of the two previous workshops, IWOD is quickly becoming the core annual event to discuss advances in the broad area of ontology dynamics, and to track recent work directly or indirectly related to the problem of evolving ontologies. During this year's workshop, we will place special emphasis on applications and systems relying on and supporting ontology dynamics by making "Ontology Evolution in Practice" the theme of the workshop. Alongside the general track, papers can be submitted to a special track on case studies in order to specifically encourage the submission of application papers. Topics We welcome submissions on all topics related to ontology dynamics, including (but not restricted to) the following topics: * Ontology evolution * Ontology versioning * Formal aspects of ontology dynamics * Foundational issues * Language extensions for evolution * Belief revision for ontologies * Inconsistency in evolving ontologies * Change propagation in ontologies * Ontologies for dynamic environments * Dynamic knowledge building, and use * Engineering evolvable ontologies * Requirements for ontology evolution * Case studies in ontology evolution * Tools to support ontology evolution * Application with dynamic ontologies * Open problems In addition, the theme of this year's workshop is "Ontology Evolution in Practice". We want to encourage the submission of case study papers, describing either applications with specific needs for support on the ontology evolution process or systems providing concrete solutions to problems related to the dynamic aspects of ontologies. Workshop Venue and Format The workshop will take place at the Westfields Conference Center near Washington, DC., as part of the ISWC 2009 conference (http://iswc2009.semanticweb.org). IWOD 2009 will be a half-day workshop, and will consist of two tracks (general track and case study track) with long and short presentations. The organization of a panel or general discussion session prior to the closing of the workshop will be sought. Submission Guidelines All submissions should be submitted in pdf format and should be formatted according to the LNCS Springer format (http://www.springer.com/east/home/computer/lncs?SGWID=5-164-7-72376-0). The size limits are 14 pages for long papers and 6 pages for short papers. The titles of papers submitted to the case study track should start with "Case Study: ". All papers should be submitted through the easychair system ( http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=iwod2009 ) by Friday August 14 2009. Important Dates Submission deadline: August 14, 2009 Acceptance notification: September 7, 2009 Camera-ready deadline: September 21, 2009 Organizing Committee Grigoris Antoniou (co-chair, FORTH, Greece) Mathieu d'Aquin (co-chair, The Open University, United Kingdom) Dimitris Plexousakis (FORTH, Greece) PC co-chair Jeff Z. Pan (University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom) PC co-chair 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 * Mathieu d'Aquin * Nathalie Aussenac-Gilles * Alex Borgida * James Delgrande * Giorgos Flouris * Peter Haase * Zhisheng Huang * Pieter De Leenheer * Thomas Meyer * Marcio Moretto Ribeiro * Jeff Z. Pan * Dimitris Plexousakis * Guilin Qi * Marta Sabou * Kewen Wang * Renata Wassermann
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