[AISWorld] Deadline extension and new tracks: MTSR 2010

[Miguel-Angel Sicilia]

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Fourth International Conference on Metadata and Semantic Research (MTSR'10)
Alcala de Henares, October 20-October 22, 2010
http://www.metadata-semantics.org/
http://www.ieru.org/org/mtsr2010

CALL FOR SPECIAL TRACKS

Experts interested in organizing a special track should contact Dr.
Miguel-Angel Sicilia. Special tracks are intended to gather together a
number of relevant contributions on a concrete domain or topic (e.g.
metadata and semantics in agriculture, storage of metadata, standardization,
etc.). 

Prospective special track organizers should outline the topics of the track
and indicate potential submitters. Special track organizers will manage the
review process for the papers submitted to their tracks and the papers will
be published in the same proceedings as the main track.

Currently, MTSR'10 incorporates three tracks:
-  Special Track on European Projects on Metadata and Semantics
-  Special Track on Metadata and Semantics for Agriculture, Food &
Environment [ http://http://bit.ly/boYe4d ]
-  Special Track on Challenges in Training Teachers on Metadata and Online
Resources: The METASCHOOL Experience
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Call for Papers


Following the success of the first three editions (MTSR'05, MTSR'07 and
MTSR' 09), the fourth International Conference on Metadata and Semantics
Research (MTSR'10) aims to bring together researchers and practitioners that
share a common interest in metadata, its representation, its semantics and
its diverse applications to Information Systems.

Contributions are welcome on every topic related to Metadata and their
relationships with Ontologies, Semantic Web, Knowledge Management and
Software Engineering, such as:

I. Foundations

* Typology of metadata and metadata uses.
* The value and cost of metadata.
* Quality evaluation in the use of Metadata.
* Metadata reusability.
* New or revised metadata schemas or application profiles.
* Metadata standardization
* Empirical studies on metadata and/or ontologies usage.

II. Languages and Frameworks for Metadata Management

* SGML, XML, UML in theory and practice. 
* Languages and Frameworks for Ontology Management.
* Metadata and the Semantic Web.
* Metadata and Knowledge Management.
* Metadata and Software Engineering.
* Metadata application of Semantic Web technologies.
* Ontologies and Ontology-based Knowledge Management Systems.

III. Case Studies

* Metadata and ontologies for librarianship, management of historical
archives and archeological research.
* Metadata and ontologies for the design of innovative products and
processes.
* Metadata and ontologies for health, biological and clinical information
management.
* Metadata and ontologies in finance, tourism and public administrations.
* Metadata and ontologies in industry.
* Metadata and ontologies in education.
* Metadata and ontologies in agriculture, food and environment.

IV. Technological Issues 
* Technologies for Metadata and ontology storage.
* Technologies for Metadata and ontology integration.
* Technologies for Metadata extraction and navigation, querying and editing
of ontologies.
* Technologies for Learning Objects management. 

Interested authors can submit either full papers (12 pages) or short papers
(6 pages) about complete or ongoing researches respectively. Papers should
be original and not previously submitted to other Conference or Journals. 
The main Conference will be preceded by a Workshop Day, which aims at
presenting new frontiers and ongoing researches in the Metadata, Ontology
and Semantic Research fields.  

Proceedings will be published by Springer in the CCIS book series
(http://www.springer.com/series/7899). In addition, best papers will be
selected for publishing revised versions at several International Journals
covering the diversity of topics.

Important Dates:

2010, July 1st : paper submission
2010, July 15th: acceptance/rejection notification
2010, July 31st: camera-ready papers due
2010, October 20th-22nd: MTSR'10 in Alcala de Henares

Authors of accepted papers will be asked to register to the Conference and
present their work in the form of either oral presentation or poster
presentation.

For any information, you can send an email to the organizing committee at
the following address: mtsr10 at easychair.org. 

Looking forward to see you in Alcala, a UNESCO's World Heritage Site
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcal%C3%A1_de_Henares)!

Miguel-Angel Sicilia (University of Alcala)
Fabio Sartori (University of Milan-Bicocca)
Nikos Manouselis (Greek Research & Technology Network)