[AISWorld] Reminder: Special Issue On: Semantic Web Technologies for Government

[Chris Reddick]

Special Issue On: Semantic Web Technologies for Government
Proposal Submission Due Date
April 10, 2013

Full Paper Submission Due Date
October 15, 2013

Guest Editor
Branco Ponomariov

Introduction

The Semantic Web (SW) broadly denotes a suite of Internet technologies (e.g., machine-interpretable data descriptions, resource description languages, software agents) that transform the Worldwide Web from a collection of disparate documents heavily dependent on human interpretation and assembly into a network of linked data, the use of which can be greatly facilitated by technologies capable of directly assessing and “interpreting” the meaning of different data components. As a result, knowledge discovery, sharing, and synthesis to inform policy or management action can be greatly improved to positively affect multiple government stakeholders. The SW has the potential to dramatically enhance data-driven policy and management decision making, government service delivery, and transparency and accountability. The resulting applications are typically more systematic and comprehensive than past attempts using scorecards and dashboards based on relatively few, and localized, data sources, as well as may reduce dependence on fragmented and often scarce expert knowledge of relevant contexts. Multiple rudimentary applications of SW already exist in both government and the private sector.


Objective

Considering the nascent nature of implementation of SW technologies in government, the special issue aims to publish works representing the state of the art in theory-driven empirical research advancing the systematic understanding of the organizational, management, and policy implications and consequences of SW technologies in various government-related applications.


Recommended Topics
The special issue invites a broad range of contributions pertaining to the role and implications of Semantic Web technologies as they apply to areas such as:

  *   Beyond linked data: intelligent agents design and uses
  *   Civic participation, data transparency, citizen relationships
  *   Data driven problem formulation and policy design
  *   Development and implementation of SW services and systems
  *   Government information systems
  *   Government service delivery consolidation and optimization
  *   Intra- and inter-agency information exchanges and decision making
  *   Ontologies (development, implementation, consolidation, exchanges, uses in G2G collaboration, application business models, relationship standards)
  *   Open government and linked data applications: mash-ups, data accessibility, and citizen engagement
  *   Resource description/metadata design, provenance/credibility, maintenance
  *   Tools for problem definition and policy design


Submission Procedure
Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit proposals for papers for this special theme issue Semantic Web Technologies for Government on or before April 10, 2013. All submissions must be original and may not be under review by another publication. The paper proposals should be no longer than 3-4 pages, and outline a proposal for a paper relevant to the topics of the special issue. After an initial review of proposals, authors will be invited to submit full papers. The deadline for the full papers is October 15, 2013. Authors invited to submit full papers also agree to review two full paper submissions, in a double blind peer review process. INTERESTED AUTHORS SHOULD CONSULT THE JOURNAL’S GUIDELINES FOR MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSIONS at http://www.igi-global.com/Files/AuthorEditor/guidelinessubmission.pdf. All papers will be reviewed on a double-blind, peer review basis. Papers must follow APA style for reference citations.

All submissions and inquiries should be directed to the attention of:
Branco Ponomariov Guest Editor International Journal of Public Administration in the Digital Age (IJPADA) E-mail: branco.ponomariov at utsa.edu<mailto:branco.ponomariov at utsa.edu>
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