======================================================================================<br> CALL FOR PAPERS<br><br>2nd International Workshop on ONTOLOGIES and CONCEPTUAL MODELING<br> (Onto.Com 2013)<br>
<br> Together with the <br>25th International Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering (CAISE 2013) <br> organized by <br>the SIG on Ontologies and Conceptual Modeling of the <br>International Association for Ontologies and Applications (IAOA)<br>
<br><a href="http://www.inf.ufes.br/~gguizzardi/ontocom2013/">http://www.inf.ufes.br/~gguizzardi/ontocom2013/</a><br>=======================================================================================<br><br>PURPOSE AND SCOPE<br>
<br>There has been a growing interest in the role played by formal ontology, <br>as well as areas such as philosophical logics, cognitive sciences and linguistics, <br>in the development of theoretical foundations for conceptual modeling. <br>
In particular, a number of ontological theories such as BWW, DOLCE, GFO and UFO <br>have been successfully applied to the evaluation of conceptual modeling languages and frameworks <br>(e.g., UML, ORM, ER, REA, TROPOS, ARIS, BPMN, RM-ODP, Archimate and OWL), <br>
and to the development of engineering tools (e.g., methodological guidelines, <br>modeling profiles, design patterns) that contribute to the theory and practice of this discipline.<br><br>Additionally, there has been an increasing interest in the use of empirical studies <br>
to assess the impact of the application of these theoretical foundations to the design <br>of conceptual modeling grammars and tools. The objective of this workshop <br>is to collect innovative and high-quality research contributions regarding <br>
the role played by the aforementioned disciplines to the foundations of conceptual modeling.<br><br>With this workshop we would like to create a true forum for discussion and, <br>in that spirit, we would like to solicit papers that address specific questions of relevance <br>
to body of knowledge of the emerging discipline of Ontology-Driven Conceptual Modeling.<br><br>This bi-annual workshop had its sucessful first edition organized during the <br>30th International Conference on Conceptual Modeling (ER 2011) and is an official<br>
event of the SIG on Ontologies and Conceptual Modeling of the <br>International Association for Ontologies and Applications (IAOA).<br> <br>WE PARTICULARLY WELCOME PAPERS THAT RAISE CHALLENGING QUESTIONS, INNOVATIVE IDEAS AND “OUT-OF-THE-BOX” THINKING<br>
AND WHICH, AS A CONSEQUENCE, CAN HELP TO PROMOTE INTERESTING DISCUSSIONS AT THE WORKSHOP. <br> <br>Examples for topics that can be of interest address questions such as:<br> <br><br> What is the relation between Ontology as an Artifact, Ontology as a Philosophical Discipline, Conceptual Modeling and Metamodeling?<br>
What is the relation between Ontology Levels of Instantiation and Metamodeling Levels of Instantiation?<br> What is the relation between Ontological Semantics, Formal Semantics, Abstract and Concrete Syntax for Visual Conceptual Modeling Languages?<br>
What kind of Logical, Ontological and Epistemological Foundations are needed for Conceptual Modeling?<br> How can fundamental theoretical research on Ontological Foundations for Conceptual Modeling and Empirical Research fit together?<br>
How can Formal Ontological Theories be used for the Analysis and Design of Conceptual Modeling languages (including Enterprise Modeling and Domain-Specific Modeling languages)?<br> How researchers and practitioners in other domains not related to computer science and information systems (such as the Bioinformatics) are using Ontologies?<br>
Is there a common notion of "Ontology" shared in all these domains, or are we including different notions under the same term (Ontology)<br><br>Workshop Chairs:<br><br> Giancarlo Guizzardi, Federal University of Espirito Santo, Brazil<br>
Oscar Pastor, Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain<br> Yair Wand, University of British Columbia, Canada<br><br>Deadlines:<br><br> Abstract submission: Feb 15, 2013<br> Paper submission: Feb 22, 2013<br>
Notification: Mar 22, 2013<br> Camera-ready paper submission: April, 3 2013<br> Workshop: June 17th or 18th, 2013 (to be defined)<br><br>SUBMITTING A PAPER: Papers should be submitted via the following link <a href="https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ontocom2013">https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ontocom2013</a><br>
<br>Program Committee (tentative):<br><br> Alex Borgida, Rutgers University, USA<br> Andreas Opdahl, University of Bergen, Norway<br> Andrew Burton-Jones (University of Queensland, Australia)<br> Brian Henderson-Sellers, University Technology Sydney, Australia<br>
Carson Woo, University of British Columbia, Canada<br> Chris Partridge, BORO Solutions, UK<br> Claudio Masolo, Laboratory for Applied Ontology (ISTC-CNR), Italy<br> Cory Casanave, Model Driven Solutions, USA<br>
Dragan Gaševic, Athabasca University, Canada<br> Frederick Gailly, Ghent University, Belgium<br> Friederich Steimann, Hagen University, Germany<br> Geert Poels, Ghent University, Belgium<br> Gerd Wagner, Brandenburg University of Technology, Germany<br>
Heinrich Herre, University of Leipzig, Germany<br> Jeffrey Parsons, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada<br> John Mylopoulos, University of Trento, Italy<br> João Paulo Andrade Almeida, Federal University of Espírito Santo, Brazil<br>
Leo Obrst, MITRE Corporation, USA<br> Michael Rosemann, University of Queensland, Australia<br> Nicola Guarino, Laboratory for Applied Ontology (ISTC-CNR), Italy<br> Paul Johannesson, Stockholm University, Sweden<br>
Peter Rittgen, University College Boras, Sweden<br> Pnina Soffer, University of Haifa, Israel<br> Richard Dapoigny, University of Savoie, France<br> Roel Wieringa, University of Twente, The Netherlands<br> Ron Weber, Monash University, Australia<br>
Sergio de Cesare, Brunel University, UK<br> Simon Milton, University of Melbourne, Australia<br> Terry Halpin, LogicBlox, Australia<br> Uwe Assman. Technical University Dresden, Germany<br> Veda Storey, Georgia State University, USA<br>
Vijay Khatri, Indiana University, USA<br> Vinay Chaudri, SRI International, USA]<br><br>Submission and types of papers<br><br><br>Workshop proceedings will be published by Springer-Verlag in the LNBIP (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing) series. <br>
Authors must submit manuscripts using the Springer-Verlag LNBIP style. See <a href="http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html">http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html</a> for style files and details.<br><br>We welcome technical research papers as well as speculative/visionary papers addressing the topics of the workshop.<br>
<br>Submissions should be in LNBIP and pdf format. The maximum length is 10 pages. Accepted papers will be published in the LNBIP workshop proceedings. <br>After the discussions at the workshop, we are planning to organize a special issue at a high-quality journal on the field with invited extended versions of the papers.<br>
<br>SUBMITTING A PAPER: Papers should be submitted via the following link <a href="https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ontocom2013">https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ontocom2013</a><br><br>Contact<br><br>
For all inquiries regarding this workshop one can contact Giancarlo Guizzardi (<a href="http://gguizzardi-at-inf.ufes.br">gguizzardi-at-inf.ufes.br</a>).<br>