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MTSR 2012: Metadata and Semantics Research Conference

November 28-30, 2012
University of Cádiz, Spain - Edificio Constitución 1812
mtsr2012.uca.es

Following the success of the first five editions (MTSR'05, MTSR'07, MTSR'09, MTSR'10 and MTSR'11), the sixth International Conference on Metadata and Semantics Research (MTSR'12) 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.

Scope and topics

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

Paper submission

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

Proceedings will be published by Springer in the CCIS book series. In addition, best papers will be selected for publishing revised versions at several International Journals covering the diversity of topics. Submitted papers have to follow the LNCS proceedings formatting style and guidelines.

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.

Looking forward to see you in Cadiz, the oldest continuously-inhabited city in the Southwestern Europe.

Important Dates

• 2012, April 15th: Title and abstract (500 words) submission - not mandatory
• 2012, July 20th July 30th (extended): Paper submission
• 2012, Sept 1st Sept 5th (extended): Acceptance/rejection notification
• 2012, Sept 15st: Camera-ready papers due
• 2012, Nov 28-30th: Conference at University of Cadiz

Program Chairs

• Juan Manuel Dodero, University of Cádiz, Spain
• Pythagoras P. Karampiperis, NCSR Demokritos, Greece

Organization Chairs

• Manuel Palomo Duarte, University of Cádiz, Spain
• Iván Ruiz Rube, University of Cádiz, Spain
• Giannis Stoitsis, Agro-Know Tecnologies, Greece

Steering Committee

• Miguel-Ángel Sicilia, University of Alcalá, Spain
• Nikos Manouselis, Agro-Know Technologies, Greece
• Fabio Sartori, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Italy

Local Organization Committee:

• Antonio Balderas Alberico, University of Cádiz, Spain
• Daniel Crespo Bernal, University of Cádiz, Spain
• Nuria Hurtado Rodríguez, University of Cádiz, Spain
• Manuel Palomo Duarte, University of Cádiz, Spain
• Iván Ruiz Rube, University of Cádiz, Spain
• José Tomás Tocino García, University of Cádiz, Spain.

Program Committee members

• Nikos Palavitsinis, Greek Research & Technoogy Network, Greece
• Rajendra Akerkar, Western Norway Research Institute (NORWAY)
• Arif Altun, Hacettepe University (TURKEY)
• Luis Anido Rifón (SPAIN)
• Ioannis N. Athanasiadis, Democritus University of Thrace (GREECE)
• Tomaž Bartol, University of Ljubljana (SLOVENIA)
• Gerhard Budin, University of Vienna (AUSTRIA)
• Caterina Caracciolo, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (ITALY)
• Artem Chebotko, University of Texas - Pan American (USA)
• Rafael Corchuelo, University of Seville (SPAIN)
• Constantina Costopoulou, Agricultural University of Athens (GREECE)
• Sally Jo Cunningham, Waikato University (NEW ZEALAND)
• Erdogan Dogdu, TOBB Teknoloji ve Ekonomi University (TURKEY)
• Emmanouel Garoufallou, Dept. of Library Science and Information Systems, TEI of Thessaloniki (GREECE)
• Nikos Houssos, National Documentation Centre (GREECE)
• Carlos A. Iglesias, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid (SPAIN)
• Pankaj Jaiswal, Oregon State University (USA)
• Dimitris Kanellopoulos, University of Patras (GREECE)
• Christian Kop, University of Klangenfurt (AUSTRIA)
• José Emilio Labra Gayo, University of Oviedo (SPAIN)
• Manuel Lama Penín, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (SPAIN)
• Nikos Manouselis, Agro-Know Technologies (GREECE)
• William Moen, University of North Texas (USA)
• Xavier Ochoa, Centro de Tecnologías de Información Guayaquil (ECUADOR)
• Matteo Palmonari, University of Milano-Bicocca (ITALY)
• Laura Papaleo, University of Genova (ITALY)
• Ricardo Colomo-Palacios, Universidad Carlos III, (SPAIN)
• Marios Poulos, Ionian University (GREECE)
• T. V. Prabhakar, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (INDIA)
• Salvador Sanchez, University of Alcalá (SPAIN)
• Pınar Senkul, METU (TURKEY)
• Cleo Sgouropoulou, Technological Educational Institute of Athens (GREECE)
• Shigeo Sugimoto, University of Tsukuba (JAPAN)
• Emma Tonkin, University of Bath (UNITED KINGDOM)
• Murat Osman Ünalır, Ege University (TURKEY)
• Telmo Zarraonandia, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (SPAIN)

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