MTSR 2018 (International Conference on Metadata and Semantics Research) is an academic conference held in Limassol, Cyprus on 2018-10-23. The paper submission deadline is 2018-07-01 (extended). Acceptance notifications are sent on 2018-07-27.
Motivation
MTSR is an annual international inter-disciplinary conference, which brings together academics, researchers and practitioners in the specialized fields of metadata, ontologies and semantics research. The conference provides an opportunity for participants to share knowledge and novel approaches in the implementation of semantic technologies across diverse types of information environments and applications. These include Open Access Repositories and Digital Libraries, Cultural Informatics, Digital Humanities, E-learning applications, Search Engine Optimization and Information Retrieval, Research Information Systems and Infrastructures, e-Science and e-Social Science applications, Agriculture, Food and Environment, Bio-Health & Medical Information Systems.
Topics
Contributions are welcome on Metadata in general, Ontologies, Semantic Web, Linked Data, Automatic Metadata Generation, Open-Access Repositories, Digital Libraries, Knowledge Management, Software Engineering, Cultural Informatics, Digital Humanities, E-learning applications, Information Retrieval, e-Science and e-Social Science applications, Agriculture, Food and Environment, Bio-Health and Medical Information Systems, including but not limited to:
I. Foundations
Typology of metadata and metadata implementations
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 archaeological 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, Metadata and ontology integration, Metadata extraction and navigation, querying and editing of ontologies
Learning Objects management
Search engines, Localization & Visualization
Mobile challenges
Automatic Metadata Generation
V. Digital Libraries, Information Retrieval, Big, Linked, Social & Open Data
Ontologies and SKOS
Linked Data and its applications
Information visualization
Metadata quality
Digital curation
Impact and evaluation of digital libraries
Use and re-use of digital data
Data mining
Open and Social Data
Social Networking & Collaboration platforms
Multilingual IR
User behavior and modeling
Big Data semantics, search and mining
Big Data best practices
Reasoning on Big Data
VI. Tutorials, Workshops, Demos and Panels
You can bring in your ideas for tutorials, workshops, demos and panels. If you are interested in a particular topic, please let us know by sending an email to mtsr.conference@gmail.com. Submit your proposal to EasyChair https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=mtsr2018
Special Tracks
The conference welcomes the organization of special tracks focusing on particular domains or topics. Proposals for special tracks are welcome. Papers submitted to tracks undergo the same review procedures and are published in the same proceedings as those accepted for the main track. Tracks currently being organized:
Agriculture, Food & Environment
Cultural Collections & Applications
Digital Libraries, Information Retrieval, Big, Linked, Social & Open Data
European and National Projects
Open Repositories, Research Information Systems and Data Infrastructures
Digital Humanities and Digital Curation
Knowledge IT Artifacts (KITA) in professional communities and aggregations
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