[Asis-l] Special Issue on Linked Spatiotemporal Data and Geo-Ontologies

[Jodi Schneider]

Of possible interest...

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> Subject:      Special Issue on Linked Spatiotemporal Data and Geo-Ontologies
> Date:         Sun, 17 Apr 2011 14:52:24 +0100
> From:         Krzysztof Janowicz <jano at psu.edu>
> To:   <jano at psu.edu>
> References:   <201102160731.p1G7VUTQ026720 at smtp.upv.es>
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>
> Call for Papers
> Semantic Web Journal
> Special Issue on Linked Spatiotemporal Data and Geo-Ontologies
> http://www.semantic-web-journal.net/blog/special-issue-linked-spatiotemporal-data-and-geo-ontologies
>
> Scope
> Whilst the Web has changed with the advent of the Social Web from mostly
> authoritative towards increasing amounts of user generated content, it
> is essentially still about linked documents. These documents provide
> structure and context for the described data and easy their
> interpretation. In contrast, the upcoming Data Web is about linking
> data, not documents. Such data sets are not bound to a specific document
> but can be easily combined and used outside of the original context.
> With a growth rate of millions of new facts encoded as RDF-triples per
> month, the Linked Data cloud allows users to answer complex queries
> spanning multiple sources. Due to the uncoupling of data from its
> original creation context, semantic interoperability, identity
> resolution, and ontologies are central methodologies to ensure
> consistency and meaningful results. Space and time are fundamental
> ordering relations to structure such data and provide an implicit
> context for their interpretation. Prominent geo-related Linked Data hubs
> include Geonames.org as well as the Linked Geo Data project which
> provides a RDF serialization of Open Street Map. Furthermore, myriad
> other Linked Data sources contain location-based references. This
> special issue is an open-call follow up to the Linked Spatiotemporal
> Data 2010 workshop held in conjunction with the 6th International
> Conference on Geographic Information Science GIScience 2010. The issue
> aims at defining the data, knowledge representations, reasoning
> methodologies, and additional tools needed to link locations seamlessly
> into the Web of Linked Data. Subsequently, with the advent of Linked
> Locations in Linked Data, the gap between the Semantic Web and the Geo
> Web will begin to narrow.
>
> List of Relevant Topics
> Topics of interest include (but are not limited to):
>
> # Application of Linked Spatiotemporal Data
>
>     * Linked Data and the Sensor Web Enablement
>     * Linked Data and mobile applications
>     * Linked Data gazetteers and points of interest
>     * Linked Data in the domain of cultural heritage research
>
> # Retrieving and Browsing of Linked Spatiotemporal Data
>
>     * Mining Linked Spatiotemporal Data from existing sources
>     * Spatiotemporal indexing of Linked Data
>     * Harvesting Linked Data from heterogeneous sources
>     * Spatial extensions to query languages such as SPARQL (e.g.,
>       GeoSPARQL)
>     * Visualizing and browsing through the Linked Spatiotemporal Data cloud
>
> # Integration and Interoperation of Linked Spatiotemporal Data
>
>     * Ontologies and vocabularies to support interoperability
>     * Identity assumptions and resolution for data fusion and
>       integration
>     * The role of space and time to structure Linked Data
>     * Versioning of spatio-temporal data
>     * Semantic annotation and microformats
>     * Adding contextual information to Linked Data
>
> # Linked Data and Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI)
>
>     * Spatiotemporal Aspects of Data Quality, Trust, and Provenance in
> Linked Data
>     * Tag and Vocabulary recommendations for annotating VGI
>     * Maintenance of links
>
> Submissions
> The special issue on Linked Spatiotemporal Data and Geo-Ontologies calls
> for original high-quality research on any of the above mentioned topics.
> Extended versions of manuscripts published in conferences and workshops
> are welcome as long as the previous publications are clearly
> acknowledged and the new submission introduces substantial revisions and
> updates. Authors are requested to follow the author guidelines, submit
> online via mstracker, and include the name of the call within the
> submission letter. While there is no official page limit, we request
> manuscripts between 14-22 pages in length. All manuscripts will be
> reviewed based on the SWJ open and transparent review policy and will be
> made available during online the review process.
>
> Important Dates
> Manuscript submission due: 6. May 2011
> Acceptance notification: 15. June 2011
> Camera-ready copies: 30. June 2011
> Issue publication: Fall 2011
>
> Editors
> * Krzysztof Janowicz, The Pennsylvania State University, USA
> * Todd Pehle, Orbis Technologies, USA
> * Glen Hart, Ordnance Survey, UK
> * Patrick Maué, University of Muenster, Germany
>
> Guest Editorial Board
> (to be updated)
> * Benjamin Adams, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
> * Ola Ahlqvist, The Ohio State University, USA
> * Sören Auer, University of Leipzig, Germany
> * Luis M. Vilches Blázquez, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain
> * Boyan Brodaric, Geological Survey of Canada, Canada
> * Raúl García Castro, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain
> * Fred Fonseca, The Pennsylvania State University, USA
> * Willem Robert van Hage, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, NL
> * Prateek Jain, Wright State University, USA
> * Carsten Keßler, University of Muenster, Germany
> * Jens Lehmann, University of Leipzig, Germany
> * Joshua Lieberman, Traverse Technologies, USA
> * Holger Neuhaus, CSIRO ICT Centre, Australia
> * Matthew Perry, Oracle, USA
> * Sven Schade, Joint Research Centre, Ispra, Italy
> * Simon Scheider, University of Muenster, Germany
> * Rainer Simon, AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, Austria
> * Dalia Varanka, U.S. Geological Survey, USA
> * Nancy Wiegand,University of Wisconsin - Madison, USA
> * ...
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> Krzysztof Janowicz
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> GeoVISTA Center, Department of Geography, 302 Walker Building
> Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA
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> Email: jano at psu.edu
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