[Asis-l] Workshop: Rich Semantics and Direct Representation for Digital Collections

[Robert B Allen]

Rich Semantics and Direct Representation for Digital Collections
Workshop at the 2016 Asian Digital Library Conference, Tsukuba Japan,
December 9, 2016
richsemantics.org
 


Papers and abstracts due Oct 1, 2016
 


Rich semantics supports detailed information organization for the
contents of documents, across documents, and even across resources in
different modalities. In its strongest form, rich semantics provides highly-
structured direct representations. This workshop welcomes papers on new
directions for frameworks using such rich information organization. Rich
semantics goes beyond simple models for linked data such as those using
RDF-based triples and beyond ad hoc ontologies.  Rather, rich semantic
frameworks may include complex entities, dynamic models, schemas,
systems, and descriptive programs. Interdisciplinary work which combines
approaches from areas such as LIS, linguistics, programming languages,
philosophy, jurisprudence, sociology, discourse, and system analysis,
and intelligent agents is particularly welcome. Examples of services
based on these high-level structures are also welcome. In addition, the
workshop will consider descriptions of rich semantic information
organization in specific areas including biology, law, medicine,
history, and biography. Work on upper ontologies should go beyond
existing frameworks or show how they can be applied to especially
complex scenarios. Work on text mining should emphasize significant,
novel, and general semantic structures.