[Siguse-l] MTSR'07 metadata and semantics preliminary CFP

[Katy Newton Lawley]

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Preliminary CFP

International Conference on Metadata and Semantics Research (MTSR07)
http://www.mtsr.ionio.gr/
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The 2nd International Conference on Metadata and Semantics Research will 
be held at the Ionian Academy of Corfu (Ionian University) from October 
the 11th to October the 12th 2007. The conference targets researchers and 
practitioners from the fields of metadata and semantics research as well 
as applications of the semantic web and related technologies (Social Web, 
Infometrics, Information Retrieval). The conference location is the Ionian
Academy the building of the First Greek University established by Frederik 
North , Earl of Gilford in 1824. The university was reestablished in 1984. 
Corfu is one of the most famous islands in Greece and the Capital of 
Heptanese (the 7 islands block in the Ionian Sea.

The conference will feature important keynotes from well known researchers 
and practitioners.

Important Dates:
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* March 2007 : Submission of Paper Title and Extended Abstract
* April 2007 : Acceptance Notification
* August 2007: Submission of Final Paper

The conference will publish ISBN based CD-ROM proceedings as well as
post proceedings published by an international publisher.

Proposed Topics:
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* Metadata design and semantics
* Application and Evaluation of metadata standards. Quality of metadata
* Metadata usage on digital libraries, museums and archives.
* Ontologies, vocabularies and thesauri
* Ontological and knowledge-based approaches to metadata
* Ontologies and vocabularies specific to scientific and/or technological 
domains
* Semantic Web and ontologies in information science and digital libraries
* Metadata-based information retrieval and browsing. Use of metadata for 
describing and retrieval digital objects: from articles and learning 
objects to journals and e-learning applications.
* Multilingual metadata vocabularies
* Federated metadata systems
* Metadata registry
* Metadata for heterogeneous sources in distributed environments
* Organizational and social aspects of Semantic Web and related technologies
* Integration and Interoperability
* Standards
* Operational environments
* Distributed and heterogeneous systems
* Distributed digital collections (building, storage, maintenance and
development)
* Information Organization, Search and Usage
* Electronic resource management tools
* Resource Discovery
* Models and standards for information representation
* User Studies and System Evaluation
* Collaborative environments
* Graphical user interfaces
* Information visualization interfaces, tools, techniques
* Usability
* Information Seeking and Behavior
* Empirical user studies
* User communities
* Cognitive approaches and methodologies
* Metrics, testbeds, results for Information Analysis.
* Digital Archiving and Preservation
* Digital imagery for historical and cultural materials.
* Digital Museums
* Virtual exhibitions. Virtual environments. 3D digital museums
artefacts. Digitized spaces
* Mobile computing guide
* Digital Library Applications
* Media digital libraries, video digital libraries
* Accessible digital libraries
* Multilingual information access
* Social, organizational and economic issues
* Intellectual Property Issues
* National digital libraries, specialized digital libraries
* Digital libraries in organizational environments
* Data libraries In Education, e-learning
* Business and publishing models and tools for digital libraries and
repositories