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3rd CALL FOR PAPERS - EXTENDED Deadline
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"Special Track on Ontology Lifecycle Methods -
Algorithms for Ontology Learning, Evolution and Mining"

This one-day special track takes place on the 3rd September during
TRIPLE-I '08 in Graz, Austria  (3 - 5 September 2008) as part of
I-SEMANTICS '08. The Special Track provides an interdisciplinary forum
for
international scientists and practitioners to discuss various aspects
of
Ontology Lifecycle Methods (OLM).
http://www.triple-i.tugraz.at/i_semantics/special_tracks/olm

Encoding human knowledge is one of the crucial tasks to be mastered
towards
the realization of the Semantic Web. Knowledge is never static in a
changing
world therefore a representation must evolve over time. The Ontology
Lifecycle involves all steps necessary for ontology creation,
validation,
evolution and application in a dynamic environment.
The special track will focus on automatic and semi-automatic
algorithms and
methods as well as their evaluation in the fields of Ontology
Learning,
Population, Evaluation, Matching and Alignment.
Submissions about data source/corpus analysis and application of web
data
sources for ontology learning, population and evolution are also very
welcome. Quantitative ontology analysis, graph property extraction and
graph
mining methods as well as trend identification in evolving ontologies
are
aims of high interest within the ontology lifecycle and therefore part
of
this special track.

We invite contributions to enhance state-of-the-art methods and
algorithms for
the ontology lifecycle. Topics include but are not limited to:

* Ontology Lifecycle Algorithm and Methods
* Ontology Learning
* Ontology Population
* Ontology Versioning and Evolution
* Semantic Interoperability
* Ontology Matching and Alignment
* Change propagation within the Ontology Evolution Process
* Formal Aspects and Languages
* Applications and Tools
* Tools for the Ontology Lifecycle
* Visualisations of the Ontology Lifecycle
* Knowledge Relationship Discovery
* Information Retrieval for Ontology Learning and Evolution
* Machine Learning Techniques
* Graph Mining Algorithms and Methods
* Graph Matching and Indexing

The special track is open to all members of the Semantic Web,
Ontology
Learning, Machine Learning, Graph Analysis and Information Retrieval
community.
http://www.triple-i.tugraz.at/i_semantics/special_tracks/olm

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IMPORTANT DATES
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28 April 2008: Submission of the full papers (8 pages) EXTENDED
Deadline
31 May 2008: Notification of acceptance
09 June 2008: Camera ready version (8 pages)
3-5 Sept. 2008: TRIPLE-I Conference

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SUBMISSION PROCEDURE
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File Types: PDF, Word for Windows
Style Guides: http://www.triple-i.tugraz.at/about/style_guide
Paper Submission System:
http://i-know.know-center.tugraz.at/chairhelper/isemantics08_olm/subm...

In case of problems or questions concerning the submission of papers,
please
contact the track chairs at o...@know-center.at.

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Notification of Acceptance and Publishing
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Accepted papers will be published within the I-SEMANTICS '08
conference
proceedings. At least one author of an accepted paper must register
for
I-SEMANTICS '08 before the deadline for Camera ready versions (30 June
2008).