Call for Papers: Linked Data in Linguistics 2026

[Katerina Gkirtzou]

Dear all,

With apologies for cross posting, please find below the CFP for the Linked Data in Linguistics Workshop taking place at this year’s LREC Conference. This year’s workshop is especially interested in cultural heritage linked data and use cases including linking collections, the language of cataloguing, and multilingualism in collections information, so I hope it will be of interest to you! 

1st Call for Papers: Linked Data in Linguistics 2026

Paper Submission: 20 February 2026

Submissions can be made via: https://softconf.com/lrec2026/LinkedData/ 

Workshop: 12 May 2026

The Linked Data in Linguistics (LDL) workshop series has established itself as the premier venue for discussing the application of Semantic Web technologies to the fields of linguistics, digital lexicography, and digital humanities (DH).

While recent years have witnessed a steady growth in adoption of the technology in these areas, its uptake in other relevant domains, most notably in the case of natural language processing (NLP), continues to lag behind. This year the workshop (collocated with LREC 2026) in addition to embracing the full bandwidth of applications of Linguistic Linked Open Data (LLOD) technologies and the closely related area of knowledge graphs in linguistics, welcomes contributions addressing the application of LLOD technologies to NLP applications, as well as those dealing with emerging hot topics regarding future bridges between structured (linguistic) knowledge and fields such as neural methods and cultural heritage.

Motivation and Topics of Interest

We invite presentations of algorithms, methodologies, experiments, tools, use cases, descriptions of ongoing or planned research projects as well as position papers that describe the creation, publication or application of linked linguistic data collections and their linking with other resources. Descriptions of such data, and in particular, its uses in research (linguistics, lexicology, digital humanities) and technology (NLP, e-lexicography, localization) are also welcome. This year, we are particularly interested in submissions related to the use of linguistic linked data for cultural heritage applications. The following is a non-exhaustive list of relevant topics:

• Building, managing and linking language resources:

• Lexicons and Lexical Data, including Dictionaries and Lexicographic Resources

• Annotations and Annotated Corpora

• Entity Linking

• Technologies, challenges and best practices for language technology and language resources on the web:

• Interoperability

• Sustainability

• Infrastructure

• FAIRness

• Structured data in language technology:

• Knowledge Graphs

• Machine Learning

• Multilingual Technologies

• Language Knowledge Injection in LLMs

• Show cases, case studies and applications by different communities of practice:

• Multimodality

• Corpus Linguistics

• Lexicography

• Digital Humanities

• Cultural Heritage Applications of Linguistic Linked Data

• Linking collections

• Language of cataloguing

• Multilingualism in collections information

• Current directions and critical reflection. Position papers on:

• Ethical, legal, technological aspects of structured data in the age of LLMs

• The role of LLOD in promoting low-resource languages

• Extensions of RDF and graph formalisms

We invite both long (8 pages and 2 pages of references) and short papers (4 pages and 2 pages of references) representing original research, innovative approaches and resource descriptions. Short papers may also represent project descriptions. These do not have to be implemented but discuss to what extent and for which purposes Linguistic Linked Open Data is reused or created. Projects that are still in their early stages and seek advice from the broader Linguistic Linked Data community are welcome, especially if they include underrepresented fields of study. We particularly welcome work on under-resourced and endangered languages, as well as contributions from communities and regions that are underrepresented in computational linguistics. For more information see https://ldl2026.linguistic-lod.org/. Submissions can be made via: https://softconf.com/lrec2026/LinkedData/ 

Papers should be formatted according to the LREC guidelines, please see https://lrec2026.info/authors-kit/. Please note that the review process will be single-blind.

Important Dates

Paper Submission: 20 February 2026

Notification: 16 March 2026

Camera-ready Copy: 30 March 2026

Workshop: 12 May 2026

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Katerina Gkirtzou, PhD (she/her)
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Institute for Language and Speech Processing (ILSP)
Athena Research Center 
Epidavrou 6 & Artemidos, Maroussi, Greece
mailto: katerina...@athenarc.gr