[iaoa-general] *Extended deadline for SWODCH'21: June 15, 2021*

roberta roberta at loa.istc.cnr.it
Fri May 14 20:24:05 CEST 2021


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*Extended deadline for SWODCH'21: June 15, 2021*
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- Review notification: July 19, 2021
- Camera-ready: August 27, 2021
- Workshop: September 20-21 (two days)

*International Workshop on Semantic Web and Ontology Design for Cultural 
Heritage (SWODCH 2021)*
@ Bolzano Summer of Knowledge 2021 (BOSK II), September 20-21, Bolzano, 
Italy
https://swodch2021.inf.unibz.it/

*WORKSHOP SCOPE AND AIM*
SWODCH 2021 is the association of the 2nd edition of WODHSA 
(http://www.loa.istc.cnr.it/WODHSA/index.php/cfp/) and the 4th edition 
of SW4CH (https://sw4ch2018.ensma.fr/). It is also in continuation of 
the 1st edition of ODOCH (http://odoch19.uniroma1.it/odoch19/odoch19) 
and the special issue of the Semantic Web journal on Semantic Web for 
Cultural Heritage 
(https://content.iospress.com/journals/semantic-web/12/2).
By merging these events, the overall goal of SWODCH 2021 is to provide a 
scientific forum for the collaborative design of conceptual models and 
ontologies for digital humanities and Semantic Web solutions for 
linking, visualizing and analyzing cultural heritage data. Scholars and 
stakeholders will have the opportunity to share their ideas, 
experiences, and analyses, present the outcomes of their research, and 
discuss the related challenges.

*LOCATION*
Due to the COVID-19 restrictions, the workshop will have a hybrid 
format, allowing both physical and virtual participation.

*LIST OF TOPICS*
We seek original and high-quality submissions related (but not limited) 
to one or more of the following topic areas:

Conceptual analysis and ontology design for the Digital Humanities
- Domain ontologies or conceptual models for history, history of arts, 
book studies, theatre, literature, editorial practices, archaeology, 
musicology, cultural and natural - heritage (including architectural 
heritage), among others.
- Methodological aspects of ontology development for the Digital 
Humanities, including the need for modelling the social (contextual) 
dimension of both data and ontologies
- Use of ontology design patterns
- Case studies based on and lessons learned from the use of CIDOC-CRM or 
FRBR
- Logical and ontological analysis of CIDOC-CRM or FRBR, e.g., with 
respect to foundational ontologies (DOLCE, UFO, BFO, etc.)
- Application of formal ontology theories for knowledge representation 
or data management in the Digital Humanities
- Philosophical and sociological analysis of both digital models and 
modelling practices in the Digital Humanities
- Social studies on the policies towards the standardization of 
ontologies in the Digital Humanities

Semantic Web publishing, architectures and SW-based interaction for 
Cultural Heritage
- Semantic Web content creation, annotation, and extraction
- Ontology mapping, merging, and alignment
- Virtual Cultural Heritage collections
- Peer-to-peer Cultural Heritage architectures
- E-infrastructures for Cultural Heritage
- Interoperability, virtually integrated Cultural Heritage collections
- Ontology-based data access or virtual knowledge graphs
- Reasoning strategies (e.g. context, temporal, spatial)
- Search, querying, and visualization of the Cultural Heritage on the 
Semantic Web
- Personalized access of Cultural Heritage collections
- Context-aware information presentation
- Navigation and browsing (facets)
- Social aspects in Cultural Heritage access and presentation
- Trust and provenance issues in mixed collection and mixed vocabulary 
applications

Semantic Web-based applications for Cultural Heritage with clear lessons 
learned:
- Digital Libraries
- Museums (virtual collections, mobile/ web-based museum guides)
- Tourist services
- Ambient Cultural Heritage
- Creative industries

*WORKSHOP CO-CHAIRS*
- Antonis Bikakis, University College London, U.K.
- Roberta Ferrario, ISTC-CNR, Italy
- Stephane Jean, University of Poitiers - ENSMA, France
- Beatrice Markhoff, University de Tours, France
- Alessandro Mosca, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy
- Marianna Nicolosi Asmundo, University of Catania, Italy

*SUBMISSION INFORMATION*
We will accept two different types of contributions:
- Research articles for presenting original unpublished work, neither 
submitted to, nor accepted for, any other venue.
- Extended abstracts for presenting work in progress, brief descriptions 
of doctoral theses, or general overviews of research projects.

All the contributions to the workshop must be submitted according to the 
LNCS format and must comply with the LNCS formatting guidelines 
available at 
https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines. 
Submitted *research articles* must not be shorter than 10 pages and must 
not exceed 12 pages, including bibliography, while the submitted 
*extended abstracts* must not be shorter than 5 pages and not exceed 6 
pages, including bibliography.

Papers will be refereed and accepted on the basis of their scientific 
merit, originality and relevance to the workshop. Each paper will be 
reviewed by three Program Committee members.

Papers must be submitted electronically in PDF, using this link: 
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=swodch2021.

*PUBLICATION*
Accepted papers will be published in a CEUR-WS volume.
The authors of the best workshop papers will be invited to prepare 
extended versions of their papers after the workshop to be published in 
a journal special issue.


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