CFP: IJSWIS Special Issue on Ontology Matching

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           CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS
          International Journal on
     Semantic Web and Information Systems (IJSWIS)
            www.ijswis.org
      Special Issue on Ontology Matching

THEME DESCRIPTION
An ontology typically provides a vocabulary that describes=20
a domain of interest and a specification of the meaning of=20
terms used in the vocabulary. Depending on the precision=20
of this specification, the notion of ontology encompasses=20
several data/conceptual models, for example, classifications,=20
database schemas, or fully axiomatized theories. Ontologies=20
tend to be put everywhere. They are viewed as the silver bullet=20
for many applications, such as information integration,=20
electronic commerce, semantic web services, social networks,=20
and so on. They, indeed, are a practical means to conceptualize=20
what is expressed in a computer format. However, in open or=20
evolving systems, such as the semantic web, different parties=20
would, in general, adopt different ontologies. Thus, just using=20
ontologies, like just using XML, does not reduce heterogeneity:=20
it raises heterogeneity problems at a higher level.=20

Ontology matching is a plausible solution to the semantic=20
heterogeneity problem faced by information management systems.=20
Ontology matching finds correspondences between semantically=20
related entities of the input ontologies. These correspondences=20
can be used for various tasks, such as ontology merging, query=20
answering, data translation, etc. Thus, matching ontologies=20
enables the knowledge and data expressed in the matched=20
ontologies to interoperate.

The goal of this special issue is to present recent advances in=20
all the themes related to ontology matching. Topics of interest=20
include, but are not limited to:

THEORIES AND METHODS
  Formal foundations and frameworks;
  Background knowledge in ontology matching;
  Uncertainty in ontology matching;
  Performance of ontology matching techniques;
  Interactive ontology matching;
  Explanations and transparency of ontology matching;
  Social aspects of ontology matching;
  Multilingual ontology matching;
  Partial automated ontology matching;=A0
  Libraries of basic (elementary) automatic matchers;
  Automation of the combination of basic matchers;
  Self-configuration of matching solutions;
  Ontology matching evaluation methodology;
  Large evaluation dataset construction;
  Evaluation quality measures;
  Large-scale case studies.
APPLICATIONS
  Information integration;
  Query answering;
  Web query interfaces integration;
  Peer-to-peer systems;
  Multiagent systems;
  Web services integration.
TOOLS
  User interfaces;=A0
  Scalability of visualization techniques;
  Customizing technology;
  Systems and Infrastructures.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
Submissions to this special issue should follow the Style and=20
Author Guidelines for regular IJSWIS papers available at=20
http://www.idea-group.com/ijswis. Please submit manuscripts=20
through the online system at http://www.ijswis.org=A0with a copy to=20
Pavel Shvaiko at pavel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx We recommend that manuscripts=20
do not exceed 35 pages (including figures and references). Potential=20
authors are asked to notify the guest editors of their interest by email =

(pavel@xxxxxxxxxxxx) as soon as they are certain to provide a =
contribution.
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Submissions will be reviewed by the program committee=20
of the special issue. Accepted papers will have an opportunity=20
for further revision and an additional round of reviewers' feedback.

SHEDULE
Email Interest to Submit: as soon as the authors are certain to =
contribute.
30th June, 2006: submission deadline for manuscripts.
30th September 2006: completion of the 1st round of reviews.
30th November 2006: major/minor revisions due.
15th January 2007: completion of the 2nd round of reviews.
15th February 2007: editorial decisions sent.
Planned Publication: IJSWIS Volume 3, Issue 3 (2007).

SPECIAL ISSUE GUEST EDITORS
Pavel Shvaiko, University of Trento, e-mail: pavel@xxxxxxxxxxxx
J=E9r=F4me Euzenat, INRIA Rh=F4ne-Alpes, e-mail: =
Jerome.Euzenat@xxxxxxxxxxxx

PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Sonia Bergamaschi, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy
Diego Calvanese, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy
J=E9r=F4me Euzenat, INRIA Rh=F4ne-Alpes, France
Avigdor Gal, Technion, Israel
Fausto Giunchiglia, University of Trento, Italy
Bin He, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
Ryutaro Ichise, National Institute of Informatics, Japan
Yannis Kalfoglou, University of Southampton, UK=20
Vipul Kashyap, Clinical Informatics R&D, USA
Kristina Lerman, USC Information Sciences Institute, USA
Marina Mongiello, Politecnico di Bari, Italy=20
Natasha Noy, Stanford University, USA
Luigi Palopoli, University of Calabria, Italy
Arnon Rosenthal, MITRE, USA
Pavel Shvaiko, University of Trento, Italy
Steffen Staab, University of Koblenz, Germany
Heiner Stuckenschmidt, University of Mannheim, Germany
Petko Valtchev, University of Montreal, Canada
Mikalai Yatskevich, University of Trento, Italy

ABOUT THE JOURNAL=20
The International Journal on Semantic Web and Information Systems=20
is an open forum aiming to cultivate the Semantic Web vision within=20
the Information Systems research community. In the common practice=20
of anticipating Semantic Web as a technology driven phenomenon,=20
a scientific insight is provided, which reveals the practical =
implications=20
and the research challenges of Semantic Web in the context of=20
Information Systems. It goes beyond the traditional research agenda=20
of Information Systems and critical themes are analyzed through a=20
Semantic Web perspective in horizontal and vertical pillars.

More information about the Journal can be found at:
http://www.idea-group.com/journals/details.asp?id=3D4625
http://www.ijswis.org=20

Pavel Shvaiko
University of Trento
Dept. of Information and Communication Technology
Sommarive 14, POVO, 38050, TRENTO, ITALY
Web: http://www.dit.unitn.it/~pavel/
http://www.ontologymatching.org/=20