[topicmapmail] [WWW 2004] CFP Workshop on Application Design, Development and Implementation Issues in the Semantic Web

[Daniel Schwabe]

{Please excuse duplicates}

WWW2004 Workshop
Application Design, Development and Implementation Issues in the Semantic=
 Web
(http://server2.tecweb.inf.puc-rio.br/we-sw-2004/)

*Organizers*
         * Daniel Schwabe (dschwabe@inf.puc-rio.br) - Contact
         * Christoph Bussler (Chris.Bussler@DERI.ie)
         * Stefan Decker(Stefan.Decker@DERI.ie)
         * Oscar Pastor (opastor@dsic.upv.es)


*Description*
The Semantic Web has generated a lot of activity in the research community,=
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and is gaining tremendous momentum. Semantically tagged data is starting to=
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become available, and the first web sites based on Semantic Web related=20
technologies are already online. At the same time, Web Services have become=
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a reality, and a great deal of interest has been generated with respect to=
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Semantic Web Services. In summary, applications based on the Semantic Web=20
and Web Services are already becoming a reality.

Still, participating in the Semantic Web is hard =96 authoring of data and=
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metadata, and building of applications based on the authored metadata is a=
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costly, high effort tasks.

On the other hand, the Web Engineering community has investigated numerous=
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issues related to the design and implementation of web-based applications.=
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Most methodological proposals that have been put forward are based on=20
formally specified models, with similar expressive power as those used=20
being proposed for the Semantic Web. A lot of experience has been gathered=
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with respect to how to design, develop and implement web-based applications=
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in general.

As a consequence of these tendencies, a natural convergence on several=20
important research topics is occurring. So possible synergies occur on=20
several levels:

         * Web site models can be represented by Semantic Web languages.=20
The available Semantic Web infrastructure is immediately applicable for the=
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Web Engineering field, thus making the processing of Web site models=20
effective.
         * Infrastructure for the creation of Semantic Web Portals have=20
just started to emerge. Web engineering provides proven technology, which=20
can  be adapted to the specific needs with respect to metadata and the=20
Semantic Web applications.

  The goal of this workshop is to identify and examine these and other=20
possible synergies in detail and compare approaches of the different=20
communities with respect to (Semantic) Web and Web Service-based=
 applications.

The workshop will be organized around solicited presentations, where case=20
studies are discussed whenever possible. The submissions will be selected=20
by a steering committee with members of both communities.

Below is a non-exaustive list of possible themes:

* Authoring methods for applications in the Semantic Web
* Representation issues for Web Engineering
* Reuse issues, including, for example, ontology integration, design=20
patterns, frameworks, and so forth
* Use of Service Oriented Architectures and Semantic Web Services
* Personalization and adaptation
* Efficient manipulation of large volumes of semantically tagged data
* Integration of search techniques enriched with semantic meta-data into=20
web applications
* Cooperation amongst applications based on Web Services technologies
* Application interoperability based on Semantic Web and Web Services=20
technologies

*Submissions*
Contributions should be formated according to these instructions=20
(http://server2.tecweb.inf.puc-rio.br/we-sw-2004/instruct.doc), which=20
follow the IEEE proceedings format. The length should be between 4 and 8=20
formatted pages, and should include, whenever possible, practical=20
experience and related work.

Please send your contribution in PDF format to dschwabe@inf.puc-rio.br.

*Expected outcome*
We expect to develop a research agenda of common topics of interest that=20
will allow existing initiatives to benefit from results already achieved in=
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applicable areas. In addition, it is expected that new topics will be=20
identified as critical, but that have not yet received enough attention=20
from the research community.

The proceedings will be published as a technical report, as well as being=20
made available online. Original work will be considered for publication in=
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the Journal of Web Engineering.

*Important Dates*
Submission of Manuscript        April 4, 2004
Acceptance Notification         April 26, 2004
Final Manuscript Due            May 3, 2004
Workshop                                May 18,2004



Daniel Schwabe                                  Dept. de Informatica,=
 PUC-Rio
Tel:+55-21-3114 1500 r. 4356            R. M. de S. Vicente, 225
Fax: +55-21-3114 1530                           Rio de Janeiro, RJ=20
22453-900, Brasil
http://www.inf.puc-rio.br/~schwabe