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Tassilo Pellegrini

Keynotes @ I-SEMANTICS / I-KNOW 2009

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This year’s keynotes at the I-SEMANTICS / I-KNOW conference taking place from September 2 – 4, 2009 in Graz / Austria have been fixed.

The scientific keynotes will be provided by Paolo Traverso, Director of the Center for Information Technology – IRST, Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Italy, and Professor Eric Tsui, Associate Director of the Knowledge Management Research Centre, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China.

The industry keynote will be held by Peter Kropsch, CEO of the Austrian Press Agency.

Further details will follow.

Andreas Blumauer

Open now: LOD Triplification Challenge 2009

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The yearly organized Linking Open Data Triplification Challenge (as part of this year´s I-Semantics conference, 2 – 4 September 2009, Graz/Austria) awards prizes to the most promising triplifications of existing Web applications, Websites and data sets.

The challenge (Patron: Sir Tim Berners-Lee) is open to anyone interested in applying Semantic Web and Linked Data technologies. We envision submissions such as following:

  • Applications of Linked Data tools and techniques such as for example Triplify, Virtuoso or D2RQ on custom Web applications and data sets exposing a large quantity and variety of content.
  • Implementations of exporters and mappers from existing content repository formats (such as mbox mailing list archives, Bib Te X, XML-Schemes etc.) into RDF and Linked Data.
  • Adoptions / configurations of Triplify for standard Web applications, such as for example Wikis, Weblogs, Webshops, Forums, Web-Gallery, ERP/CRM systems and Web-calendar software. You can find popular Web applications for example at Source Forge.
  • Portings of the Triplify script into other Web application programming languages such as Python, Ruby, Perl, ASP. The Triplify script is very small (<300 lines of code) however, the port should be as compatible as possible with the current reference implementation but integrate well with the environment given by the programming language.
  • Applications showcasing the benefits of Linked Data to end-users such as for information syndication, specialized search, browsing or augmentation of content.

Submissions should consist of a two page description in JUCS format of the application, accompanied by (a link to) the software source code and a link to an online demo. The descriptions should be submitted electronically via email to Michael Hausenblas with the subject Triplification Challenge Submission by May 30th, 2009.

Tassilo Pellegrini

I-Semantics 2009 — Call for Papers

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From September 2 – 4, 2009 the 5th edition of I-SEMANTICS, the International Conference on Semantic Systems, will take place in Graz / Austria. I-SEMANTICS 2009 will be the host of this year`s regional Pragmatic Web Conference as well as the second edition of the TRIPLIFICATION Challenge. Further on I-SEMANTICS will be complemented by I-KNOW, the International Conference on Knowledge Management. This setup is aiming to reflect the increasing importance and convergence of knowledge management and semantic systems. The special focus of I-SEMANTICS 2009 is „Semantic Web & Semantic Social Software – Pragmatic Aspects for Corporations, Communities and Individuals”.

A detailed Call for Papers can be found on the Conference Website.

Important Dates:
• Paper Submission Deadline: 9 March 2009
• Acceptance of Notification: to be announced
• Submission of Camera-Ready Paper: to be announced
• Conference: 2 – 4 September 2009

All accepted papers will appear in the printed conference proceedings published by the Journal of Universal Computer Science (JUCS). Selected papers will also be invited for an extension to be published as journal publication in a special issue of Elsevier DKE (Data & Knowledge Engineering).

A cordial welcome to the Program Chairs of I-SEMANTICS!

Wernher Behrendt (Salzburg Research), Adrian Paschke (Free University of Berlin), Klaus Tochtermann (Know Center Graz) and Hans Weigand (Tilburg University) will be in charge of the scientific track. Andreas Blumauer (Semantic Web Company) will govern the industry track. This year`s TRIPLIFICATION Challenge will be chaired by Michael Hausenblas (Joanneum Research / DERI Galway).

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