FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS: AgroSEM2013

"Juan Pane" <[email protected]> Fri, 12 Apr 2013 14:31:35 -0300
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FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS: AgroSEM2013

Special Track on Metadata and Semantics for Agriculture, Food & =
Environment

7th International Conference on Metadata and Semantic Research (MTSR'13)

Thessaloniki, Greece, November 19-22, 2013

http://mtsr2013.teithe.gr

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*** Paper submission deadline: 20 June 2013***

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AIM & TOPICS

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The 6th Edition of the Special Track on Metadata and Semantics for
Agriculture,=20

Food & Environment is hosted as part of MTSR 2013, and aims to bring
together=20

researchers and practitioners that are working on agricultural, =
food-related
and=20

environmental knowledge production, organization, and exchange from a
Semantic Web=20

perspective.=20

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It aims to serve as a discussion forum where interested experts will=20

present the results of their work, and establish liaisons with other =
groups
that=20

are working on related subjects. In addition, it aims to outline the =
rich
potential=20

of these subjects as an application field for advanced metadata- and
semantic-driven=20

systems and services. =20

=20

=20

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Topics include but are not limited to contributions dealing with the
following

issues in the context of agriculture, food & environment:

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* Information standards and specifications

* Metadata schemas and application profiles

* Multilingual vocabularies, taxonomies, glossaries and thesauri

* Metadata generation, harvesting, and exchange

* Knowledge acquisition, elicitation and extraction

* Infrastructures, systems and services for knowledge organization

* Knowledge repositories and archives

* Ontology approaches, models, theories, and languages

* Ontology development, integration, lifecycle, and evaluation

* Management of large ontology-driven knowledge bases

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SPECIAL SESSION CHAIRS

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* Nikos Manouselis. Agro-Know Technologies (Greece)

* Ioannis Athanasiadis. Democritus University of Thrace (Greece)

* Juan Pane. Universidad Nacional de Asunci=F3n (Paraguay)

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IMPORTANT DATES

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20 June 2013: Paper submission (Springer LNCS style, PDF file =
submission)

31 July 2013: Acceptance notification

20 August 2013: Camera-ready, revised version of accepted papers

19-22 November 2013: MTSR'13 in Thessaloniki, Greece

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SUBMISSIONS

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Interested authors can submit either full papers (12 pages) or short =
papers
(6 pages)

about complete or ongoing research. Papers should be original and not
previously submitted=20

to other venues.=20

=20

PUBLICATION

Springer will publish MTSR'13 accepted papers in the form a book in the =
CCIS
Series.=20

In addition, authors of papers in the Special Track will be invited to
submit an=20

extended version of their manuscripts to a Special Issue of Elsevier's
forthcoming=20

open access journal "Information Processing in Agriculture".

=20

The proceedings of the previous Special Track on Agricultural Metadata &
Semantics for=20

Agriculture, Food & Environment at MTSR'12 have been published in =
Vol.343 of
the CCIS Series=20

(http://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-642-35233-1/page/1)

and MTSR'11 have been published in Vol.240 of the CCIS Series

(http://www.springerlink.com/content/978-3-642-24731-6). A Special Issue =
of
the International

Journal of Metadata, Semantics and Ontologies has also resulted from =
this
Track in the past:

http://www.inderscience.com/info/inarticletoc.php?jcode=3Dijmso&year=3D20=
09&vol=3D
4&issue=3D1/2

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ABOUT MTSR=9213

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The 7th International Conference on Metadata and Semantic Research =
(MTSR'13)

will be hosted by the Alexander Technological Educational Institute of
Thessaloniki,=20

Greece from 19th to 22th of November 2013. It will take place at the =
Museum
of=20

Byzantine Culture,The Museum is located in the centre of Thessaloniki, =
in
one of the=20

most beautiful modern public buildings in Greece. The museum aims to =
present
a w

ide-ranging view of life in Byzantine and the post-Byzantine period
including but=20

not limited to art, ideology, social structure and religion. In addition =
is
explains=20

how historical changes and the political situation affected people's
everyday life.

=20

MTSR'13 targets researchers and practitioners from the fields of =
metadata
and semantics=20

research as, well as applications of the Semantic Web and related
technologies.

=20

See http://mtsr2013.teithe.gr for more details on travelling and
accomodation.

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*<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span lang=3DEN-US>FIRST =
CALL FOR PAPERS: AgroSEM2013<o:p></o:p></span></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><span lang=3DEN-US>Special Track on Metadata and =
Semantics for Agriculture, Food &amp; =
Environment<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
lang=3DEN-US>7th International Conference on Metadata and Semantic =
Research (MTSR'13)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
lang=3DEN-US>Thessaloniki, Greece, November 19-22, =
2013<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
lang=3DEN-US>http://mtsr2013.teithe.gr<o:p></o:p></span></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><span =
lang=3DEN-US>************************************************************=
*<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
lang=3DEN-US><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
lang=3DEN-US>*** Paper submission deadline: 20 June =
2013***<o:p></o:p></span></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
lang=3DEN-US>AIM &amp; TOPICS<o:p></o:p></span></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><span lang=3DEN-US><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><span lang=3DEN-US>The 6th Edition of the Special =
Track on Metadata and Semantics for Agriculture, =
<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span lang=3DEN-US>Food &amp; =
Environment is hosted as part of MTSR 2013, and aims to bring together =
<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
lang=3DEN-US>researchers and practitioners that are working on =
agricultural, food-related and <o:p></o:p></span></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><span lang=3DEN-US>environmental knowledge production, =
organization, and exchange from a Semantic Web <o:p></o:p></span></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><span lang=3DEN-US>perspective. =
<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
lang=3DEN-US><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
lang=3DEN-US>It aims to serve as a discussion forum where interested =
experts will <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
lang=3DEN-US>present the results of their work, and establish liaisons =
with other groups that <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
lang=3DEN-US>are working on related subjects. In addition, it aims to =
outline the rich potential <o:p></o:p></span></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><span lang=3DEN-US>of these subjects as an application =
field for advanced metadata- and semantic-driven =
<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span lang=3DEN-US>systems =
and services.=A0 <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
lang=3DEN-US><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
lang=3DEN-US><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
lang=3DEN-US><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
lang=3DEN-US>Topics include but are not limited to contributions dealing =
with the following<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
lang=3DEN-US>issues in the context of agriculture, food &amp; =
environment:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
lang=3DEN-US><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
lang=3DEN-US>* Information standards and =
specifications<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
lang=3DEN-US>* Metadata schemas and application =
profiles<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span lang=3DEN-US>* =
Multilingual vocabularies, taxonomies, glossaries and =
thesauri<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span lang=3DEN-US>* =
Metadata generation, harvesting, and exchange<o:p></o:p></span></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><span lang=3DEN-US>* Knowledge acquisition, =
elicitation and extraction<o:p></o:p></span></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><span lang=3DEN-US>* Infrastructures, systems and =
services for knowledge organization<o:p></o:p></span></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><span lang=3DEN-US>* Knowledge repositories and =
archives<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span lang=3DEN-US>* =
Ontology approaches, models, theories, and =
languages<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span lang=3DEN-US>* =
Ontology development, integration, lifecycle, and =
evaluation<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
lang=3DEN-US>* Management of large ontology-driven knowledge =
bases<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
lang=3DEN-US><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
lang=3DEN-US><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
lang=3DEN-US>SPECIAL SESSION CHAIRS<o:p></o:p></span></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><span lang=3DEN-US><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><span lang=3DEN-US>* Nikos Manouselis. Agro-Know =
Technologies (Greece)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
lang=3DEN-US>* Ioannis Athanasiadis. Democritus University of Thrace =
(Greece)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span lang=3DES-PY>* =
Juan Pane. Universidad Nacional de Asunci=F3n =
(Paraguay)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
lang=3DES-PY><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
lang=3DES-PY><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
lang=3DEN-US>IMPORTANT DATES<o:p></o:p></span></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><span lang=3DEN-US><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><span lang=3DEN-US>20 June 2013: Paper submission =
(Springer LNCS style, PDF file submission)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><span lang=3DEN-US>31 July 2013: Acceptance =
notification<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
lang=3DEN-US>20 August 2013: Camera-ready, revised version of accepted =
papers<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
lang=3DEN-US>19-22 November 2013: MTSR'13 in Thessaloniki, =
Greece<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
lang=3DEN-US><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
lang=3DEN-US><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
lang=3DEN-US>SUBMISSIONS<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
lang=3DEN-US><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
lang=3DEN-US>Interested authors can submit either full papers (12 pages) =
or short papers (6 pages)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><span lang=3DEN-US>about complete or ongoing research. =
Papers should be original and not previously submitted =
<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span lang=3DEN-US>to other =
venues. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
lang=3DEN-US><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
lang=3DEN-US>PUBLICATION<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
lang=3DEN-US> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
lang=3DEN-US>Springer will publish MTSR'13 accepted papers in the form a =
book in the CCIS Series. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><span lang=3DEN-US>In addition, authors of papers in =
the Special Track will be invited to submit an <o:p></o:p></span></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><span lang=3DEN-US>extended version of their =
manuscripts to a Special Issue of Elsevier's forthcoming =
<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span lang=3DEN-US>open =
access journal &quot;Information Processing in =
Agriculture&quot;.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
lang=3DEN-US><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
lang=3DEN-US>The proceedings of the previous Special Track on =
Agricultural Metadata &amp; Semantics for <o:p></o:p></span></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><span lang=3DEN-US>Agriculture, Food &amp; Environment =
at MTSR'12 have been published in Vol.343 of the CCIS Series =
<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
lang=3DEN-US>(http://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-642-35233-1/pag=
e/1)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span lang=3DEN-US>and =
MTSR'11 have been published in Vol.240 of the CCIS =
Series<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
lang=3DEN-US>(http://www.springerlink.com/content/978-3-642-24731-6). A =
Special Issue of the International<o:p></o:p></span></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><span lang=3DEN-US>Journal of Metadata, Semantics and =
Ontologies has also resulted from this Track in the =
past:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
lang=3DEN-US>http://www.inderscience.com/info/inarticletoc.php?jcode=3Dij=
mso&amp;year=3D2009&amp;vol=3D4&amp;issue=3D1/2<o:p></o:p></span></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><span lang=3DEN-US><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><span lang=3DEN-US><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><span lang=3DEN-US>ABOUT =
MTSR&#8217;13<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
lang=3DEN-US><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
lang=3DEN-US>The 7th International Conference on Metadata and Semantic =
Research (MTSR'13)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
lang=3DEN-US>will be hosted by the Alexander Technological Educational =
Institute of Thessaloniki, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><span lang=3DEN-US>Greece from 19th to 22th of =
November 2013. It will take place at the Museum of =
<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span lang=3DEN-US>Byzantine =
Culture,The Museum is located in the centre of Thessaloniki, in one of =
the <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span lang=3DEN-US>most =
beautiful modern public buildings in Greece. The museum aims to present =
a w<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
lang=3DEN-US>ide-ranging view of life in Byzantine and the =
post-Byzantine period including but <o:p></o:p></span></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><span lang=3DEN-US>not limited to art, ideology, =
social structure and religion. In addition is explains =
<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span lang=3DEN-US>how =
historical changes and the political situation affected people's =
everyday life.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
lang=3DEN-US><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
lang=3DEN-US>MTSR'13 targets researchers and practitioners from the =
fields of metadata and semantics <o:p></o:p></span></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><span lang=3DEN-US>research as, well as applications =
of the Semantic Web and related technologies.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><span lang=3DEN-US><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><span lang=3DEN-US>See http://mtsr2013.teithe.gr for =
more details on travelling and accomodation.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><span lang=3DEN-US><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p =
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