Re: [CFP] Semantic Web Journal - Special Issue on Quality Management of Semantic Web Assets (Data, Services and Systems) - Only 1 month left

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On 7 Oct 2015, at 3:19 PM, Amrapali Zaveri <[email protected]=
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CFP: Semantic Web Journal - Special Issue on Quality Management of Semantic W=
eb Assets (Data, Services and Systems): http://www.semantic-web-journal.net/=
blog/call-papers-special-issue-quality-management-semantic-web-assets-data-s=
ervices-and-systems

Submission guidelines
Deadline (only 1 month left): October 31, 2015
Submissions shall be made through the Semantic Web journal website at http:/=
/www.semantic-web-journal.net. Prospective authors must take notice of the s=
ubmission guidelines posted at http://www.semantic-web-journal.net/authors. N=
ote that you need to request an account on the website for submitting a pape=
r. Please indicate in the cover letter that it is for the Special Issue on Q=
uality Management of Semantic Web Assets (Data, Services and Systems).
Submissions are possible in the following categories: full research papers, a=
pplication reports, reports on tools and systems, and case studies. While th=
ere is no upper limit, paper length must be justified by content.
Guest editors
Amrapali Zaveri, University of Leipzig, AKSW Group, Germany
Dimitris Kontokostas, University of Leipzig, AKSW Group, Germany
Sebastian Hellmann, University of Leipzig, AKSW Group, Germany
J=A8=B9rgen Umbrich, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria
Overview and Topics

The standardization and adoption of Semantic Web technologies has resulted i=
n a variety of assets, including an unprecedented volume of data being seman=
tically enriched and systems and services, which consume or publish this dat=
a. Although gathering, processing and publishing data is a step towards furt=
her adoption of Semantic Web, quality does not yet play a central role in th=
ese assets (e.g., data lifecycle, system/service development).
Quality management essentially refers to activities and tasks involved to gu=
arantee a certain level of consistency and to meet the quality requirements f=
or the assets. In general, quality management consists of the following four=
 phases and components: (i) quality planning, (ii) quality control, (iii) qu=
ality assurance and (iv) quality improvement.
The quality planning phase in the Semantic Web typically involves the design=
 of procedures, strategies and policies to support the management of the ass=
ets. The quality control and assurance components have their primary aim in p=
reventing errors and to meet quality requirements pertaining to the Semantic=
 Web standards. A core part for both components are quality assessment metho=
ds which provide the necessary input for the controlling and assurance tasks=
..
Quality assessment of Semantic Web Assets (data, services and systems), in p=
articular, presents new challenges that were not handled before in other res=
earch areas. Thus, adopting existing approaches for data quality assessment i=
s not a straightforward solution. These challenges are related to the openne=
ss of the Semantic Web, the diversity of the information and the unbounded, d=
ynamic set of autonomous data sources, publishers and consumers (legal and s=
oftware agents). Additionally, detecting the quality of available data sourc=
es and making the information explicit is yet another challenge. Moreover, n=
oise in one data set, or missing links between different data sets, propagat=
es throughout the Web of Data, and imposes great challenges on the data valu=
e chain.
In case of systems and services, different implementations follow the specif=
ications for RDF and SPARQL to varying extents, or even propose and offer ne=
w, non-standardized extensions. This causes strong incompatibilities between=
 systems, e.g., between the used SPARQL features in the query engines and su=
pport features in RDF stores. The potential heterogeneity and incompatibilit=
y poses several challenges for the quality assessments in and for such syste=
ms and services.
Eventually, quality improvement methods are used to further enhance the valu=
e of the Semantic Web Assets. One important step to improve the quality of d=
ata is identifying the root cause of the problem and then designing correspo=
nding data improvement solutions. These solutions select the most effective a=
nd efficient strategies and related set of techniques and tools to improve q=
uality. Quality improvement metrics for products and services entails unders=
tanding and improving operational processes and establishing valid and relia=
ble service performance measures.
This Special Issue is addressed to those members of the community interested=
 in providing novel methodologies or frameworks in managing, assessing, moni=
toring, maintaining and improving the quality of the Semantic Web data, serv=
ices and systems and also introduce tools and user interfaces which can effe=
ctively assist in this management.
Topics of Interest
We welcome original high quality submissions on (but are not restricted to) t=
he following topics:
Methodologies and frameworks to plan, control, assure or improve the quality=
 of Semantic Web Assets
Quality exploration and analysis interfaces
Quality monitoring
Developing, deploying and managing quality service ecosystems
Assessing the quality evolution of Semantic Web Assets
Large-scale quality assessment of structured datasets
Crowdsourcing data quality assessment
Quality assessment leveraging background knowledge
Use-case driven quality management
Evaluation of trustworthiness of data
Web Data and LOD quality benchmarks
Data Quality improvement methods and frameworks, e.g., linkage, alignment, c=
leaning, enrichment, correctness
Service/system quality improvement methods and frameworks
Managing sustainability issues in services
Guarantee of service (availability, performance)
Systems for transparent management of open data

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        <p style=3D"margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 18.2px;"><=
font face=3D"arial, helvetica, sans-serif">The standardization and
            adoption of Semantic Web technologies has resulted in a
            variety of assets, including an unprecedented volume of data
            being semantically enriched and systems and services, which
            consume or publish this data. Although gathering, processing
            and publishing data is a step towards further adoption of
            Semantic Web, quality does not yet play a central role in
            these assets (e.g., data lifecycle, system/service
            development).</font></p>
        <p style=3D"margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 18.2px;"><=
font face=3D"arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Quality management
            essentially refers to activities and tasks involved to
            guarantee a certain level of consistency and to meet the
            quality requirements for the assets. In general, quality
            management consists of the following four phases and
            components: (i) quality planning, (ii) quality control,
            (iii) quality assurance and (iv) quality improvement.</font></p>=

        <p style=3D"margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 18.2px;"><=
font face=3D"arial, helvetica, sans-serif">The quality planning
            phase in the Semantic Web typically involves the design of
            procedures, strategies and policies to support the
            management of the assets. The quality control and assurance
            components have their primary aim in preventing errors and
            to meet quality requirements pertaining to the Semantic Web
            standards. A core part for both components are quality
            assessment methods which provide the necessary input for the
            controlling and assurance tasks.</font></p>
        <p style=3D"margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 18.2px;"><=
font face=3D"arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Quality assessment of
            Semantic Web Assets (data, services and systems), in
            particular, presents new challenges that were not handled
            before in other research areas. Thus, adopting existing
            approaches for data quality assessment is not a
            straightforward solution. These challenges are related to
            the openness of the Semantic Web, the diversity of the
            information and the unbounded, dynamic set of autonomous
            data sources, publishers and consumers (legal and software
            agents). Additionally, detecting the quality of available
            data sources and making the information explicit is yet
            another challenge. Moreover, noise in one data set, or
            missing links between different data sets, propagates
            throughout the Web of Data, and imposes great challenges on
            the data value chain.</font></p>
        <p style=3D"margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 18.2px;"><=
font face=3D"arial, helvetica, sans-serif">In case of systems and
            services, different implementations follow the
            specifications for RDF and SPARQL to varying extents, or
            even propose and offer new, non-standardized extensions.
            This causes strong incompatibilities between systems, e.g.,
            between the used SPARQL features in the query engines and
            support features in RDF stores. The potential heterogeneity
            and incompatibility poses several challenges for the quality
            assessments in and for such systems and services.</font></p>
        <p style=3D"margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 18.2px;"><=
font face=3D"arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Eventually, quality
            improvement methods are used to further enhance the value of
            the Semantic Web Assets. One important step to improve the
            quality of data is identifying the root cause of the problem
            and then designing corresponding data improvement solutions.
            These solutions select the most effective and efficient
            strategies and related set of techniques and tools to
            improve quality. Quality improvement metrics for products
            and services entails understanding and improving operational
            processes and establishing valid and reliable service
            performance measures.</font></p>
        <p style=3D"margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 18.2px;"><=
font face=3D"arial, helvetica, sans-serif">This Special Issue is
            addressed to those members of the community interested in
            providing novel methodologies or frameworks in managing,
            assessing, monitoring, maintaining and improving the quality
            of the Semantic Web data, services and systems and also
            introduce tools and user interfaces which can effectively
            assist in this management.</font></p>
        <h2 style=3D"margin: 0px 0px 0.5em; padding: 0px; line-height:
          18.2px;"><font face=3D"arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size=3D"2">To=
pics

            of Interest</font></h2>
        <p style=3D"margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 18.2px;"><=
font face=3D"arial, helvetica, sans-serif">We welcome original high
            quality submissions on (but are not restricted to) the
            following topics:</font></p>
      </span>
      <ul style=3D"margin: 0px 0px 1.5em 2em; padding: 0px; line-height:
        18.2px;">
        <li style=3D"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 19.5px;"><font f=
ace=3D"arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Methodologies and
            frameworks to plan, control, assure or improve the quality
            of Semantic Web Assets</font></li>
        <span class=3D"im">
          <li style=3D"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 19.5px;"><fon=
t face=3D"arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Quality exploration
              and analysis interfaces</font></li>
        </span>
        <li style=3D"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 19.5px;"><font f=
ace=3D"arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Quality monitoring</font></li>
        <span class=3D"im">
          <li style=3D"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 19.5px;"><fon=
t face=3D"arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Developing, deploying
              and managing quality service ecosystems</font></li>
        </span><span class=3D"im">
          <li style=3D"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 19.5px;"><fon=
t face=3D"arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Assessing the quality
              evolution of Semantic Web Assets</font></li>
        </span><span class=3D"im">
          <li style=3D"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 19.5px;"><fon=
t face=3D"arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Large-scale quality
              assessment of structured datasets</font></li>
        </span>
        <li style=3D"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 19.5px;"><font f=
ace=3D"arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Crowdsourcing data
            quality assessment</font></li>
        <span class=3D"im">
          <li style=3D"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 19.5px;"><fon=
t face=3D"arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Quality assessment
              leveraging background knowledge</font></li>
        </span>
        <li style=3D"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 19.5px;"><font f=
ace=3D"arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Use-case driven quality
            management</font></li>
        <span class=3D"im">
          <li style=3D"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 19.5px;"><fon=
t face=3D"arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Evaluation of
              trustworthiness of data</font></li>
        </span><span class=3D"im">
          <li style=3D"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 19.5px;"><fon=
t face=3D"arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Web Data and LOD
              quality benchmarks</font></li>
        </span>
        <li style=3D"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 19.5px;"><font f=
ace=3D"arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Data Quality improvement
            methods and frameworks, e.g., linkage, alignment, cleaning,
            enrichment, correctness</font></li>
        <span class=3D"im">
          <li style=3D"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 19.5px;"><fon=
t face=3D"arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Service/system quality
              improvement methods and frameworks</font></li>
        </span><span class=3D"im">
          <li style=3D"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 19.5px;"><fon=
t face=3D"arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Managing
              sustainability issues in services</font></li>
        </span><span class=3D"im">
          <li style=3D"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 19.5px;"><fon=
t face=3D"arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Guarantee of service
              (availability, performance)</font></li>
        </span><span class=3D"im">
          <li style=3D"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 19.5px;"><fon=
t face=3D"arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Systems for
              transparent management of open data</font></li>
        </span>
      </ul>
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