[sc34wg3] ANNOUNCE: CFP - International Workshop on Topic Map Research and Applications

[Murray Altheim]

Hi all,

I'm pleased to post the following announcement, and hope
to see as many of you as possible in Leipzig.  -- Murray


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                      CALL FOR PAPERS - TMRA'05
   - International Workshop on Topic Map Research and Applications -
          Villa Ida, Leipzig, Germany, 6-7th October 2005

        http://www.informatik.uni-leipzig.de/~tmra05/cfp.html
        Extended abstract submission due: 2nd May 2005

TMRA'05 - "Charting the Topic Map Research and Applications Landscape"
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TMRA'05 - International Workshop on Topic Map Research and Applications -
provides a forum for community building in the field of Topic Map research
and applications. A main objective of TMRA'05 is to chart the landscape of
Topic Map research. Together we want to identify the primary open issues,
who is working on what, bring together researchers and application pioneers,
stimulate the systematic tackling of such issues, and foster the exchange of
ideas in a non-commercial and stimulating setting. Besides the scientific
track, open-space sessions are foreseen as playgrounds for visionaries.

TMRA'05 will take place in Villa Ida, Leipzig, Germany, which provides an
intimate and exciting atmosphere for Topic Maps researchers and application
pioneers. It is organised by the University of Leipzig. We are looking for
papers with substantial contributions to bring the Topic Map community
together. The workshop language is English.

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CHALLENGES of TMRA'05

We invite papers about Topic Map research and sophisticated applications.
You should substantially contribute to one or more of the following
challenges:

* Connecting Topic Map Theory and Practice
Building the Topic Map research community means to bring together research
from different backgrounds. How can research results developed at
universities be transferred to real-life projects? How can results from
practice be investigated and reused in academic research?

* Charting the Research Landscape
In order to contribute to the connectedness of people and ideas in the Topic
Map community, you can present your own research or present an overview
about an issue in the area of Topic Map research and applications. As a
result, the research community describes itself with a Topic Map.

* Visions with Topic Maps
In order to contribute to the connectedness of people and ideas in the Topic
Map community, you can present your own research or present an overview
about an issue in the area of Topic Map research and applications. As a
result, the research community describes itself with a Topic Map.

* Initiating Projects
We expect that the result of TMRA'05 - the research landscape charted during
the workshop - will help to bring together people and ideas and thus aid
funding of new research projects where Topic Map technologies are used.
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TOPICS of TMRA'05

Topics of the workshop include but are not limited to the following
objectives:

Standard related Topic Map research,
- Topic Map standards - state of the art and further developments
- Query, update and constrain Topic Maps
- Topic Map applications (TMA) aside the TMDM
- Towards a general theory of scope. The next step.

Theoretic Topic Map research,
- Overview of current Topic Map research efforts
- Coining the phrase "seamless knowledge" in detail
- Semantics in Topic Maps from a philosophical point of view
- Topic Maps and the absence of shared vocabularies
- Recommendations for PSIs
- Topic Maps as part of the semantic web
- RDF/OWL, Topic Maps and other means of knowledge representation
- Creating Topic Map views of various data sources
- Connecting theories about the knowledge economy and Topic Maps

Applied Topic Map research,
- Overview of innovative Topic Map applications
- Topic Map driven portals and information environments
- Topic Map visualization
- Topic Maps and web services
- Automatic generation of Topic Maps
- Topic Maps and business processes
- Knowledge management (distributed, mobile, etc.) and Topic Maps
- Distributed Topic Maps
- Enterprise information integration (EII) with Topic Maps
- Topic Maps and mobile environments

We invite the submission of full papers to be published in the proceedings
(LNCS, Springer foreseen). In addition, work-in-progress reports can be
submitted.

In addition to the presentation track, TMRA'05 provides slots and locations
for small open-space sessions, like brainstorming for research and business
projects. You are highly encouraged to stage such open-space sessions!

* For general information, please contact:

TMRA'05 - Workshop on Topic Map Research and Applications
"Charting the Topic Map Research and Applications Landscape"
http://www.informatik.uni-leipzig.de/~tmra05

Dipl.-Wirtsch.-Inf. Lutz Maicher
- Local Organization Chair -

phone: +49-341-97/32303 (backup: +49-341-97/32230)
email: tmra05@informatik.uni-leipzig.de

TMRA'05 - Organisation (Lutz Maicher)
University of Leipzig - Institut für Informatik
Abteilung Automatische Sprachverarbeitung (Prof. Heyer)
PF 920
D-04109 Leipzig (Germany)



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Murray Altheim                          http://www.altheim.com/murray/
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