CALL FOR PAPERS

Third Conceptual Structures Tool Interoperability Workshop (CS-TIW 2008)

     "Conceptual Structures Tools and the Web"
         July 7th, 2008, INRA Toulouse, France

==collocated with the 16th International Conference on Conceptual  Structures (ICCS 2008)==

Workshop homepage: http://www.kde.cs.uni-kassel.de/ws/cs-tiw2008

In the past years the Conceptual Structures community has focused on  researching different models for representing and reasoning about  knowledge. These models, based on graph structures (e.g. Formal  Concept Analysis (FCA), Conceptual Graphs (CG), etc.) have been  implemented in various Conceptual Structures tools. The advantage of  such tools relies on the visual appeal of the graph structures and,  more importantly, on the potential of graph based optimisations.

However, such tools in isolation are not sufficient to build  comprehensive, effective knowledge systems that are useful to  communities and organizations. To fulfill this purpose,  interoperability is essential, both with other conceptual and semantic  technology tools but also with information systems.

The ongoing goal of this workshop is to explore how to improve the  interoperability of Conceptual Structures (CS) tools amongst each  other and with other established knowledge representation and  reasoning technologies.

In particular, the focus of this year's workshop is the interaction of  such tools with Web technologies. As central to this task, we would  like to address the following questions:

         * How can CS tools be incorporated and integrated into Web  applications: who would benefit from this integration and in which way?
         * How can CS tools be used to facilitate / enhance /  understand human access to the Web?
         * How can CS tools benefit from the Web, i.e., from its  knowledge resources and services?

The workshop wants to bring together researchers from both communities  - the Web and the CG/FCA community. The goal is to begin a fruitful  discussion on the above mentioned questions and to raise the mutual  awareness of ongoing research and existing technologies from which  both sides could benefit. We particularly encourage the submission of  short papers: preliminary system presentations and relevant position  papers as part of the PhD? symposium and the Panel Session (see  Submissions).

Organization

Workshop Chairs (Alphabetical Order)

         * Madalina Croitoru, University of Southampton, Great Britain  (mc3 AT ecs.soton.ac.uk)
         * Robert Jäschke, University of Kassel, Germany (jaeschke AT  cs.uni-kassel.de)
         * Sebastian Rudolph, University of Karlsruhe, Germany  (rudolph AT aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de)

Program Committee (Alphabetical Order)

         * Oscar Corcho, Manchester University, Great Britain
         * Raúl García Castro, UPM Madrid, Spain
         * Peter Haase, University of Karlsruhe, Germany
         * Marie Laure-Mugnier, LIRMM Montpellier, France
         * Heather D. Pfeiffer, New Mexico State University, USA
         * Gerd Stumme, University of Kassel, Germany

Submissions

Submitted papers must be in English and not submitted for publication  elsewhere. We invite the following types of contributions:

Full Papers:

These will concern novel work in progress and/or original research  results. Maximum length: 12 pages (Springer format). Accepted papers  will be presented orally at the workshop.

Short Papers:

These will be report preliminary work or will reflect on and discuss  new trends and developments. Maximum length: 6 pages (Springer  format). Short paper will also be presented orally in two sessions:  PhD? Symposium and Pannel Session.

Submitted papers will be peer-reviewed and selected on the basis of  these reviews. Both long and short papers will be printed in the  workshop proceedings (available online and as hardcopies).

We encourage authors to use the submission template according to  Springer (http://www.springer.com/sgw/cda/frontpage/0,11855,1-164-2-72376-0,00.html ), as this will be the required format for accepted papers.  Submissions should be done using the submission system at http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=cstiw2008 .

Important dates

         * Paper submission deadline: Monday, March 31, 2008
         * Acceptance notification: Wednesday, April 30, 2008
         * Paper final version due: Wednesday, May 14, 2008
         * Workshop: Monday, July 7, 2008