2011 - Call for Chapter Proposal: “Cases on Open-Linked Data and Semantic Web Applications”

Chapter Proposal Submission: February 15, 2011

“Cases on Open-Linked Data and Semantic Web Applications”

A book edited by Dr. Patricia Ordoñez de Pablos (University of Oviedo, Spain)

Dr Miltiadis D. Lytras (American College of Greece, Greece)

Dr Robert Tennyson (University of Minnesota, USA)

and Dr Jose Emilio Labra Gayo (University of Oviedo, Spain)

To be published by IGI Global:

http://www.igi-global.com/AuthorsEditors/AuthorEdi...

Introduction

Tim Berners-Lee coined the term “Linked Data” in his Linked Data Web
architecture note. It refers to a way of publishing and interlinking
structured data.Linked Data aims to enable people to share structured
data on the Web as easily as they can share documents today. The basic
assumption behind this term is that the usefulness and value of data
increases the more it is interlinked. According to Tim Berners-Lee
(2006), “like the web of hypertext, the web of data is constructed
with documents on the web. However, unlike the web of hypertext, where
links are relationships anchors in hypertext documents written in
HTML, for data they link between arbitrary things described by RDF”.

The proposed book aims at helping in communicating and disseminating
relevant recent research in open linked data and semantic web based
personalization as applied to the context of Information Systems.

Objective of the Book

Linked Data literature proposes using the Web to connect related data
that was not previously linked or to lower the barriers to currently
linked data using other methods. More specifically, the basic elements
of linked data are to: 1) use the RDF data model to publish structured
data on the Web; and 2) use RDF links to interlink data from different
data sources. The application of both principles leads to the creation
of a data commons on the Web which is often called the Web of Data or
Semantic Web.

The book collection will cover Open Linked Data and Semantic Web
approaches to information systems and ontology-based information
systems research, as well as the diverse underlying database and
knowledge representation aspects that impact personalization and the
customization. The chapters will also address challenges for this new
field of research. Chapters dealing with aspects of both topics are
especially sought.

The subject area is a combination of Web Semantic, Open Linked Data,
Business, Management, Information Technologies and Information
Systems.

Target Audience

§ Politicians

§ Professors in academia

§ Policy Makers

§ Government officers

§ Students

§ Corporate heads of firms

§ Senior general managers

§ Managing directors

§ Board directors

§ Academics and researchers in the field both in universities
and business schools

§ Information technology directors and managers

§ Quality managers and directors

§ Human resource directors

§ Libraries and information centres serving the needs of the above

Recommended topics

The proposed book aims to be an international platform to bring
together academics, researchers, lecturers, and persons in decision
making positions, policy makers and practitioners from different
backgrounds to share new theories, research findings and case studies,
enhancing understanding and collaboration in open linked data in
business and science and the role of information technologies and web
semantics and analyse recent developments in theory and practice.

Topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

Digital Data

FOAF (friend-of-a-friend) and FOAF-a-Matic

Linked data on the web

Web architecture

RDF data model

Vocabularies to represent information

Testing and Debugging Linked Data

Research Objects

Semantic Web Search Engine (SWSE)

Web Semantic

Case Studies

Semantic Web standard

Submission Procedure

Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before
February 15, 2011, a 2-3 page chapter proposal clearly explaining the
mission and concerns of his or her proposed chapter. Authors of
accepted proposals will be notified by February 28, 2011 about the
status of their proposals and sent chapter guidelines. Full chapters
are expected to be submitted by April 15, 2011. All submitted chapters
will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis. Contributors may also
be requested to serve as reviewers for this project.

Publisher

This book is scheduled to be published by IGI Global (formerly Idea
Group Inc.), publisher of the “Information Science Reference”
(formerly Idea Group Reference) and “Medical Information Science
Reference” imprints. For additional information regarding the
publisher, please visit www.igi-global.com. This publication is
anticipated to be released in 2012.

Important Dates

February 15, 2011: Proposal Submission Deadline

February 28, 2011: Notification of Acceptance

April 15, 2011: Full Chapter Submission

May 30, 2011: Review Results Returned

Inquiries and submissions can be forwarded electronically to:

Dr. Patricia Ordoñez de Pablos

University of Oviedo, Spain

E-mail: patriop-AT-uniovi.es

With CC to:

Dr Miltiadis D. Lytras

American College of Greece, Greece

Email:miltiadis.lytras-AT-gmail.com

Dr Robert Tennyson

University of Minnesota, USA

rdtennyson-AT-gmail.com

Dr José Emilio Labra

University of Oviedo, Spain

Email: labra-AT-uniovi.es