CALL FOR RESEARCH AND SEMANTIC WEB IN USE TRACK PAPER SUBMISSIONS Fifth International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC 2006) November 5 - 9, 2006 Athens, Georgia, USA http://iswc2006.semanticweb.org The dream of the Web was to create a human communication and collaboration platform for sharing knowledge and enabling a universal space for information and services. We all are now much more connected, and in turn face new resulting problems: service and information overload caused by insufficient support for information selection, organization and collaboration. The Semantic Web, by providing standards for formulating and distributing metadata and ontologies, enables means for information organization and selective access. However, the Semantic Web requires new infrastructure on all levels - e.g., human-computer interaction, expressive representation and query languages, reasoning engines, data representation and integration, interoperability middleware, and distributed computing. To foster the exchange of ideas and collaboration, the International Semantic Web Conference brings together researchers in relevant disciplines such as artificial intelligence, databases, distributed computing, web engineering, information systems, and human-computer interaction. The Fifth International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC2006) follows on the success of previous conferences and workshops in Galway, Ireland (2005), Hiroshima, Japan (2004), Sanibel Island, USA (2003), Sardinia, Italy (2002), and Stanford, USA (2001). The organizing committee is soliciting paper submissions for the Research papers track and the Semantic Web In-Use papers track. CALL FOR PAPERS: RESEARCH TRACK The research track of ISWC2006 solicits the submission of original, principled research papers dealing with both analytical and practical aspects of Semantic Web research. Topics include, but are not limited to: * Applications of Semantic Web technologies with clear lessons learned * Semantic Web for e-business, e-science, e-government, and e-learning, e-health, digital libraries, tourism, mobile & ubiquitous applications, digital TV * Languages, tools and methodologies for representing and managing Semantic Web data * Robust and scalable knowledge management and reasoning on the Web * Ontology creation, extraction, and evolution * Ontology mapping, merging, and alignment * Database technologies for the Semantic Web * Semantic Web middleware * Machine learning and human language technologies for the Semantic Web * Semantic Web services * Agents on the Web * Representing and reasoning about trust, privacy, and security * Semantic web technology for collaboration and cooperation * Social software * Semantic multimedia * Semantics in peer-to-peer systems and grids * Searching, querying, visualizing and interpreting the Semantic Web * Evaluation of Semantic Web techniques * The Semantic Desktop * User-centered Semantic Web applications and/or interaction design * Security for the Semantic Web CALL FOR PAPERS: SEMANTIC WEB IN-USE TRACK Semantic Web research has led to advances in technology which are beginning to be deployed in ways providing real benefits to end users. Companies are accessing and using information more efficiently, government departments are interacting with each other more effectively, and e-scientists are making new discoveries. The Semantic Web In-Use Track (called Industrial Track in previous ISWC conferences) is a showcase for: (i) the best applications of semantic web technology and the benefits they bring (ii) the best tools to ease the deployment of such applications. The Semantic Web In-Use Track solicits the submission of original, principled papers dealing with applications or tools. An applications paper should include some or all of: * A good clear description of an implemented application of semantic web technology. Applications are welcome in any area - industry, government, science or society. * An assessment of the pros and cons of using semantic web technology to solve this particular problem. Are extensions beyond the existing standards necessary? What advantages does a semantic web approach have over traditional approaches to the application? * An assessment of the benefits of this application - e.g. a user study, a return-on-investment analysis, demonstration of new results in e-science, or demonstration of user acceptance. * Evidence and assessment of deployment and use of the application. A tools paper will include some or all of: * A good clear description of an implemented toolset to support the deployment of semantic web technology. * A demonstration that the toolset offers functionality beyond what is previously available. * An assessment of the benefits of the toolset to the user community - e.g. a usability study. * Evidence and assessment of the toolset being used in the deployment of semantic web systems An additional objective of the track is to attract papers that describe concrete problems in industry, government, science and society for which Semantic Web technology would provide a solution. Such papers should analyze the problem and argue for the appropriateness of Semantic Web technology, and provide an outline of possible solutions. A comparison to competing approaches using conventional technology is strongly encouraged. IMPORTANT DATES May 22, 2006 (11:59pm Hawaii time) Paper submissions due July 26, 2006 Acceptance notification August 25, 2006 Camera-ready papers due November 5-9, 2006 ISWC 2006 Technical Program Detailed formatting instructions and submission procedure will be published on http://iswc2006.semanticweb.org. Papers must be submitted in PDF (Adobe's Portable Document Format) format. Papers will not be accepted in any other format. Formatted papers must be no longer than 14 pages. Papers that exceed this limit will be rejected without review. ISWC2006 will not accept papers that, at the time of submission, are under review for or have already been published in or accepted for publication in a journal or another conference. Authors of accepted papers will be required to provide semantic annotations for the abstract of their submission for the Semantic Web (help will be provided for this task). Details will be provided on the conference Web page at the time of acceptance TECHNICAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE GENERAL CHAIR Daniel Schwabe, PUC-Rio, Brazil RESEARCH TRACK CO-CHAIRS Isabel Cruz, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA Stefan Decker, DERI Galway, Ireland SEMANTIC-WEB-IN-USE TRACK CO-CHAIRS Dean Allemang, TopQuadrant, USA Chris Preist, HP Labs, UK POSTERS AND DEMO CHAIR Libby Miller, Asemantics, UK SEMANTIC WEB CHALLENGE CO-CHAIRS Peter Mika, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands Mike Uschold, Boeing Corporation, USA TUTORIALS CHAIR Wolfgang Nejdl, L3S and University of Hannover, Germany WORKSHOPS CHAIR Vipul Kashyap, Partners HealthCare System, USA DOCTORAL CONSORTIUM CHAIR Lora Aroyo, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands