Please forward to colleagues who may be interested. Second Call for Papers for an AHM 2005 mini-workshop on: +--------------------------------------------------------------+ | Data Integration in e-Science: what does the Grid give us? | +--------------------------------------------------------------+ Fourth UK All Hands Meeting (AHM), 20th - 22nd September 2005, East Midlands Conference Centre, Nottingham. For more details see: http://www.allhands.org.uk/ Abstract Submission Deadline: 1st April. Workshop Coordinator: Neil Chue Hong (N.ChueHong@epcc.ed.ac.uk). Scope and Content ----------------- The Grid provides us with the ability to create a vastly different model of data integration allowing support for dynamic, late-binding access to distributed, heterogeneous data resources. However the opportunities to exploit these new methods of data integration also produce many issues and open questions. This workshop brings together e-Science projects working on solving data integration problems using Grid techniques and technologies. It aims to present and disseminate the current status of grid data integration and allow the identification of common issues and gaps. In particular, it aims to: o Present the problems of data integration met in different domains. o Present and exchange solutions developed. o Facilitate future integration efforts by identifying issues common to data integration. Issues to be considered by contributors to this mini-workshop are: o What are the common patterns in data integration? o What are the current challenges to data integration? o What are the main architectural issues to providing seamless data integration? o How do the emerging set of Web Services / Semantic Web standards assist the needs of distributed data management and integration? o What requirements do we have on metadata to support data integration o What tools and technologies are still required to make data integration work? o Does the Grid provide a fundamentally different model of access to distributed data? The expected audience are all those working on projects which involve data integration, especially those seeking to identify potential solutions and issues in the current and short-term versions of grid middleware. Presentations should be up to 20 minutes including time for questions and answers. Submission of Abstracts ----------------------- Abstract and paper submissions will be subject to the same reviewing procedure as regular AHM papers. When submitting papers to the AHM you will be asked to submit their paper as either a regular AHM paper, or for consideration for a specific workshop. Clearly you should ask to be considered for the data integration mini workshop. High quality workshop papers that are judged to be unsuitable for the workshop to which they are submitted will automatically be considered as regular papers. To submit abstracts/papers to this mini-workshop please go to the submissions page at the AHM web site at: http://www.allhands.org.uk/submissions/