*** Apologies for Cross-posting *** ==================================================================== Call for Papers: Workshop on Issues in Ontology Development and Use UK e-Science All Hands Meeting, 10th - 13th September 2007 ==================================================================== As semantic technologies begin to be taken up and used seriously within different fields of research, they are reaching a critical phase in their development. There are serious challenges to be addressed if they are to deliver the promise of semantic integration of distributed digital resources. Preliminary investigations of the issues surrounding the development and use of ontologies suggest that the e-Science community is now stumbling across a whole range of issues which first surfaced within software engineering twenty (or more) years ago. The aim of this workshop is bring together ontology users, domain experts, ontology developers and tool developers, members of the ontology standards, and library and information sciences communities to share experiences of this key technology for e-Science and explore how problems that are beginning to emerge might be addressed. Possible topics include, but are not restricted to: · methods and tools for knowledge elicitation and representation, including user participatory approaches · managing change and evolution in requirements and use · designing for scalability and re-use · standards and guidelines for maintainability · ontology languages, tools and infrastructure · socio-political dynamics arising from the interplay between the increasing formalisation of shared knowledge and the practices of scientific research. ** Submission requirements ** Prospective participants are required to submit an 8 page paper in the All Hands format. Submissions will be reviewed by the All Hands Programme Committee. Details of submission formats and procedures can be found at http://www.allhands.org.uk ** Submission deadlines ** The deadline for submission is 16^th April. ** Workshop organisers ** Rob Procter, Yuwei Lin, Alex Voss, National Centre for e-Social Science, University of Manchester Dave Randall, Department of Sociology, Manchester Metropolitan University John Rooksby, Computing Department, Lancaster University Wes Sharrock, Department of Sociology, University of Manchester Jenny Ure, School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh For more information, email Rob Procter at rob.procter@ncess.ac.uk mailto:rob.procter@ncess.ac.uk -- Dr. Yuwei Lin ESRC National Centre for e-Social Science (NCeSS) University of Manchester Dover Street Building Manchester M13 9PL UK T. +44-(0)161-2751388 F. +44-(0)161-2751390 W. (work) http://www.ncess.ac.uk W. (personal) http://www.ylin.org