[CFP] MTSR'07 - Deadline extended

Dear all,

Due to numerous requests for extension the conference committee has decided to extend the submission deadline for three weeks in order to collate with the easter holidays. The new deadline for papers/abstracts submissions and Invited Sessions Proposals is April 20th. For those that have submitted their work earlier the review process has already started and will finish on time.

Please note also that special session proposals are also wellcomed, specially in the field of digital libraries and archives and other Information Science topics.

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2nd International Conference on Metadata and Semantics Research (MTSR'07)
11-12 October 2007
http://www.mtsr.ionio.gr/
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The 2nd International Conference on Metadata and Semantics Research will be held at the Ionian Academy of Corfu (Ionian University) from October the 11th to October the 12th 2007.
The conference targets researchers and practitioners from the fields of metadata and semantics research as well as applications of the semantic web and related technologies (Social Web, Infometrics, Information Retrieval). The conference location is the Ionian Academy the building of the First Greek University established by Frederik North , Earl of Gilford in 1824. The university was reestablished in 1984. Corfu is one of the most famous islands in Greece and the Capital of Heptanese (the 7 islands block in the Ionian Sea).
The conference will feature important keynotes from well known researchers and practitioners.

Important Dates:

* 20th APRIL 2007 (extended): Submission of Paper Title and Extended Abstract
* 30 April 2007: Acceptance Notification
* 31 August 2007: Submission of Final Paper


The conference will publish ISBN based CD-ROM proceedings as well as post proceedings published by an international publisher.

Proposed Topics:
* Metadata design and semantics
* Application and Evaluation of metadata standards. Quality of metadata
* Metadata usage on digital libraries, museums and archives.
* Ontologies, vocabularies and thesauri
* Ontological and knowledge-based approaches to metadata
* Ontologies and vocabularies specific to scientific and/or technological domains
* Semantic Web and ontologies in information science and digital libraries
* Metadata-based information retrieval and browsing. Use of metadata for describing and retrieval digital objects: from articles and learning objects to journals and e-learning applications.
* Multilingual metadata vocabularies
* Federated metadata systems
* Metadata registry
* Metadata for heterogeneous sources in distributed environments
* Organizational and social aspects of Semantic Web and related technologies
* Integration and Interoperability
* Standards
* Operational environments
* Distributed and heterogeneous systems
* Distributed digital collections (building, storage, maintenance and development)
* Information Organization, Search and Usage
* Electronic resource management tools
* Resource Discovery
* Models and standards for information representation
* User Studies and System Evaluation
* Collaborative environments
* Graphical user interfaces
* Information visualization interfaces, tools, techniques
* Usability
* Information Seeking and Behavior
* Empirical user studies
* User communities
* Cognitive approaches and methodologies
* Metrics, testbeds, results for Information Analysis.
* Digital Archiving and Preservation
* Digital imagery for historical and cultural materials.
* Digital Museums
* Virtual exhibitions. Virtual environments. 3D digital museums artefacts. Digitized spaces
* Mobile computing guide
* Digital Library Applications
* Media digital libraries, video digital libraries
* Accessible digital libraries
* Multilingual information access
* Social, organizational and economic issues
* Intellectual Property Issues
* National digital libraries, specialized digital libraries
* Digital libraries in organizational environments
* Data libraries In Education, e-learning
* Business and publishing models and tools for digital libraries and repositories