Motivation

MTSR is an annual international inter-disciplinary conference, which brings together academics, researchers and practitioners in the specialized fields of metadata, ontologies and semantics research. The conference provides an opportunity for participants to share knowledge and novel approaches in the implementation of semantic technologies across diverse types of information environments and applications. These include Open Access Repositories and Digital Libraries, Cultural Informatics, Digital Humanities, E-learning applications, Search Engine Optimization and Information Retrieval, Research Information Systems and Infrastructures, e-Science and e-Social Science applications, Agriculture, Food and Environment, Bio-Health & Medical Information Systems.

Topics

Contributions are welcome on Metadata in general, Ontologies, Semantic Web, Linked Data, Automatic Metadata Generation, Open-Access Repositories, Digital Libraries, Knowledge Management, Software Engineering, Cultural Informatics, Digital Humanities, E-learning applications, Information Retrieval, e-Science and e-Social Science applications, Agriculture, Food and Environment, Bio-Health and Medical Information Systems, including but not limited to:

I. Foundations

    Typology of metadata and metadata implementations
    The value and cost of metadata
    Quality evaluation in the use of metadata
    Metadata reusability
    New or revised metadata schemas or application profiles
    Metadata standardization
    Empirical studies on metadata and/or ontologies usage

II. Languages and Frameworks for Metadata Management

    SGML, XML, UML in theory and practice
    Languages and Frameworks for Ontology Management
    Metadata and the Semantic Web
    Metadata and Knowledge Management
    Metadata and Software Engineering
    Metadata application of Semantic Web technologies
    Ontologies and Ontology-based Knowledge Management Systems

III. Case Studies

    Metadata and ontologies for librarianship, management of historical archives and archaeological research
    Metadata and ontologies for the design of innovative products and processes
    Metadata and ontologies for health, biological and clinical information management
    Metadata and ontologies in finance, tourism and public administrations
    Metadata and ontologies in industry
    Metadata and ontologies in education
    Metadata and ontologies in agriculture, food and environment

IV. Technological Issues

Technologies for:

    Metadata and ontology storage, Metadata and ontology integration, Metadata extraction and navigation, querying and editing of ontologies
    Learning Objects management
    Search engines, Localization & Visualization
    Mobile challenges
    Automatic Metadata Generation

V. Digital Libraries, Information Retrieval, Big, Linked, Social & Open Data

    Ontologies and SKOS
    Linked Data and its applications
    Information visualization
    Metadata quality
    Digital curation
    Impact and evaluation of digital libraries
    Use and re-use of digital data
    Data mining
    Open and Social Data
    Social Networking & Collaboration platforms
    Multilingual IR
    User behavior and modeling
    Big Data semantics, search and mining
    Big Data best practices
    Reasoning on Big Data

VI. Tutorials, Workshops, Demos and Panels

You can bring in your ideas for tutorials, workshops, demos and panels. If you are interested in a particular topic, please let us know by sending an email to mtsr.conference@gmail.com. Submit your proposal to EasyChair https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=mtsr2018

Special Tracks

The conference welcomes the organization of special tracks focusing on particular domains or topics. Proposals for special tracks are welcome. Papers submitted to tracks undergo the same review procedures and are published in the same proceedings as those accepted for the main track. Tracks currently being organized:

    Agriculture, Food & Environment
    Cultural Collections & Applications
    Digital Libraries, Information Retrieval, Big, Linked, Social & Open Data
    European and National Projects
    Open Repositories, Research Information Systems and Data Infrastructures
    Digital Humanities and Digital Curation
    Knowledge IT Artifacts (KITA) in professional communities and aggregations