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Special Call for Papers on the Social, Political, Cultural and Economic Dimensions of Ontology Engineering

Submitted by Krzysztof Janowicz on 04/04/2013 - 22:50

Special Call for Papers on the Social, Political, Cultural and Economic Dimensions of Ontology Engineering

Developing an ontology is similar to arranging a fence. In both cases human beings demarcate areas, be it in geographic or conceptual space, that they want to separate for some purpose. While the social, political, cultural, and economic implications of introducing such demarcations in the physical and social world, e.g., land ownership, have been studied for decades, ontologies are largely approached from a purely engineering perspective. There is reason to believe that this may hinder the success and adaptation of ontologies in science and society.

Streamlining SWJ Decision Categories

Submitted by Pascal Hitzler on 02/26/2013 - 10:02

The editorial board just decided to implement a new policy regarding decision categories for submitted papers: Decisions on submitted manuscripts are one of the following.

  1. Accept
  2. Minor revisions required
  3. Major revisions required
  4. Reject

They mean the following:

Semantic Web Journal: Call for Special Issue Proposals

Submitted by Pascal Hitzler on 02/08/2013 - 05:49

Semantic Web Journal: Call for Special Issue Proposals

http://www.semantic-web-journal.net

IOS Press booth at ISWC2012

Submitted by Pascal Hitzler on 11/15/2012 - 06:50

Booth at ISWC2012 - thanks to IOS Press for their support and flexibility in running the journal

Outstanding Paper and Outstanding Reviewer Awards 2011/2012

Submitted by Krzysztof Janowicz on 11/14/2012 - 11:16

It is with great pleasure that we would like to announce the winners of two awards for the academic year 2011/2012. The Semantic Web Journal awards an outstanding paper award as well as an outstanding reviewer award sponsored by IOS Press with a 500 Euro book coupon. The winners have been selected by the editorial board from all papers accepted between August 2011 and August 2012 as well as all solicited and volunteered reviews submitted to the journal.

Outstanding Paper Award 2011/2012

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