LINGUIST List 22.2883 Wed Jul 13 2011 Calls: Semantics, Computational Linguistics/ Applied Ontology (Jrnl) Editor for this issue: Brent Miller <brentlinguistlist.org> LINGUIST is pleased to announce the launch of an exciting new feature: Easy Abstracts! Easy Abs is a free abstract submission and review facility designed to help conference organizers and reviewers accept and process abstracts online. Just go to: http://www.linguistlist.org/confcustom, and begin your conference customization process today! With Easy Abstracts, submission and review will be as easy as 1-2-3! Directory         1.     Thierry Hamon , Applied Ontology Message 1: Applied Ontology Date: 12-Jul-2011 From: Thierry Hamon <thierry.hamonuniv-paris13.fr> Subject: Applied Ontology E-mail this message to a friend Full Title: Applied Ontology Linguistic Field(s): Computational Linguistics; Semantics Call Deadline: 01-Sep-2011 Special Issue of Applied Ontology Ontologies and Terminologies: Continuum or Dichotomy http://natalia.grabar.perso.sfr.fr/AO-CALL/ (New information on the submission process below.) The semantic content of terminologies and ontologies is similar, and so are their applicational contexts, which may introduce a confusion between these two types of resources. Usually, a terminology is defined as a set of terms, which represents the system of concepts for an area and for an application. These terms remain linguistic entities and linguistic information may be associated with them. Term organization is usually not constrained by any formal logics or description, which may lead to problems like cyclicity and redundancy within a terminology. As for ontologies, they are built upon formal specification and constraints and describe also a system of concepts and associated properties for a specific area. They are intended to be used by computers and automatic applications. One may ask whether, in a specific situation, a terminology is sufficient, or whether an ontology is always required. In that respect, terminology and ontology are two complementary resources. However a weak definition of their similarities and differences may confuse the users. The objectives of this special issue is to address various issues related to differences and similarities between ontologies and terminologies, such as: - What are the differences and similarities between ontologies and terminologies? - How various (formal, structural and content) differences between terminologies and ontologies may impact their use, as well as the results provided by automatic systems? - Are terminologies suitable for populating ontologies and to which extent? - Are terminologies the first step when building ontologies? - How should the reuse of terminologies be operated? - What are the various kinds of semantic resources going from dictionaries and terminologies to ontologies, through taxonomies and classifications? - How to decide whether a terminology or an ontology should be exploited in a given situation? - How can multilingual terminologies contribute to the localization of ontologies? - Whether the same approaches may be used for the building of terminologies and ontologies? - Whether ontologies can be (re)used for improving the contents of a terminology and vice versa? - What are model representations and algorithms for the best reuse of terminologies for ontology building? - Are automated approaches suitable for this? This Special Issue of AO addresses these various questions, but is not limited to them. Authors defending various positions and points of view are encouraged to submit to this special issue. Important Dates: Submissions Deadline - September 1st, 2011 Notification to Authors - December 15th, 2011 Second Submission Deadline - February 15th, 2012 Second Notification - March 15th, 2012 Camera-ready Version - April 15th, 2012 Special Issue Publication - Summer 2012 Submission Process: Submissions should respect the AO format (http://www.iospress.nl/authco/ao_template.zip). Submission site: http://mstracker.com/submit1.php. You can find there: - the templates and specifications for the submissions - the submission form In the cover letter, please indicate that you submit to the special issue Ontologies and Terminologies: Continuum or Dichotomy. Guest Editors: Natalia Grabar, CNRS STL UMR 8163, Lille, France Thierry Hamon, LIM&BIO, University Paris 13, Bobigny, France Olivier Bodenreider, NLM/NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, USA Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 13-Jul-2011       About LINGUIST    |   Contact Us       While the LINGUIST List makes every effort to ensure the linguistic relevance of sites listed on its pages, it cannot vouch for their contents.