CALL FOR PAPERS 
Expert Systems: The Journal of Knowledge Engineering
Special Issue on Advances in Ontologies

Expert Systems seeks original manuscripts for a Special Issue on 
Advances in Ontologies scheduled to appear in late 2007.

The use of formal ontologies in knowledge systems has many advantages. 
It allows for an unambiguous specification of the structure of knowledge 
in a domain, enables knowledge sharing and, as a result, makes it possible 
to perform automated reasoning about ontologies. In recent years 
there has been a worldwide increase in the use of ontologies, both in 
industry and in research laboratories. This special issue of 
Expert Systems on the theme of Advances in Ontologies is intended 
to present the recent advances in ontology research and its applications 
to a general audience, to provide an opportunity for the broader 
Expert Systems community to become aware of recent ontology research.

The special issue will seek submissions of papers dealing with all 
aspects of ontology research, including the theoretical foundations, 
design, implementation and prototype development issues, ontologies 
in multi-agent systems and the Semantic Web, comparative studies, 
and applications, as well as those describing new challenges 
arising out of applications.

Topics of Interest:
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Topics include, but are not limited to the following: 
	- interoperability in ontologies
	- multi-agent systems and ontologies
	- ontologies and the semantic web
	- description logics for ontologies
	- ontology models and theories
	- reasoning with ontologies
	- ontology harvesting on the web
	- ontology of agents and actions
	- ontology engineering and management
	- ontology-based information extraction and retrieval<br>
	- ontology merging, alignment and integration
	- web ontology languages
	- formal concept analysis and ontologies

Paper Submission:
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Submitted articles must not have been previously published or currently 
submitted for journal publication elsewhere. Longer, extended versions of 
papers that have appeared in preliminary form in proceedings of conferences 
or workshops are welcome; the authors of selected papers from 
the Australasian Ontology Workshop (AOW) will also be invited 
to submit longer, extended versions of their papers. However, the authors 
should include a brief statement in their submission to indicate 
the way in which the article differs from such previously published papers. 

As an author, you are responsible for understanding and adhering to 
our submission guidelines. You can access them from: 
http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/submit.asp?ref=0266-4720
Please thoroughly read these before submitting your manuscript. 
Each paper will go through a rigorous review process.

Interested authors should submit digital copies (PDF preferred) of their papers, 
including all tables, diagrams, and illustrations, to Guest Editors by email.
Manuscripts should not exceed 15 pages in the journal's style 
(roughly, in double-column format in font size 11). 
A free sample issue is available from 
http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/toc/exsy/23/1 ; 
please have a look at a couple of papers in that issue to familiarize yourself 
with the journal style .


Important Dates:
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Submission Deadline: January 31, 2007 
Completion of First-Round Reviews: May 31, 2007
Revised Papers: June 30, 2007
Publication Materials Due: July 31, 2007
Publication: late 2007

Contact Details:
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Please address all other correspondence and/or enquiries regarding this special issue to Guest Editors:

Dr. Mehmet A. Orgun 
Intelligent Systems Laboratory (ISG) 
Department of Computing 
Division of Information and Communication Sciences
Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia 
Email: Mehmet.Orgun AT mq.edu.au  

Dr. Thomas Meyer
Knowledge Representation and Reasoning Program 
Kensington Laboratory, Sydney 
National ICT Australia, 223 Anzac Parade  
Kensington, NSW 2052, Australia 
Email: Thomas.Meyer AT nicta.com.au

Contributors are also welcome to contact the Journals Editor, Dr. Lucia Rapanotti, for further information:

Dr. Lucia Rapanotti
Computing Department 
The Open University
Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA, U.K.
Phone: +44 (0)1908 654125
Email: l.rapanotti AT open.ac.uk

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Expert Systems website: http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journal.asp?ref=0266-4720&site=1

Also refer to the AOW website: http://www.comp.mq.edu.au/conferences/aow/