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FOnt 2005: Foundational Aspects of Ontologies (Koblenz, Germany, September 2005)

FOnt 2005 - Foundational Aspects of Ontologies

A Workshop at the 28th German Conference on Artificial Intelligence, KI 
2005, Koblenz, Germany, September 11th, 2005


Call for Papers
===============

Representing and reasoning with ontologies is the core technology for the
 
Semantic Web, and is growing in importance in many other areas of Computer
 
Science where structured and hierarchically organized knowledge is of 
importance. While the need for ontological knowledge representation formali
sms 
for practical applications is abundant, it is apparent that only conceptual
ly 
and mathematically sound frameworks can provide the means for a significant
 
technological advance in this area.

Indeed, formal and foundational aspects of ontologies are being studied in 
many 
application domains in order to serve practical needs. It lies in the natur
e of 
such fundamental research that a critical mass of different formal perspect
ives 
can generate a cross-fertilization of ideas and applications. We therefore
 
intend to bring together researchers working on foundational aspects of 
ontologies in different application areas, in order to stimulate an exchang
e of 
ideas and methods between the subcommunities. We believe that a significant
 
advance in understanding and establishing sound formal foundations for appl
ied 
ontology research can this way be made.


Aim and Scope
-------------

The workshop is intended for researchers which contribute to the

      * algebraic,
      * logical,
      * category-theoretic,
      * philosophical,

and other foundations of ontology research.


Submissions
-----------

We invite the submission of original papers that have not been submitted fo
r 
review or been published elsewhere. Submitted papers must be written in Eng
lish 
and should not exceed 15 pages. All submitted papers will be judged based o
n 
their quality, relevance, originality, significance, and soundness. Papers 
must 
be submitted directly by email in PDF format to Pascal Hitzler 
(hitzler@aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de). Accepted papers will be published in the
 
workshop proceedings, which will be distributed during the workshop.


Dates
-----

June 10th, 2005: paper submission
July 15th, 2005: notification
August 5th, 2005: camera-ready versions
September 11th-14th: KI 2005
September 11th, 2005: workshop


Keynote Speaker
---------------

Till Mossakowski, Department of Computer Science,
                    Universit?t Bremen, Germany


Organizers
----------

Pascal Hitzler, AIFB, Universit?t Karlsruhe, Germany
Carsten Lutz, Department of Computer Science, TU Dresden, Germany
Gerd Stumme, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science,
               Universit?t Kassel, Germany


Programme Committee
-------------------

J?r?me Euzenat, INRIA Rh?ne-Alpes, Grenoble, France
Bernhard Ganter, TU Dresden, Germany
Joseph Goguen, University of California at San Diego, California, USA
Wolfgang Hesse, Universit?t Marburg, Germany
Ian Horrocks, University of Manchester, UK
Yannis Kalfoglou, University of Southhampton, UK
Robert E. Kent, Ontologos, Pullman, USA
Markus Kr?tzsch, Universit?t Karlsruhe, Germany
Claudio Masolo, Institute of Cognitive Science and Technology, Trento,
                  Italy
Fabian Neuhaus, Universit?t des Saarlandes, Saarbr?cken, Germany
Ulrike Sattler, University of Manchester, UK
Marco Schorlemmer, CSIC Barcelona, Spain
Anthony K. Seda, University College Cork, Ireland
Sergio Tessaris, Universit? di Bolzano, Italy
Rudolf Wille, TU Darmstadt, Germany
Guo-Qiang Zhang, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA


Contact
-------

Contact Pascal Hitzler (hitzler@aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de) for all inquiries
about the workshop.

Workshop homepage: http://www.aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de/WBS/phi/FOnt2005/