9th DELOS Network of Excellence thematic workshop:
Call for papers
Subject: Digital Repositories: Interoperability and Common Service
Date: May 11-13, 2005
Venue: The Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas (FORTH),
Heraklion, Crete
DELOS invites papers for a forthcoming workshop on the topic of digital
repositories. Initial submission and selection will be by extended
abstract. The authors of accepted abstracts will be asked to submit a full
paper for inclusion in the workshop proceedings.
Digital repositories as 'managed collections of digital objects' are an
essential part of the architectural framework within many domains. In
this workshop we will focus in particular on the role of repositories
within e-learning and e-research and related digital library services,
and will consider such repositories as providers of both preservation and
access services. Digital repositories support the requirements of a
number of communities, and the workshop will welcome participation from
content providers and practitioners, as well as those with a research
interest in the development of repositories.
This is a joint workshop of the Knowledge Extraction and Semantic
Interoperability and Preservation clusters of the DELOS Project. DELOS is
an interdisciplinary Network of Excellence funded by the European Union to
support the development of the next generation of digital library
technologies.
Topics for inclusion:
The workshop will provide a forum to explore such topics as inter-working
between repositories, the role of repositories in enabling a workflow to
support the digital object life-cycle, the potential for common services
and interoperability amongst various types of repositories, mapping the
repository landscape, and developing a distributed repository
architecture. Contributions will be welcome from a technical and
organisational perspective.
Topics might include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Frameworks, technical architectures and reference models
- Evaluation of repository models
- Digital repositories and open access
- Workflows and dataflows
- Common and shared repository services
- Ingest and metadata capture
- Policy and organisational issues
- Implementing appropriate preservation strategies
- Trust, audit and certification, authenticity, validation
- Rights management
Audience:
The workshop will provide a forum to exchange experiences and discuss
problems, requirements and solutions within the area of digital
repositories. The workshop will provide an opportunity for European
researchers coming from academia and industry to exchange ideas and
experience, and to meet with interested practitioners from application
communities. The workshop will enable different communities to learn about
the latest research developments in this field and will provide the
opportunity to disseminate the results of the workshops in the form of
workshop proceedings.
Abstract Submission
Extended abstracts are invited for workshop papers and suggestions are
invited for themed working group break-out sessions.
Selection of papers will be carried out by the Programme Committee on
the basis of abstracts. Programme Committee members are welcome to submit
abstracts.
Original submissions in the form of extended abstracts between 500 and
1000 words in PDF or MSWORD format should be submitted by 22 February 2005
according to the instructions to be found at
http://ukoln.ac.uk/events/delos-rep-workshop
Receipt of abstracts will be confirmed by email. Notification will be made
to successful authors by 8 March, 2005.
Full papers must be submitted by 22 April 2005 to be included in the
workshop proceedings. Advisory length of full papers is 6 pages, maximum
10 pages. Successful authors will be advised of the format for full
papers.
Important Dates
Abstract Submission Deadline: 22 Feb, 2005
Notification of Acceptance: 8 March, 2005 (to be confirmed)
Full paper: 22 April, 2005 (to be confirmed)
Chairs:
Prof. Andreas Rauber (Vienna University of Technology)
Rachel Heery (UKOLN, University of Bath)
Michael Day (UKOLN, University of Bath)
Programme Committee to be announced
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