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2007-06-08: Second Workshop on Foundations of Digital Libraries
The 2nd International Workshop on Foundations of Digital Libraries will be held in Budapest (Hungary) on 20 Septemeber 2007, in conjunction with the 11th European Conference on Research and Advanced Technologies for Digital Libraries (ECDL 2007). Event website
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Second Workshop on Foundations of Digital Libraries In conjunction with 11th European Conference on Research and Advanced Technologies on Digital Libraries (ECDL 2007)
By their very nature, Digital Libraries are served by a research community that has been historically heterogeneous and involves scientists from a large number of disciplines. Hence, it should come to no surprise that no agreement exists on the foundations characterizing and governing this broad field; instead, a plethora of models, systems, and methodologies have been developed that are difficult to combine and reuse. Currently the community is well aware of the problems created by such lack of universally accepted frameworks and of the urgency for reversing the situation so that progress may be accelerated.
This is the second workshop in a series aiming at bringing together the international Digital Library community, especially researchers interested in Digital Library modeling and working on the foundations of the field, for intenstive brainstorming and idea exchanging (click here for the First Workshop on Digital Libraries Foundations). Discussions and deliberations will be on several different aspects of the problem and will be in the context of a unified reference model for Digital Libraries. In particular, as a focal point, the workshop will have the Reference Model for Digital Libraries (www.delos.info/ReferenceModel) launched by the EU DELOS Network of Excellence on Digital Libraries (www.delos.info).
The workshop also intends to serve as a vehicle for expanding the set of researchers involved in the formation of the Reference Model, starting from those participating in the meeting itself and continuing on afterwards through appropriate collaborative instruments initiated by DELOS. Increasing the circle of those contributing to this activity will help in consolidating the key concepts in the field and will lead to a comprehensive and universally accepted model, influencing future activities and development of Digital Library systems.
Topics
The workshop will focus on the modeling of the main aspects that characterize the Digital Library universe: Content, User, Functionality, Policy, Quality and Architecture. For each one of these, the workshop participants will be asked to outline the specific modeling and research challenges and to identify some of the most promising candidate solutions to address those challenges. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
(Semi-)Formal Models for Digital Libraries
Theoretical Foundations of Digital Libraries
Models for Digital Library Resources
Models for Information Object, Metadata, Policy, User
Digital Library Functionality and Architecture Models
Reference Architectures for Digital Library Systems
Digital Library and Digital Library System quality models
Models of Digital Library Management Systems
Evaluation of current approaches in modeling Digital Libraries
Digital Library Interoperability Models
Concrete exploitations and implementations of Digital Library models
Models for Digital Libraries as Collaborative Tools
Session 1 (Invited): Reference Models - Why and What Chair: Donatella Castelli (ISTI-CNR, Pisa, Italy)
User Experiences with the DELOS Reference Model Marianne Backes (CVCE, Luxembourgh) [Presentation]
The DELOS Reference Model: Current Status and Future Steps Dagobert Soergel (U. Maryland - College Park, USA) [Presentation]
10:30 – 11:00
Coffee Break
11:00 – 12:30
Session 2 (Papers): Content, Functionality, and User Challenges Chair: Geneva Henry (Rice U., USA) Respondent: Carlo Meghini (ISTI-CNR, Pisa, Italy)
Risk Management Foundations for Digital Libraries: DRAMBORA (Digital Repository Audit Method Based on Risk Assessment Andrew McHugh (HATII, U. Glasgow, UK) Perla Innocenti (HATII, U. Glasgow, UK) Seamus Ross (HATII; U. Glasgow, UK) Raivo Ruusalepp (National Archief, The Netherlands) [Full paper - Presentation]
An Algebra and Conceptual Model for Semantic Tagging of Collaborative Digital Libraries Epaminondas Kapetanios (U. Westminster, UK) Markus Schall (Bilkent U., Turkey) [Full paper - Presentation]
Modeling Digital Libraries: A Pragmatic Perspective Leonidas Konstantelos (HATII, U. Glasgow, UK) [Full paper - Presentation]
12:30 – 14:00
Lunch
14:00 – 15:30
Session 3 (Papers): Digital Library Architectures Chair: Ed Fox (Virginia Tech, USA) Respondent: Heiko Schuldt (U. Basel, Switzerland)
Towards a Unified Runtime Model for Managing Network Classes of Digital Objects Kostas Saidis (U. Athens, Hellas (Greece)) Alex Delis (U. Athens, Hellas (Greece)) [Full paper - Presentation]
An Architecture for Type-Based Repository Systems Leonardo Candela (ISTI-CNR, Pisa, Italy) Paolo Manghi (ISTI-CNR, Pisa, Italy) Pasquale Pagano (ISTI-CNR, Pisa, Italy) [Full paper - Presentation]
Managing Digital Library Components Hussein Suleman (U. Cape Town, South Africa) [Full paper - Presentation]
Paper submission deadline: July 18, 2007 Acceptance notification: July 30, 2007 Camera ready: September 3, 2007 Workshop: September 20, 2007
Program Committee
Maristella Agosti, University of Padua, Italy Leonardo Candela, ISTI-CNR, Italy Stavros Christodoulakis, Technical University of Crete, Hellas (Greece) Ed Fox, Virginia Tech, USA Geneva Henry, Rice University, USA Georgia Koutrica, Stanford University, Palo Alto CA, USA Carlo Meghini, ISTI-CNR, Italy Seamus Ross, HATII, UK Heiko Schuldt, University of Basel, Switzerland Dagobert Soergel, University of Maryland - College Park, USA
Organisers
Donatella Castelli ISTI-CNR, Pisa, Italy
Yannis Ioannidis University of Athens, Athens, Hellas (Greece) For any inquiries, please contact the organisers at