Call for papers

Topics of interest

Topics of interest include (but are not limited to) one or more of the following topic areas:

Conceptual analysis and ontology design for the Digital Humanities (DH):

  • Domain ontologies or conceptual models for different fields of Humanities.
  • Methodological aspects of ontology development for the DH.
  • Application of formal ontology theories in the DH.
  • Case studies and lessons learnt from the use of standard ontologies (e.g. CIDOC-CRM).
  • Logical and ontological analysis of CIDOC-CRM or FRBR, e.g., with respect to foundational ontologies (DOLCE, UFO, BFO, etc.).
  • Philosophical and sociological analysis of digital models and modelling practices in DH.
  • Social studies on the policies towards the standardisation of ontologies in DH.

Semantic Web (SW) technologies for Cultural Heritage (CH) content creation, annotation, extraction:

  • SW architectures and infrastructures for CH.
  • Interoperability of CH collections.
  • Applying the FAIR data principles to CH data.
  • CH knowledge graphs.
  • Searching, querying and visualising CH data on the SW.
  • Ontology-based access to CH data.
  • Publishing CH data on the Web.
  • Navigating through and browsing CH data on the Web.
  • SW solutions for trust and provenance issues in CH.
  • SW applications for digital libraries, museums, tourism, the creative industries, etc.

Submissions

We will accept two different types of contributions:

  • Full papers for presenting original unpublished work, neither submitted to, nor accepted for, any other venue. Submitted *full papers* must not be shorter than 10 pages and must not exceed 12 pages, including bibliography.
  • Short papers for presenting work in progress, brief descriptions of doctoral theses, or general overviews of research projects. Submitted *short papers* must not be shorter than 6 pages and not exceed 8 pages, including bibliography.

All contributions to the workshop must be submitted according to the 1-column CEUR-ART style format. The style files for this format are available at http://ceur-ws.org/Vol-XXX/CEURART.zip. An Overleaf page is also available for LaTeX users: https://www.overleaf.com/read/gwhxnqcghhdt.

Papers should be submitted in PDF format through this link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=swodch2023.

Papers will be reviewed on the basis of their scientific merit, originality and relevance to the workshop. Each paper will be reviewed by at least three Program Committee members.

Diversity and inclusion statement. We kindly ask authors to adopt inclusive language in their papers and presentations (https://dbdni.github.io/pages/inclusivewriting.html and https://dbdni.github.io/pages/inclusivetalks.html), and all participants to adopt a proper code on conduct (https://dbdni.github.io/pages/codeofconduct.html).