Call for Papers - MTSR 2012: Metadata and Semantics Research Conference

The 6th International Conference on Metadata and Semantics Research (MTSR'12) aims to bring together researchers and practitioners that share a common interest in metadata, its representation, its semantics and its diverse applications to Information Systems.

Topics include but are not limited to contributions dealing with the following issues:

*   Metadata and knowledge representation in open access repositories, research information systems and research infrastructures

*   Information standards and specifications for open access repositories, research information systems and research infrastructures

*   Achieving semantic interoperability in open access repositories, research information systems and research infrastructures

*   Application of semantic web technologies in open access repositories, research information systems and research infrastructures

*   Support of advanced features for metadata: compound objects, complex relationships, handling heterogeneous content, multi-linguality, versioning, etc.

*   Information exchange, aggregation and integration in open access repositories, research information systems and research infrastructures

*   Information mining and extraction in open access repositories, research information systems and research infrastructures

*   Infrastructures for data sets (e.g. scientific data, public sector informations)

*   Metadata interoperability for research infrastructures across disciplines

*   Metadata quality in open access repositories, research information systems and research infrastructures

*   Mechanisms, tools and infrastructures for shared services, including but not limited to:

    *   Persistent identification

    *   Authority control

    *   Online viewing/streaming of digital content

    *   Metadata transformations

*   Digital preservation workflows and mechanisms and impact on metadata

*   Value-added services based on open access repositories, research information systems and research infrastructures