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Subject: [Fwd: CFP: 1st Workshop on Friend of a Friend, Social Networkingand the Semantic Web (1+2 September, Galway, Ireland)]
Of relavance to these groups...perhaps... --- peterd -----Forwarded Message----- > From: Dan Brickley <danbri@w3.org> > To: www-rdf-interest@w3.org > Subject: CFP: 1st Workshop on Friend of a Friend, Social Networking and the Semantic Web (1+2 September, Galway, Ireland) > Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2004 20:16:52 -0400 > > > > 1st Workshop on Friend of a Friend, > Social Networking and the Semantic Web > (FOAF'2004) > *1-2 September 2004, Galway, Ireland*, > sponsored by SWAD-Europe and DERI > *http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/Europe/events/foaf-galway/* > > Introduction > ------------ > > The FOAF (Friend of a Friend <http://www.foaf-project.org/>) > project explores a unique combination of themes from social > networking, search engines, knowledge representation and software > development. FOAF was designed as a practical experiment that > would highlight the technical, social and business challenges > raised by the next generation of "Semantic" Web technology. Over > the past few years, the FOAF developer community has been working > on standards-based techniques for publishing and harvesting > machine-readable descriptions of people, the links between them, > and the things they create and do. The working assumption of the > project is that such techniques will underpin the deployment of > the next generation of Web technology, W3C's "Semantic Web". > The FOAF project was created in the expectation that > these machine-readable descriptions will grow, as the Semantic Web > platform matures, to cover companies, organisations, documents, > groups, products, file sharing and many other aspects of life, > both online and off. The time has come to evaluate these > assumptions in the context of the opportunities and challenges > presented by the rise of FOAF and the > Semantic Web. > > Social networking is a recent topic gaining much interest and > publicity. Social networking sites are community sites where users > can maintain an online network of friends or associates for social > or business purposes: whether looking for a job, reconnecting with > old friends, moving to a new area, or dating. Most of these sites > are based on a centralised architecture: all users' descriptions > are stored in one big database. There is, however, growing user > and business interest in portability between such sites, and for > sophisticated "single sign-on" mechanisms that reduce the need for > data re-entry, while allowing users to manifest different aspects > of themselves in different contexts. FOAF-based import/export > allows such sites to address user demand for control of "their" > data; however, many deployment, privacy, authentication and > engineering issues have not yet been fully explored. To what > extent do mechanisms such as FOAF change the environment they > attempt to describe? How can the visibility of personal data be > restricted to certain audiences? How can businesses make money > when their customers can migrate to new services with increased ease? > > This workshop on FOAF, social networking and the Semantic Web > provides a first chance to discuss the unusual combination of > perspectives - academic and scientific, engineering, social, legal > and business - drawn together by these trends. The workshop aims > to bring together for the first time researchers interested in the > effects, analysis and application of social networks on the > (Semantic) Web as well as practitioners building applications and > infrastructure. The workshop will also try to give a snapshot of > current developments, as well as setting a roadmap for the future > of both FOAF and social networking - especially in the context > of the Semantic Web. > > Topics of interest for full papers include, but are not limited to > the following: > > * Social network metadata standards > * Trust issues in social networks > * Profiles of FOAF, subsets, mapping to other vocabularies and formats > * Federated digital identity, single sign-on (decentralized identity > management) > * Business models for the Semantic Web (life after banner > advertisements) > * Integration with desktop and mobile applications (chat, IM, P2P, > Bluetooth, address books, RSS/Atom) > * Privacy, etiquette and best practice issues for aggregators > * Infrastructure for social networking > * Applications of online social networking > * Knowledge management with social networks > * Mathematical analysis of social networks > * Exchange of social network information > * Applications of online social networks > * Shared annotations > * Use of digital signatures and encryption with RDF/XML > * RDF-based search engines, data harvesting and syndication > * GUIs (browsers, editors) for FOAF and Semantic Web data > * Formalisms that address practical problems of heterogenous > changing data > * Pragmatics of sharing data schemas across subtly different datasets > > > Submission and Important Dates > ------------------------------ > > The workshop will be organized in part around talks presenting > selected research results in the relevant fields. Another > important part of the workshop will be open discussions, where > participants define the agenda themselves, focusing on the > interests of the participants with respect to social networking, > FOAF, and the Semantic Web. Depending on the nature of the > submissions, some time may be allocated to discussion of > the future development and coverage of the FOAF specification. > > We invite the submission of position statements and demonstration > descriptions as well as full papers. Position papers and > demonstration submissions should not exceed 1000 words, full > papers should not contain more than 6000 words. Documents should > be be submitted as tarred/zipped archives containing exactly one > index.html file and all accompanying files to > team-foafws-org@w3.org (or alternate address(danbri+foafws@w3.org>). > > Papers to be published and/or presented will be selected by in > peer review process. > > * Full paper submissions due: *18th July 2004* > * Position papers and demonstration proposals due: *22nd July 2004* > * Notification for acceptance: *5th August 2004* > * Web-ready versions due: *16th August 2004* > * Workshop date: *1st-2nd September 2004* > > > Chairs > ------ > > * Dan Brickley <danbri@w3.org>, W3C. > * Stefan Decker <stefan@deri.ie>, DERI. > * Libby Miller <libby.miller@bristol.ac.uk>, ILRT. > * R.V.Guha <guha@guha.com>, IBM. > > > Programme Committee > ------------------- > > * Lada Adamic > * Tom Baker > * Orkut Buyukkokten > * Marc Canter > * Edd Dumbill > * Dieter Fensel > * Morten Frederiksen > * Nick Gibbins > * Jen Golbeck > * R.V.Guha > * Jan Hauser > * Jim Hendler > * Mashide Kanzaki > * Paul Martino > * Brian McBride > * Wolfgang Nejdl > * Chris Schmidt > * Guus Schreiber > * Nova Spivak > * Barney Pell > * Jack Park > * Danny Weitzner > > > Location > -------- > > Galway <http://www.galway.net/galwayguide/> was founded in the > 13th century by the Anglo-Norman de Burgos as a medieval > settlement on the eastern bank of the River Corrib. It became a > walled and fortified city state ruled by fourteen powerful > merchant families, later known as the "Tribes of Galway". Today > the city is a vibrant, bustling centre of the arts and commerce, > though it still retains a relaxed and intimate atmosphere. Galway > is also one of the most popular tourist destinations in the > country. The city, with its medieval streets, waterways, extensive > range of shopping facilities, wealth of music sessions and other > cultural events, is a place to be treasured. The seaside town of > Salthill, a Galway suburb, is a renowned summer resort. Its fine > beaches open directly onto spectacular Galway Bay. Galway's > numerous annual festivals and celebrations - among them the > 'C?irt' International Festival of Literature, the Galway Arts > Festival, the Galway Races and the Oyster Festival - are famous > throughout Ireland and beyond. Galwegians can justly claim a > quality of life that is surpassed nowhere in the world. > > Being a university city, Galway is a lively energetic place > throughout the year. The National University of Ireland, Galway > <http://www.nuigalway.ie/>, situated close to the heart of Galway, > enjoys an intimate relationship with the city and during the > academic year, 15% of the population of the city are students. A > compact, thriving city, Galway caters to youth like few other > places can. The University's graduates have played a pivotal role > in all areas of the development of Galway, including the arts, > industry and commerce. > > The Digital Enterprise Research Institute <http://www.deri.ie/> has a > centre located at NUI Galway and is focused on developing > Semantic Web technology. > > See the local organisers <http://sw.deri.ie/~jbreslin/foaf-galway/> > page for further details on accommodation and travel. > > > Sponsoring Possibilities > ------------------------ > > Are you a company or organisation willing to sponsor this event? > Sponsoring companies will be given the opportunity to present > their software in The demo session and display their logo > prominently on the workshop homepage. Please contact John Breslin > (john.breslin@deri.ie) for further information. >
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