RDF/RDFS and OWL in Language Technology:
4th Workshop on NLP and XML (NLPXML-2004)
Overview
While XML is fully accepted within the NLP community as the main
standard for data representation, especially for purposes of
interchange and software interoperability, the use of Semantic Web
technologies--including RDF (Resource Definition Framework),
RDFS (RDF Schema), and OWL (Ontology Web Language)--for NLP
applications remains relatively limited. However, the combination
of XML, RDF/RDFS and OWL provides an overall architecture for NLP
resources of all kinds whose implications are still being worked
out within the NLP community.
The goal of this workshop is two-fold: (1) to provide a forum for
presentation and discussion of practical applications of RDF, RDFS
and OWL in language technology (including resource and software
development, applications, tools, etc.); and (2) to clarify the
respective roles of XML, RDF/RDFS and OWL in NLP applications and
resources, in relation to the growth of the Semantic Web.
NLPXML-2004 is intended not only for those already using
Semantic Web technologies, but also members of the NLP community
who seek a fuller understanding of the motivations and implications
of XML/RDF/RDFS/OWL, the Semantic Web, and related standards for
the field.
This workshop is the fourth in the NLPXML series, following the first
workshop at NLPRS 2001 in Tokyo, the second at COLING 2002 in Taipei,
and the third at EACL 2003 in Budapest.
Invited Speaker
Max Froumentin (W3C):
Extensible MultiModal Annotation markup language (EMMA)
This talk will introduce the W3C Multimodal Interaction Activity,
whose goal is to design a framework of specifications to enable access
to the Web using multi-modal interaction. In particular we will
introduce the Extensible MultiModal Annotation (EMMA) language
specification. EMMA is an XML language for describing the
interpretation of user input, combining transcriptions of raw signals
into words with metadata to help applications resolve uncertainties
and contradictions in interpretations. We will also discuss the issues
encountered by the Working Group as the language is being developed,
such as whether to use RDF or not, how best to combine
interpretations, or what metadata properties to represent.
Call for Papers
The Call for Papers is now closed.
Authors of accepted papers should follow these
instructions.
Important Dates
- Submission deadline: 12 April 2004
- Notification of acceptance: 9 May 2004
- Camera-ready version due: 24 May 2004
- Workshop date: 25 July 2004
Organizing Committee
- Nancy Ide (Vassar College, USA)
- Laurent Romary (Loria/CNRS, France)
- Graham Wilcock (University of Helsinki, Finland)
Program Committee
- Kalina Bontcheva (University of Sheffield, UK)
- Barrett Bryant (University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA)
- Paul Buitelaar (DFKI, Germany)
- Key-Sun Choi (KAIST, Korea)
- Hamish Cunningham (University of Sheffield, UK)
- Thierry Declerck (DFKI, Germany)
- David Durand (Brown University, USA)
- Tomaz Erjavec (Institute Jozef Stefan, Slovenia)
- Nancy Ide (Vassar College, USA)
- Ewan Klein (University of Edinburgh, UK)
- Jimmy Lin (MIT, USA)
- Chieko Nakabasami (Toyo University, Japan)
- Naoyuki Nomura (Justsystem/Hosei University, Japan)
- Antonio Pareja-Lora (UCM, Spain)
- Laurent Romary (Loria/CNRS, France)
- Manfred Stede (University of Potsdam, Germany)
- Henry Thompson (University of Edinburgh, UK)
- Fabio Vitali (University of Bologna, Italy)
- Graham Wilcock (University of Helsinki, Finland) (Chair)
Additional information: Graham Wilcock (graham.wilcock@helsinki.fi)