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The author of the quoted email wishes it be made clear that it was not this particular _track_ that I submitted to. That is the case, as I was given other options when submitting online. I have suggested that the issue be taken up with the conference organizers, as that is the level at which a requirement of professional conduct should be made clear, not individual tracks of the conference. kc On 8/21/19 8:33 AM, Karen Coyle wrote: > Folks, > > I made the terrible mistake of submitting to this conference, so I > wanted to let others know about my experience. The "review" that I > received consisted of a 25-point nastygram, dripping sarcasm. I was > utterly shocked, to say the least. This is without a doubt a conference > that needs a Code of Conduct, but I'm not holding out hope for it. > > Clearly one that I will avoid in the future, and I regret having had > contact with this community. The contrast with Code4Lib is like 0 to 1. > Oh, boy, and I glad to be here! > > kc > > > -------- Forwarded Message -------- > Subject: [CODE4LIB] 1st C4P - SPECIAL TRACK on METADATA & SEMANTICS for > CULTURAL COLLECTIONS & APPLICATIONS > Date: Thu, 9 May 2019 08:39:16 +0200 > From: Lina Bountouri <[log in to unmask]> > Reply-To: Code for Libraries <[log in to unmask]> > To: [log in to unmask] > > 1st Call for Papers, apologies for cross-posting > ------------------------------ > > SPECIAL TRACK on METADATA & SEMANTICS for CULTURAL COLLECTIONS & > APPLICATIONS <http://www.ionio.gr/labs/dbis/mtsr2019/> > > Part of the 13th International Conference on Metadata and Semantics > Research (MTSR 2019) <http://mtsr-conf.org/home> > October 28 – 31 2019, Rome, Italy > > *Submission deadline: June 16th, 2019* > Proceedings will be published in *Springer CCIS series > <http://www.springer.com/series/7899>* > > AIM AND SCOPE > Cultural Heritage collections are essential knowledge infrastructures that > provide a solid > representation of the historical background of human communities. These > knowledge infrastructures > are constructed from and integrate cultural information derived from > diverse memory institutions, > mainly libraries, archives and museums. Each individual community has spent > a lot of effort > in order to develop, support and promote its own systems, tools and > metadata for the management > of cultural information, mainly related to its particular resources and > use. > > In this framework, the management of the cultural information has to deal > with challenges related to > (i) metadata modeling, specification, standardization, extraction, > (semantic) enrichment, mapping, > integration, effective use, and evaluation, (ii) knowledge representation > as conceptualization to > provide the context for unambiguously interpreting metadata, and (iii) > information integration from > different contexts for the provision of integrated access, reuse and > advanced services to users. > > At the same time, there are also inter-domain efforts targeted to > semantically align data (research > data, educational data, public sector information etc.) to cultural > information. New challenges are > also emerged from the need to incorporate cultural information into the new > publication paradigms, > where a variety of resources (data, metadata, processes, results, etc) are > linked and integrated, > providing better shareability and reusability. Currently, Linked (Open) > Data, as part of the > Semantic Web Technology, is having a major role in modernizing cultural > heritage collections. > Providing to users the possibility to re-use and integrate data into their > own systems is currently > more than a need, given that transparency and access to information is a > prerequisite. A critical > factor to the effectiveness of many aspects of all the above efforts is the > quality of metadata, > as interpreted by its context and use and evaluated by the proper measures > and methods. Many > institutions and aggregate infrastructures are dealing with the poor > quality of metadata that > inevitably results in poor integration, search and reuse, while their > enrichment, in terms of > contextualization, co-referencing, alignment, etc, is really challenging. > > The aim of this Special Track is to maintain a dialogue where researchers > and practitioners working > on all the aspects of the cultural information will come together and > exchange ideas about open issues > at all stages of the cultural heritage information life cycle. The track > also welcomes works related to > semantics and applications for new approaches to cultural information > publication and sharing, as well > as to interlinking to other datasets published in the Semantic Web universe. > > > TOPICS > The papers in this special track should be original and of high quality, > addressing issues in areas > such as: > * Cultural Heritage metadata models, standards, ontologies, knowledge > organization and representation systems > * Cultural Heritage information integration, interoperability and mappings > * Automated extraction of metadata, entities, and patterns from Cultural > Heritage resources > * Metadata manual or automated (Semantic) enrichment and search > * Metadata quality metrics, tools and services > * Linked Open Data approaches in the Cultural Heritage domain > * Publication, linking and citation of Cultural Heritage information and > resources > * Large volume content management > * 3D models-indexing, storage and retrieval approaches > * Infrastructures for sharing content > * Digital Curation workflows and models > * Provenance and preservation metadata for Cultural Heritage digital > resources > > SUBMISSION GUIDELINES > Authors can submit either full papers (12 pages) or short papers (6 pages). > Submitted papers have to > follow the LNCS proceedings formatting style and guidelines > <https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines?countryChanged=true> > . > > Submissions should be original and not previously submitted, published and > under review to other > Conferences or Journals.The submitted papers will undergo the same peer > review as the submissions > for MTSR 2019 and accepted contributions will be published in the MTSR 2019 > proceedings (Springer CCIS series <http://www.springer.com/series/7899>). > Authors of accepted papers will be asked to register to the Conference and > present their work. > > Selected papers might be considered for a revised and extended version to > be published in a range of > international journals, including the International Journal of Metadata, > Semantics and Ontologies > <https://www.inderscience.com/jhome.php?jcode=ijmso> > (Inderscience), and Data Technologies and Applications > <http://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/products/journals/journals.htm?id=dta> > (previously published as Program, Emerald). > More information on submission can be found at the MTSR 2019 call for > papers web page <http://mtsr-conf.org/call-for-papers>. > > > IMPORTANT DATES > June 16th, 2019: Submission deadline > July 28th, 2019: Notification of decision (Acceptance/Rejection) > August 25th, 2019: Camera-ready papers due > October 28th – October 31st, 2019: Conference at the Marconi University in > Rome, Italy > > > SPECIAL TRACK CHAIRS > * Michalis Sfakakis, Dept. Archives, Library Science and Museology, Ionian > University, Corfu, Greece ([log in to unmask]) > * Lina Bountouri, Dept. Archives, Library Science and Museology, Ionian > University, Corfu, Greece and NATO HQ, Brussels, Belgium ([log in to unmask], > [log in to unmask]) > > > PROGRAM COMMITTEE (TBA) > -- Karen Coyle [log in to unmask] http://kcoyle.net m: +1-510-435-8234 skype: kcoylenet/+1-510-984-3600