First Workshop on Semantic Wikis [SemWiki2006]

1st Workshop:
''SemWiki2006 - From Wiki to Semantics''

co-located with the 3rd Annual European Semantic Web Conference (ESWC)

Budva, Montenegro, 11th - 14th June, 2006

Abstract Deadline: 7 March 2006.
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Executive Summary

SemWiki2006 is the first workshop on Semantic Wikis. It aims to explore and
collect the different ideas and motivations that have lead to the recent emergence
of so-called "Semantic Wiki" systems.

Semantic Wikis try to combine the strengths of Semantic Web (machine processable,
data integration, complex queries) and Wiki (easy to use and contribute, strongly
interconnected, collaborativeness) technologies.

Goals are diverse and include:

• simple annotations of existing Wiki content;


• tools that guide users from informal knowledge contained in texts to
  more formal structures;


• full-fledged tools for ontology editing where the text is no longer
  in the focus of the system.

In the future, Semantic Wiki systems might play an important role for "knowledge
acquisition", enabling non-technical users to contribute to the Semantic
Web.

Topics of Interest (include but are not limited to)

• Semantic Extensions of Wikis


• Text-Based Semantic Authoring


• Acquisition of Formal Knowledge from Structured Text


• Collaborative Authoring of Formal Knowledge


• Continuous and Integrated Knowledge Usage and Refinement


• Creating semantic content from text within




• Semantic Portals,


• Personal Knowledge Management Systems, and


• Ontology Authoring Environments.




• Possible Application Areas of Semantic Wikis