Knowledge Technologies 2001 Call for Papers

Throughout the year 2000, GCA found knowledge technologies taking center stage in its XML conferences. While knowledge was not a popular theme at other XML conferences, the GCA conferences highlighted knowledge technologies because these conferences provide a window on what's new, what's hot and a vision for the future. At XML Europe, a full track on “Topic Maps,” an information technology coming from the ISO world, was a highlight of the conference. XML 2000 in Washington DC will feature a Knowledge Technologies track that expands the knowledge offering of XML Europe to include other key technologies such as RDF, ontologies, and semantics along with Topic Maps. Again knowledge technologies stole the spotlight at GCA's new Extreme Markup conference.

In light of the strong interest in knowledge technologies, GCA is offering a new conference in 2001. This new conference, Knowledge Technologies 2001, is a natural consequence of the rapidly growing interest in technologies that will provide technology to the knowledge management community and make the Semantic Web a reality. Because KT2001 is a brand new conference we will construct the conference based on the input of paper submissions and rely on the guidance of a KT Board of Directors. We are actively reaching out to all communities for which “knowledge” is critical, holding our breath, and waiting to see what form this new conference takes. We have some predictions about the content of the conference. But also hope to be surprised by new knowledge technologies to be debuted. In addition to our conference tracks, we are proud to offer tutorials designed for newcomers, those involved in management, and Web developers.

KT2001 is your opportunity to catch up with the latest developments in the quickly emerging world of Knowledge Technologies. This event will provide you with updates on the latest standards and activities of the ISO, the World Wide Web Consortium, and IDEAlliance initiatives. We will assembled outstanding keynote presentations from visionaries of the world of knowledge, as well as from technology vendors.

The call for papers is currently posted on the GCA web site. Go to www.gca.org! Topics for submission include, but are not limited to: