************************************************************************ ** Call for Papers Post COLING/ACL-2006 Workshop: Multilingual Language Resources and Interoperability Sydney, Australia July 23rd, 2006 http://coli.lili.uni-bielefeld.de/mlri06 ************************************************************************ ** MLRI06: Multilingual Language Resources and Interoperability In an ever-expanding information society, most information systems are now facing the "multilingual challenge". Lexical resources play an essential role in these information systems. Such lexical resources need to provide information on many languages in a common framework and should be (re)usable in many applications (for automatic or human use). This workshop aims at bringing together research on using and building different language resources, such as lexicons, (Semantic Web) ontologies, tagsets, annotation schemes etc., to achieve multilingual interoperation. We welcome submissions on recent and innovative work involving such multilingual ressources. Submissions should focus on any of the following topics: - models for language/application-independent linguistic data, - multilingual linguistic data acquisition and maintenance, - interaction between different kinds of resources (lexicons, corpora, ontologies, etc.) for different languages, - lexical architectures to link data between languages - Internationalization of annotations and representations - use of linguistic resources for applications in a - multilingual context - reuse of existing lexical resources in a specific - multilingual application - human use of lexical resources in a multilingual context - quality evaluation of multilingual data - standardization issues We welcome submissions concerning multilingual language resources of ANY kind. However, special attention will be given to submissions presenting uses of XML to achieve multilingual interoperability. Moreover, as the workshop takes place in Australia, special attention will also be given to submissions on resources involving Asian or Australian lesser-used languages. The intent of the workshop is not only to review academic developments but also to hear from industry, how these resources are used in new technology developments and what the current needs are in the field. Presentations, project notes and position papers are welcome. SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS Submissions should follow the two-column format of ACL proceedings and should not exceed eight (8) pages, including references. We strongly recommend the use of the LaTeX style files or Microsoft Word document template that will be made available on the COLING/ACL onference Web site. A description of the required format will be made available to those who are unable to make direct use of these style files. Submission will be electronic. The only accepted format for submitted papers is Adobe PDF. The papers must be submitted no later than April 3, 2006. Papers submitted after that time will not be reviewed. For details of the submission procedure, please consult the submission webpage reachable via the workshop website. Questions regarding the submission procedure should be directed to the Program Co-Chairs (Gilles.Serasset@imag.fr, andreas.witt@uni-bielefeld.de). IMPORTANT DATES Deadline for submission of Papers: April 3, 2006 Notification of Acceptance: May 2, 2006 Deadline for final paper submission: May 22, 2006 ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Susan Armstrong ISSCO, Universiti de Genhve, Switzerland Jim Breen, Monash University, Australia Ulrich Heid IMS-CL, University of Stuttgart, Germany Felix Sasaki, World Wide Web Consortium (Keio Research Institute at SFC), Japan Gilles Sirasset, GETA CLIPS-IMAG, Universiti Joseph Fourier, France Andreas Witt, Bielefeld University, Germany PROGRAM COMMITTEE Helen Aristar-Dry, The Linguist List Susan Armstrong ISSCO, Universiti de Genhve, Switzerland Pushpak Battacharya IIT, Mumbai, India Christian Boitet GETA CLIPS-IMAG, Universiti Joseph Fourier, France Pierrette Bouillon ISSCO, Universiti de Genhve, Switzerland Jim Breen, Monash University, Australia Nicoletta Calzolari CNR, Pisa, Italy Jean Carletta, University of Edinburgh, UK Dan Cristea, University of Iasi, Romania Patrick Drouin OLST, University of Montreal,Canada Scott Farrar, University of Arizona, Tuscon, USA Ulrich Heid IMS-CL, University of Stuttgart, Germany Erhard Hinrichs, Eberhard-Karls-Universitdt T|bingen, Germany Claus Huitfeldt, Bergen University, Norway Phanh Huy Khan, DATIC, University of Danang, Vietnam Nancy Ide, Vassar University, Poughkeepsie, NY, USA Kyo Kageura University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan Chuah Choy Kim, USM, Penang, Malaisie Anke Luedeling, HU Berlin, Germany Mathieu Mangeot Universiti de Savoie, France Dieter Metzing, Bielefeld University, Germany Massimo Poesio, University of Essex, UK Alain Polguhre, OLST, University of Montreal,Canada Andrei Popescu-belis ISSCO, Universiti de Genhve, Switzerland Goutam Kumar Saha, Centre for Development of Advanced Computing, CDAC, Kolkata, India Felix Sasaki, World Wide Web Consortium (Keio Research Institute at SFC), Japan Thomas Schmidt, ICSI, Berkeley, USA Gilles Sirasset, GETA CLIPS-IMAG, Universiti Joseph Fourier, France Gary Simons, SIL, Dallas, USA Virach Sornlertlamvanich, Thai Computational Linguistics Laboratory, NICT, Thailand C.M. Sperberg-McQueen, MIT Boston and W3C, USA Manfred Stede, Potsdam University, Germany Dan Tufis, RACAI, Uni Bucharest, Romania Jun'ichi Tsujii, University of Tokyo, Japan Takehiro Utsuro, Kyoto University, Japan Andreas Witt, Bielefeld University, Germany Michael Zock, LIMSI, Orsay, France