In previous workshops on legal ontologies the emphasis has
been on the use of ontologies as specifications of the knowledge required for
legal reasoning services (ICAIL-1997,
JURIX2001).
However, the `Semantic Web' initiative
has put ontologies as the pivotal basis for information exchange and management,
and this functionality does not only open exciting application perspectives but
also new research questions on the nature and structure of legal ontologies, and
on methodologies of ontological engineering. Legal domains are typically primary
candidates for web-based information distribution, exchange and management, as
for instance can be evidenced from `e-government' and `e-justice' initiatives in
Europe.
Papers for the workshop were sollicited in conjunction with call for
contributions of the special issue of the AI & Law Journal (see
below).
As workshops emphasize discussion and exchange of views, there should be
sufficient space to allow the presentation of work that is innovative but not
yet mature enough for journal publication. On the other hand, the workshop
provides an excellent opportunity to acquaint the (potential) contributors to
the Journal with the work of other contributors, thus facilitating reference (in
the final versions*). Therefore, we want to combine these roles, but keep the
review procedures for the workshop and the Journal separate as follows:
Draft versions of the papers can be downloaded in PDF format by clicking on the appropriate title. The papers are of different sizes, i.a. because of the combination with the special issue of Ai&Law. The number of pages (A4) is given between brackets.
Co-chairs:
Joost Breuker, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Aldo Gangemi, ISTC-CNR, Roma, Italy
Daniela Tiscornia, ITTIG-CNR , Firenze, Italy
Radboud Winkels, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Members:
Trevor Bench-Capon, University of Liverpool, GB
Richard Benjamins, ISOCO, Madrid, Spain
Danièle Bourcier, (CERSA) - Université de Paris 2, France
Cristiano Castelfranchi, CNR, Roma, Italia
Rose Dieng, INRIA-Sophia Antipolis, France
Caterina Lupo (AIPA, Authority for IT in P.A., Rome, Italy)
Paulo Quaresma, University of , Portugal
Heiner Stuckenschmidt, Vrije Universiteit, the Netherlands
Erich Schweighofer, University of Vienna, Austria
Andre Valente, ISI, Los Angeles, USA
John Zeleznikow, Joseph Bell Centre for Forensic Statistics and Legal Reasoning,
Scotland
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