Exploration, analysis, and preservation of the rich cultural and historical tapestry of the world are essential for our understanding of humanity's past and shaping our future. In recent years, there has been increased interest in the creation and application of Ontologies, Knowledge Graphs, and other Semantic Web Technologies within Cultural Heritage (CH) and Digital Humanities (DH). However, to date, the distinct areas of expertise, methodologies and traditions across the fields have led to a noticeable gap between tech solutions and humanities’ needs. The aim of the International Workshop of Semantic Digital Humanities (SemDH) is to bridge this division and encourage closer collaboration and networking across diverse fields. To accomplish this goal, we invite all members of Semantic Web, CH and DH communities actively involved in the development of systematic approaches and advanced technologies for handling heterogeneous, diverse and challenging humanities data. This includes, but is not limited to, constructing and utilizing of knowledge graphs for the humanities, extracting and representing knowledge from historical texts, data linking across disciplines, enriching semantics of historical records and biographies, analyzing social networks, ontology adoption, extension and evaluation for specific domains. In addition, it includes the exploitation of recent technologies, e.g. LLM(s), in the context of semantic technologies, to tackle the diverse challenges associated with working with historical data. We welcome presentations that not only focus on technological endeavours but also explore the analysis of CH and DH data landscape through the perspective of philosophical, historical, social, and other research questions. Apart from research, resource and work-in-progress papers, we encourage the audience to submit panel proposals. By this, authors will be provided with a platform to share and discuss their challenges and/or showcase research findings by gaining immediate feedback from diverse perspectives encompassing computer science, humanities, and cultural heritage. This interactive environment will foster a dynamic and interactive space for knowledge exchange and collaboration.

Submission Guidelines

All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. The following paper categories are welcome:

• Full papers (10-15 pages including references) 
• Short papers (5-9 pages including references) 
• Panels proposals (3 pages, including references)

We welcome any types of research, resource and application papers, as well as (short only) demonstration submissions.

The panel proposals should include a brief motivation and description of a highly relevant while controversial topic with suggestions for panellists and will be peer-reviewed. After the workshop, the authors will be given two additional pages to extend their abstracts with insights of the panel discussion for publication in the proceedings.

Submissions must be written in English and formatted using the template for submissions to CEUR Workshop Proceedings.

All papers and abstracts have to be submitted electronically via EasyChair. 

For each accepted paper, at least one of the authors needs to register and participate in SemDH.

List of Topics

• Fundamental Concepts and Questions in Digital Humanities (DH) Research
• Vocabulary, Schema, Ontology Development and Design Methodologies in DH
• Application of Formal Ontologies (UFO, BFO, etc.) in DH
• Practical Use of Standard Ontologies (CIDOC-CRM, FRBR) in DH: Case Studies, Challenges and Lessons Learnt
• Harmonization of established standards like TEI, MEI, LIDO and Ontologies
• Philosophical and Sociological Analysis of DH Models and Modeling Practices
• Social Studies on Ontology Standardization Policies in DH
• Software Architectures, Structural Frameworks and Infrastructures for DH Knowledge Graphs (KGs)
• Interoperability and Linking in DH
• Application of FAIR Data Principles and KG-based Data Curation Strategies in DH
• (Automated) Construction of Knowledge Graphs for DH
• Searching, Querying, and Visualization of DH Knowledge Graphs
• Natural Language Processing (NLP) for Knowledge Extraction in DH Research
• Research Workflows and Tools for Knowledge Extraction in DH, e.g. Crowdsourcing
• Temporal Knowledge Graphs in Context of DH
• Semantic Web Applications for DH
• Access Management, Trust and Provenance in the DH context
• Evaluation of DH Ontologies and Knowledge Graphs: Methods, Metrics and Criteria

Committees

Program Committee

• Harald Sack, FIZ Karlsruhe, Germany
• Torsten Schrade, Academy of Sciences and Literature Mainz, Germany
• Stefan Schlobach, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands
• Valentina Presutti, University of Bologna, Italy
• Catherine Faron, Université Côte d'Azur, France
• Eero Hyvonen, Aalto University, Finland
• Francesca Tomasi, University of Bologna, Italy
• Mareike König, German Historical Institute Paris, France
• Laura Hollink, Centrum Wiskunde Informatica, Netherlands
• Nitisha Jain, King's College London, Great Britain
• Mahsa Vafaie, FIZ Karlsruhe, Germany
• Mary Ann Tan, FIZ Karlsruhe, Germany
• Antoine Isaac, VU University Amsterdam, Netherlands
• Andreas Weber, Digital Society Institute, Netherlands
• Andrej Nesterov, CWI, Netherlands
• Ivan Heibi, University of Bologna, Italy
• Melissa Terras, University of Edinburgh, GB
• Nicolas Lazzari, University of Bologna, Italy
• Shengui Wang, University of Twente, Netherlands
• Stefano De Giorgis, University of Bologna, Italy
• Valentina Carriero, University of Bologna, Italy
• Victor de Boer, VU University Amsterdam
• Daniil Dobriy, WU Vienna, Austria

Steering committee

• Harald Sack, FIZ Karlsruhe, Germany
• Torsten Schrade, Academy of Sciences and Literature Mainz, Germany
• Stefan Schlobach, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands
• Valentina Presutti, University of Bologna, Italy
• Catherine Faron, Université Côte d'Azur, France
• Eero Hyvonen, Aalto University, Finland
• Francesca Tomasi, University of Bologna, Italy
• Mareike König, German Historical Institute Paris, France
• Laura Hollink, Centrum Wiskunde Informatica, Netherlands

Organizing committee

• Oleksandra Bruns, FIZ-Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
• Tabea Tietz, FIZ-Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
• Andrea Poltronieri, University of Bologna
• Lise Stork, Vrije University Amsterdam

Contact

All questions about submissions should be emailed to semdh@googlegroups.com