General Information
The British National Conference on Databases (BNCOD) was established in 1980 as a forum for discussing original research in the theory and practice of database systems. Since then, BNCOD has always attracted an international audience to discuss the leading research topics of the day in the field of data, information and knowledge management.
The 28th British National Conference on Databases (BNCOD 2011) will be held at the University of Manchester from 12th to 14th of July 2011.
Scope and Main Theme
BNCOD is a broad conference and showcases the latest research results in all areas of data, information and knowledge management. For some years, every edition of BNCOD has centred around a main theme, acting as a focal point for keynote addresses, tutorials, demos, etc.
The theme of BNCOD 2011 will be “Linked Data”. The phrase characterises, according to some, a sub-topic in the broader vision of a Semantic Web and is generally understood as “a set of best practices for publishing and connecting structured data on the Web. These best practices have been adopted by an increasing number of data providers over the last three years, leading to the creation of a global data space containing billions of assertions - the Web of Data.” [1]
This surge in the availability and variety of linked data (as shown, e.g., by the growing Linked Open Data Cloud [2] has stimulated the development of groundbreaking research, tools [3](e.g., publishing frameworks, browsers and search engines) and applications [4].
On the research front, and from a BNCOD perspective, a Web of Data raises challenges at all levels, from the underlying data model to novel query languages to global-scale semantic integration to massively distributed query execution over heterogenous environments.
The UK has been contributing to this surge at the highest levels by making government data (as well as tools) widely available [5]. Many UK organisations are leaders in the linked data movement. BNCOD 2011 hopes to provide a window into these exciting initiatives.
[1] Christian Bizer, Tom Heath, Tim Berners-Lee: Linked Data - The Story So Far. Int. J. Semantic Web Inf. Syst. 5(3): 1-22 (2009)
[3] http://linkeddata.org/tools
[4] http://esw.w3.org/SweoIG/TaskForces/CommunityProjects/LinkingOpenData/Applications
Conference Format
Particular features of BNCOD 2011 include:
Tutorials on the latest research and development in data, information and knowledge management
Demonstrations of research prototypes
A half-day PhD Forum aimed at fostering the development of future researchers
| Submissions: | January 31, 2011 |
| Notification: | April 4, 2011 |
| Event: | July 12, 2011-July 14, 2011 |