The Second International Workshop
on Semantics in Dataspaces
(SDS 2024)

MAY 26 or 27, 2024

In conjunction with the
Extended Semantic Web Conference (ESWC 2024)
Hersonissos, Greece

Accepted Papers

Papers accepted for the SDS 2024 Workshop (ordered by submission date):

FAIRness in Dataspaces: The Role of Semantics for Data Management (Marco Hauff, Lina Molinas Comet, Paul Moosmann, Christoph Lange, Ioannis Chrysakis and Johannes Theissen-Lipp) - Regular paper
The Rights Delegation Proxy: An Approach for Delegations in the Solid Dataspace (Sebastian Schmid, Daniel Schraudner and Andreas Harth) - Regular paper
Towards LLM-augmented Creation of Semantic Models for Dataspaces (Sayed Hoseini, Andreas Burgdorf, Alexander Paulus, Tobias Meisen, Christoph Quix and André Pomp) - Regular paper
Selective disclosure of Digital Calibration Certificate in a quality infrastructure data space (Tomasz Sołtysiński, Jens Niederhausen and Sascha Eichstädt) - Regular paper
Inter-Pod Credential Exchange Protocol via LDN (Jonas Steinbach, Gertjan De Mulder, Ben De Meester, Beatriz Esteves and Ruben Verborgh) - Short paper
Adapting Ontology-based Data Access for Data Spaces (Medina Andresel, Veronika Siska, Robert David, Sven Schlarb and Axel Weißenfeld) - Regular paper
On the Governance of Semantic Artefacts in Dataspaces (Lucia Sanchez-Gonzalez, Ana Iglesias-Molina, Oscar Corcho and María Poveda-Villalón) - Short paper
Towards Enabling FAIR Dataspaces Using Large Language Models (Benedikt T. Arnold, Johannes Theissen-Lipp, Diego Collarana, Christoph Lange, Sandra Geisler, Edward Curry and Stefan Decker) - Short paper
Challenges and Opportunities for Enabling the Next Generation of Cross-Domain Dataspaces (Rohit A. Deshmukh, Diego Collarana, Joshua Gelhaar, Johannes Theissen-Lipp, Christoph Lange, Benedikt T. Arnold, Edward Curry and Stefan Decker) - Position paper
Semantic Data Link: Bridging Domain-Specific Needs with Universal and Interoperable Semantic Models (Maximilian Stäbler, Paul Moosmann, Patrick Dittmer, Dandan Wang, Frank Köster and Christoph Lange) - Short paper
Linking of open and private data in dataspace: A case study of air quality monitoring and forecasting (Alex Acquier, Andy Donald, Edward Curry, Ihsan Ullah and Umair Ul Hassan) - Regular paper
Interoperable and Continuous Usage Control Enforcement in Dataspaces (Inès Akaichi, Wout Slabbinck, Julian Rojas, Casper Van Gheluwe, Gabriele Bozzi, Pieter Colpaert, Ruben Verborgh and Sabrina Kirrane) - Regular paper
DFDP: A Declarative Form Description Pipeline for Decentralizing Web Forms (Ieben Smessaert, Patrick Hochstenbach, Ben De Meester, Ruben Taelman and Ruben Verborgh) - Regular paper

Workshop Overview

Dataspaces, which are critical to seamless and trusted data sharing, have gained prominence in Europe with the European Data Governance Act (DGA). This legislation defines terms and aims to increase trust, expand data availability, and promote common dataspaces. The impact spans sectors such as data providers, researchers, businesses, and citizens. Initiatives like the European Open Science Cloud and the adoption of the FAIR Data Principles further contribute to the relevance of dataspaces. Efficient data sharing within dataspaces requires semantic interoperability, for which the Semantic Web community has a long history of developing RDF-based solutions.

The Semantic Web Dataspaces (SDS) 2024 workshop seeks to advance semantic methods and solutions for dataspaces by encouraging collaboration between researchers and practitioners. It aims to advance the expressiveness, standardization, and integration of semantic technologies in dataspace architectures. The workshop promises interactive sessions, presentations, and discussions to drive advances in semantics for dataspaces.

Topics of Interest

The topics of this workshop aim to discuss both conceptual definitions and actual implementations of dataspaces, and to promote the role of the Semantic Web in these. The main topics of this workshop include but are not limited to:

Conceptual Perspective:

Surveys on definitions and visions
What are dataspaces and what are their core elements?
How are components and data life cycles structured?
Formal models of dataspaces
The role of stakeholders in decision processes
Impact and potential of unique identifiers
Conceptual reusable assets

State-of-the-art Implementations:

How do arising dataspaces coincide/differ with each other?
Requirements of customers, stakeholders, and politics
Who drives their implementations and what are their technology readiness levels?
Common reusable elements and standards
Gap between academic definitions and actual implementations

Semantics for Dataspaces:

Review of arising dataspaces with a focus on the Semantic Web
Potential of methods and solutions from the Semantic Web for dataspaces
Tailored benefits of ontologies, unique identifiers, algorithms, etc.
Measuring political, practical, scientific, performance, etc. challenges for adoption

Submission

Please submit your contributions via EasyChair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=sds2024

We welcome the following types of contributions (see “Rules for papers in the proceedings” at CEUR-WS for more information). All page limits include references.

Regular papers (full research papers with original research): 10-15 pages
Short papers (includes resource and system / demo papers): 5-9 pages
- Original research in progress
- System / demo papers may contain descriptions of prototypes, demos or software systems.
- Resource papers may contain descriptions of resources related to the workshop topics, such as ontologies, knowledge graphs, ground truth datasets, etc.
Position / vision / poster papers (may contain descriptions of prototypes, demos or software systems): ≤ 5 pages

Strictly follow the rules for LLM generated text and AI assistance in general by the ESWC guidelines and the CEUR-WS guidelines.

Workshop papers must be self-contained and in English. They should not have been previously published, should not be considered for publication, and should not be under review for another workshop, conference, or journal. We use a traditional peer review process, so blind submission is not required. The PDF files must have all non-standard fonts embedded. Papers will be evaluated according to their significance, originality, technical content, style, clarity, and relevance to the workshop.

Keynote Speaker

Speaker: Alexandra Balahur

Short Bio: Dr. Alexandra Balahur is the Team Leader of SEMIC, in the Interoperability Unit of DG DIGIT - the team that developed open semantic specifications such as DCAT-AP, used across different open data catalogues and data spaces. Alexandra has a background in Computer Science, with a PhD in AI and NLP and 15 years of experience in scientific research and technical implementation of AI and data modeling and analysis methods and applications. Apart from leading the SEMIC team, Alexandra is also coordinating the input across the directorate on the work on data spaces, with an emphasis of interoperability by design.

Important Dates

Submission		~~March 07, 2024~~, March 14, 2024 (extended)
Notification of acceptance		~~April 04, 2024~~, April 08, 2024
Registration		Please visit the ESWC 2024 registration page
Camera-Ready submission		April 18, 2024
Workshop at ESWC 2024		~~Half~~ Full day on May 26 (tentative), 2024

All submission deadlines are end-of-day in the Anywhere on Earth (AoE) time zone.

Participation and Publication

The ESWC 2024 is a 100% in person conference. All presenters (keynotes, papers, etc.) need to be physically present, no virtual presentations are allowed. We however encourage additional participants to join the workshop physically or virtually.

Workshop papers will be included in an Open Access publication all indexed by all relevant services such as Scopus or Google Scholar. Pre-prints of all contributions will be made available during the conference.

Workshop Chairs

Johannes Theissen-Lipp, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
Pieter Colpaert, Ghent University, Belgium
Sulayman K. Sowe, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
Edward Curry, University of Galway, Ireland
Stefan Decker, RWTH Aachen University, Germany

Program Committee (Random Order)

Sandra Geisler, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
Nguyen Do-Van, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Japan
Adamantios Koumpis,University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
Manfred Hauswirth, Technical University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Minhson Dao, Nguyen Do-Van, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Tokyo, Japan
Alexandros Vassiliades, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece
Aiara Lobo Gomes, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Christoph Quix, Hochschule Niederrhein, Krefeld, Germany.
Sisay Adugna Chala, Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Information Technology, Germany
André Pomp, University of Wuppertal, Wuppertal, Germany
Oscar Corcho, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Wout Slabbinck, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
Andreas Harth, University of Erlangen, Nuremberg, Germany
Boukhers Zeyd, Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Information Technology, Germany
Alexander Paulus, University of Wuppertal, Wuppertal, Germany
Vassilios Peristeras, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece
Inès Akaichi, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Vienna, Austria
Gertjan De Mulder, Ghent University & IMEC, Ghent, Belgium
Christoph Lange, Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Information Technology, Germany
Asif Razzaq, Kyung Hee University, Suwon, South Korea
Fatemeh Fathi, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
Mohan Timilsina, Insight SFI Research Centre for Data Analytics, Galway, Ireland

Diversity as Key for Innovation

We believe that research and innovation is enriched and furthered by a multitude of perspectives. Hence, we want to create an inclusive, respectful workshop environment. We invite all individuals to participate regardless of age, education, ethnicity, gender, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, physical ability, physical appearance, or gender presentation. This applies to all aspects, for example, we welcome all operating systems, quality of computer hardware, open-minded political orientation, and appropriate English skills. Inclusion drives us forward every day.

Partners

SDS 2024 would not have been possible without the full support of the partners with whom we collaborate to advance R&D in the area of semantics in dataspaces.

NFDI4DataScience

Fraunhofer-Institut für Angewandte Informationstechnik FIT

FAIR Data Spaces

Gaia-X: A Federated and Secure Data Infrastructure

WestAI: AI Service Centre in the West of Germany

NFDI4Health