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Extended Semantic Web Conference Abbreviation ESWC Discipline Semantic Web Publication details Publisher STII History 2004–present Frequency Annual Open access no Website https://eswc-conferences.org/

The **Extended Semantic Web Conference** (abbreviated as **ESWC**), formerly known as the **European Semantic Web Conference**, is a yearly international [academic conference](/source/Academic_conference) on the topic of the [Semantic Web](/source/Semantic_Web). The event began in 2004, as the European Semantic Web Symposium. The goal of the event is "to bring together researchers and practitioners dealing with different aspects of [semantics](/source/Semantics) on the [Web](/source/World_Wide_Web)".[1]

Topics covered at the conference include [linked data](/source/Linked_data), [machine learning](/source/Machine_learning), [natural language processing](/source/Natural_language_processing) and [information retrieval](/source/Information_retrieval), [ontologies](/source/Ontologies), [reasoning](/source/Reasoning), semantic [data management](/source/Data_management), services, processes, and [cloud computing](/source/Cloud_computing), [social Web](/source/Social_Web) and [Web science](/source/Web_science), in-use and industrial, [digital libraries](/source/Digital_libraries) and cultural heritage, and [e-government](/source/E-government).[2]

## List of conferences

Past and future ESWC conferences include:[3]

Year Conference City Country Awards 2025 ESWC2025 Portorož Slovenia 2024 ESWC2024 Hersonissos Greece 2023 ESWC2023 Hersonissos Greece 2022 ESWC2022 Hersonissos Greece Best Paper: Never Mind the Semantic Gap: Modular, Lazy and Safe Loading of RDF Data by Eduard Kamburjan, Vidar Norstein Klungre, and Martin Giese[4] Best Student Paper: The Problem with XSD Binary Floating Point Datatypes in RDF by Jan Martin Keil & Merle Gänßinger[5] 2021 ESWC2021 Online 2020 ESWC2020 Heraklion Greece 2019 ESWC2019 Portorož Slovenia Best Paper: Hai Huang and Fabien Gandon: Learning URI Selection Criteria to Improve the Crawling of Linked Open Data[6] Best Student Paper: Matthäus Zloch, Maribel Acosta, Daniel Hienert, Stefan Dietze and Stefan Conrad: A Software Framework and Datasets for the Analysis of Graph Measures on RDF Graphs[7] 2018 ESWC2018 Heraklion Greece 2017 ESWC2017 Portorož Slovenia Best Paper: Patrik Schneider, Thomas Eiter and Josiane Xavier Parreira: Spatial Ontology-Mediated Query Answering over Mobility Streams[8] Best Student Paper: Sarven Capadisli, Amy Guy, Christoph Lange, Sören Auer and Tim Berners-Lee: Linked Data Notifications[9] 2016 ESWC2016 Anissaras, Crete Greece Best Paper: Géraud Fokou, Stéphane Jean, Allel Hadjali, and Michael Baron: RDF Query Relaxation Strategies Based on Failure Causes[10] 2013 ESWC2013 Archived 2013-10-12 at the Wayback Machine Montpellier France Best Paper: Axel-Cyrille Ngonga Ngomo, Lars Kolb, Norman Heino, Michael Hartung, Sören Auer and Erhard Rahm: When to Reach for the Cloud: Using Parallel Hardware for Link Discovery[11] Elena Cabrio, Serena Villata and Fabien Gandon: A Support Framework for Argumentative Discussions Management in the Web[12] 2012 ESWC2012 Heraklion Greece Best Paper: Uta Lösch, Stephan Bloehdorn, Achim Rettinger: Graph Kernels for RDF Data[13] 2011 ESWC2011 Heraklion Greece Best Paper: Carlos Buil Aranda, Oscar Corcho and Marcelo Arenas: Semantics and optimization of the SPARQL 1.1 federation extension[14] 2010 ESWC2010 Heraklion Greece Best Paper: Jan Noessner, Mathias Niepert, Christian Meilicke and Heiner Stuckenschmidt: Leveraging Terminological Structure for Object Reconciliation[15] 2009 ESWC2009 Heraklion Greece Best Paper: Olaf Hartig: Querying Trust in RDF Data with tSPARQL[16] 2008 ESWC2008 Tenerife Spain 2007 ESWC2007 Innsbruck Austria 2006 ESWC2006 Budva Montenegro 2005 ESWC2005 Heraklion Greece 2004 ESWS2004 Heraklion Greece

## References

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1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Mission - Extended Semantic Web Conferences"](http://eswc-conferences.org/). [Semantic Technology Institute International](/source/Semantic_Technology_Institute_International). 2012. Retrieved 2013-04-22.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Elena Simper; Philipp Cimiano; Axel Polleres; Oscar Corcho; Valentina Presutti, eds. (2012). *The Semantic Web: Research and Applications: 9th Extended Semantic Web Conference, ESWC 2012, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, May 27-31, 2012, Proceedings*. [Springer Science+Business Media](/source/Springer_Science%2BBusiness_Media). [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-3642302831](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-3642302831).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Events - Extended Semantic Web Conferences"](http://eswc-conferences.org/events). [Semantic Technology Institute International](/source/Semantic_Technology_Institute_International). 2012. Retrieved 2013-04-22.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Kamburjan, Eduard; Klungre, Vidar Norstein; Giese, Martin (2022). ["Never Mind the Semantic Gap: Modular, Lazy and Safe Loading of RDF Data"](https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-06981-9_12). In Groth, Paul; Vidal, Maria-Esther; Suchanek, Fabian; Szekley, Pedro; Kapanipathi, Pavan; Pesquita, Catia; Skaf-Molli, Hala; Tamper, Minna (eds.). *The Semantic Web*. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Vol. 13261. Cham: Springer International Publishing. pp. 200–216. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1007/978-3-031-06981-9_12](https://doi.org/10.1007%2F978-3-031-06981-9_12). [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-3-031-06981-9](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-3-031-06981-9).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Keil, Jan Martin; Gänßinger, Merle (2022), Groth, Paul; Vidal, Maria-Esther; Suchanek, Fabian; Szekley, Pedro (eds.), ["The Problem with XSD Binary Floating Point Datatypes in RDF"](https://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-031-06981-9_10), *The Semantic Web*, vol. 13261, Cham: Springer International Publishing, pp. 165–182, [arXiv](/source/ArXiv_(identifier)):[2011.08077](https://arxiv.org/abs/2011.08077), [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1007/978-3-031-06981-9_10](https://doi.org/10.1007%2F978-3-031-06981-9_10), [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-3-031-06980-2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-3-031-06980-2), [S2CID](/source/S2CID_(identifier)) [249318319](https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:249318319), retrieved 2022-12-20{{[citation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Citation)}}: CS1 maint: work parameter with ISBN ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_work_parameter_with_ISBN))

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** Huang, Hai; Gandon, Fabien (2019). ["Learning URI Selection Criteria to Improve the Crawling of Linked Open Data"](https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-21348-0_13). *The Semantic Web*. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Vol. 11503. pp. 194–208. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1007/978-3-030-21348-0_13](https://doi.org/10.1007%2F978-3-030-21348-0_13). [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-3-030-21347-3](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-3-030-21347-3). [S2CID](/source/S2CID_(identifier)) [108314653](https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:108314653).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** Zloch, Matthäus; Acosta, Maribel; Hienert, Daniel; Dietze, Stefan; Conrad, Stefan (2019). ["A Software Framework and Datasets for the Analysis of Graph Measures on RDF Graphs"](https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-21348-0_34). *The Semantic Web*. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Vol. 11503. pp. 523–539. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1007/978-3-030-21348-0_34](https://doi.org/10.1007%2F978-3-030-21348-0_34). [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-3-030-21347-3](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-3-030-21347-3).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** Eiter, Thomas; Parreira, Josiane Xavier; Schneider, Patrik (2017). ["Spatial Ontology-Mediated Query Answering over Mobility Streams"](https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-58068-5_14). *The Semantic Web*. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Vol. 10249. pp. 219–237. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1007/978-3-319-58068-5_14](https://doi.org/10.1007%2F978-3-319-58068-5_14). [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-3-319-58067-8](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-3-319-58067-8).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** Capadisli, Sarven; Guy, Amy; Lange, Christoph; Auer, Sören; Sambra, Andrei; Berners-Lee, Tim (2017). ["Linked Data Notifications: A Resource-Centric Communication Protocol"](https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-58068-5_33). *The Semantic Web*. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Vol. 10249. pp. 537–553. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1007/978-3-319-58068-5_33](https://doi.org/10.1007%2F978-3-319-58068-5_33). [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-3-319-58067-8](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-3-319-58067-8). [S2CID](/source/S2CID_(identifier)) [20891049](https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:20891049).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** Fokou, Géraud; Jean, Stéphane; Hadjali, Allel; Baron, Mickaël (2016). ["RDF Query Relaxation Strategies Based on Failure Causes"](https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-34129-3_27). *The Semantic Web. Latest Advances and New Domains*. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Vol. 9678. pp. 439–454. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1007/978-3-319-34129-3_27](https://doi.org/10.1007%2F978-3-319-34129-3_27). [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-3-319-34128-6](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-3-319-34128-6).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** Ngomo, Axel-Cyrille Ngonga; Kolb, Lars; Heino, Norman; Hartung, Michael; Auer, Sören; Rahm, Erhard (2013). ["When to Reach for the Cloud: Using Parallel Hardware for Link Discovery"](https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-642-38288-8_19). *The Semantic Web: Semantics and Big Data*. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Vol. 7882. pp. 275–289. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1007/978-3-642-38288-8_19](https://doi.org/10.1007%2F978-3-642-38288-8_19). [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-3-642-38287-1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-3-642-38287-1).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** Cabrio, Elena; Villata, Serena; Gandon, Fabien (2013). ["A Support Framework for Argumentative Discussions Management in the Web"](https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-642-38288-8_28). *The Semantic Web: Semantics and Big Data*. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Vol. 7882. pp. 412–426. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1007/978-3-642-38288-8_28](https://doi.org/10.1007%2F978-3-642-38288-8_28). [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-3-642-38287-1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-3-642-38287-1).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-13)** Lösch, Uta; Bloehdorn, Stephan; Rettinger, Achim (2012). ["Graph Kernels for RDF Data"](https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-642-30284-8_16). *The Semantic Web: Research and Applications*. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Vol. 7295. pp. 134–148. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1007/978-3-642-30284-8_16](https://doi.org/10.1007%2F978-3-642-30284-8_16). [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-3-642-30283-1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-3-642-30283-1). [S2CID](/source/S2CID_(identifier)) [15127517](https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:15127517).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-14)** Buil-Aranda, Carlos; Arenas, Marcelo; Corcho, Oscar (2011). ["Semantics and Optimization of the SPARQL 1.1 Federation Extension"](https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-642-21064-8_1). *The Semanic Web: Research and Applications*. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Vol. 6644. pp. 1–15. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1007/978-3-642-21064-8_1](https://doi.org/10.1007%2F978-3-642-21064-8_1). [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-3-642-21063-1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-3-642-21063-1).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-15)** Noessner, Jan; Niepert, Mathias; Meilicke, Christian; Stuckenschmidt, Heiner (2010). ["Leveraging Terminological Structure for Object Reconciliation"](https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-642-13489-0_23). *The Semantic Web: Research and Applications*. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Vol. 6089. pp. 334–348. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1007/978-3-642-13489-0_23](https://doi.org/10.1007%2F978-3-642-13489-0_23). [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-3-642-13488-3](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-3-642-13488-3).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-16)** Hartig, Olaf (2009). ["Querying Trust in RDF Data with tSPARQL"](https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-642-02121-3_5). *The Semantic Web: Research and Applications*. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Vol. 5554. pp. 5–20. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1007/978-3-642-02121-3_5](https://doi.org/10.1007%2F978-3-642-02121-3_5). [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-3-642-02120-6](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-3-642-02120-6).

## External links

- [ESWC website](https://eswc-conferences.org/)

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