Purpose of workshop:

The workshop is an opportunity to discuss why and to demonstrate how to publish semantically enhanced and linked publications. It will be a mixture of presentations, discussions and technical/practical sessions on implementing workflows. 

Topics that will be covered:

• The current status of semantic publishing, how we can use it to provide further data for addressing the current biodiversity crisis.
• How natural history institutions can use semantic publishing, and data outputs to help build their research strategies. 
• Showcase the exciting new semantic publishing tools currently available in semantic publishing and the status quo of moving from open access to fair data. 
• Linking external data resources and the role of publications as the seeds for building knowledge graphs (BiCIKL). 
• Hands on technical session on how the the different semantic publishing tools and workflow work: ARPHA, Métotaxa, Plazi workflow

Expected results/outcomes:

• Increase practical understanding of how to implement semantic publishing workflows.
• Establishing possible ways to collaborate in further developments of semantic publishing and providing innovative tools and support mechanisms (e.g. capacity building, recommendations).  
• Raise awareness of the benefits and opportunities of semantic publishing for publishers.

Raise awareness why semantic publishing is important for biological science research in preventing biodiversity decline.

Call for participants:

Biodiversity publishers are invited to apply here: https://events.pensoft.net/events/bicikl-workshop-publishers