On the left there is an HTML rendering of my RDF profile made by Rhizomer. Paraphrasing my RDF profile:"My name is Roberto García. I'm an associate professor at the Computer Science and Engineering Department of the Universitat de Lleida. You can reach me by telephone, mail or e-mail as specified". More concretely, I'm conducing my research at the GRIHO Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) research group. There are more details in my CV and in the rest of this web page as outlined in the table of contents on the right.

Table of Contents PhD Thesis Research Lines Projects Standardisation Conferences Publications

PhD Thesis

The PhD Thesis is entitled "A Semantic Web Approach to Digital Rights Management". It explores the possibilities of employing Knowledge Representation tools, concretely Semantic Web Ontologies, in order to build Digital Right Management (DRM) Systems. The main contribution of this work is the Copyright Ontology and the Semantic DRM System, SemDRMS.

The PhD Thesis defence presentation .

Research Lines

Human-Computer Interaction Usability, accessibility and user-centred design. Semantic Web Knowledge Management using Web technologies. Content Management Multimedia and Digital Rights Management.

E-Commerce and E-Business Internet-based business and commerce. Knowledge Management Knowledge representation and management by electronic means. Complex Systems Application of complexity analysis tools to knowledge networks.

Projects

Rhizomik is an initiative that collects some projects that apply the "rhizome" vision to the Semantic Web, Complex Systems and Cognitive Science:

• Rhizomer: it is the technological framework used to build up the Rhizomik semantic web portal. It allows RDF metadata navigation and edition from a user-friendly HTML frontend.
• ReDeFer: it englobes a set of tools to connect the Sematic Web to other Information Systems areas:
  • RDF to HTML: RDF2HTML is a translator used to render metadata in the Rhizomik portal.
  • XML Schema to OWL: XSD2OWL maps the semantic hidden in XML Schemas to OWL in order to build the ontology that captures the constraints imposed by the schema. It facilitates connecting XML based initiatives to the Semantic Web, e.g. the MPEG-7 Ontology.
  • XML to RDF: XML2RDF maps XML instances to RDF metadata in the context of a previous mapping of the XMLSchemas that structure the source XML to the corresponding OWL ontologies. Consequently, we get semantics-enabled translation of the source XML data, e.g. SemanticXBRL.
  • RDF to SVG: renders RDF as graph using SVG.
• Living Semantic Web: application of Complex Systems analysis tools to knowledge networks, particularly to the Semantic Web.
• Semantic DRM System: a Semantic Web approach to Digital Rights Management.

OMediaDis Spanish Government (TIN2008-06228)
Open Plataform for Multichannel Content Distribution Management

Red Temática Qualidade em Sites na Área da Saúde (CYTED-508RT0361)
Iberoamerican Excellence Network

Red Temática de Web Semántica (TSI2006-26928-E)
Spanish Semantic Web Excellence Network, http://www.redwebsemantica.es

S5T Spanish Government (TIN2005-06885)
Scaleable semantic personalised search of spoken and written contents on the Semantic Web, http://nets.ii.uam.es/s5t

I2Cat -MARS Internet 2 at Catalonia Consortium, Catalonia Government
Multimedia Advanced brokerage and Redistribution Surveillance

AREA 2000 Spanish Government (TIC2000-0317-P4-05)
Multimedia Contents and Services, Mobility and Security

AgentWeb Spanish Government (TIC2002-01336)
Agents and Ontologies for Digital Rights Management and Web Services.

VISNET Network of Excellence European Commission (IST FP6 506946)
Networked Audiovisual Media Technologies, http://www.visnet-noe.org

Standardisation

Image Licensing

Member of the Advisory Council of the Plus Coalition,
a worldwide coalition of leading companies, associations and industry experts united
to define and standardise the core aspects of image licensing and its management.

Digital Rights Management

Digital Media Project

Contributions to the Digital Media Project:

• Formalising TRUs with the Copyright Ontology
  García, R.; Springer, M.
  Document No. 1010, 15th General Assembly, The Digital Media Project, August 18th, 2007

MPEG-21

Spanish delegate at MPEG, ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11.

Contributions to the MPEG-21 standardisation process:

• IPROnto - Intellectual Property Rights Ontology
  DMAG Contribution to MPEG-21, Rights Data Dictionary and Rights Expression Language call for proposals, 2001
• RDDOnto, Rights Data Dictionary Ontology
  García, R.; Delgado, J.; Rodríguez, E. and Llorente, S.
  ISO/IECJTC1/SC29/WG11/M10124, October 2003, Brisbane, Australia
• RDDOnto, Rights Data Dictionary Ontology Version 2
  García, R.; Delgado, J.; Rodríguez, E.; Llorente, S. and Gallego I.
  ISO/IECJTC1/SC29/WG11/M10423, December 2003, Hawaii, United States
• MPEG REL and RDD Ontologies API
  García, R.; Delgado, J. and Gallego, I.:
  ISO/IECJTC1/SC29/WG11/M10702. March 2004, Munich, Germany
• RELOntos (REL Ontologies)
  García, R.; Delgado, J. and Gallego, I.
  ISO/IECJTC1/SC29/WG11/M10703. March 2004, Munich, Germany
• An ontology approach for REL use of rights data dictionaries
  Gil, R.; García, R.; Delgado, J. and Rodríguez, E.
  ISO/IECJTC1/SC29/WG11/M12060. April 2005, Busan, Korea
• MPEG 21 RDD spec vs MPEG 21 Requirements and Vision documents Review
  Gauvin, M.; Delgado, J.; García, R. and Rodríguez, E.
  ISO/IECJTC1/SC29/WG11/M11875. April 2005, Busan, Korea
• Ontological Analysis of the MPEG-21 Rights Data Dictionary (RDD)
  García, R.; Delgado, J. and Rodríguez, E.
  ISO/IECJTC1/SC29/WG11/M12495. October 2005, Nice, France
• Preliminary Results of RDD CE for Expressing “Work”
  Gauvin, M.; García, R.; Delgado, J. and Rodríguez, E.
  ISO/IECJTC1/SC29/WG11/M12511. October 2005, Nice, France
• Analysis of Draft Text for RDD Corrigendum/2
  Delgado, J.; García, R.; Rodríguez, E. and Gauvin, M.
  ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11/M12961. January 2006, Bangkok, Thailand
• Analysis of current version of MPEG-21 Rights Data Dictionary
  Delgado, J.; Rodríguez, E.; Sesmero, J. and García, R.
  ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11/M13209. April 2006, Montreaux, Switzerland

Conferences

Invited speaker

Alcatel Lucent Applications Day, Madrid, Spain
September 30, Madrid, Spain
Title: "Retos de la Web 2.0... y Web 3.0"

Sesión del curso de especialización "Derecho y Nuevas Tecnologías"
October 8, Fundació Universitat de Lleida, Lleida, Spain
Title: "Sistemas técnicos de protección y gestión de la propiedad intelectual"

"DRM, from research to implementation" track, Smart University 2007
September 19-20, Sophia Antipolis, France
Title: "Enabling interoperable and rights-aware DRM using the SemanticWeb"

Seminario Internacional Tecnologías Internet, SITI 2006
Universidad del Cauca, Popayán, Colombia
Title: "Web Semántica, el punto de encuentro de la información"

Chair

Session "Virtual and Augmented Reality and Multimodal Interaction" at Interacción 2006

Session "Visualisation and Advanced Interfaces" at Interacción 2009

Session "Web 3.0. The semantic web: value or inflation?" at bdigital Global Congress 2008.

Member of the Program Committee

• Euro American Conference on Telematics and Information Systems (EATIS 2010)
• IEEE International Conference on Multimedia & Expo (ICME 2010)
• 11th Spanish Human-Computer Interaction Conference (Interacción 2010)
• 5th Colombian Computing Conference (5CCC 2010)
• 3rd World Summit on the Knowledge Society (WSKS 2010)
• 3rd Workshop on Legal Ontologies and Artificial Intelligence Techniques (LOAIT 2009)
• 10th Spanish Human-Computer Interaction Conference (Interacción 2009)
• Second World Summit on the Knowledge Society (WSKS 2009)
• Adhoc reviewer Journal of Management Information Systems (JMIS)
• 12th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Law (ICAIL 2009)
• 12th IFIP TC13 Conference in Human-Computer Interaction (INTERACT 2009)
• Euro American Conference on Telematics and Information Systems (EATIS 2009)
• 4th Colombian Computing Conference (4CCC 2009)
• Adhoc reviewer Journal of Physics and Chemistry of the Earth (JPCE)
• Semantic Web Applications and Perspectives, 5th Italian Semantic Web Workshop (SWAP 2008)
• First World Summit on the Knowledge Society (WSKS 2008)
• First Miniconference on Semantic Web and Web 2.0 Technologies for the Knowledge Society (SEMWEB-KS 2008)
• First International Workshop on Web Information Systems Engineering for Electronic Businesses and Governments (E-BAG 2008)
• Euro American Conference on Telematics and Information Systems (EATIS 2008)
• Workshop on Multimedia Ontologies and Artificial Intelligence Techniques in Law (MOAIL 2007)
• Semantic Web Applications and Perspectives, 4th Italian Semantic Web Workshop (SWAP 2007)
• Adhoc reviewer Journal of Web Semantics (JoWS)
• Adhoc reviewer IEEE MultiMedia Journal (IEEEMultiMedia)
• Workshop on Web Scale Infrastructures for Semantic Mashup, Search and Retrieval (SemInfra 2007)
• Workshop on Semantic Web technology for Law (SW4Law 2007)
• 8th Spanish Human-Computer Interaction Conference (Interacción 2007)
• Euro American Conference on Telematics and Information Systems (EATIS 2007)
• Computable Models of the Law: languages, dialogues, games, ontologies (CMLAW 2007)
• Semantic Web Applications and Perspectives, 3rd Italian Semantic Web Workshop (SWAP 2006)
• First International Workshop on Managing Context Information in Mobile and Pervasive Environments (MCMP 2005)
• Adhoc reviewer International Journal of Pervasive Computing and Communications (JPCC)

Publications

Full list

NOTE: This site links to the draft versions of the papers. For final versions, please, contact the corresponding publisher.

Semantic Web for Business: Cases and Applications  García, R. (editor) IGI Global, 2008 ISBN 978-1-60566-066-0 Table of Contents Preface Brochure

Building a Usable and Accessible Semantic Web Interaction Platform

García, R.; Gimeno, J.M.; Perdrix, F.; Gil, R.; Oliva, M.; López, J.M.; Pascual, A.; Sendín, M.
World Wide Web, Vol., No., pp. -. Springer, 2010
ISSN 1386-145X / DOI:10.1007/s11280-009-0076-2

Content Value Chains Modelling using a Copyright Ontology

García, R.; Gil, R.
Information Systems, Vol. 35, No. 4, pp. 483-495. Elsevier, 2010
ISSN 0306-4379 / DOI:10.1016/j.is.2008.12.001

Using the Rhizomer Platform for Semantic Decision Support Systems Development

García, R.
International Journal of Decision Support System Technology, Vol 2, No. 1, pp. 60-80. IGI Publishing, 2010
ISSN 1941-6296

RDF2RDFa: Turning RDF into Snippets for Copy-and-Paste

Hepp, M.; García, R.; Radinger, A.
Posters and Demos at the 8th International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC 2009), Washington, DC, USA, October 25-29, 2009

Ontological challenges for financial information: some lessons from the Rhizomik initiative

García, R.
Position paper, W3C Workshop on Improving Access to Financial Data on the Web, 5-6 October 2009, Arlington, Virginia, USA
Presentation at the workshop

Interoperability of Learning Objects Copyright in the LUISA Semantic Learning Management System

García, R.; Pariente, T.
Information Systems Management, Vol. 26, No. 3, pp. 252-261. Taylor&Francis, 2009
ISSN 1058-0530

Publishing XBRL as Linked Open Data

García, R.; Gil, R.
Linked Data on the Web, LDOW'09. Workshop at the World Wide Web Conference 2009, Madrid, Spain
CEUR Workshop Proceedings, Vol. 538, 2009
ISSN 1613-0073

Open Platform for Multichannel Media Distribution Management

García, R.;Gimeno, J.M.
Position paper, W3C Workshop on the Future of Social Networking, 15-16 January 2009, Barcelona

Copyright Licenses Reasoning using an OWL-DL Ontology

García, R.; Gil, R.
In Breuker, J.; Casanovas, P.; Klein, M.; Francesconi, E. (Eds.) Law, Ontologies and the Semantic Web
Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications, Vol. 188, pp. 145-162. IOS Press, 2009
ISBN 978-1-58603-942-4

Semantic Web Interfaces for Newspaper Multimedia Content Management

Perdrix, F.; García, R.; Gil, R.; Oliva, M.; Macías, J.A.
In Macías, J.A.; Granollers, T.; Latorre, P. (Eds.) New Trends on Human-Computer Interaction
pp. 24-32. Springer, 2009
ISBN 978-1-84882-351-8

Towards an ontology for describing emotions

López, J.M.; Gil, R.; García, R.; Cearreta, I.; Garay, N.
1st World Summit on the Knowledge Society, WSKS'08
Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, Vol. 5288, pp. 96-104. Springer, 2008
ISBN 978-3-540-87780-6

Copyright Management for the LUISA Semantic Learning Content Management System

García, R.; Pariente, T.
1st World Summit on the Knowledge Society, WSKS'08
Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, Vol. 5288, pp. 253-262. Springer, 2008
ISBN 978-3-540-87780-6

The Rhizomer Semantic Content Management System

García, R.; Gimeno, J.M.; Perdrix, F.; Gil, R.; Oliva, M.
1st World Summit on the Knowledge Society, WSKS'08
Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, Vol. 5288, pp. 385-394. Springer, 2008
ISBN 978-3-540-87780-6

A Platform for Object-Action Semantic Web Interaction

García, R.; Gimeno, J.M.; Perdrix, F.; Gil, R.; Oliva, M.
16th International Conference on Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management Knowledge Patterns, EKAW'08
Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 5268, pp. 404-418. Springer-Verlag, 2008
ISBN 978-3-540-87695-3

Semantic Web Applications: A framework for industry and business exploitation – What is needed for the adoption of the Semantic Web from the market and industry

Lytras, M.; García, R.
International Journal of Knowledge and Learning, Vol. 4, No. 1, pp. 93 - 108. Inderscience, 2008
ISSN 1741-1017

Semantic Copyright Management for Internet-wide Knowledge Sharing and Reuse

García, R.; Gil, R.
Online Information Review, Vol. 32, No. 5, pp. 585-595. Emerald, 2008
ISSN 1468-4527

Multimedia Content Description using Semantic Web Languages

García, R.; Tsinaraki, C.; Celma, O.; Christodoulakis, S.
In Kompatsiaris, Y.; Hobson, P. (Eds.) Semantic Multimedia and Ontologies: Theory and Applications, pp. 17-54. Springer, 2008
ISBN 978-1-84800-075-9

The Semantic Web as a Newspaper Media Convergence Facilitator

García, R.; Perdrix, F.; Gil, R.; Oliva, M.
Journal of Web Semantics, Vol. 6, No. 2, pp. 151-161. Elsevier, 2008
ISSN 1570-8268

A Web Ontology for Copyright Contracts Management

García, R.; Gil, R.
Special issue on "Contract Architectures and Languages".
International Journal of Electronic Commerce, Vol. 12, No. 4, pp. 103-117. M.E. Sharpe, 2008
ISSN 1086-4415

Project-Based Learning Applied to a Master in HCI

Granollers, T.; Oliva, M.; García, R.; Gil, R.
Magazine of Interaction Design & Architecture(s), Vol. 2/3, pp. 59-66, 2008
ISSN 1826-9745

MPEG-7 based Multimedia Ontologies: Interoperability Support or Interoperability Issue?

Troncy R., Celma O., Little S., García R., Tsinaraki C.
Multimedia Annotation and Retrieval enabled by Shared Ontologies Workshop, MARESO'07

Semantics-Supported Cooperative Learning for Enhanced Awareness

Collazos, C.; García, R.
International Journal of Knowledge and Learning, Vol. 3, No. 4/5, pp. 421-436. Inderscience, 2007
ISSN 1741-1017

Promoting Music Sampling by Semantic Web-enhanced DRM tools

Springer, M.; García. R.
5th International Workshop for Technical, Economic and Legal Aspects of Business Models for Virtual Goods, Virtual Goods'07
Nova Science Publishers, 2007.

Acercando la Web Semántica a los Usuarios

García. R.; Perdrix, F.; Gimeno, J.M.; Gil, R.; Oliva, M.
II Jornadas sobre Ontologías y Web Semántica, WebSemántica'07
Thomson-Paraninfo, pp. 29-38, 2007
ISBN 978-84-9732-612-4

Interfaces basados en la Web Semántica para la Gestión de Contenidos Multimedia

Perdrix, F.; García. R.; Gil, R.; Oliva, M.; Macías, J.A.; Moya, D.
VIII Congreso Internacional de Interacción Persona-Ordenador, Interacción'07
Thomson-Paraninfo, pp. 271-280, 2007
ISBN 978-84-9732-596-7

Ontology-Based Retrieval of Human Speech

Tejedor, J.; García, R.; Fernández, M.; López, F.; Perdrix, F.; Macías, J.A.; Gil, R.; Oliva, M.; Moya, D.; Colás, J.; Castells, P.
6th International Workshop on Web Semantics, WebS'07
Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Database and Expert Systems Applications (DEXA '07), pp. 485-489. IEEE Computer Society Press, 2007
ISBN 978-0-7695-2932-5

Facilitating Business Interoperability from the Semantic Web

García, R.; Gil, R.
10th International Conference on Business Information Systems, BIS'07
Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 4439, pp. 220-232. Springer-Verlag, 2007
ISBN 3-540-72034-0

A Web Ontologies Framework for Digital Rights Management

García, R.; Gil, R. and Delgado, J.
Journal of Artificial Intelligence and Law, Vol. 15, No. 2, pp. 137-154. Springer-Verlag, 2007
ISSN 0924-8463

Improving Human–Semantic Web Interaction: The Rhizomer Experience

García, R; Gil, R.
3rd Italian Semantic Web Workshop, SWAP'06
CEUR Workshop Proceedings, Vol. 201, pp. 57-64, 2006
ISSN 1613-0073

Semantic Digital Rights Management for Controlled P2P RDF Metadata Diffusion

García, R.; Tummarello, G.
2nd International Semantic Web Policy Workshop, SWPW'06
International Semantic Web Conference, Athens, USA, 2006
CEUR Workshop Proceedings, Vol. 207, pp. 102-109, 2006
ISSN 1613-0073

An OWL Copyright Ontology for Semantic Digital Rights Management

García, R.; Gil, R.
IFIP WG 2.12 & WG 12.4 International Workshop on Web Semantics, SWWS'06
Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 4278, pp. 1745-1754. Springer-Verlag, 2006
ISBN 3-540-48273-3

Semantic Data Integration in a Newspaper Content Management System

Abelló, A.; García, R.; Gil, R.; Oliva, M. and Perdrix, F.
Ontologies, DataBases, and Applications of Semantics, ODBASE'06
Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 4277, pp. 40-41. Springer-Verlag, 2006
ISBN 3-540-48269-5

Ontological Infrastructure for a Semantic Newspaper

García, R.; Perdrix, F. and Gil, R.
Semantic Web Annotations for Multimedia Workshop, SWAMM'06
World Wide Web Conference, Edinburgh, UK, 2006

Building a Semantic IntraWeb with Rhizomer and a Wiki

García, R. and Gil, R.
IntraWebs Workshop, IntraWebs'06
World Wide Web Conference, Edinburgh, UK, 2006

A Semantic Web Approach to Digital Rights Management

García, R.
PhD Thesis. Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain, 2005
ISBN 978-84-690-7821-1

Measuring the Semantic Web

Gil, R. and García, R.
Advances in Metadata Research, Proceedings of MTSR'05
Rinton Press, 2006
ISBN 1-58949-053-3

An Ontological Approach for the Management of Rights Data Dictionaries

García, R. and Delgado, J.
18th Annual Conference on Legal Knowledge and Information Systems, JURIX'05
Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications, Vol. 134, pp. 137-146, IOS Press, 2005
ISBN 1-58603-576-2

Semantic Integration and Retrieval of Multimedia Metadata

García, R and Celma, O.
5th Knowledge Markup and Semantic Annotation Workshop, SemAnnot'05
CEUR Workshop Proceedings, Vol. 185, pp. 69-80, 2006
ISSN 1613-0073

Architecture of a Semantic XPath Processor

Tous, R.; García, R.; Rodríguez, E. and Delgado, J.
E-Commerce and Web Technologies: 6th International Conference, EC-Web'05
Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 3590, pp. 1-10. Springer-Verlag, 2005
ISBN 3-540-28467-2

Formalising ODRL Semantics using Web Ontologies

García, R.; Gil, R.; Gallego, I. and Delgado, J.
Open Digital Rights Language Workshop, ODRL'05
ADETTI, pp. 33-42
ISBN 1-740-64501-4

An interoperable framework for IPR using web ontologies

Gil, R.; García, R. and Delgado, J.
Legal Ontologies and Artificial Intelligence Techniques, LOAIT'05
IAAIL Workshop Series, pp. 135-148. Wolf Legal Publishers, 2005
ISBN 90-5850-504-9

Intellectual Property Rights Management using a Semantic Web Information System

García, R., Gil, R. and Delgado, J.
OTM Confederated International Conferences, CoopIS, DOA, and ODBASE'04
Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 3291, pp. 689-704. Springer-Verlag, 2004
ISBN 3-540-23662-7

Use of Semantic Tools for a Digital Rights Dictionary

Delgado, J.; Gallego, I. and García, R.
5th International Conference on Electronic Commerce and Web Technologies, EC-Web'04
Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 3182, pp. 338-347. Springer-Verlag, 2004
ISBN 3-540-22917-5

Measuring the Semantic Web

Gil, R., García, R. and Delgado, J.
"Semantic Web Challenges for Knowledge Management: towards the Knowledge Web",
SIGSEMIS Bulletin Vol 1, Issue 2, pp. 69-72. July 2004

IPROnto: An Ontology for Digital Rights Management

Delgado, J.; Gallego, I.; Llorente, S. and García, R.
16th Annual Conference on Legal Knowledge and Information Systems, JURIX'03
Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications, Vol. 106, pp. 111-120. IOS Press, 2003
ISBN 1-58603-398-0

Regulatory Ontologies: An Intellectual Property Rights approach

Delgado, J.; Gallego, I.; Llorente, S. and García, R.
Workshop on Regulatory Ontologies and the Modeling of Complaint Regulations, WORM CoRe'03
Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 2889, pp. 621-634. Springer-Verlag, 2003
ISBN 3-540-20494-6

Delivery context negotiated by mobile agents using CC/PP

Gil, R., García, R. and Delgado, J.
Mobile Agents for Telecommunication Applications, MATA'03
Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 2881, pp. 99-110. Springer-Verlag, 2003
ISBN 3-540-20298-6

An Architecture for Negotiation with Mobile Agents

Delgado, J.; Gallego, I.; García, R. and Gil, R.
Mobile Agents for Telecommunication Applications, MATA'02
Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 2521, pp. 21-31. Springer-Verlag, 2002
ISBN 3-540-00021-6

IPROnto - Intellectual Property Rights Ontology

Delgado, J.; Gallego, I.; García, R. and Gil, R.
Poster at International Semantic Web Conference, ISWC'02
Sardinia, 2002

Brokerage of Intellectual Property Rights in the Semantic Web

García, R. and Delgado, J.
Proceedings Semantic Web Working Symposium, pp. 245-260, SWWS'01
Stanford, 2001

Use of Mobile Agents for IPR Management and Negotiation

Gallego, I.; Delgado, J. and García, R.
Mobile Agents for Telecommunication Applications, MATA'00
Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 1931, pp. 205-213. Springer-Verlag, 2000
ISBN 3-540-41069-4