{"id":370,"date":"2022-01-05T20:55:22","date_gmt":"2022-01-05T12:55:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iswc2022.semanticweb.org\/?page_id=370"},"modified":"2022-10-23T00:27:52","modified_gmt":"2022-10-22T16:27:52","slug":"code-of-conduct","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/iswc2022.semanticweb.org\/index.php\/code-of-conduct\/","title":{"rendered":"Code of Conduct"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"370\" class=\"elementor elementor-370\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2f30528 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2f30528\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f90f3ab\" data-id=\"f90f3ab\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-77c77b4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"77c77b4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.17.0 - 08-11-2023 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Code of Conduct<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b58e7af elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b58e7af\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-627b80e\" data-id=\"627b80e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-6131556 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6131556\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-452bfe3\" data-id=\"452bfe3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b09b49 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6b09b49\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.17.0 - 08-11-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><span>The International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC) is organized by the Semantic Web Science Association (SWSA) as a forum to encourage rich interactions and promote the free exchange of ideas to benefit the community. SWSA welcomes conference participants that foster inclusion and respect to all members of the communit<\/span><span>y.<\/span><\/p><p>Our association is dedicated to providing a respectful and inclusive conference experience for everyone. Respectful behavior is always assumed and expected of community members during all conference events, on-line discussions about conference topics, and networking events held after hours.<span><br \/><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-e51ce38\" data-id=\"e51ce38\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-065d014 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"065d014\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.17.0 - 08-11-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"354\" src=\"https:\/\/iswc2022.semanticweb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/code-of-conduct-1024x354.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-379\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iswc2022.semanticweb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/code-of-conduct-1024x354.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/iswc2022.semanticweb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/code-of-conduct-300x104.jpg 300w, https:\/\/iswc2022.semanticweb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/code-of-conduct-768x266.jpg 768w, https:\/\/iswc2022.semanticweb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/code-of-conduct.jpg 1318w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ea202cb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ea202cb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><\/p>\n<p>Conference participants are expected to interact with others in a respectful and courteous manner, regardless of age, race, ethnicity, national origin, ancestry, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender presentation, physical appearance, religious affiliation, creed, marital status, differing abilities, medical conditions, personal characteristics, or technology choices.<span><br><\/span><\/p><p>Abusive, racist, sexist, homophobic, intimidating, harassing, or threatening behavior towards any other conference participant or directed at any organizer, student volunteer, sponsor, conference staff or locals, will not be tolerated. SWSA disapproves of offensive actions, aggressive acts, or comments that intimidate or disparage others.<\/p>\n<p><span>SWSA will not tolerate any kind of harassment, including but not limited to:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Verbal attacks, accusations, bullying, or offensive comments<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Aggressive or intimidatory questioning<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Sustained disruption during presentations and other events<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Unwelcome sexual attention<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Inappropriate physical contact<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Deliberate intimidation or stalking both in person and on-line<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Sexual and racist images and materials in public spaces<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Ignoring, encouraging, or advocating any of the above behaviors<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>SWSA expects all community members to endorse this code of conduct, and to actively prevent and discourage any undesired behaviors. Everyone should feel empowered to politely engage when themselves or others are disrespected, and to raise awareness and understanding of this code of conduct.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Conference participants asked to stop any unacceptable behavior are expected to comply immediately. To report any behavior that makes you or others uncomfortable please contact (by email or in person) any of the SWSA members, who are committed to treat such reports confidentially.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Those violating these rules may be sanctioned or expelled from the conference without a refund at the discretion of SWSA. Sponsors are also subject to code of conduct in events, images, and other materials. This code of conduct complements all legal rights that apply to particular situations.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f5a28fe elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f5a28fe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4><b>Policy for violation of the double submission rule and plagiarism<\/b><\/h4><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Double submission is strictly forbidden in the conference series. ISWC will not accept research papers that, at the time of submission, are under review for or have already been published in, or accepted for publication, in a journal or another conference. Prior submissions to workshops are fine as long as the authors still hold sufficient rights to publish overlapping content in the Springer proceedings. The conference organizers may share information on submissions with other venues to ensure that this rule is not violated.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ISWC also condemns any form of plagiarism which includes both <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">bad practice<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (like bad paraphrasing, inadvertent non-acknowledgement of sources of text or graphics) and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">malpractice<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (deliberate taking of other people\u2019s materials without acknowledging the sources). The conference organizers may use software tools as well as share information on submissions with other venues to ensure that this rule is not violated; see also <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.springernature.com\/gp\/authors\/book-authors-code-of-conduct\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.springernature.com\/gp\/authors\/book-authors-code-of-conduct<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Semantic Web Science Association (SWSA) committee, which is responsible for the organization of the International Semantic Web Conference series, decided the following consequences for authors violating these rules.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Repercussions for violating the ethics policy may include, but not be limited to the following measures: all authors being banned from <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">submitting any work (e.g., papers, demos, tutorials, etc.) or from serving in any role (e.g., PC, SPC, invited speaker, etc.) at the conference and associated events (e.g., workshop, tutorials, etc.) for multiple years, with a duration depending on the severity of the infraction. Repeat offenders may be banned permanently. Additionally, SWSA may share the name of offenders with the steering committee of other venues, and notify the supervisors (e.g., department heads, managers, etc.) of the authors.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SWSA recommends all authors to be careful with conference ethical guidelines, which are critical to the health of the Semantic Web research community.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-20f366c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"20f366c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4><span>\u00a0Reference<\/span><\/h4><ul><li><span>http:\/\/confcodeofconduct.com\/<br \/><\/span><\/li><li><span>https:\/\/www.w3.org\/Consortium\/cepc\/<br \/><\/span><\/li><li><span>https:\/\/www.aclweb.org\/adminwiki\/index.php?title=Anti-Harassment_Policy<br \/><\/span><\/li><li><span>https:\/\/www.iscb.org\/ismbeccb2015-general-info\/ismbeccb2015-coc<br \/><\/span><\/li><li><span>https:\/\/chi2017.acm.org\/diversity-inclusion-statement.html<br \/><\/span><\/li><li><span>https:\/\/sites.google.com\/view\/aiide2017\/home\/code-of-conduct?authuser=0<br \/><\/span><\/li><li><span>http:\/\/www.humancomputation.com\/2017\/codeofconduct.html<br \/><\/span><\/li><li><span>http:\/\/www.ifaamas.org\/harassment.html<br \/><\/span><\/li><li><span>https:\/\/github.com\/Polymer\/polymer\/wiki\/Code-of-Conduct<br \/><\/span><\/li><li><span>http:\/\/geekfeminism.wikia.com\/<br \/><\/span><\/li><li><span>http:\/\/geekfeminism.wikia.com\/wiki\/Timeline_of_incidents<br \/><\/span><\/li><li><span>https:\/\/implicit.harvard.edu\/implicit\/takeatest.html<br \/><\/span><\/li><li><span>https:\/\/www.projectcallisto.org\/<br \/><\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span><strong>Source<\/strong>: http:\/\/swsa.semanticweb.org\/content\/code-conduct-iswc<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Code of Conduct The International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC) is organized by the Semantic Web Science Association (SWSA) as a forum to encourage rich interactions and promote the free exchange of ideas to benefit the community. SWSA welcomes conference participants that foster inclusion and respect to all members of the community. 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