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Two SEALS-related papers will be presented at the 23rd International Conference on Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering (SEKE 2011), which will be held in Miami Beach, USA from July 7th to July 9th.

The papers are "Extending Software Quality Models - A Sample In The Semantic Technologies Domain", written by Filip Radulovic and Raúl García-Castro (UPM), and "SET-MM - A Software Evaluation Technology Maturity Model", written by Raúl García Castro (UPM).

Extending Software Quality Models - A Sample In The Semantic Technologies Domain.  In order to correctly evaluate semantic technologies, which have become widely adopted in recent years, we need to put evaluations under the scope of a unique software quality model. This paper presents a quality model for semantic technologies. First, some well-known software quality models are described, together with methods for extending them. Afterwards, a new method for extending quality models is proposed and it is then used to define a quality model for semantic technologies by extending the ISO 9126 quality model. Finally, the proposed model is validated by analyzing existing semantic technology evaluations.

SET-MM - A Software Evaluation Technology Maturity Model. The application of software evaluation technologies in different research fields to verify and validate research is a key factor in the progressive evolution of those fields. Nowadays, however, to have a clear picture of the maturity of the technologies used in evaluations or to know which steps to follow in order to improve the maturity of such technologies is not easy. This paper describes a Software Evaluation Technology Maturity Model that can be used to assess software evaluation technologies in a research field. To illustrate the use of this model, we have employed it for assessing the maturity of software evaluation technologies in some evaluation initiatives within the semantic research field.