Got Markup? (of course you do!)

Want to get more out of it? Want to stretch it to the limit? Come to Balisage 2010, the peer-reviewed conference that makes you a markup geek (or at least feel like one)! Whether you’re into theory or practice, this is the place to be to find out where the cutting edge is-and go beyond it. Balisage looks at every aspect of markup, from its theoretical and philosophical underpinnings to the newest and coolest ways of applying it to real-world problems.

Got Something To Say About Markup? (of course you do!)

We want to hear from you at Balisage 2010. We welcome submissions on any aspect of markup and structured information in theory or practice, generic or application specific, including by not limited to:

principles for the design, development, and documentation of markup vocabularies
applications of XML, Topic Maps, and related specifications
use or implementation of XSLT, XQuery, XProc, and other tools for processing marked up data
XML and databases
libraries and designs for supporting XML (or other forms of descriptive markup) in general-purpose programming languages
efficiency in XML processing
techniques for quality assurance in markup systems
handling overlapping structures in markup
alternatives to XML
formal models of markup and structured information
principles and practice of data validation (including uses of XSD, Relax NG, Schematron, and other schema languages)
best practice in the organization of XML workflows
problems of data longevity and reusability
fundamental principles of information structure and organization
achieving interoperability in applications of common vocabularies

How:
Submit full papers in XML to info@balisage.net Guidelines, DTDs, schemas, and details at http://www.balisage.net/submissions.html
Apply to the Peer Review panel http://www.balisage.net/peer/ReviewAppForm.html

More Information:
Read about Balisage: http://www.balisage.net
Sign up for the Markup conference announcement list: http://www.balisage.net/MarkupAnnounce.html
Follow Balisage on Twitter: http://twitter.com/balisage

Schedule:

19 March 2010 – Peer review applications due
16 April 2010 – Paper submissions due
16 April 2010 – Applications due for student support awards
20 May 2010 – Speakers notified
9 July 2010 – Final papers due
2 August 2010 – Pre-conference Symposium
3-6 August 2010 – Balisage: The Markup Conference

Help make Balisage your favorite XML Conference. See you in Montréal!

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Balisage: The Markup Conference 2010          mailto:info@balisage.net
August 3-6, 2010                              http://www.balisage.net
pre-conference symposium: August 2, 2010                Montreal, Canada
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Posted by: Roberto Rosselli Del Turco (rosselli at ling dot unipi dot it)