Call for Participation
Balisage: The Markup Conference 2010

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.

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@xxxxxxxxxxxx
    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

    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

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Balisage: The Markup Conference 2010          mailto:info@xxxxxxxxxxxx
August 3-6, 2010                               http://www.balisage.net
pre-conference symposium: August 2, 2010              Montreal, Canada
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