Call for Participation - Versioning Symposium

[jon.bosak@sun.com]

Versioning is a key topic not just for UBL but for any large-scale
XML definition project.  Please forward this notice to anyone who
might be interested.

Jon

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International Symposium on Versioning XML Documents and Vocabularies
Monday August 11, 2008
Hotel Europa, Montréal, Canada

A one-day discussion of issues relating to 
revision, variation, and managing change in XML 
documents and vocabularies. Things change, and 
sometimes things turn out to be different than we 
thought they were. (And sometimes we decide to 
revise them.) As a result:
     * documents are modified
     * vocabularies are revised
     * document collections become heterogeneous

Proposals for presentations at the Versioning 
Symposium may address any aspect of versioning 
XML documents and/or vocabularies. We welcome:
     * Theoretical discussions
     * Practical experience and case studies
     * Product talks (if clearly identified as such)
     * Discussions of:
           o design to accommodate change
           o change tracking and management
           o documents and document versioning
           o vocabularies and vocabulary versioning
           o management of document variants
              + varying requirements such as documentation of
                changing/multiple products
              + variations because of historical accident such as
                transcription errors

To submit a proposal to the Versioning Symposium:

Send email to info@balisage.net, including:

    1. Your name, email, affiliation, and telephone number
    2. Title of your presentation
    3. Short description of your topic (150 words)
    4. Detailed description of your topic and presentation (no length limit)
    5. Biographical information on all authors
    6. Any other information you think will help 
       the conference committee evaluate your proposed 
       presentation

Proposals to participate in the Versioning 
Symposium are due on or before March 28, 2008.

For information on the Versioning symposium, as it becomes available, see:
     http://www.balisage.net/Versioning/

For information on Balisage: The Markup Conference, see:
     http://www.balisage.net

To sign up for the conference opt-in announcement list see:
     http://www.balisage.net/MarkupAnnounce.html

See you in Montreal.

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Balisage: The Markup Conference 2008          mailto:info@balisage.net
August 12-15, 2008                             http://www.balisage.net
Versioning Symposium: August 11, 2008                 Montreal, Canada
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