[SDH/SEMI Members] Fwd: Balisage discount for digital humanists

[Richard Cunningham]

>> Subject: Balisage discount for digital humanists
>> 
>> The ACH, ALLC, and SDH-SEMI are very pleased to be co-sponsors of the upcoming Balisage conference in August 2010. A detailed call for participation is below. As a special benefit, members of all three associations will receive a discount of up to US$200 on conference registration--just indicate that you are a member when you register.
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>> Balisage offers student support awards; details are available at http://www.balisage.net/special/students.html
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>> This is a wonderful conference in a marvellous city--we encourage you to take advantage of the membership discount and attend!
>> 
>> Julia Flanders
>> on behalf of ACH, ALLC, and SDH-SEMI
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>> ................................................................
>> Call for Participation
>> Balisage: The Markup Conference 2010
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>> 
>> Got Markup? (of course you do!)
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>> 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.
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>> Got Something To Say About Markup? (of course you do!)
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>> 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:
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>> * 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
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>> How:
>> Submit full papers in XML to info at 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
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>> 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
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>> Schedule:
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>> 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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>> Help make Balisage your favorite XML Conference. See you in Montréal!
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>> Balisage: The Markup Conference 2010          mailto:info at balisage.net
>> August 3-6, 2010                               http://www.balisage.net
>> pre-conference symposium: August 2, 2010              Montreal, Canada
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