Call for Participation
Balisage: The Markup Conference 2024
Balisage is the premier conference on the theory, practice, design, development, and application of markup. We solicit papers on any aspect of markup and its uses; topics include but are not limited to:
- Integration of XML with other technologies (e.g., content management, XSLT, XQuery)
- Design and implementation of XML vocabularies
- Case studies of the use of XML for publishing, interchange, or archiving
- Alternatives to XML (JSON, Markdown, or your favorite)
- Informal data models and consensus-based vocabularies
- Semistructured data and full text search
- Deployment of XML systems for enterprise data
- Performance issues in parsing, XML database retrieval, or XSLT processing
- Development of angle-bracket-free user interfaces for non-technical users
- Web application development with XML
- the role(s) of XML in the application lifecycle
- the role(s) of vocabularies in XML environments
Full papers should be submitted by the deadline given below. All papers are peer-reviewed — we pride ourselves that you will seldom get a more thorough, skeptical, or helpful review than the one provided by Balisage reviewers.
While there will be a few slots on the program saved for late-breaking news, we encourage you to submit a paper by the regular due date. Both you, the would-be speaker, and Balisage are better off if you submit a regular paper for peer review. Your chances of acceptance are far greater if you submit as a regular paper, and you have the benefit of the advice of the peer reviewers to help you improve your paper. The conference benfits from having your paper in the preliminary progran, which helps convince people to attend the conference.
Who: You!
Anyone interested in sound technical discussion of issues relating to markup is welcome at Balisage. The conference is dedicated to the exchange of useful information; most attendees have a technical bent, but managers who need to understand XML or related technologies and end users who want to understand better what their technical people are telling them, will also enjoy Balisage.
Help: Just Ask
Email: info@balisage.net for help, advice, or encouragement about a Balisage submission.
Wonder if your idea will make an appropriate Balisage paper? Ask us! Unsure if the people at Balisage would be interested in
the work you are doing? We'll be happy to discuss it with you! Need help making your paper into XML as required for submission? Speak up; we'll find someone to help.
When:
- 22 March 2024 — Peer review applications due
- 5 April 2024 — Paper submissions due
- 16 May 2024 — Speakers notified
- 7 June 2024 — Late-breaking News submissions due
- 14 June 2024 — Late-breaking News speakers notified
- 12 July 2024 — Final papers due from presenters of peer reviewed papers
- 12 July 2024 — Short paper or slide summary due from presenters of late-breaking news
- 29 July – 2 August 2024 — Balisage: The Markup Conference
How:
- Submit full papers in XML to info@balisage.net
- Note that papers in the proceedings from previous years include both display HTML and source XML. See: https://www.balisage.net/Proceedings/index.html
Help us make Balisage your favorite XML Conference.
Debbie Lapeyre
Jim Mason
C. M. Sperberg-McQueen
B. Tommie Usdin
Norm Walsh