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 in...@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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