From: yuri@sq.sq.com (Yuri Rubinsky)
Subject: CONFERENCE CALL FOR PAPERS/POSTERS
Followup-To: yuri@sq.com
Summary: SGML '92: October 25 to 29, 1992
Keywords: conference, papers, posters, participation  (longish)
Organization: SoftQuad Inc., Toronto, Canada
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 92 18:06:51 GMT


 
                        C O N F E R E N C E   C A L L
 
   The Graphic Communications Association (GCA) is pleased to announce
 
 
                              S G M L  ' 9 2 :
 
 
             The Annual Conference for the SGML Technical Community
 
 
 
 
CALL FOR PARTICIPATION AND POSTER PROPOSALS
 
 
The fifth annual conference devoted to
the World's Most Popular Quiet Revolution
will take place in October in
Danvers, Massachusetts, USA.
 
 
SGML Tutorials: October 25, 1992
Conference: October 26 to 29, 1992
The Sheraton Tara Hotel, Danvers, Massachusetts, USA.
 
 
 
This short posting is the formal Call to Arms: 
A call for papers, call for posters, call for topics,
call for case studies, call for questions, call for answers,
call for participation.
 
 
 
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GENERAL INFORMATION
 
SGML '92 is a high-speed, interactive technical conference for
people who are using SGML now, or are just on the verge. 

We will hear success stories and discuss the problems and issues facing
users in the telecommunications, airlines, pharmaceutical, insurance,
legal, financial, automotive and academic communities -- all groups
that are using or considering SGML to improve the ways they manage,
analyze, interchange and deliver information.
 
By participating in SGML '92, you will have the opportunity to:
 
- hear from leaders in the field
 
- share integration experience and application details with
        fellow practitioners
 
- examine the products (DTDs, documentation, output specifications
        and end products) of other SGML applications
 
- participate in working groups
 
- view much of the published literature on SGML, and have
        the opportunity to examine and buy books, manuals,
        tutorial guides, etc
 
The 1992 conference will have two main components:
a collection of long presentations (making up half
of each day) and poster sessions, one-and-a-half-hour periods
during which a number of people will simultaneously present ideas,
strategies and detailed content models on a theme. Attendees will be 
encouraged to move around the room from presenter to presenter,
engaging in discussion in small groups, offering their own solutions
to problems mentioned, and so on.
 
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Based on current interest and proposed topics, SGML '92 promises
to continue the conference series' tradition of highly interesting,
stimulating, challenging presentations, workshop topics, case studies
and poster sessions. We are looking for contributions from all corners
of the SGML world. We want reports from industry activities, from
governmental or organizational initiatives, from user groups, from
users. We're looking for informed opinion and opinionated information,
and anything in between.
 
In addition, we're looking for participants. People who will
pose questions, propose solutions, and argue late into the night.
 
 
WHO SHOULD ATTEND:
 
You should attend SGML '92 if you have a good understanding of SGML
and are eager to explore the full range of SGML applications today.
 
Alternatively, if you are a person who sends others to such events, and
if you send your backroom engineers and wizards to only one conference
a year, this should be the one. (Also: They should present papers,
conduct poster sessions, get on the program.)
 
If you are an SGML novice plan to attend the Just Enough Tutorial,
Sunday Oct 25 from 1 to 4 pm. The tutorial provides a basic overview
on SGML for those who are just beginning to understand SGML and can
serve as a good review for those who are out of practice.

It is urged that all beginners attend the tutorial to maximize 
their participation in the SGML Conference.
 
___________________________________________________________________
 
We're looking for speakers and topics and speakers to address 
a wide variety of topics. If you're able to present in one of the 
following areas (or an area you'd like to suggest), please send a brief 
abstract:
	by August 10, 1992 (to be included in the brochure)
	by September 30 (to be included in the program)

via email to yuri@sq.com or

to	Joy Blake,
	Graphic Communications Association
	100 Dangerfield Road
	Alexandria VA 22314  USA
	PHONE: +1 703 519-8162
	FAX: +1 703 548-2867.


SUGGESTED TOPICS/TOPIC AREAS:

        Document Management for SGML

        DTD Development Styles

        HyTime: Hypertext and Multimedia

        Special Uses of SGML

        Math and Equations in SGML

        Structures to Support Overlapping Elements?

        Modular and Reusable DTDs

        Document Conversion
 
        When and How Does SHORTREF Make Sense?

        Output Specifications

        News from the Front: the SGML Review,
        DSSSL, Conformance Testing, Registration

        SDIF: The Packaging of SGML

        The Care & Feeding of Architectural Forms

        SGML and Databases

        Vendor Briefings

        Good or Bad SGML Experiences

        Systems/Software Integration

        Major Public Applications and Initiatives: OSF, ATA/AIA, CFCM,
        Davenport, CALS Update (Electronic Review and Change Packages)

        User Application Case Studies

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TO REGISTER FOR THE CONFERENCE:

Registration forms are available from the GCA at the address/
fax number above. Conference fees are:
	Just Enough Tutorial: GCA Member $40, Nonmember $75.
	SGML '92 Conference: GCA Member $560, Nonmember $765.

There will be an educational/academic discounted fee of $459.


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Yuri Rubinsky				(416) 239-4801
President, SoftQuad Inc.               (800) 387-2777 (from U.S. only)
Chair, SGML '92				uucp: {uunet,utzoo}!sq!yuri
Suite 810  56 Aberfoyle Crescent	Internet: yuri@sq.com
Toronto, Ontario, Canada M8X 2W4	Fax: (416) 239-7105