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<br><br> <font size="4"><font size="2"><b>XATA - XML, ASSOCIATED TECHNOLOGIES AND APPLICATIONS, 2011</b><br><br> <a href="http://www.eseig.ipp.pt/conferencias/xata2011/" target="_blank">http://www.eseig.ipp.pt/conferencias/xata2011/</a><br>
<br> School of Industrial and Management Studies<br> Polytechnic Institute of Porto<br><br> June 1 and 2, 2011 - Vila do Conde</font></font><br></div><br> <br><b>CALL FOR PAPERS</b><br>
<br>The 9th National Conference (XATA 2011) main goal is to provide a<br>space for extended discussion on the XML language, its several uses<br>and associated technologies.<br> <br>After the success of the 2010 edition, this edition of XATA once again<br>
will be held at the School of Industrial and Management Studies at the<br>Polytechnic Institute of Porto, Vila do Conde.<br> <br>The conference is open to participation to technicians and interested<br>users in this subject, coming from academy and industry. You can<br>
participate in XATA 2011 sending a paper for subsequent presentation<br>at the conference or simply attending it. This year, in addition to<br>the usual presentations, and to help to boost the conference interest,<br>we will also have a Pecha Kucha presentation session [1] (20 slides,<br>
20 seconds per slide). The papers of these presentations will have the<br>same relevance in the proceedings of the conference. Only the<br>presentation format will be different.<br> <br>Papers should be submitted in English but the presentations can be<br>
made in Portuguese, Galician, Castilian or English. Papers may be<br>submitted with a maximum of 12 pages. Papers should be formatted<br>accordingly to the rules of Lecture Notes in Computer Science and<br>submitted in EasyChair [2]. The selected papers will be published in a<br>
proceedings book identified by ISBN.<br><br><b>**NEW:** Best paper authors' will be invited to prepare an extended<br>version of their papers and constitute a chapter for a special edition<br>on IGI Global [3], with the title "Innovations in XML Applications and<br>
Metadata Management: Advancing Technologies".</b><br> <br>This edition of the XATA will also award two prizes: for the best paper<br>submitted, and the best presentation!<br> <br>You can follow the conference news via Twitter, follow @xata2011.<br>
<br>[1] Pecha Kucha - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pecha_Kucha" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pecha_Kucha</a><br>[2] XATA2011 Easy-Chair - <a href="http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=xata2011" target="_blank">http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=xata2011</a><br>
[3] IGI Global - <a href="http://www.igi-global.com/" target="_blank">http://www.igi-global.com/</a><br><br> <br><b>CONFERENCE TOPICS</b><br> <br> 1. Semantic Web and Classification Structures in XML.<br> 2. Methodologies for specification in XML.<br>
3. XML databases.<br> 4. XML-Mining.<br> 5. Querying languages for XML.<br> 6. Web Services -- Architectures and Practical Cases.<br> 7. Web Technologies (Web 2.0, AJAX, XHTML, HTML5).<br> 8. Libraries and digital repositories based on XML.<br>
9. E-learning systems and content creation with XML.<br>10. Workflow and document management.<br>11. XML Editors (for generic or specific schemas).<br>12. XML Visualization Tools.<br>13. XML documents processors.<br>14. Standards (XML, XSL, SGML, LMNL, XSL-FO, XTM, RDF, XQuery, Topic Maps,<br>
SVG, MathML, OWL, UBL, XSD, TexMECS, RNG ,...).<br>15. Other Document Markup Languages (JSON, YAML).<br><br> <br><b>IMPORTANT DATES</b><br> <br><div style="text-align:left"> <b>April 17 - Deadline for submission of papers</b><br>
April 30 - Notification of acceptance / rejection of papers<br> May 15 - Submission of final papers<br> June 1-2 - XATA 2011<br></div><br> <br><b>STEERING COMMITTEE</b><br> <br> * Cristina Ribeiro (FEUP and INESC Porto)<br>
* David Gabriel (FEUP and INESC Porto)<br> * João Correia Lopes (FEUP and INESC Porto)<br> * José Carlos Ramalho (DI / UM)<br> * José Paulo Leal (FCUP)<br> * Pedro Henriques (DI / UM)<br><br> <br><b>SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE</b><br>
<br> * Ademar Aguiar (FEUP and INESC Porto)<br> * Alberto Simões (Program Chair - EST / IPCA)<br> * Alda Lopes Gançarski (Institut National des Télécommunications)<br> * Ana Paula Afonso (DI / FC / UL)<br> * Benedicta Malheiro (ISEP)<br>
* Cristina Ribeiro (FEUP and INESC Porto)<br> * Daniela da Cruz (DI / UM)<br> * Francisco Couto (DI / FC / UL)<br> * David Gabriel (FEUP and INESC Porto)<br> * Giovani Librelotto (UFSM)<br> * João Correia Lopes (FEUP and INESC Porto)<br>
* João Moura Pires (FCT / UNL)<br> * Joseph Borbinha (IST / UTL)<br> * José Carlos Ramalho (DI / UM)<br> * John Joseph Adams (DI / UM)<br> * José Paulo Leal (DCC / FCUP)<br> * Luis Ferreira (EST / IPCA)<br>
* Marta Jacinto (ITIJ)<br> * Miguel Ferreira (DSI / UM)<br> * Paulo Marques (DEI / UC)<br> * Pedro Rangel Henriques (DI / UM)<br> * Ricardo Queiró (ESEIG / IPP)<br> * Rui Lopes (DI / FC / UL)<br> * Salvador Abreu (DI / EU)<br>
* Stephane Gançarski (lip6, University P. & M. Curie Paris 6)<br> * Xavier Gómez Guinovart (UVigo)<br><br> <br><b>ORGANIZING COMMITTEE</b><br> <br> * Alberto Simões (EST / IPCA)<br> * Luis Correia (ESEIG / IPP)<br>
* Mario Pinto (ESEIG / IPP)<br> * Paula Lima (ESEIG / IPP)<br> * Ricardo Queirós (ESEIG / IPP)<br clear="all"></div><br>-- <br>Ricardo Queirós<br>