All submissions must be made via the submission site; we cannot track email or faxed submissions, nor pass them on to the reviewers for review and grading. Submissions need to include an abstract (up to 500 words), keywords and an estimate of the level of technical knowledge required of the attendee. We welcome submissions at all levels; many of the conference attendees are experts in their fields, while many are new to some areas of XML.
Submissions must meet all the requirements. Incomplete submissions will not be reviewed. Please review the required information for presentations and/or tutorials.
Submissions must be made using the submission site. E-mailed or faxed submissions will not be considered.
Please do not submit the same proposal in more than one topic area/track; the planning committee may move the proposal into a more appropriate topic area/track.
Here are some helpful hints when writing your abstract.
Here is a list of keywords to use when submitting your proposal.
Accepted presenters are expected to write a paper in XML, using the paper guidelines & conference schema and submit this paper by the given deadline. This paper will be part of the conference proceedings, given to all attendees. (High-quality HTML and PDF versions.) This paper is required; therefore any presenter unable to provide this paper will be subject to review. An XML validation system has been built to upload the XML papers and can be found linked within the submission site. Any paper upload that is not marked up in XML will be immediately rejected. PowerPoint, PDF and other formats are not acceptable for the paper portion of the proceedings.
We do expect several XML authoring tool vendors to make customized versions of their product available for presenters to use. Some of these will include conversion tools from formats such as Word, HTML, and PowerPoint, making it easier for you to get your content into XML. Later in the planning stages for the event, we will be collecting all slide presentations in addition to the paper.
Accepted tutorial instructors must provide handouts for the attendees. IDEAlliance will duplicate and ship them to the venue if received by the deadline. Otherwise the instructor will be responsible for providing the handouts onsite (at their expense).
All selected primary presenters will receive one free registration for the conference/per presentation , provided their paper, tagged in XML, is received by the given deadline (a discount will be set up for additional presentation speakers). All tutorial instructors will receive a complimentary registration for the conference.
All abstract submitters not chosen for the conference will receive a discount of $100 off the conference registration amount. Registration instructions will be included on the main event registration form.
Presenter substitutions are not permitted, except in the case of an emergency and are subject to Planning Committee approval. In the event a presenter cannot fulfill his/her commitment, the presenting company will not be guaranteed a speaking spot for an alternative representative.