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Last week, after a lot of agonizing, the planning committee managed to pick nine late-breaking presentations (plus one to replace a last-minute cancellation) from the 60 excellent submissions: Sam Hiser, OpenDocument Foundation. The ODF Plugin for MS Office Peter Meirs, … Continue reading →

We’re getting ready to sort through the enormous number of late-breaking submissions for XML 2006 (Boston, 5-7 December) — we have over 5 proposals for every empty slot — but a quick count shows that we already have 98 speakers … Continue reading →

This year at XML 2006 we’re going to try something new. On Tuesday night, Michael Smith will host a Vendor PechaKucha night [Wikipedia article on PechaKucha]. Any XML software or service vendor who is registered to attend the conference is … Continue reading →

(In the weeks leading up to the XML 2006 conference in Boston (5-7 December), I’ll be featuring some of our presentations here on my weblog from our four specialized tracks.) Title: Peaceful Coexistence: The SGML/XML Transition at Cessna Aircraft Track: … Continue reading →

The IDEAlliance XML Scholarship is now open for submissions until Monday 30 October 2006. The winner — a student enrolled in any degree or diploma program at a post-secondary institution — will receive a prize of US $1,000, a US … Continue reading →

(In the weeks leading up to the XML 2006 conference in Boston (5-7 December), I’ll be featuring some of our presentations here on my weblog from our four specialized tracks.) Title: Meta-stylesheets Track: Hands-on XML Author: Michael Kay, Technical Director, … Continue reading →

(In the weeks leading up to the XML 2006 conference in Boston (5-7 December), I’ll be featuring some of our presentations here on my weblog from our four specialized tracks. Here’s the first one.) Title: What Powers Web2.0 Mashups Track: … Continue reading →

As announced on the XML 2006 news feed, the preliminary programme for the conference is now online at http://2006.xmlconference.org/programme/. I’m very happy about how it worked out, and am grateful for the huge effort that the planning committee put into … Continue reading →

Today is the submission deadline for XML 2006 papers and tutorials. They’ve been pouring in over the weekend, and I’m very happy with the high quality of them. If you have not had a chance to submit yet, please send … Continue reading →