[jats-list] Call for Participation: Virtual Journal Article Tag Suite Conference (JATS-Con), April 27–29, 2021

["Beck, Jeff (NIH/NLM/NCBI) [E] beck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <jats-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

JATS-Con is the user conference for the NISO Z39.96-2012 Journal Article Tag
Suite hosted by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI),
National Library of Medicine. The next conference will be held virtually on
April 2729, 2021.

JATS-Con is seeking papers relevant to the use or non-use of the JATS or an
extension such as the Book Interchange Tag Suite (BITS), TaxPub, or the NISO
Standards Tag Set (NISO STS). The following topics are suggestions only:

  *   the creation, presentation, manipulation, and/or storage of content
tagged according to one of the models in the Tag Suite.
  *   modification or customization of one of the models in the Tag Suite or
creation of a new model using the Tag Suite.
  *   location of the models in a workflow.
  *   tools or resources developed or desired for working with content tagged
using the Tag Suite.
  *   desired enhancements to the Tag Suite.

Presentations will be 35 minutes long, in English, followed by 10 minutes of
Questions and Answers or audience discussion.

For this year's conference, Computercraft will be collecting registrations and
article submissions. Please submit your paper proposals on the Submission Form
by January 22, 2021.
https://computercraft-usa.com/jats-con-submit-article/

Presenters at JATS-Con are required to:

  *   Provide a full paper, in XML, using the Article Authoring Tag Set on or
before April 15, 2021.
  *   Give a 35-min virtual presentation, in English, based on the paper.
  *   Be available before the presentation to test presentations and
connections, etc.
  *   Participate in a 10-min discussion with the audience immediately after
the paper is presented.
  *   Provide on-site materials (slides) to the conference committee in HTML,
PowerPoint, or OpenOffice format.
  *   Grant permission to the NLM to archive and post a copy of the paper and
onsite materials on the conference proceedings website.

The JATS-Con Proceedings will be published on the NCBI Bookshelf, freely
available to the public. See the Proceedings from 20102020 at JATS-Con
Proceedings.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK65129/

Conference Editorial Schedule:
    January 22, 2021  Paper proposals due
    February 12, 2021  Speakers notified
    April 15, 2021  Full papers due for Online Proceedings

Please contact Jeff Beck at beck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx or 1-301-435-5992 if you
have any questions.


Jeffrey Beck
NCBI/NLM/NIH

Telework 7:00-3:30 PM EDT and by appointment