[jats-list] Re: JATS-Con 2026 (a hybrid event on Febuary 16, 2026) Call for Papers

["Jeff Beck beck.jeff@xxxxxxxxx" <jats-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Everyone

The deadline for submitting paper proposals for JATS-Con 2026 is coming in
two weeks!

*Please submit your paper proposals via the submission form
<https://nationalinformationstandardsorganization.cmail20.com/t/j-i-ydlhttkd-
l-j/>
by December 12, 2025. *

Feel free to contact me at beck.jeff@xxxxxxxxx if you have any questions.

Thanks

Jeff


On Wed, Oct 22, 2025 at 3:52b/PM Jeff Beck <beck.jeff@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> JATS-Con, the user conference for the NISO Z39.96-2021 Journal Article Tag
> Suite, will be held as a pre-conference day associated with the NISO Plus
> Baltimore
>
<https://nationalinformationstandardsorganization.cmail20.com/t/j-i-ydlhttkd-
l-r/>
> conference on February 16, 2026, at the Marriott Waterfront. This year,
> presenters unable to join JATS-Con in Baltimore may participate virtually.
> (Please note that the main NISO Plus conference is an *in-person* event.)
>
> *JATS-Con is seeking papers
>
<https://nationalinformationstandardsorganization.cmail20.com/t/j-i-ydlhttkd-
l-y/>
> *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:
>
> B7       The creation, presentation, manipulation, and/or storage of
> content tagged according to one of the models in the Tag Suite.
>
> B7       Modification or customization of one of the models in the Tag
> Suite or creation of a new model using the Tag Suite.
>
> B7       Location of the models in a workflow.
>
> B7       Tools or resources developed or desired for working with content
> tagged using the Tag Suite.
>
> B7       Desired enhancements to the Tag Suite.
>
> Presentations will be 35 minutes long, in English, followed by 10 minutes
> of q&a and audience discussion.
>
> *Please submit your paper proposals via the submission form
>
<https://nationalinformationstandardsorganization.cmail20.com/t/j-i-ydlhttkd-
l-j/>
> by December 12, 2025. *
>
> Presenters at JATS-Con are required to:
>
> B7       Provide a full paper, in XML, using the Article Authoring Tag Set
> on or before January 30, 2026.
>
> B7       Give a 35-min presentation, in English, based on the paper at
> NISO Plus in Baltimore, MD or remotely over Zoom.
>
> B7       Participate in a 10-min discussion with the audience immediately
> after the paper is presented.
>
> B7        Provide on-site materials (slides) to the conference committee
> in HTML, PowerPoint, PDF, or OpenOffice format.
>
> B7       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 2010b2025 at JATS-Con
> Proceedings: *https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK65129/
>
<https://nationalinformationstandardsorganization.cmail20.com/t/j-i-ydlhttkd-
l-t/>*
>
> *Conference Editorial Schedule:*
>
>     December 12, 2025: Paper proposals due
>
>     December 30, 2025: Speakers notified
>
>     January 30, 2026: Full papers due for Online Proceedings
>
> We hope to hear from you! Remember to *submit your idea(s)
>
<https://nationalinformationstandardsorganization.cmail20.com/t/j-i-ydlhttkd-
l-i/>*
> by December 12, and please contact Jeffrey Beck at *beck.jeff@xxxxxxxxx
> <beck.jeff@xxxxxxxxx>* with any questions.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> The NISO Team
>
> NISO
> 3600 Clipper Mill Road, Suite 302
> Baltimore, MD 21211
> E-mail: nisohq@xxxxxxxx