[jats-list] Call for Participation: JATS-Con at NISO Plus 2027 in Baltimore

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

Hi Everyone
In case you don't subscribe to the NISO newsfeed, here is an exciting
announcement about JATS-Con 2027. As usual, contact me with any thoughts or
questions about papers you want to present,

Links for your convenience:
    b# Submission form:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdPpqVeFU6xDLO_10_Pupcp0EIcUowHdYjJX
fyk63m48rATJg/viewform
    b# NISO Plus 2027 page: https://niso.plus/niso-plus-2027-baltimore/

For those of you worried about traveling on February 14. I've heard
that Valentine's day will be rescheduled because of the Superbowl.

See you in February!

Jeff
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We are pleased to announce that JATS-Con, the user conference for the NISO
Z39.96-2024, Journal Article Tag Suite standard, returns as a
pre-conference day associated with the NISO Plus Baltimore meeting on
February 15, 2027, 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 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:

    b# The creation, presentation, manipulation, and/or storage of content
tagged according to one of the models in the Tag Suite.
    b# Modification or customization of one of the models in the Tag Suite
or creation of a new model using the Tag Suite.
    b# Location of the models in a workflow.
    b# Tools or resources developed or desired for working with content
tagged using the Tag Suite.
    b# 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
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdPpqVeFU6xDLO_10_Pupcp0EIcUowHdYjJ
Xfyk63m48rATJg/viewform>submission
form by December 4, 2026.
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdPpqVeFU6xDLO_10_Pupcp0EIcUowHdYjJ
Xfyk63m48rATJg/viewform>

Presenters at JATS-Con are required to:

    b# Provide a full paper in XML using the Article Authoring Tag Set on or
before January 30, 2027.
    b# Give a 35-min presentation, in English, based on the paper at NISO
Plus in Baltimore, MD or remotely over Zoom.
    b# Participate in a 10-min discussion with the audience immediately
after the paper is presented.
    Pb# rovide on-site materials (slides) to the conference committee in
HTML, PowerPoint, PDF, or OpenOffice format.
    b# 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 2010b2026 at JATS-Con
Proceedings. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK65129/

Conference Editorial Schedule:

   December 4, 2026: Paper proposals due
   December 18, 2026: Speakers notified
   January 30, 2026: Full papers due for Online Proceedings

We hope to hear from you! Remember to submit your idea(s) by December 4,
and please contact Jeffrey Beck at beck.jeff@xxxxxxxxx with any questions.