[Exist-open] Announce: XML Prague 2006 June 17/18 session abstracts available on-line www.xmlprague.cz

[James F. <jim...@ru...>]

XML Prague 2006 session abstacts are now available online.

http://www.xmlprague.cz/sessions.html

In addition, we are happy to announce the inclusion of a BoF
session on DocBook for the following day.

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Conference Talks (Saturday 17th June)
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XML Prague 2006, is a conference on XML for developers,
web designers, information managers, and students. This
year=E2=80=99s focus is on the topics related to XML Native Databases and
Querying XML.

'xq2xml: transformations on XQueries' , David Carlisle

'Index-driven XQuery processing in the eXist XML database' , Wolfgang Mei=
er

'XML/RDF Query By Example' , Eric van der Vlist

'Optimization in XSLT and XQuery' , Michael Kay

'Text Processing through to XML' , David Pawson

'XML Data - The Current State of Affairs' , Kamil Toman, Irena Ml=C3=BDnk=
ov=C3=A1

'The road to an XSLT/XQuery IDE , George Cristian Bina

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Workshops/BOFs (Sunday 18th June)
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The following day is dedicated for participants to hold
related BoF sessions and workshops.

* eXist XMLDB Workshop , Wolfgang Meier

* DocBook BoF , Jirka Kosek

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Registration
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Registration is now open and we strongly suggest to book your place now.

To register please visit http://www.xmlprague.cz/cfp.html

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Location
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The conference is held in the heart of Prague, the Czech Republic.

Mal=C3=A1 Strana (aka Lesser Town), Prague
Malostransk=C3=A9 n=C3=A1m=C4=9Bst=C3=AD 25, Prague 1
Czech Republic

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How to Participate
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If you are attending the conference and would be interested in
participating, please review the following available options.

* BoF (Birds of a Feather) session: Arrange small group of individuals
using similar set of XML technologies (ex. Perl XML, Python XML, XSLT,
RDF etc=E2=80=A6) to discuss and trade techniques.

* Workshops: Arrange for a more formal agenda with speakers and
presentations.

* Lightening Talk: Submit a short 5 minutes presentation , =E2=80=98poste=
r=E2=80=99
style for general discussion.

Please submit your ideas to xml...@gi...

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XML Prague 2006 Organizing Committee
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Jaroslav Ne=C5=A1et=C5=99il, Charles University, Prague http://iti.mff.cu=
ni.cz/

Tom=C3=A1=C5=A1 Kaiser, University of West Bohemia, Pilsen http://www.zcu=
.cz/

Petr Cimprich, Ginger Alliance, s.r.o. http://www.gingerall.com

James Fuller, Webcomposite, s.r.o. http://www.webcomposite.com


Hope to see you there.

regards, Jim Fuller