SGML: ANNOUNCE : SGML BeLux '96 Conference Programme

Subject: ANNOUNCE : SGML BeLux '96 Conference Programme

Date: Thu, 12 Sep 1996 12:53:37 +0100

From: Paul_Hermans@protext.be (Paul Hermans)

Newsgroup: comp.text.sgml



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WHEN

Thursday 31th of October


WHERE

Business Faculty
Sint-Lendriksdreef 6
1120 Brussels
Belgium
+32 (0)2 264 13 11


PROGRAMME

8h30-09h00
Registration and coffee

9h00-09h05
Welcome

9h05-09h50
Keynote speech
SGML on the Web: Too little too late, or too much too soon?
LOU BURNARD (Oxford University Computing Services)
A review of solutions, based on key SGML concepts, to problems currently
facing web developers and users, plus an overview of the strategies being
adopted in bringing full SGML applications to the Web.

09h50-10h30
Practical issues in SGML publishing
LIZ GOWER (Adobe Systems Europe Ltd.)
Experiences and thoughts on using CALS and non-CALS table formatting, ID
management, and generating multiple electronic delivery formats (besides
SGML).

10h30-11h10
Coffee and visit to exhibition

11h10-11h50
Electronic Databooks - a proof of concept
NORBERT G. MIKULA (Philips Semiconductors)
Presentation of an advanced information dissemination solution via the
Internet using Cappucino (an SGML parser written in Java) and Yade
(Yet Another DSSSL Engine).

11h50-12h30
The use of SGML by philologists: Experiences gained during the Medieval
Slavic Manuscript Encoding Project
MILENA P. DOBREVA (Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science, Sofia,
Bulgaria)
A discussion of practical experiences in using TEI (Text Encoding Initiative)
based encoding of Medieval Slavic manuscripts.

12h30-14h00
Lunch and visit to exhibition

14h00-14h40
Using micro-documents and Hybrid Distributed DataBases for building up
hypertext-rich content on-line servers
ERIK SKINNER (OmniMark Technologies)
Presentation of the Hybrid Distributes Database: Modelling the information
into information units (SGML micro-documents) in combination with RDBMS and
full-text retrieval engines.

14h40-15h20
Questor: Publishing social law to different media
PAUL HERMANS (Pro Text)
Practical experiences in designing DTD's extended with HyTime 
(Hypermedia/Time-based Structuring Language), editing SGML documents with
HyTime extensions, and using products such as Synex ViewPort and
FrameMaker + SGML.

15h20-15h50
Coffee and visit to exhibition

15h50-16h30
The SGML Tree Transformation Process (STTP): Processing SGML documents in an
absolute standardised way
JACQUES DESEYNE (SEMA Group Belgium)
An overview of document conversion and processing requirements which
can easily be met by SGML delivery systems (browsers, convertors) supporting
STTP.

16h30-17h10
DSSSL, the promise FOSI did not fulfill
RAF SCHIETEKAT (Fotek)
An elaboration on how DSSSL (Document Style Semantics and Specification
Language) can link SGML information with graphical representation, what
the DSSSL
standard includes and what it leaves open, en how it can do more than FOSI 
(Formatting Output Specification Instance) ever achieved.

17h10-18h00
Reception and visit to exhibition


VENDOR EXHIBITION

Parallel to the conference there is a vendor exhibition. For more info,
please contact:
Vincent Cappelle
OFFIS NV
vcp@offis.be


CONFERENCE FEES

members of the international users' group : 4.000 BF
non-members : 9.000 BF


HOW TO MAKE YOUR RESERVATION

Before October 26th
SGML BeLux vzw/asbl
p.a. Fotek NV
Jan Cuyckens
Entrepotstraat 3
9100 Sint-Niklaas
+32 3 760 11 20
+32 3 760 11 30 (fax)
jan@fotek.be


FOR MORE INFO

Paul Hermans
+32 16 40 66 81
Paul_Hermans@protext.be