Balisage 2008 Instructions for Authors
The Tag Set schemas
The Balisage Tag Set is available in DTD, XSD, and RNG forms. All forms of the Tag Set constraints are equivalent. If you have questions about the tag set or how to tag Balisage
papers please let us know. Suggestions for
improvements are also welcome, of course!
- Balisage Tag Set
- Balisage Tag Set Documentation
- DRAFT XSLT stylesheets for formatting and displaying Balisage papers.
All papers must be prepared in XML using the Balisage
Tag Set, which is a very small subset of DocBook V5, and submitted using the explicit file naming conventions listed below.
Please cite your file name
(which is also your tracking code) in all correspondence about
the paper. (See file naming below.)
Please ensure
your paper is valid according to one of these schemas before you send it to us. Submissions that are not valid XML:
- Reflect poorly on the author, suggesting lack of
understanding or care;
- Irritate the conference committee; and
- May be returned to the author for cleanup.
If you have trouble downloading a schema, let us know and
we’ll email it to you (let us know which one you
want). If you are unable to create your paper in XML, please
send e-mail and we will try to find someone to assist you.
Note: This Tag Set was developed from DocBook V5 because the conference committee believes that DocBook is as well known as any tag set in our user community, and it is as small a subset as we could make it, with the intention that it be as easy to use as possible. This tag set is
not the same as those used for any other conference - please do not send your
paper marked up with another tag set. (Those may be better in many ways, but we have the infrastructure to deal with papers using this tag set.)
File Naming
Please send the text of your paper in a file named
Bal2008XXXXMMDD.xml where
| Bal2008 |
Indicates that the submission is for Balisage 2008. |
| XXXX |
Is the first four letters of your surname. If your
surname is less than 4 letters, just use the complete
surname. |
| MM |
Is the two-digit number of the month of your birth (or
of another significant date you will remember - we aren't trying to steal your identity; we are trying to create IDs). |
| DD |
Is the two-digit day of your birth (or of another
significant date you will remember - we aren't trying to steal your identity; we are trying to create IDs). |
For example, if your name is George Washington and you were
born on July 4, and you send an XML Balisage paper,
your filename is Bal2008wash0704.xml.
Any graphics should be named Bal2008XXXXMMDDNN.YYY
where NN is a two-digit number, and YYY
indicates the format of the graphic: .jpg for jpeg
images, .png for PNG images. A zipped file
containing all of your text and images should be named
Bal2008XXXXMMDD.ZIP.
If you cannot accommodate these file naming conventions,
please contact us and we’ll work something out.
Compression
We would prefer that all files of a submission were zipped
(using a PKZIP-compatible compression utility) into one file.
Name it Bal2008XXXXMMDD.ZIP. If you cannot do that,
we'd like each file zipped. Please do not
send unzipped submissions; there are many ways in which email
applications can "enhance" unzipped XML files, and sorting out the
mess is time consuming.
If it is impossible for you to send zipfiles for any reason, please
contact us at info@balisage.net BEFORE the submission deadline.
Delivery And Receipts
Deliver your paper via email to info@balisage.net When we
receive your paper we will acknowledge it through e-mail,
within one business day. If you do not receive such
acknowledgment please assume your paper has gone astray and
re-send or call us.
Questions/Problems
If you have any questions on any of the above, or any problem
creating your paper, please send e-mail or
call Debbie Lapeyre (+1 301/315-9633) or Tommie Usdin (+1
301/315-9634).
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