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kinda sounds like irb. think bob would pay for me to go?
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Banks R wrote:
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> *** an announcement from The Association for Survey Computing.
> *** Apologies for any cross-postings
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> OPEN STANDARDS. BREAKING DOWN THE BARRIERS
>
> Thu 19th September, 2002
> Alexander Fleming Building, Imperial College, London
>
> CALL FOR PAPERS
>
> Many different data formats, protocols and proprietary systems are used
> by the various software packages for survey research. The resulting
> barriers to the free movement of data and information have historically
> been difficult and expensive to overcome.
>
> XML (eXtended Markup Language) is a generic language for representing
> complex data structures as linear text and is therefore of crucial
> importance. XML is supported by many tools and systems for defining
> standard structures, for manipulating them into and out of program
> code, and for transforming them into other forms. However, this does
> not solve the problem of deciding what is a useful structure for a
> particular application, nor of defining the meaning of the various
> components - we still need to define standards for that.
>
> Over the past few years, new standards for data interchange have been
> defined, triple s for example. Some are now well established and others
> are emerging in the key areas. Can one have too many standards?
>
> This conference aims to establish the current situation and explore the
> possibilities for the future. It will be of benefit to users in all
> sectors: public, private and academic. Some papers will discuss
> technical issues of tools and specific proposals for standards, but the
> fiscal and quality benefits of standardisation will also be covered and
> the conference will therefore appeal to managers and practitioners at
> all levels.
>
> Abstracts are invited from authors of standards, from users, and from
> those who have benefited from their application. In refereeing
> submissions, some preference will be given to papers which demonstrate
> the real practical use of standards in survey research. Case studies in
> particular will be welcome.
>
> The deadline for submission of abstracts is June 30, 2002.
>
> Further and updated information will be posted to our web pages ...
>
> http://www.asc.org.uk
>
> ... or you can always contact our Administrator, Diana Elder at the
> address below.
>
> Thank you.
>
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> Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER)
> University of Essex, Colchester, UK CO4 3SQ
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