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Digital Spectrum: Integrating Technology and Culture, la 1oe conférence internationale sur la publication électronique, du 14 au 16 Juin 2006 à Bansko (Bulgaria). *** Deadlines for submission in all categories: November 21st 2005 ***. Info : http://www.elpub.net&#160; &#60;elpub2006@elpub.net&#62;[source : liste SOAF]GGThe ELPUB 2006 conference will keep the tradition of the nine previousinternational conferences on electronic publishing, held in the UnitedKingdom (in 1997 and 2001), Hungary (1998), Sweden (1999), Russia(2000),the Czech Republic (2002), Portugal (2003), Brazil (2004) andBelgium(2005), which is to bring together researchers, lecturers,librarians, developers, businessmen, entrepreneurs, managers, users andall those interested on issues regarding electronic publishing in widelydiffering contexts. These include the human, cultural, economic, social,technological, legal, commercial and other relevant aspects that such anexciting theme encompasses.Three distinguished features of this conference are: broad scope of topicswhich creates a unique atmosphere of active exchange and learning aboutvarious aspects of electronic publishing;&#160; combination of general andtechnical tracks; and a condensed procedure of submission, revision andpublication of proceedings which guarantees presentations of most recentwork. ELPUB 2006 offers a variety of activities, such as workshops,tutorials, panel debates etc. Thus, the conference attendees will benefitfrom: -&#160; &#160;The communication of scientific papers specially prepared for theconference; all papers are to be reviewed and accepted by theinternational ELPUB Programme Committee; -&#160; &#160;Workshops and tutorials that aim to provide opportunity forattendants to update themselves in topics of high interest within thiscommunity of experts;-&#160; &#160;Plenary sessions that aim to summarise the main ideas presented anddiscussed during the presentation of the conference papers;-&#160; &#160;Panel debates on selected topics; possible topics include news itempublishing or new methods, including Open Access, for publishingscientific literature;-&#160; &#160;Demonstration sessions and presentation of posters.Contributions ELPUB 2006 invites contributions for papers, tutorials,workshops, poster sand demonstrations on the following topics:GENERAL TRACK*&#160; &#160;Publishing models, tools, services and roles*&#160; &#160;Digital content chain/ publication cycle*&#160; &#160;Open Access*&#160; &#160;Metadata use and interoperability*Semantic web*&#160; &#160;Multilingual and multimodal interfaces*&#160; &#160;Digitallibraries for different user communities*&#160; &#160;Interactive TV*&#160; &#160;Electronicpublishing for impaired users*&#160; &#160;Security, privacy and copyright issues*Digital preservation and access*&#160; &#160;Electronic publishing in eLearningapplications*&#160; &#160;Economic dimensions of electronic publishingTECHNICAL TRACK*&#160; &#160;XML applications*&#160; &#160;Metadata encoding process (MHP/OAI, RDF, etc.)*Open source tools*&#160; &#160;Content search, analysis and retrieval*Interoperability and scalability*&#160; &#160;Textual and graphical informationsources (SVG)*&#160; &#160;Ontologies and classification*&#160; &#160;Electronic publishingfor mobile services*&#160; &#160;Security, preservation, quality assurance*Recommendations, guidelines, standardsPlease, note that the list of topics is not exhaustive. Therefore,submissions on any topic within the overall conference theme will beconsidered. AUTHOR GUIDELINES: Contributions are invited for the followingcategories:- Single papers (abstract max of 1500 words)- Tutorial(abstract max of 1500 words)- Workshop (abstract max of 1500 words)-Poster (abstract max of 500 words)- Demonstration (abstract max of 500words)Deadlines for submission in all categories: November 21st 2005Abstracts must be submitted following the instructions on the conferencewebsite (http://www.elpub.net). The Programme Committee will notify theauthors of the acceptance of submitted papers by January 15, 2006. Authorsthen will have to submit their full papers by March 1st, 2006, followingspecific instructions. The conference proceedings will be published as abook by the International Journal 'Information Theories and Applications'.Selected papers will be published in the journal. Posters (total surfaceapp. 1m2) and demonstration materials must be brought by their authors atthe conference time and only abstracts will be published in the conferenceproceedings. Workshops and tutorials proposals will be discussed withsubmitters in due course.Electronic versions of the contributions will be archived at:http://elpub.scix.netConference Location: A scenic resort in the Pirin Mountain area, which islisted as a UNESCO World Heritage site.Conference Host: Institute of Mathematics and Informatics at the BulgarianAcademy of SciencesGeneral Chair: Milena Dobreva, Institute for Mathematics and Informatics,Sofia, BulgariaProgramme Chair: Bob Martens, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna,Austria