An ixml Symposium

Aim

To organise a low-effort (for both organisers and presenters) international ixml conference to exchange ideas and experiences related to ixml.

Dates

Sometime in February 2026, two afternoons (European time), each of 4 hours, to increase participation across timezones.

Location

The conference will be online, via Zoom.

Registration

Two possibilities:

1. to have two classes of registration, one for presenters, and one for audience;
2. to only allow people to attend if they are presenting.

Registration fees

The conference will be free to attend, and to present.

Materials

The conference will be recorded, and the presentations will be published on YouTube. Slides will be published on the conference page. There will be no requirement to supply a paper.

Submission

Presenters are only required to submit a title and very short abstract in order to present. As long as the talk is about, or related to, ixml, all submissions will be accepted. Presentation time will be up to 30 minutes including Q&A; the submitter can specify how long they plan to talk.

After the event, the presenters should supply a copy of their slides.

Timeline

1. Agree on dates
2. Agree on call text
3. Prepare website
4. Announce call on suitable channels
5. Wait
6. Determine if there is enough presenter interest to proceed
7. Agree on preliminary programme
8. Announce programme
9. Hold Event
10. Publish slides and talks.

Call Text

The First International Symposium on Invisible Markup, online only xx/yy February 2026

Call for Presentations.

Invisible XML is a language and process for identifying structure in documents without the need for explicit markup in the documents.

Since the release of the ixml standard in 2022, there has been steadily increasing interest in, and use of, the language, as evidenced by a large number of presentations at various events.

As a result, the ixml community group feels the time is right for an event exclusively dedicated to the topic.

We invite anyone to submit a proposal for a presentation on experiences, techniques, proposals, implementations, use cases, grammars, and any other related subject around ixml. Presentations can be up to 30 minutes, but may be as short as 10. Presentations will be by Zoom; presenters should submit their slides after the event; talks will be recorded and published after the event.

Proposals should include a title, requested duration, and summary (100–200 words); there is no requirement for a paper.

Please submit your proposals at https://...

Timeline

Presentation registration deadline: xx February
Non presentation attendance registration deadline: zz February.

Acceptance: All relevant presentation proposals will be accepted.

Conference dates: xx and yy February, 12:00-16:00 UTC, each day.