Hi Mike, While this is starting to feel less like a general (80%) and more like a vertical (20%) application/use case, having had to deal with CFPs myself, I'm certainly sympathetic.
I'd say to start with, compile a list of URLs to examples of CFPs on the web so we can start to document the actual common elements in use in real-world CFPs. Whether or not we end up with a microformat, documenting common CFP publishing behaviors is likely to be beneficial. Thanks, Tantek On 5/19/06 5:24 PM, "Michael McCracken" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, I'd like to start some discussion into a call-for-papers microformat. > > Here's the problem to solve: > > Publications at conferences are important for many academics' careers. > Keeping track of submission and event dates and locations - and time > zones - is important. Doing that with less effort would be a big > improvement. Right now most CFP's are distributed by email and posted > on the conference web site in a lightly marked-up version of the > email. Possibly the most common way to find out about conference > details is to forwarded a CFP email by one's advisor, who gets spammed > regularly with those emails. There are problems with that system - > email loss, no good filter (there are bogus conferences), checking for > deadline updates is common, and manual. > > A microformat to mark up calls for papers could make it easier for > authors to find conferences they're interested in, keep track of them, > and plan publications. It could make it much easier to publicize > conferences, which now involves manually* submitting to various > databases and finding appropriate mailing lists to spam. > > I already have a few examples and some notes on what they have in > common - it's not too complex - but I wanted to put this idea out > before I went ahead and created a wiki page, in case someone can > suggest a more general solution that would work better. > > One note is that it certainly isn't just an hEvent - a CFP usually > contains at least a description, a list of related topic keywords, at > least two date ranges, and information about several people and > institutions. > > So, what do you think, folks? > -mike > > * "manually" in this context may just mean "manually telling your grad > students to do it", but still... _______________________________________________ microformats-discuss mailing list microformats-discuss@microformats.org http://microformats.org/mailman/listinfo/microformats-discuss