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<title>XML Prague '07</title><biblioid class="uri">http://norman.walsh.name/2007/04/06/xmlprague</biblioid>
<volumenum>10</volumenum>
<issuenum>31</issuenum>
<pubdate>2007-04-06T08:25:47-04:00</pubdate>
<date>$Date: 2007-04-06 09:23:38 -0400 (Fri, 06 Apr 2007) $</date>
<author>
      <personname>
<firstname>Norman</firstname>
	<surname>Walsh</surname>
</personname>
    </author>
<copyright>
      <year>2007</year>
      <holder>Norman Walsh</holder>
    </copyright>
<abstract>
<para>I'll be speaking at XML Prague in June.</para>
</abstract>
<dc:subject rdf:resource="http://norman.walsh.name/knows/taxonomy#DocBook"/>
<dc:subject rdf:resource="http://norman.walsh.name/knows/taxonomy#XMLPrague07"/>
<dc:subject rdf:resource="http://norman.walsh.name/knows/taxonomy#XProc"/>
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<para xml:id="p1">I see
that <link xlink:href="http://www.xmlprague.cz/register.html">registration</link>
for <phrase role="xmlprague" xlink:href="http://www.xmlprague.cz/">
<phrase role="xml">XML</phrase> <phrase role="prague">Prague</phrase>
    </phrase>
is now open. It has been for a couple of weeks but I've
<link xlink:href="http://norman.walsh.name/2007/04/05/xproc">been distracted</link>.
I've accepted
an invitation to speak<footnote>
      <para xml:id="p2">Full disclosure:
the conference organizers are paying my expenses.</para>
    </footnote>
on
<wikipedia page="XML_pipeline">XProc</wikipedia>
and
<wikipedia>DocBook</wikipedia> so
<link xlink:href="http://norman.walsh.name/2007/itinerary/06-14-xmlprague">I'll be
there</link>.</para>

<para xml:id="p3">The <link xlink:href="http://www.xmlprague.cz/sessions.html">list of
sessions</link> has been posted too:
pipelines,
streaming,
<wikipedia page="Python_%28programming_language%29">Python</wikipedia>,
DocBook,
<wikipedia>Microformats</wikipedia>,
<wikipedia page="Xpath">XPath</wikipedia>,
transformations, and fun. That's
<link xlink:href="http://www.xmlprague.cz/sessions.html#vlist">fun</link>
in the
<link xlink:href="http://www.onelook.com/?w=fun&amp;ls=a">dictionary sense</link>
of fun, not some new <wikipedia>TLA</wikipedia>.</para>

<para xml:id="p4">At a cost
of 10€ (including two lunches and dinner: 45€), it has to be the best
deal going in conferences.
And in Prague, too. And on my birthday.
What's not to like?</para>

<para xml:id="p5">I'm really looking forward to it. Hope to see you there! </para>

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