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<title>Balisage 2010 Contest</title><biblioid class="uri">http://norman.walsh.name/2010/05/19/BalisageContest</biblioid>
<volumenum>13</volumenum>
<issuenum>20</issuenum>
<pubdate>2010-05-19T14:23:06-04:00</pubdate>
<author>
      <personname>
<firstname>Norman</firstname>
	<surname>Walsh</surname>
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<copyright>
      <year>2010</year>
      <holder>Norman Walsh</holder>
    </copyright>
<abstract>
<para>Fame and fortune await you. And the opportunity to attack an interesting
and significant problem.</para>
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<dc:subject rdf:resource="http://norman.walsh.name/knows/taxonomy#Balisage2010"/>
<dc:subject rdf:resource="http://norman.walsh.name/knows/taxonomy#MarkLogic"/>
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<para xml:id="p1">Following on the success of “DemoJam” at Balisage, this year we're
running <link xlink:href="http://developer.marklogic.com/news/marklogic-sponsors-balisage-2010-contest">proper contest</link>
with prizes and everything!</para>

<blockquote>
<para xml:id="p2">The goal of the contest is to encourage markup experts to review
and to research the current state of wiki markup languages and to
generate a proposal that serves to de-babelize the current state of
affairs for the long haul.
</para>
</blockquote>

<para xml:id="p3">Put on your thinking caps and walk away with a new laptop or cold, hard cash.</para>

<para xml:id="p4">(Note that this is in addition to, not instead of, DemoJam.
We're still planning to give you 300 seconds to show off your favorite
thing.)</para>

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