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Do Language Technology Standards Help or Hinder Global Businesses?
Overview
This summit will explore which standards meet their objectives and which do not, and why. It will address the question of whether linguists, software developers, publishers, government agencies, and other communities have the same requirements, or whether standards bodies should target their objectives to different audiences. The objectivity and outreach of standards bodies may also be an issue for some constituencies. This conference will address some of these changes and define best practices for satisfying them.
You are invited to contribute to the discussion.
Audience
Our audience will consist of experts from standards organizations and user communities.
Sessions:
We will offer a variety of different types of sessions, including:
• keynote presentations
• plenary sessions
• roundtable sessions
• panels
• break-out sessions
• open-microphone discussions
Topics:
All topics related to language Standards, the selection and employment of products and services related to these standards, which allow the attendee to apply to the benefit of their organization. Those involved in developing standards should come away with a better understanding of the community needs and applications.
Topics might include, but are not limited to:
Keynote session:
• The Sausage Factory—How Standards Are Made and Why This Process Is Important
Plenary sessions:
• Taxonomy of Standards: Technology, Quality, and Process
• Constituencies for Standards: Who Cares and Why—overview of the groups that care about standards and why they must be considered
• Application developers
• Procurement managers
• Vendors
• Governments, NGOs, multilateral agencies (NATO, EU, etc.)
• Academe
• Standards bodies
• Clearing House for Globalization Technology and Quality Standards—associations have failed us, so where should this live in a transparent, open place
• Call to action
Roundtables:
• Basic platforms: .NET, Java, CORBA, Palm, Symbian, automotive, etc. Speakers representing those and internationalization capabilities
• Internationalization libraries: ICU, other vendor libraries
• Language QA
• Process—quality assurance management
• Globalization tools
• Middleware—XLIFF, TMX, etc.
• Controlled language
• Commerce
Each of these roundtables should cover the following topics:
• State of vendor implementation, input to standards, and competition from non-standard approaches
• Certification of products to standards—how, where, why, how
• De Facto Standards and Their Role
• Which Standards Are Missing? The Great Existential Question
Panels
Open discussions
Break-out sessions
Publication
If your paper is accepted, your details will be included on the Web pages and the paper itself will appear on a Conference CD.
Speaker Registration
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