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* Newsletter TMRA - May 2008
* TMRA 2008 - "Subject-centric Computing"
* Leipzig, Germany, 
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* tutorials@TMRA – 15 October 2008
* TMRA 2008 – 16-17 October 2008 
* http://www.tmra.de/2008/
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Dear friends and supporters of TMRA,

the conference management system for TMRA 2008 is online and ready for your contributions. The overall success of the conference depends on the input from the community, so we invite several kinds of contributions, such as full and short papers, presentations, posters, demonstrations and tutorials, from both, science and industry.

Due to numerous requests we have extended the submission deadline. The new deadline is June 20, 2008.  

To increase the transparency, efficiency and overall quality of the TMRA reviewing, we have changed the staffing of the Program Committee. We have established an open application process for the TMRA Program Committee and everybody with experiences in Topic Maps is cordially invited to apply for the Committee. The application for the TMRA reviewing team is still open.

To make the TMRA conference more visible, we have produced a TMRA 2008 leaflet which informs about the conference and should be delivered to as much interested people as possible. If you can distribute or use some leaflets, please order them at the conference website. 

Greetings from Leipzig
Lutz Maicher

Submissions due to June 20, 2008
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Due to numerous requests we have extended the submission deadline. The new deadline is June 20, 2008. 

We invite original, high quality submissions with substantial contributions to the objectives of TMRA 2008 [1]. The proceedings of TMRA 2008 are foreseen to be published by Springer in the LNAI series as post-proceedings. The conference language is English.

Please use the conference management system for submitting your contribution. Full submission details and access to the conference management system are available at [2].

[1] http://www.tmra.de/2008/TMRA2008_call_for_papers.html
[2] http://www.tmra.de/2008/TMRA2008_submission_guidelines.html 



Joining the TMRA 2008 Program Committee
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To increase the transparency, efficiency and overall quality of the TMRA reviewing, we have changed the staffing of the Program Committee. We have established an open application process for the TMRA Program Committee and everybody interested in Topic Maps is cordially invited to apply for the committee.

If you have sound experience in Topic Maps technologies and you are interested in supporting the community, we invite you to apply for the committee by submitting the electronic form at [1] (or simply use the link provided at the website). Each reviewer will have a workload of 2-3 reviews for papers or presentations. The whole review process is supported by a conference management system, no face by face meetings are required. All communication regarding the review process is done electronically. Being reviewer for TMRA 2008 equates spending one or two of your hours in the progress of Topic Mapping and the success of the conference.

[1] http://www.informatik.uni-leipzig.de/~tmra/2008/TMRA2008_PC_registration.php

Ordering TMRA 2008 Leaflets
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To increase the overall visibility of the TMRA conference we depend on your support. We have produced a TMRA 2008 leaflet which informs about the conference and should be delivered to as much interested people as possible. If you want to help to make the TMRA 2008 conference to a success, please display and distribute the leaflets in your local environment. And hand them out whenever you meet somebody interested in Topic Mapping.

We will send you the required number of TMRA 2008 leaflets, naturally for free. Simply fill and submit the form at [2] (or simply use the link provided at the website). Thank you very much in advance for your support!

[2] http://www.informatik.uni-leipzig.de/~tmra/2008/TMRA2008_leaflet_order.php 


TMRA 2008 SPONSORSHIP
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For providing a stimulating setting for TMRA 2008 the organization team depends on sponsoring. If you are interested in signing a sponsorship for TMRA, please contact tmra@informatik.uni-leipzig.de for detailed information.  

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The TMRA Team hopes to keep you informed with our newsletters. If you have any questions, ideas, etc. concerning TMRA, we are looking forward to your email: tmra@informatik.uni-leipzig.de