The Writers Block (TWB) invites research papers on “Implementation of Multiple Documentation Standards – OOXML and ODF – Impact on industry”

The paper will focus on the ratification and implementation of multiple documentation standards - OOXML, ODF and their impact on industry and user community at large. The accent should be on empirical evidence and logical conclusions instead of personal opinion. The paper should be 4000-5000 words long. The competition will accept electronic submissions only e-mailed in word or PDF format to lilian.dcosta@twb.in. The deadline for paper submissions is July 15^th 2008. Select papers will be made available on the TWB Alumni blog for comment and discussion.

Winners

Best Paper Award: There will be an award given to the best paper after recommendations by the TWB Research Committee. The winner will be announced on the TWB Alumni Blog, Corporate Blog and TWB Newsletters.

• The winner gets a Citation and an Apple iPod

• The 1st and 2nd runners up get Citations

• All complete entries get a consolation prize (if the shipping address is in India)

Sponsored Papers - TWB encourages organizations supporting research on Documentation Standards to sponsor papers. Sponsored papers will not be included in the awards selection process. Sponsor organizations will be granted 3 sponsored slots. For information on sponsored papers, please send a mail to connect@twb.in

Notes

Submission format

Do not send your paper in any format other than Word or  PDF form.

The importance of the abstract

We anticipate that the selection process will be quite competitive. Your paper will be anonymously peer-reviewed and scored based on the quality of its abstract and content. Personal factors such as your institutional affiliation, academic status, and history with TWB have little impact on the final ranking. Abstracts that do not include information about the theoretical and/or empirical contributions of the research will have significantly lower chances being accepted.

E-mail Contact

Since all communication with the participants is via e-mail, it is vitally important that you make sure we always have an active e-mail address for you. If we lose contact with you after your paper is accepted, you may be dropped from the contest, so please keep us posted of any changes to your primary email address.

Program Limitations

No participant may present more than one paper.

Language

The language of the content is English. All papers have to be presented in English; translation from other languages is not allowed.

Schedule of Dates

Deadline for submission of papers - July 15, 2008

Submissions after this date may be accepted only in the case of special justifying circumstances and at the discretion of the research committee.

The following information is required for submissions.

1. Name

2. Current institutional affiliation/ occupation

3. Title/position

4. E-mail address

5. Postal address

6. Telephone

7. Abstract of Paper (a summary of the paper of 200-300 words; abstracts longer than 300 words may be rejected)

8. A brief (100 word) biographical statement that contains introductory information including educational background (highest degree, year awarded, awarding institution, field of study, present occupation amongst others).

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