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Date: Mon, 8 Aug 1994 16:58:00 EDT
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From: David Lewis <lewis@RESEARCH.ATT.COM>
Subject: CFP : SDAIR95
Call for Papers
Fourth Annual Symposium
on Document Analysis and Information Retrieval (SDAIR '95)
April 24-26, 1995
Desert Inn Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada
Conference Chair:
Donna Harman
National Institute of Standards and Technology
SCOPE
The purpose of this symposium is to present the results of current
research and to stimulate the exchange of ideas in the general field
of Document Understanding. Papers on all aspects of document analysis
and information retrieval are solicited, with particular emphasis on:
Document Analysis
Multilingual OCR
Language identification
Multilingual character sets
Domain specific dictionaries / lexicons
Logical structure recognition
Recognition of tables and equations
Recognition of maps and mechanical drawings
Information Retrieval
Full-text retrieval
Retrieval from structured documents
Text categorization
Evaluation of IR systems
Image and multimedia retrieval
Language-specific influences on retrieval
Text representation
The two themes to be highlighted at this year's symposium are the
intersection of document analysis and information retrieval, and the
ramifications of multilingual data in both fields.
SUBMISSIONS
Please send seven copies of complete papers, with authors name,
address, telephone number, fax number and e-mail address to the
appropriate Program Chair:
Larry Spitz, Chair (Doc. Analysis)
or
David D. Lewis, Chair (Info. Ret.)
c/o Information Science Research Institute
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
4505 Maryland Parkway
Box 454021
Las Vegas, NV 89154-4021
The papers should be no longer than 20 double-spaced pages or 5,000
words. Papers which have already appeared in journals or published
conference proceedings should not be submitted. Both camera ready and
machine readable copies of the accepted papers will be required. The
proceedings will be available at the conference.
CONFERENCE TIMETABLE
Papers Due October 1, 1994
Notification To Authors December 1, 1994
Camera Ready Copy February 1, 1995
PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Document Analysis
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Larry SPITZ, Fuji Xerox (chair)
Henry BAIRD, AT&T Bell Labs
Andreas DENGEL, DFKI
Hiromichi FUJISAWA, Hitachi
Jonathon HULL, SUNY Buffalo
Junichi KANAI, UNLV
Juergen SCHUERMANN, Daimler Benz
Suzanne TAYLOR, Unisys
Karl TOMBRE, INRIA
Information Retrieval
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David LEWIS, AT&T Bell Labs (chair)
Christopher BUCKLEY, Cornell
Kenneth CHURCH, AT&T Bell Labs
Robert KORFHAGE, U. Pittsburgh
Fausto RABITTI, CNR-IEI
Kazem TAGHVA, UNLV
TOKUNAGA Takenobu, Tokyo Inst. Tech.
Howard TURTLE, West Publishing
Peter WILLETT, U. Sheffield
Ross WILKINSON, RMIT
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Date: Tue, 9 Aug 1994 16:39:15 +1000
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From: DWIGHT WALKER <dwalker@OZEMAIL.COM.AU>
Subject: On-Line Help for MS Windows applications
I attended a 2 day course 1-2 August in Sydney run by 'Structured Writing and
Training' (61-2-2626900) on writing on-line help for MS Windows software. It
was aimed at technical writers for software projects. Technical documentation
is organised using the Windows HELP facility to enable the user to get
appropriate help while using the software.
There is a product called HDK2 from Virtual Media Technology, Neutral Bay, NSW,
(61-2-9592355) that automates a lot of the production of the help document. It
requires Word for Windows and the help compiler.
We were up to the 'SEARCH' button in on-line help. There was reference to this
being like a back-of-the-book index.
This seemed like a good point to pass on in this electronic age.
I am interested in possibly doing some technical writing but the skills of
indexing come in handy when it comes to information retrieval.
The usual comment from people who use on-line help is that they can't find the
topic they are after. Here is an opportunity to direct skills mainly oriented
at paper-based documentation to electronic media.
There are also the extra non-linear ways of browsing the information on-line:
hypertext links, browsing backwards and forwards in a stream of topics. You
have to arrange the system so that the user doesn't get lost in hyperspace!
In passing, the Australian Bureau of Statistics produced their catalogue of
products as a Windows HELP file. You navigate through it using the table of
contents, topics (searches) or hypertext links to related topics. You can add
bookmarks and leave annotations all electronically by the HELP system.
Cheers,
Dwight Walker
dwalker@ozemail.com.au
Sydney, Australia
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Date: Tue, 9 Aug 1994 18:09:27 18000
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From: Hazel Blumberg-McKee <hazelcb@FREENET.SCRI.FSU.EDU>
Subject: FAQ of August 5, 1994
Just wanted to send along a note about the USDA indexing course that
was mentioned in the recent FAQ. There are two correspondence courses
available: a beginning indexing course, "Basic Indexing," which now
costs $281; and a more advanced indexing course, "Applied Indexing,"
which now costs $275. Both correspondence courses include all
materials. In the USDA Graduate School's address, insert "Ag Box 9911"
after "Correspondence Program." You can call the USDA Correspondence
Program at (202) 720-7123. The TDD number is (202) 690-1516. Many
thanks to Nancy Etheridge, who pointed out the changes in price to
me.
--
Hazel Blumberg-McKee
(hazelcb@freenet.tlh.fl.us)
"No passion in the world is equal to the passion to alter someone
else's draft."--H. G. Wells
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Date: Wed, 10 Aug 1994 21:58:37 EDT
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From: BMcElroy01@AOL.COM
Subject: Re: ZyIndex vs. Folio
Two additional options to consider, if distributing text is your main
concern, are Replica and Common Ground. Replica is from Farallon and Common
Ground is from No Hands. Both are "no frills" (or limited frills), allow copy
to clipboard, printing, search etc. I've used both and prefer Replica. The
viewers can be distributed (I believe in both cases) for free - if you are
not a commercial distributer of information. In the case of Replica, at least
(I don't know for Common Ground) the rights to distribute commercially come
very cheap. Check w/ Farallon, but it's something like $200/year per platform
(Windows or Mac) for up to x of viewers (a few hundred?) and a quarter each
after that. It seems like a really good deal to me.
:::Brian McElroy
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Date: Mon, 15 Aug 1994 13:26:22 EST
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From: Jean Bailey <jbailey@EXTRO.UCC.SU.OZ.AU>
I'd like some information about how to subscribe.
Thanks
Jean Bailey
Conservation Unit
Fisher Library FO3
University of Sydney
NSW 2006 Australia
Tel: +61 2 692 4691
Fax: +61 2 692 2890
e-mail: jbailey@extro.ucc.su.oz.au