General talk about software patterns

[Linda Rising <risingl AT acm.org>]

  
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(Our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this Call for Papers)

                                VikingPLoP 2004
                          The Third Nordic Conference
                        on Pattern Languages of Programs
                             September 16-19, 2004
                                Uppsala, Sweden

                         http://www.plop.dk/vikingplop

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IMPORTANT DATES
Papers due                       May 31
Shepherding starts               Jun 14
Conference registration starts   Jul  1
Shepherding ends                 Jul 30
Notification of acceptance       Aug  6
Conference drafts due            Aug 20
Conference                       Sep 16-19

Organizers:  Rebecca Rikner (rebecca.rikner AT telia.com)
            Daniel May (daniel AT thedanielmay.com)


VikingPLoP 2004 - Call for Contributions
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VikingPLoP is a conference in the tradition of the PLoP conferences
(http://www.hillside.net/conferences/), which invite you
to add your expertise to the growing body of patterns literature.

These conferences follow a different format from conferences such as
OOPSLA. The focus here is on learning, discussion and reflection, not on
the presentation of finished or traditionally academic work. At a
PLoP(tm) series conference, attendees review each other's material and
help each other to refine their work, run workshops and engage in
fruitful discussions.

Against the scenic backdrop of the Nordic countries, VikingPLoP offers a
variety of writers workshops for submitted pattern papers, focus groups and
other activities. The conference provides participants with the opportunity to
share their experience with patterns and software. As with the PLoP series of
conferences, our overall goal is to build a community of people who
want a better way to work.


Writers' Workshops
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Writers' workshops are at the heart of the VikingPLoP programme. In these
workshops we discuss pattern papers accepted for the conference. Pattern
papers may consist of an individual pattern, a collection of related
patterns or a whole pattern language.  For more about writers' workshops:
http://www.cs.wustl.edu/~schmidt/writersworkshop.html


Topics of Interest
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Historically, the patterns papers at PLoP conferences have focused
on aspects of programs and their production. This includes aspects of
software systems, such as programming, software architecture, analysis
and data modeling, project management and education.

Patterns might be so specific as to name particular objects,
interface elements or implementation structures in a solution; or so
general as to describe high-level architectures. They could describe
configurations of hardware, software or even people. More recently,
PLoP conferences have included papers on topics not related to
programs. These papers are also also welcome.

Your patterns need not cover original subject matter, but it is
important that they describe mature knowledge based on experience.
Patterns also work together with other patterns. We encourage the
submission of small collections of patterns that build on each other
and above all, we encourage the submission of patterns that tie into
the existing body of published pattern literature.

We especially welcome submissions from first-time authors. For
examples of patterns from past years, browse the material at the
Patterns Home Page (http://www.hillside.net/patterns/).

Encourage your colleagues with useful ideas to submit drafts too,
even if they have never written a pattern before. If they have the
ideas, we can help them turn their knowledge into patterns.


Submissions
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Send submissions to the organizers:

  Rebecca Rikner (rebecca.rikner AT telia.com)
  Daniel May (daniel AT thedanielmay.com)

After submission, the paper will be selected for shepherding, a
process of refining the work before the conference. Final acceptance
depends on the results of shepherding.  Authors with papers that are
accepted to the conference will be able to revise their patterns based
on insights obtained during the conference's writers' workshops.

We encourage you to join our mailing list for updates of what's
happening in and around VikingPLoP 2004   Vi ses i Uppsala!

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