Call for Papers

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In 2007, we celebrated the 20th anniversary of the ACM Conference on Hypertext and Hypermedia series which is the acknowledged venue for high quality peer-reviewed research on linking. The web, the semantic web and Web 2.0 are all manifestations of the success of the link. The Hypertext Conference provides the forum for research that considers links, their semantics, their presentation, the applications they have been put to, the knowledge that can be derived from their analysis and their effect on society. If information is connected, then the connection is called a link: the Hypertext Conference is  concerned with all research concerning links.

Recent hypertext conferences have experimented with various approaches to reaching a wider community of researchers and encouraging them that their work is within the scope of the Hypertext Conference, and that their submissions will be reviewed by a program committee that are on the leading edge of their topic. To this end, this year's conference will consist of four independent tracks, each with their own track committee, coordinated by an overall Program Chair.

1. Information Linking and Organization (Chairs: Paul de Bra and Frank Shipman)
2. Social Linking (Chairs: Filippo Menczer and Ciro Cattuto)
3. Applications of  Hypertext (Chair: Erik Duval)
4. Hypertext, Culture, and Communication  (Chair: Mark Bernstein)

The Program Committee for Hypertext 2008 is now inviting submissions  of original and previously unpublished research. Authors are invited to submit papers directly to the tracks listed above. However, where authors are unsure of which track to submit to, they are encouraged to discuss the matter with the Program Chair (Hugh Davis, hcd@ecs.soton.ac.uk).

The details about the submission format and process can be found on the Hypertext 2008 submission page. Accepted papers will appear in the formal Conference Proceedings, published by ACM. All material will be available through the ACM Digital Library.

Technical Paper Stream

• Friday, February 15, 2008 EXTENDED — submission deadline
• March 21, 2008 — authors informed of results of reviewing
• April 10, 2008 EXTENDED — camera-ready full and short papers to ACM

Full Papers

Full technical papers (10 pages) should present significant scientific advances that are at a mature stage of development. We are looking for full papers that present relevant contributions to research, development, and practice in the area of hypertext and hypermedia. We are also interested in survey papers which present an authoritative and original perspective on an area of interest.

Short Papers

Short papers (5 pages) should present interesting recent results or novel thought-provoking ideas that are not quite ready for a regular full-length paper, or where the research has limited scope or the results have lesser significance.

Posters and Demonstrations

• March 28, 2008 — submission deadline
• April 9, 2008 — committee decisions to authors
• April 16, 2008 — camera-ready copy to ACM

Poster presentations and demonstrations (2 pages in the proceedings) are solicited, which present new ideas, generate interest in a research area, or describe or demonstrate useful or interesting work that is not substantial enough for a technical paper presentation.

Workshops

We are no longer accepting workshop proposals.  Visit here for a list of accepted workshop proposals.

• January 14, 2008 — workshop proposals due
• February 1, 2008 — results of review
• April 16, 2008 — camera-ready copy to ACM

Hypertext 2008 invites submissions of a small number of high quality pre-conference workshops (one day or half day), which allow participants to discuss leading edge and emerging research themes in a greater depth than is possible within the main program.

The organization of the workshop will be the responsibility of the organizers. The submissions should be in the format of the Call for Papers for workshops and should contain:

• The title of the workshop
• A description of the workshop motivations and topic area. (This can be 1 - 2 pages and will appear in the proceedings)
• A short description of the intended length and format of the workshop
• The names and e-mail addresses of the workshop chairs
• A list of proposed program committee members
• The address of the workshop website, and details of any other proposed publication medium
• Tentative dates for submission and notification of acceptance. (Final details of the workshop program and accepted papers need to be on the website by May 10th 2008, and we request the workshops will set their paper submission deadline sometime after March 21st so that it follows the main program cycle.)

Please email your Workshop proposal to the Workshops Chair, David Millard at dem@ecs.soton.ac.uk.

Hyperdrama Festival (Organizer — Mark Bernstein)

Scripts and proposals are sought for the First International Hyperdrama Festival, a collection of staged readings and performances of interactive and interlinked dramatic art in conjunction with Hypertext '08.  Scripts and proposals will be judged for dramatic merit, hypertextual interest, and produceability; minimal sets and costumes are encouraged.