XML UK is the United Kingdom chapter of the International SGML/XML Users’ Group (ISUG).

The main objective of the group is to share information and experience concerning the use of XML and related standards.  XML UK represent members’ interests in relevant standards activities in the UK.  Members are represented on BSI Technical Committee IST/41 which is chaired by XML UK chairman Francis Cave.

X-Pubs associate sponsor XML UK are pleased to announce a one-day conference:

XML in the Office

Thursday 26th June 2008 - Victoria Hall, Reading Town Hall, Blagrave Street, Reading, Berkshire RG1 1QH

A growing number of organisations are taking advantage of the fact that the mainstream office application suites, such as Microsoft® Office™ and OpenOffice.org, are now using XML as the normal format for office document storage.

While a debate continues to rage about whether these office suite file formats should be standardised or not, users are looking to make the best of whatever formats they currently use and we thought it was about time that we gave users an opportunity to share their experiences as to how to make best use of the (some would say belated) enthusiasm for XML among office system developers.

This one-day conference brings together a number of speakers with experience in a range of office applications where XML tools can now be used to manipulate office documents for a variety of purposes.

Conference programme can be found at: http://www.xml.org.uk/xmloffice0608.htm

X-Pubs delegates are entitled to a special 25% discount of the registration fee