[OSGeo-Conf] [FOSS4G2007] Academic Conference Requirements

[Markus Neteler]

On 6/2/07, Paul Ramsey <pramsey at refractions.net> wrote:
> All,
>
> I have received a couple questions recently about the publication of
> proceedings.
>
> I believe FOSS4G 2006 may have committed to publish proceedings,
> though I don't know if they have done so yet.  I am not sure if the
> 04 and 05 events did any such thing.  Our publish-or-perish academic
> participants are of course anxious that such things happen.  Being on
> the outside of the ivory tower, I personally could hardly care less.
>
> Is this important? Should this be something FOSS4GXX does, as a
> matter of course?

I would appreciate it - this is something which remains.
See for example FOSS4G2004:

http://gisws.media.osaka-cu.ac.jp/grass04/papers.php

Venka et al used the PKP Open Archives Harvester.

Markus