Planning meeting for an international XML organization Sep 25
September 22, 2026
Submitted by Joel Kalvesmaki.
At Balisage 2026, more than thirty participants resolved to sponsor a public meeting, to create a working group whose purpose is to establish an international organization whose core mission is to protect, promote, and advance Extensible Markup Language (XML) and related technologies, and to cultivate a diverse and international community of practitioners.
Invitees: Anyone interested in the establishment of an international organization for XML is welcome to attend, join the e-mail listserv, and participate in the public meeting that creates the working group.
Date: Friday, September 25
Time: 15:00 - 17:00 Coordinated Universal Time
Convert to a local time here: https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20260925T15&p1=1440
(8-10 a.m. Los Angeles / 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. New York City / noon - 2 p.m. Rio de Janeiro / 4-6 p.m. London / 5-7 p.m. Berlin / 6-8 p.m. Cairo / 11 p.m. - 1 a.m. next day Hong Kong / 1 a.m. - 3 a.m. next day Melbourne)
Venue:
https://psu.zoom.us/j/96781675161?pwd=Jb8VebO7b1RED8a7gqOEakJBPU1VrC.1
Password: 10xml10
Meeting ID: 967 8167 5161
Agenda: the proposed agenda includes links to prepared motions that will establish meeting rules, the governance of the working group, and initial appointments to membership, leadership, and committees.
Background: plans for the meeting have been developed both at Balisage 2026 (August 3-7, 2026) and by a planning committee (August 18, 2026 to the present). See this email post for an account of the events at Balisage. For activity of the planning committee, see the various resources kept in this Google folder.
Any changes to the meeting details will be announced at the following listserv.
Listserv details:
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Request to join: https://lists.psu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=IOXML-L&A=1
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List Address: IOXML-L@LISTS.PSU.EDU
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List Owners: IOXML-L-request@LISTS.PSU.EDU
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Unsubscribe: IOXML-L-signoff-request@LISTS.PSU.EDU