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| Dear Accepted Authors, Thank-you for participating in the OOPSLA'08 Conference. This web page will acquaint you with the submission of your inclusion in the Companion OOPSLA'08 Publication the required fields, and how and where to submit your signed ACM copyright form. Kindly keep the email that you received, in the subject line is your paper id number and a direct link for submitting your paper. Please read the whole page. Submissions that do not conform to the ACM standards, specifications, and formats will not be included in the proceedings. Submission Deadlines and Preparation of Copy
NOTES TO ALL AUTHORS, please
read the following, this is important and to ensure the inclusion of your
paper, poster, abstract, or talk in the proceedings and the ACM Digital
Library (Portal).
(A) MANDATORY SECTIONS: The following
list are MANDATORY SECTIONS and
should be filled in properly and accurately by the authors on the FINAL
VERSION papers and the submission page. The material/information
entered on the submission page is used to produce the Indexing of the
Proceedings and the metadata to include the conference proceedings in the
ACM Digital Library (Portal):
Title of Your
Submission Should be Initial Caps -- Meaning
First Letter of the Main Words Should
be Made Capital Letters. Authors Complete
Names -- For each and all authors their
full first name (not initial), middle initial (if any), and last
name need to be included after the title of the paper on the first page,
and on the electronic submission page (please recheck what you
enter). Entering all the authors full names are encouraged to help
expedite indexing of these proceedings and the material in the ACM DL. Affiliation -- EACH
authors' affiliation, department (if any) affiliation location, State,
Country, and email address should be included and MUST be entered
on the submission page. Kindly do not abbreviate the affiliation
(corporate, institution or organization) names. Abstract -- Please
include an abstract (short overview) of your paper or poster on the
first page top of the left hand column. The abstract on
the first page of your paper or abstract needs to be entered into the
abstract field on the submission page word for word. ACM Classification
Sections: If your selection of
these 3 sections on the submission page and the first page of your paper
do not match, your paper will be returned to you for revisions and
fixes. References -- ACM
would like to collect the references/citations used within your paper in
straight text, so these can be used to enhance the capabilities of the
ACM DL (Portal) B. Files
to Submit (Source, PS (postscript), and PDF):
Source File -- We
need the source file (tex or doc) for each submission, be sure your
submission is formatted for US Letter (8.5x11 inches). LaTex users: We
do not need your whole directory of images, figures and packages, just
the main TEX file with the title, authors, affiliations, abstract, ACM
classification sections (Categories, General Terms and keywords), as
well as the references from your bbl file (not your whole bib
directory). Postscript (.ps)
File -- A ps file is NOT mandatory for
Word submissions, but needed for LaTex submissions because of the
extremely low percentage of properly created pdf from tex to pdf. PDF File (.pdf) --
Your pdf file should be ACM Compliant. Right
Click here to obtain the ACM distiller settings for full versions of
Adobe Acrobat and Distiller ONLY. These distilling settings are
outlined
here. Naming Scheme of
All Files
-- Please name all your files to be
submitted with your Paper IDENTIFIER Number and the LEAD
author's last name in all lower case letters. For example, if your
paper number is frp0999, and your name is "smith", please name
the files you are submitting frp0999-smith.tex, frp0999-smith.doc,
frp0999-smith.pdf, and frp0999-smith.ps. See the email with
from oopsla@sheridanprinting.com
with your paper submission id# and the direct link to submit your paper. C.
Page Size & Page Breaks: Submissions that
do not conform to the ACM SIG standards, templates, and formats will be
returned to the author for corrections and/or alterations. The
page size for this ACM publication is US Letter
(8-1/2x11 inches). Be sure that there are no bad page or column
breaks--Meaning
no widows (last line of a paragraph at the top of a column).
If this happens either tighten the previous column or force a line over. Section
and Sub-section heads should remain with at least 2 lines of
body text when near the end of a page or column.
D.
figures or images. E.
Page Numbers, Headers and Footers: Your final submission SHOULD
NOT contain any footer or copyright string information in the footer
area, headers or page numbers (but the correct ACM copyright notice should
appear on the first page in the lower-left, see templates below). The papers
will be paginated in a determined order by the chairs and added to the
bottom upon finalization.
1. Please download
the template from the ACM SIGPLAN website: http://www.sigplan.org/authorInformation.htm
and be sure to make the body text size 10 pt (per the call for papers).
2. Then use Save As in Word, and name your .doc file using your OOPSLA
Paper # with the lead author's last name (example: oopsla099-weaver.doc
/ oopsla099-weaver.pdf). Be sure to format your document for American Letter
(8-1/2x11). Please check that your submission adheres to the set page limit
for your type of submission (see above).
See the email from oopsla@sheridanprinting.com to the contact author
with formatting instructions for your paper id#, and a direct link
to submit your paper.
3. Insert the ACM copyright statement (OOPSLA-perm.txt,
right click and download to cut and paste into your paper). This statement
should appear in 7 pt. Times New Roman, justified text, with OOPSLA'08
italicized. See the attached pdf as an example: OOPSLA-perm.pdf
4. Distill your word document with high-resolution,
print quality settings and be sure that all fonts used are embedded in your
pdf you submit. 5. Submitting your final version (This submission
link will be ready and active on or before June 30th, 2008). You need
to upload your .doc and .pdf files to: http://www.sheridanprinting.com/acm/oopsla/oopsla.cfm
on or before
August 5th, 2008, 9:00 AM EST (New York time). We
recommend using a modern, standards-compliant Web browser to upload the
necessary files. You will receive an acknowledgment of receipt of your
submission and signed forms, but due to the volume of submissions, please
be patient it may take a few days to two weeks for us to process and check
your submission.
6. To the left
of the SUBMIT button at the end of completing the submission process the
system will give you a link for a completed ACM
PERMISSION-RELEASE FORM for your submission. This same link will
appear in the confirmation email sent to the contact author in an email
message. Please print this form, sign, date and FAX
to Sheridan Printing ASAP (preferably on or before August 5th, 2008,
9:00 AM EST (New York time)): 1.
Authors using Latex to prepare their files should use the SIGPLAN conference
style, available here: http://www.sigplan.org/authorInformation.htm Authors
are instructed to use the 10pt template (per the Call for Papers). This
SIGPLAN site also contains a link to the author's guide and additional
information on the SIGPLAN templates and formatting. Please address
questions and problems concerning the SIGPLAN LaTeX class file to Paul C.
Anagnostopoulos, Windfall Software, sigplanconf@acm.org,
with a CC to Greg Morrisett, greg@eecs.harvard.edu 2. Then kindly
name your .tex and (eventually your final .ps file) using your OOPSLA Paper # with the lead author's last name (example:
oopsla099-weaver.tex / oopsla099-weaver.pdf or .ps). Be sure to format
your document for American Letter (8-1/2x11). Please check that your submission
adheres to the set page limit for your type of submission (see
above). See the email from oopsla@sheridanprinting.com to the contact
author with formatting instructions for your paper id#, and a direct
link to submit your paper. 3. Then insert or
replace the following four lines in your .tex document after \begin{document}
to produce the correct copyright-permission statement and info: \authorpermission &
be sure to remove [preprint] from the \documentclass line.
4. LaTex user, please use Type 1 fonts for
your .ps file, for help see: http://www.acm.org/sigs/pubs/proceed/sigfaq.htm#a14 for
help. If you still have difficulty check with your system administrator.
The .ps file will be distilled to the ACM pdf requirements for use for
printing and the ACM digital library.
5. Please include all text (including references
from the .bbl file) into your .tex file to make one complete .tex document.
We do not want a directory of multiple files, just one file with all text
from your submission. We do not need the figures. We are not recompiling
your submission, only using the one (single-complete) source file to extract
text and data that we need to make the metadata for ACM's digital library.
6. Submitting your final version (This submission
link will be ready and active on or before June 30th, 2008). You need
to submit your paper by uploading your .tex, .ps and .pdf files
to: http://www.sheridanprinting.com/acm/oopsla/oopsla.cfm
on or before
August 5th, 2008, 9:00 AM EST (New York time).
We recommend using a modern, standards-compliant Web browser
to upload the necessary files. You will receive an acknowledgment
of receipt of your submission and signed forms, but due to the volume of
submissions, please be patient it may take a few days to two weeks for us
to process and check your submission.
7. To the left of the SUBMIT button at
the end of completing the submission process the system will give you a
link for a completed ACM
PERMISSION-RELEASE FORM for your submission. This same link will
appear in the confirmation email sent to the contact author in an email
message. Please print this form, sign, date and FAX
to Sheridan Printing ASAP (preferably on or before August 5th, 2008,
9:00 AM EST (New York time)): Questions Thank you again for participating in this conference and I look forward
to receiving your materials on a timely basis.
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