JATS-Con, the user conference for the NISO Z39.96-2021 Journal Article Tag Suite, will be held as a pre-conference day associated with the NISO Plus Baltimore conference on February 16, 2026, at the Marriott Waterfront. This year, presenters unable to join JATS-Con in Baltimore may participate virtually. (Please note that the main NISO Plus conference is an in-person event.)
JATS-Con is seeking papers relevant to the use or non-use of the JATS or an extension such as the Book Interchange Tag Suite (BITS), TaxPub, or the NISO Standards Tag Set (NISO STS). The following topics are suggestions only:
- The creation, presentation, manipulation, and/or storage of content tagged according to one of the models in the Tag Suite.
- Modification or customization of one of the models in the Tag Suite or creation of a new model using the Tag Suite.
- Location of the models in a workflow.
- Tools or resources developed or desired for working with content tagged using the Tag Suite.
- Desired enhancements to the Tag Suite.
Presentations will be 35 minutes long, in English, followed by 10 minutes of q&a and audience discussion.
Please submit your paper proposals via the submission form by December 12, 2025.
Presenters at JATS-Con are required to:
- Provide a full paper, in XML, using the Article Authoring Tag Set on or before January 30, 2026.
- Give a 35-min presentation, in English, based on the paper at NISO Plus in Baltimore, MD or remotely over Zoom.
- Participate in a 10-min discussion with the audience immediately after the paper is presented.
- Provide on-site materials (slides) to the conference committee in HTML, PowerPoint, PDF, or OpenOffice format.
- Grant permission to the NLM to archive and post a copy of the paper and onsite materials on the conference proceedings website.
The JATS-Con Proceedings will be published on the NCBI Bookshelf, freely available to the public. See the Proceedings from 2010–2025 at JATS-Con Proceedings.
Conference Editorial Schedule:
December 12, 2025: Paper proposals due
December 30, 2025: Speakers notified
January 30, 2026: Full papers due for Online Proceedings
We hope to hear from you! Remember to submit your idea(s) by December 12, and please contact Jeffrey Beck at beck.jeff@gmail.com with any questions.
