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| + | Please go to our NEW website: [https://www.open-bio.org/events/bosc/ https://www.open-bio.org/events/bosc/] |
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| − | Abstract submission opens on 5 March 2015. The deadline for abstract submissions will be 3 April 2015. You will be notified of your acceptance status (accepted for short or long talk or poster, or rejected) on 3 May 2015.
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| − | === Abstract Formatting Requirements ===
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| − | Abstracts must be '''one page''' (8.5 inches by 11 inches) in length and submitted '''as a PDF (preferred), Microsoft Word, or text file'''.
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| − | You may wish to use one of these abstract templates:
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| − | * [http://www.open-bio.org/wiki/File:BOSC2015-abstract-template.pdf PDF] (not fillable)
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| − | * [http://www.open-bio.org/bosc2015/bosc2015-abstract-example.doc Word (.doc)]
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| − | * [http://www.open-bio.org/bosc2015/bosc2015-abstract-example.docx Word (.docx)]
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| − | * [http://www.open-bio.org/bosc2015/bosc2015-abstract-example.pages Pages]
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| − | If you want to submit your abstract in plain text format, please be sure to use the file extension ".txt" or the abstract submission system will reject it.
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| − | Please use one of the provided templates or format your abstract as follows:
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| − | * Use 1 inch (2.5 cm) margins on the top, sides, and bottom of the page.
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| − | * Include the following pieces of information in order from the top of the page:
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| − | ** Title
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| − | ** Authors, with the presenting author's name underlined.
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| − | ** Author affiliations, including the e-mail address of the presenting author.
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| − | ** URL for the overall project web site
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| − | ** URL for accessing the code
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| − | ** The particular Open Source License being used
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| − | * The abstracts will be printed "as is" in the program booklet; please help your all-volunteer Organizing Committee by following the formatting guidelines above.
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| − | To be considered for acceptance, software systems representing the central topic in a presentation submitted to BOSC must be licensed with a recognized Open Source License, and be freely available for download in source code form. Please see the next section for more information.
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| − | == BOSC Open Source License Requirement ==
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| − | The [[OBF|Open Bioinformatics Foundation]], which sponsors BOSC, is dedicated to promoting the practice and philosophy of Open Source Software Development within the biological research community. For this reason, if a submitted abstract concerns a specific software system for use by the research community, then that software must be licensed with a recognized Open Source License, and be available for download, including source code, by a tar/zip file accessed through ftp/http or through a widely used version control system like cvs/subversion/git/bazaar/Mercurial.
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| − | See the following websites for further information:
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| − | * [http://www.opensource.org/licenses/ Recognized Open Source Licenses]
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| − | * [http://www.opensource.org/docs/definition.php Definition of the Open Source Philosophy]
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| − | [[BOSC_2015|Back to BOSC 2015 home page]]
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