The PLAN-X 2008 workshop is the forum to present and discuss bleeding-edge research at the intersection of programming language and data base technology with an emphasis on tree-shaped data structures and their XML representation. Topics of interest are all aspects of XML processing and querying: theories, methodologies, paradigms, language designs, types, analyses, runtime aspects, implementations, tools, applications.
This edition of PLAN-X is particularly interested in blending the XML processing approaches developed by the programming languages and data management communities. Expressive power and high performance are among the common goals that these communities pursue. We encourage the submission of crosscutting contributions that apply techniques from one community to problems from the other.
The primary criteria for paper selection are originality, relevance, and timeliness to ensure that we can enjoy reports on ongoing and unfinished work with high potential in the workshop

We seek submissions in two categories:

• regular papers (10 pages, 30 minutes presentation)
• demo papers (4 pages, 10 minutes plenary presentation + 30 minutes slot for individual discussions shared with other demos)

Important Dates

PLAN-X 2008, like its five predecessors, will not have formal proceedings. Accepted papers will be released informally on the workshop's webpage. An accepted submission is not intended to replace conference publication.