Cookies at XML Europe 2004 -- Call for Participation

My first attempt to submit an abstract to this site was rejected 
because logging in required cookies. I expect this sort of brain 
damage from average web sites and developers, but it's disturbing to 
see it at the site for the preeminent XML conference. I would think 
the IDEAlliance would know how to properly use HTTP authentication 
and REST to design a bookmarkable, linkable, maintainable web site.

I am now considering whether I should withdraw my planned submission 
on SAX conformance testing and replace it with one on how to build 
privacy respecting web sites that don't need cookies. :-(


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   Elliotte Rusty Harold
   
   Effective XML (Addison-Wesley, 2003)
   http://www.cafeconleche.org/books/effectivexml
   http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN%3D0321150406/ref%3Dnosim/cafeaulaitA