VLDB FORMAT INSTRUCTIONS
          Proceedings of the 30th International Conference on
                          Very Large Databases

            Toronto, Canada, 30 August - 3 September 2004

All papers must be on 8 1/2 x 11 white bond paper (US Letter format).  
Format of the submission should follow the attached sample for layout, 
type sizes, and other details.  However, there are variations among the 
many typesetting and wordprocessing packages in use.  If you cannot 
replicate these specifications exactly, you may develop useable styles 
by approximating these guidelines where necessary.

Opening page of paper:
Top margin = 1"

Title:  Centered, initial caps, boldface

drop 7/16"

Author(s) Name(s): If only one author -- centered, initial caps, roman.
If two authors -- first author should be flush left, and second author
flush right.  If there are more than two authors -- first author should
flush left, second author should be centered, third author should be
flush right, and so on.  Affiliations should be centered under each
author name.
drop 7/16" to first line of text.

Main text:
Manuscripts must be printed two columns to a page.  The dimensions of the
columns are 3-1/4" wide, 7/8" margins in the right and left sides, and
1/4" gap between the two columns.  The bottom margin in all cases is 1
1/8".  Start text on all pages except the first page at 3/4" below the
top of the page.

Begin the first paragraph (page one, column one) with the abstract -
indented 1/4" on both sides.

For the body of the text, use 10-point type in a clear, readable font
(Times-Roman or equivalent), with 1-point leading (i.e., 10 on 11).

Headings should be in 12-point type, with 1 line of space above, and
one-half line of space below.

Table and figures should be centered in one-column, or centered at top
of page if figure is larger than a column in width.

Please do not include page numbers, headers or footers in your paper.

Include a copyright notice at the bottom of the first column on page
one. This notice must use the text containted in the file
copyright_notice.txt.