Automating the Preparation of Curriculum Vitae Documents

Abstract

The primary motivation for the work and tools described in this paper are the requirements of the Ontario Council on Graduate Studies (hereafter OCGS) that the appraisal process for graduate programs at Ontario Universities requires submission of staff curricula vitae (CV) in a common format, of which there is an apparently prescribed format. This is mentioned in the Report of the Working Group on CV Format, October 22, 1999, which can be downloaded from http://org.cou.on.ca/_bin/councilCommittees/workingGroups.cfm. It is notable that this document mentions that "The OCGS format is always acceptable, and is the default format." but does not define nor provide a reference to this format.