Long, short, and position papers should be submitted in an editable format, .rtf (or .doc or .pages).
We adopted the guidelines described in
o -> Author’s instructions .doc
o -> Authors’ Instructions .pages
(derived from the Authors’ Instructions for the preparation of Camera-Ready Contributions to LNCS Proceedings)

N.B.: .CSL file to use the citation style required by IxD&A in Mendeley can be found, thanks to Hendrys Fabian Tobar, here below:

at Mendeley.com -> download – at Github repository -> download

Expected length of contributions:

long papers: 15-30 pages
short papers: 5-12 pages
position papers: 5-10 pages
all papers will be double-blindly peer-reviewed by at least two (2) reviewers

essays: more than 60 pages
essays’ authors, if preferred, can submit a preliminary proposal containing at least: front-page, preface or introduction, TOC, and a representative chapter;
all essays’ proposals will be double-blindly peer-reviewed by at least two (2) reviewers.

Conventions of Scientific Authorship

IxD&A strongly recommends following the standard convention for scientific authorship, see for example this link.