But Dr. Qimron and other scroll experts disagreed, saying that today's ruling had upheld existing scholarly conventions while sending a strong signal to would-be plagiarists.

In his introduction, Kishlansky says: "In a general book of this nature it did not seem advisable to follow scholarly conventions.

Talk turned to a scholarly convention in Chicago this summer and an invitation to participate in a group discussion in the midst of academia.

Compared with this fascinating program, a typical concert by an early-music ensemble exploring lesser-known works of Bach might seem like a presentation at a scholarly convention.

Too often a contemporary-music concert can seem like a scholarly convention.

The later period of the empire is today called the Byzantine Empire as a matter of scholarly convention.

Those attending were suspicious of scholarly conventions.

The name "Northern Utina" for these people is entirely a scholarly convention; it was never used by the people themselves or by their Spanish or Indian contemporaries.

As a result, there is no date that marks the moment when Rome became Byzantium and no scholarly convention either.