%0 Journal Article %T Valuation theoretic and model theoretic aspects of local uniformization %A Franz-Viktor Kuhlmann %J Mathematics %D 2010 %I arXiv %X This paper gives a survey on a valuation theoretical approach to local uniformization in positive characteristic, the model theory of valued fields in positive characteristic, and their connection with the valuation theoretical phenomenon of defect. %U http://arxiv.org/abs/1003.5689v1