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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">I had a look at the material in the
package and apart from the discussions on how the quality of being a Sample or
a Specimen is reflected in the definitions and alignment of the existing NTR
for dwc:MaterialEntity wit the review package I think I would give the proposal
within the chosen scope of activity a thumbs up.<span></span></span></p>

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consistently include as Demand Justification in the Term Requests simply the
following phrase:<span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://www.tdwg.org/community/osr/material-sample/" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline">Material
Sample Task Group</a>, which includes representatives of over 10 organizations.<span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">On the linked Task Group page, all
organizations implicated in the group will be visible.<span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Thank you Teresa for putting up the
review package!<span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif" lang="DE">Von:</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif" lang="DE"> dwc-material-sample <<a href="mailto:dwc-material-sample-bounces@lists.tdwg.org" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline">dwc-material-sample-bounces@lists.tdwg.org</a>>
<b>Im Auftrag von </b>Teresa Mayfield-Meyer<br>
<b>Gesendet:</b> Mittwoch, 3. Mai 2023 02:19<br>
<b>An:</b> <a href="mailto:dwc-material-sample@lists.tdwg.org" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline">dwc-material-sample@lists.tdwg.org</a><br>
<b>Betreff:</b> [EXT] [dwc-material-sample] MaterialSample Task Group Term addition/change
package review<span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">MaterialSample Task Group Member,<span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">We had set a goal to put a review package together by May 1
and although we are behind, we are close! Please review the <a href="https://github.com/tdwg/material-sample/tree/main/review%20package" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline">currently
proposed package</a>. Each term has an associated issue linked at the top of
the document. Add comments in the issues if you think anything needs
further discussion/revision.<span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Although I have proposed changes to FossilSpecimen, LivingSpecimen
and PreservedSpecimen, I am prepared to drop those if they are going to hold
up  the proposal of this package for public review. We have meetings
scheduled for May 17 and my current goal is to finalize the package at
those meetings, then submit the results to the main TDWG repo.<span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">We are close to accomplishing something! I appreciate all of
your time and effort on this Task Group and hope that we can wrap this up
shortly.<span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Adios,<span></span></p>

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J. Mayfield-Meyer</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><br>
<b><a href="https://arctosdb.org/" target="_blank" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline">Arctos</a> Community
Coordinator</b></span><span></span></p>

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0000-0002-1970-7044</a></span></b><span></span></p>

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not dead if it has data!</span><span></span></p>





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