[tdwg-content] [tdwg] [tdwg-tag] another poke about Audubon Core status

Bob Morris morris.bob at gmail.com
Mon Sep 22 16:29:50 CEST 2014


That was the answer in June too...
On Sep 22, 2014 9:23 AM, "Kampmeier, Gail E" <gkamp at illinois.edu> wrote:

> Stan Blum is working with contractors on the new TDWG site.  --Gail
>
> ________________________________________
> From: tdwg-bounces at lists.tdwg.org [tdwg-bounces at lists.tdwg.org] on behalf
> of Dave Vieglais [vieglais at ku.edu]
> Sent: Monday, September 22, 2014 08:20
> To: Tim Robertson
> Cc: TDWG Content Mailing List; tdwg at lists.tdwg.org;
> tdwg-tag at lists.tdwg.org; Stoner,    Dan
> Subject: Re: [tdwg] [tdwg-tag] another poke about Audubon Core status
>
> Would a GitHub organization satisfy the requirements of the TDWG site?
>
> - Dave V.
>
> On 22 Sep 2014, at 8:46, Tim Robertson wrote:
>
> > Hi Dan,
> >
> > Thanks for your offer.
> >
> > As far as I recall, the TDWG executive decided at the last meeting to
> > move onto a whole new platform and put contractor money aside to make
> > it happen.
> > I’m reluctant to point you at the tangled mess of the current system
> > when I suspect it is to be replaced anyway.  It really is a convoluted
> > mess of Typo3 plugins, which try and keep a bunch of backend systems
> > in sync and dues to bugs in there it does not work as expected.  I
> > really don’t think it is something you want to get into, but I
> > sympathise that the TDWG site is broken and no-one is maintaining
> > it… a simpler vanilla CMS solution that even requires more manual
> > text editing etc. will be a far more manageable solution in my
> > opinion.
> >
> > @TDWG Executive folks - is it still the intention to contract out and
> > do a basic CMS site?
> > If not, I’ll try and pull up the code but I’d need your approval
> > to get him a DB dump as it holds user credentials / subscriptions etc.
> > Please can you advise us?  Anything we can do to help?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Tim
> >
> >
> > On 19 Sep 2014, at 23:05, Stoner, Dan <dstoner at acis.ufl.edu> wrote:
> >
> >> I see in the tdwg-tag mailing list archives that the status of the
> >> Audubon Core Standard has been discussed recently:
> >>
> >> http://lists.tdwg.org/pipermail/tdwg-tag/2014-June/002558.html
> >>
> >>
> >> So consider this another poke about getting the web site updated with
> >> the official status of the Standard.
> >>
> >> If there is anything I can do to facilitate the web site update,
> >> please let me know (as in, I am volunteering to hack code or whatever
> >> is needed).
> >>
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >> Dan Stoner
> >> iDigBio / ACIS Laboratory
> >> University of Florida
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