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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Dear all,</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Please find attached version 0.50 of NCD. The following changes from v0.40 have been made:</FONT>
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<P><B><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT SIZE=1 FACE="MS Sans Serif">Version 0.40 to 0.50 - (February 2007)</FONT></SPAN></B>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="MS Sans Serif">Ensured all elements with a language attribute are repeatable (if not already)</FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="MS Sans Serif">- AgentRole</FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="MS Sans Serif">- Note (in Agents)</FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="MS Sans Serif">- CollectionName</FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="MS Sans Serif">- Abstract</FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="MS Sans Serif">- DescriptionForSpecialists</FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="MS Sans Serif">- Citation</FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="MS Sans Serif">- Notes (in Descriptive Group)</FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="MS Sans Serif">- AccessRestrictions</FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="MS Sans Serif">- UsageRestrictions</FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="MS Sans Serif">- CustodialHistory</FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="MS Sans Serif">- InstitutionName</FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="MS Sans Serif">- SubunitName</FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="MS Sans Serif">- InstitutionalContactPost</FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="MS Sans Serif">- Town </FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="MS Sans Serif">- Region </FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="MS Sans Serif">- CountryName</FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="MS Sans Serif">- ExpeditionName</FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="MS Sans Serif">Removed language attribute from <PostalAddressText> - assume native language</FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="MS Sans Serif">Added <PhysicalAddressText> to cater for P.O.Boxes to Institution Group</FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="MS Sans Serif">Added <SubUnitName> to Institution Group</FONT></SPAN>
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<P><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">I hope that no further changes will be required until we get more operational experience of working with NCD, but do please let me know as soon as possible if there is anything glaringly wrong or missing. I also hope that these changes should not have much of an impact on any implementations based on the previous version.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">The intention is that this version remains as is for some time, so that the tasks we undertake this year can be based on a stable version of the standard. This includes the production of the NCD Toolkit by NLBIF, the conversion to RDF by Markus and the documentation and mappings being coordinated by Connie. A complete list of deliverables for the year is (or will be shortly) on the wikis.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">I will be placing the updated file, with text-based and image-based derivations, on the NCD Website and on the RAVNS Basecamp in due course.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">For those of you that are aiming to attend the NCD 2007 Workshop, the dates are almost confirmed as June 18th and 19th, with ETI in Amsterdam as the host institution. More information on this later.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">With all best wishes,</FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Neil</FONT></SPAN>
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<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">-------</FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Neil Thomson</FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Head of Data & Digital Systems</FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD</FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Tel: +44 (0)20 7942 5294, </FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Fax: +44 (0)20 7942 5559, </FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Email: n.thomson@nhm.ac.uk</FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><A HREF="http://www.nhm.ac.uk"><SPAN LANG="en-us"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">http://www.nhm.ac.uk</FONT></U></SPAN></A><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN>
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