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The Public Review of the proposed Darwin Core Standard, which began 11 July 2009 has ended today (23 September) with the posting of the response to the Public Review <a href="http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/index.htm">http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/index.htm</a>. The Terms may be found at <a href="http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms">http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms</a> and the code site <a href="http://code.google.com/p/darwincore/">http://code.google.com/p/darwincore/</a>, which worked well in combination with this list, tdwg-content, made tracking and fixing of problems very easy.<div><br></div><div>The next step in this process will be to seek ratification of the Darwin Core as an official TDWG Standard from the TDWG Exec Committee. John Wieczorek <font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">(MVZ) and his co-authors Markus Döring (GBIF), Renato De Giovanni (CRIA), Tim Robertson (GBIF), Dave Vieglais (KUNHM) have done an outstanding job in pulling together everything and surviving the process of bringing this pivotal standard to fruition. It has been my great privilege to help shepherd this process as Review Manager. I would also like to thank those who jumped into the fray (or started the fray) during the Public Review, offering their opinions, expertise, experiences as tests to the system.</span></font></div><div><br></div><div>Attached (if it makes it through) is a summary of the changes and issues left to address in the future and why. </div><div><br></div><div>Again, many thanks to all, particularly John Wieczorek --be sure to stand him the beverage of his choice when you see him!</div><div><br></div><div>Gail</div><div>Review Manager, Darwin Core</div><br><br><div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Verdana" size="2" style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Verdana; ">+++++++</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Verdana" size="2" style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Verdana; ">If you build castles in the air, your work need not be lost;</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Verdana" size="2" style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Verdana; ">that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span> </font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Verdana" size="2" style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Verdana; "><i>Henry David Thoreau</i></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Verdana; min-height: 12px; "><i></i><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Verdana" size="2" style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Verdana; ">Gail E. Kampmeier</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Verdana" size="2" style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Verdana; ">Sr. Research Entomologist</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Verdana" size="2" style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Verdana; ">Illinois Natural History Survey</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Verdana" size="2" style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Verdana; ">Institute of Natural Resource Sustainability</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Verdana" size="2" style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Verdana; ">University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"><br></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Verdana" size="2" style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Verdana; ">+++++++</font></div></div></span> </div><span></span></body></html>