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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 12pt">TDWG is pleased to announce the
commencement of the Public Review of the Globally Unique Identifier (GUID) and
Life Sciences Identifier (LSID) Applicability Statements. Applicability
Statements provide guidance for use of external standards within the TDWG
domain. The GUID statement provides general recommendations and the LSID one
covers the specific GUID currently recommended by TDWG. Since being officially
submitted, the Applicability Statements have undergone a peer review, a review
by the TDWG Executive and multiple revisions.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 12pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Open Invitation:</B> We invite all who may
contribute and/or consume biodiversity information to examine this proposed
applicability statement during the Public Review period from 23<SUP>rd</SUP>
October till at least 23<SUP>rd</SUP> November 2009.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 12pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">How to Participate:</B> You can participate
in the review of the GUID-LSID AS in two ways; either through lodging a comment
through TDWG’s Open Journal System, or you can take the Microsoft Word document
and edit it with track changes and resubmit it to the GUID-LSID AS Wiki
space.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 12pt">You can post comments to the
Open Journal System (which may be anonymous) at <A
href="http://www.tdwg.org/stdtrack/article/view/150">http://www.tdwg.org/stdtrack/article/view/150</A>.
The abstract is displayed and on the right hand side of the page is a link to
add a comment. <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Please note: you must be
registered and logged in to the TDWG web site to post a comment, however
registration is free</I>. Down the bottom of the page, there is a link to
download the complete applicability statement.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 12pt">You can also comment direct in a
copy of the document as follows:</P>
<P class=MsoListBullet style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 12pt 18pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">·<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>At the previous URL, download a copy of the Microsoft Word
format document.</P>
<P class=MsoListBullet style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 12pt 18pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">·<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>Once you have downloaded it, turn on track changes and make
your notes and comments.</P>
<P class=MsoListBullet style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 12pt 18pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">·<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>Submit that file at <A
href="http://wiki.tdwg.org/twiki/bin/view/GUID/GUIDAndLSIDASReview">http://wiki.tdwg.org/twiki/bin/view/GUID/GUIDAndLSIDASReview</A>.
</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 12pt">Please DO NOT add any comments
to the Wiki page, comment only through the two methods outlined above.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 12pt">Questions about the process
should be directed to me at ben(dot)<?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns =
"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">richardson</st1:City></st1:place>(at)dec.wa.gov.au.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 12pt">Please share this opportunity
for public comment and review with others you think may be interested.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 12pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Acknowledgements:</B> I’d like to thank the
authors, the anonymous reviewers and the members of the Executive Committee for
their contribution to the document. In addition, the guidance of Lee Belbin
through the review process has been invaluable and greatly appreciated.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 12pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Links:<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns =
"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoListBullet style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 12pt 18pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">·<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>GUID and <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">LSID</st1:City> <st1:State w:st="on">AS</st1:State></st1:place>
comment area in OJS <A
href="http://www.tdwg.org/stdtrack/article/view/150">http://www.tdwg.org/stdtrack/article/view/150</A>.
<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoListBullet style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 12pt 18pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">·<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>LSID Wiki space: <A
href="http://wiki.tdwg.org/twiki/bin/view/GUID/GUIDAndLSIDASReview">http://wiki.tdwg.org/twiki/bin/view/GUID/GUIDAndLSIDASReview</A>
</P>
<P class=MsoListBullet style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 12pt 18pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">·<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>LSID Resolution Project home page: <A
href="http://lsids.sourceforge.net/">http://lsids.sourceforge.net/</A></P>
<P class=MsoListBullet style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 12pt 18pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">·<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>LSID Specification: <A
href="http://lsids.sourceforge.net/quick-links/lsid-spec/">http://lsids.sourceforge.net/quick-links/lsid-spec/</A></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 12pt">Please accept my apology if
you’ve received this multiple times from various mailing lists.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 12pt">Regards,</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 12pt">Ben Richardson</P></BODY></HTML>
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