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<p>Hi TDWG'ers,<br>
<br>
Darwin Core (DwC) Hour #4 is almost here: Evolution of DwC Terms
and Extensions - two extant examples for community input. Go Here
for Webinar Details and Meeting Link:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.idigbio.org/content/darwin-core-hour-evolution-darwin-core-terms-and-extensions-two-extant-examples-community">https://www.idigbio.org/content/darwin-core-hour-evolution-darwin-core-terms-and-extensions-two-extant-examples-community</a><br>
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ABSTRACT. Darwin Core Hour #4 shifts focus to understanding how
the DwC standard terms and extensions evolve. Community input and
implementation drive development of DwC. For this webinar, we
selected dwc:preparations, dwc:occurrenceStatus, and
dwc:establishmentMeans to show the broader community how the
process works. In this way, we highlight the need for outside
input - from those using TDWG standards to share biodiversity
data. Two presenters, Andrew Bentley and Quentin Groom, invite you
to join them and bring your TDWG expertise and insights to current
issues surrounding these terms. Introduction by John Wieczorek.<br>
<br>
Please bring or submit questions for open discussions in each
webinar: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://tinyurl.com/zja2muz">https://tinyurl.com/zja2muz</a><br>
<br>
When: Tuesday 2 May 2017 5 PM CEST, 11 AM EDT, 10 AM CDT, 3 PM UTC<br>
Where: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://idigbio.adobeconnect.com/room">https://idigbio.adobeconnect.com/room</a><br>
Please expect this DwC Hour to be 1.5 hours.<br>
<br>
EXTRAs.<br>
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<ol>
<li>Explore the Darwin Core Questions & Answers wiki!
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://github.com/tdwg/dwc-qa/wiki">https://github.com/tdwg/dwc-qa/wiki</a> - where all Darwin Core Hour
(DwC) materials can be found.</li>
<li>See which of your questions have been asked and answered so
far <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://github.com/tdwg/dwc-qa/issues">https://github.com/tdwg/dwc-qa/issues</a></li>
<li>Submit your question / volunteer (yourself or someone) to do a
webinar on your darwin core topic: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://tinyurl.com/zja2muz">https://tinyurl.com/zja2muz</a></li>
<li>Here's a list of terms for which DwC recommends use of a
controlled vocabulary - note many are in the Location class.
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://github.com/tdwg/dwc-qa/wiki/Controlled-Vocabularies">https://github.com/tdwg/dwc-qa/wiki/Controlled-Vocabularies</a></li>
<li>See what's inside some of the DwC fields that suggest using a
controlled vocabulary (data from GBIF, iDigBio, VertNet, and
soon ALA): <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://github.com/tdwg/dwc-qa/tree/master/data">https://github.com/tdwg/dwc-qa/tree/master/data</a></li>
<li>Future DwC Hour webinars coming up feature discussions about
the GBIF Integrated Publishing Toolkit (IPT) and Darwin Core,
and the locality terms and sharing georeferenced locality data.<br>
</li>
</ol>
<p>See you soon!<br>
<br>
Happy Darwin Core and Data Quality, :-)<br>
Deb, et al from the iDigBio Data Mgmt Interest Group and the
Darwin Core Hour Team<br>
<font size="-2">(please kindly excuse cross-postings!)<br>
Webinar series brought to you by the iDigBio Data Management
Interest Group (DMI). We welcome input for this series from
everyone worldwide. We plan to make this happen 1x month. We use
Adobe Connect for our webinars. See
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.idigbio.org/wiki/index.php/Web_Conferencing">https://www.idigbio.org/wiki/index.php/Web_Conferencing</a> for
hints on best experience (hint: use headsets!)</font></p>
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iDigBio -- Steering Committee Member, SPNHC Liaison, SYNTHESYS3 Representative
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