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    <p>Hi Everyone,<br>
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      <font size="-2">Please excuse cross-postings.</font><br>
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      RE: Darwin Core Hour 9: Kurator Web - for Cleaner Biodiversity
      Data<br>
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      After hearing from aggregators last month, and all about the Data
      Quality efforts of the TDWG DQ IG in September, we shift gears to
      a project called "Kurator" which offers a suite of tools that any
      data provider (individual or institution) can use to investigate
      data quality.</p>
    <p>DAY and TIME: Tuesday Oct 24 @ 11 AM EDT, 12 PM ART, 3 PM UTC, 5
      PM CEST<br>
      DETAILED Abstract:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.idigbio.org/content/darwin-core-hour-kurator-web-cleaner-biodiversity-data">https://www.idigbio.org/content/darwin-core-hour-kurator-web-cleaner-biodiversity-data</a><br>
      WHERE: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://idigbio.adobeconnect.com/room">http://idigbio.adobeconnect.com/room</a><br>
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      Related Links<br>
      Kurator Web <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://kurator.acis.ufl.edu/kurator-web/">http://kurator.acis.ufl.edu/kurator-web/</a><br>
      Kurator Web code <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://github.com/kurator-org/kurator-web">https://github.com/kurator-org/kurator-web</a><br>
      Kurator Workflows
      <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://github.com/kurator-org/kurator-validation/wiki">https://github.com/kurator-org/kurator-validation/wiki</a><br>
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      Abstract.<br>
      When we think about biodiversity data and its use, we often
      immediately wonder about the data quality and how to improve it.
      The Kurator project is one of the initiatives addressing this
      issue, and aims at building data quality control and enhancement
      tools that can be readily used by people with different technical
      skill levels. One such tool is the Kurator Web application. This
      tool allows users to execute web-based data quality improvement
      workflows on biodiversity data, especially on data shared using
      Darwin Core terms, without the need for programming expertise. In
      this webinar we will demonstrate the use of Kurator Web to run
      pre-existing data quality workflows, some of which include:
      aligning datasets with Darwin Core terms, comparing unique values
      in datasets with controlled vocabularies, and providing
      suggestions for improvements for existing data. Finally, we will
      provide some context on how these tools can integrate with broader
      workflows and some perspective on the future of biodiversity data
      quality.<br>
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      Brought to you by the Darwin Core Hour Team - Connecting
      Biodiversity Data Communities<br>
      Deb Paul, et al<br>
      PS Check out past and future DCH Webinars
      <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://github.com/tdwg/dwc-qa/wiki/Webinars">https://github.com/tdwg/dwc-qa/wiki/Webinars</a><br>
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        Hints for best Adobe Connect experience:
        <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><br>
        Let us know if you'd like to moderate / present / plan future
        Darwin Core Hours <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://tinyurl.com/zja2muz">https://tinyurl.com/zja2muz</a> </font><br>
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-- Deborah Paul, iDigBio Digitization and Workforce Training Specialist
iDigBio -- Steering Committee Member, SPNHC Liaison and Member-At-Large, SYNTHESYS3 Representative
Institute for Digital Information, 234 LSB
Florida State University
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