<div dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The ChronometricAge Task Group (<a href="https://www.tdwg.org/community/esp/chrono/" target="_blank">https://www.<span class="gmail-il">tdwg</span>.org/community/esp/chrono/</a>) has completed a round of public commentary for the Chronometric Age vocabulary extension to Darwin Core. During the course of the review, several amendments, clarifications and additions were recommended and implemented. The discussions and changes are documented (Github issues 15-24 at <a href="https://github.com/tdwg/chrono/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3A%22Process+-+under+public+review%22">https://github.com/tdwg/chrono/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3A%22Process+-+under+public+review%22</a>) and the results have been deployed to both the normative term list for the vocabulary (<a href="https://tdwg.github.io/chrono/list/">https://tdwg.github.io/chrono/list/</a>) and its Quick Reference Guide (<a href="https://tdwg.github.io/chrono/terms/">https://tdwg.github.io/chrono/terms/</a>). The latter is the easiest way to assess the current state of the vocabulary, while the former provides the full history of the terms with all of their metadata.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(32,32,32);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(32,32,32);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Task Group welcomes any further feedback now that these changes are in place. The continuation of the original 30-day period for public comment (beginning 2020-11-21) has been extended to 5 March 2021 to allow stakeholders to assess the updated Chronometric Age Extension and provide further recommendations if necessary. The purpose of the review is to allow the broadest possible community to see the proposed vocabulary in action and to assess whether it is sufficiently complete and clearly documented that it can provide a stable addition to the standards for sharing biodiversity data. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(32,32,32);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(32,32,32);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">For this extended public commentary period, no update was made to the GBIF Chronometric Age Extension document. An update for that will be provided when the vocabulary has been ratified.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(32,32,32);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">To view the proposal and/or engage in the review, visit </span><a href="https://github.com/tdwg/chrono/issues/15" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://github.com/<span class="gmail-il">tdwg</span>/chrono/issues/15</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(32,32,32);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, which will provide further guidance and the means to comment. If you are unable or prefer not to submit comments via GitHub, you can send comments to the ChronometricAge Task Group convenor at </span><a href="mailto:gtuco.btuco@gmail.com" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">gtuco.btuco@gmail.com</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(32,32,32);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. In the absence of objections or substantive amendment requests, the review will close on 2021-03-05."</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(32,32,32);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(32,32,32);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">John Wieczorek</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(32,32,32);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(32,32,32);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Darwin Core Maintenance Interest Group convenor on behalf of the Task Group</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"></p></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Nov 21, 2020 at 2:51 PM John Wieczorek <<a href="mailto:tuco@berkeley.edu">tuco@berkeley.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-m_3478624501743803438gmail-docs-internal-guid-1101a962-7fff-f822-ad63-f83e4d1954eb"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Darwin Core Maintenance Interest Group (<a href="https://www.tdwg.org/community/dwc/" target="_blank">https://www.tdwg.org/community/dwc/</a>) is pleased to announce that the ChronometricAge Task Group (<a href="https://www.tdwg.org/community/esp/chrono/" target="_blank">https://www.tdwg.org/community/esp/chrono/</a>) of the Earth Sciences and Paleontology Interest Group (<a href="https://www.tdwg.org/community/esp/" target="_blank">https://www.tdwg.org/community/esp/</a>) has prepared a vocabulary enhancement for Darwin Core consisting of a ChronometricAge class and its properties.</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(32,32,32);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> A minimum 30-day period for public comment is now open (2020-11-21). To view the proposal and/or engage in the review, visit </span><a href="https://github.com/tdwg/chrono/issues/15" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://github.com/tdwg/chrono/issues/15</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(32,32,32);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, which will provide further guidance and the means to comment. If you are unable to create GitHub comments, you can reply to this message or send comments to the ChronometricAge Task Group convenor at </span><a href="mailto:gtuco.btuco@gmail.com" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">gtuco.btuco@gmail.com</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(32,32,32);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. In the absence of objections or substantive amendment requests, the review will close on 2020-12-21. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(32,32,32);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(32,32,32);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">John Wieczorek</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(32,32,32);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Darwin Core Maintenance Interest Group convenor on behalf of the Task Group</span></p></span><br></div>
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