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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear colleagues,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The fifth meeting of TDWG TG MIDS will take place on Thursday 1<sup>st</sup> April 2021 UTC 13:30-15:00. The agenda and other details are below. Elspeth and I look forward to your contributions. If there are other items for the agenda,
please inform us.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u>Zoom details<o:p></o:p></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The meeting will take place by Zoom and will be started/hosted by co-convenor Alex Hardisty.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Meeting URL: <a href="https://cardiff.zoom.us/j/82582889588?pwd=R3BGMk9GWVVuSTJnaWxSRk1qSlZDUT09">
https://cardiff.zoom.us/j/82582889588?pwd=R3BGMk9GWVVuSTJnaWxSRk1qSlZDUT09</a> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Meeting ID: 825 8288 9588<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Password: 334038<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u>Agenda<o:p></o:p></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">A googledoc for notes is here: <a href="http://bit.ly/tgmids-notes">
http://bit.ly/tgmids-notes</a>. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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</span></span><![endif]>Introduction<o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1">Reminder of the work:<o:p></o:p></li></ol>
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<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:72.0pt">At the least meeting we agreed on ‘name’ for the name information element, saying that we’d provide a fuller definition and some examples to emphasise the tolerance/wide flexibility of the element. We had
a discussion on materialType and we must take a decision on the way forward at this meeting. Also, would like to decide on physicalSpecimenId<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:72.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">2)<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]>Decision needed (more info in googledoc).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1">MaterialType (<a href="https://github.com/tdwg/mids/issues/14">https://github.com/tdwg/mids/issues/14</a>) – Noted previously that we need to ‘untangle’ in this area. Type of the material,
how it has been prepared and how it is preserved are three different pieces of information. What is the vision for separation? Can imagine: objectType, preparationMethod and preservationMethod or similar. At which MIDS levels should these first appear?
<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1">PhysicalSpecimenId (<a href="https://github.com/tdwg/mids/issues/10">https://github.com/tdwg/mids/issues/10</a>)<o:p></o:p></li></ol>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">3)<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]>Discussion needed (as time permits) (more info in googledoc).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1">Institution (<a href="https://github.com/tdwg/mids/issues/11">https://github.com/tdwg/mids/issues/11</a>)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1">Mass (<a href="https://github.com/tdwg/mids/issues/4">https://github.com/tdwg/mids/issues/4</a>) – proposal for an additional/new information element necessary for certain geological
specimen categories<o:p></o:p></li></ol>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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</span></span><![endif]>Any other business<o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1">Date of next meeting: Thursday 6<sup>th</sup> May, UTC13:30 – 15:00<o:p></o:p></li></ol>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Kind regards<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">--<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Alex<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Alex Hardisty
</span><span lang="CY" style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Alex Hardisty</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Director of Informatics Projects
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