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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear MIDS Task Group members<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">This is a reminder that the working session of the TDWG MIDS Task Group will be held this Thursday (3 November) at 13:30 UTC. More information about all the working sessions can be found here:
<a href="https://www.tdwg.org/conferences/2021/working-sessions/">https://www.tdwg.org/conferences/2021/working-sessions/</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please remember to register for the working sessions here: <a href="https://tdwg-2021-working-sessions.eventbrite.com/">
https://tdwg-2021-working-sessions.eventbrite.com/</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We look forward to seeing you there. Please check the MIDS TG GitHub site for a refresher:
<a href="https://github.com/tdwg/mids">https://github.com/tdwg/mids</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">With best regards<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Elspeth<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<h2 style="margin-top:0cm;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#212529;font-weight:normal">ITG09: MIDS Task Group<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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<strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#212529">Date/Time:</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#212529"> November 4, 13:30 UTC (<a href="https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=ITG09%3A+TG+MIDS&iso=20211104T1330"><span style="color:#CA6500">Convert
 to your time zone</span></a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#212529">Session Type:</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#212529"> Interest/Task Group meeting<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#212529">Description:</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#212529"> The MIDS Task Group has developed a draft specification. The group
 is now focused on finalising the specification for MIDS Level 1 (Basic record). A conformance statement template has been developed and is being tested. The meeting will include feedback from test implementations and guidance for more institutions to test
 implementation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:navy;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Dr E M Haston</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:navy;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><br>
</span><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:navy;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Deputy Herbarium Curator, The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh</span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:navy;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><br>
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</span></i><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:navy;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Tel: 00 44 (0)131 248 2816    Fax: 00 44 (0)131 248 2901</span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:navy;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><br>
</span></i><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:navy;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">E-mail: e.haston@rbge.org.uk
</span></i><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<a href="http://data.rbge.org.uk/herb">http://data.rbge.org.uk/herb</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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