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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> tdwg-mids <tdwg-mids-bounces@lists.tdwg.org> <b>
On Behalf Of </b>Elspeth Haston<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, April 12, 2022 11:52 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> tdwg-mids@lists.tdwg.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [External] [TDWG-MIDS] TDWG MIDS Task Group - restarting monthly Task Group meetings<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Dear MIDS Task Group members<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">First of all apologies for the gap in communications over the winter. As you may be aware, there is an increasingly urgent need from our community for the completion of the MIDS specification.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">The aim is to finalise MIDS-1 as a priority and to make substantial progress with MIDS-2 and MIDS-3.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">We are therefore restarting the monthly Task Group meetings from May. The meetings will be held at the same time as previously: 1.30 UTC.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span lang="EN-GB">The current draft of the MIDS specification can be found here:
<a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https*3A*2F*2Furldefense.proofpoint.com*2Fv2*2Furl*3Fu*3Dhttps-3A__github.com_tdwg_mids_blob_working-2Ddraft_current-2Ddraft_MIDS-2Ddefinition-2Dv0.15-2D29Jul2021.md*26d*3DDwMGaQ*26c*3DsJ6xIWYx-zLMB3EPkvcnVg*26r*3D3iFdRytsKLoSpvhJyj5Xr-JB5qrpU8A9-BSvPhTjOog*26m*3Dzk2ED5ctskdpDl-P8M8k7IGyi6BtTkonx0HyCLAbf5ozwiHi_eRxYAbgEYI8Emw2*26s*3DBUbw4oAZcFaeK1STh0vvdDbsOszYiIZDZPIn0LEZMok*26e*3D&data=04*7C01*7CEHaston*40rbge.org.uk*7C09c22bb083c34f2a93db08da1c9b2fe1*7Cbb63bb00175e46b7b7b3bc74158e4fd4*7C0*7C0*7C637853750148425388*7CUnknown*7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0*3D*7C3000&sdata=yVllk2*2FxbQ2*2FdSvGhKwL0zoOH1ZLT8P14ZKB*2F*2BeY*2FsM*3D&reserved=0__;JSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJQ!!HYmSToo!YnuZtanvxZhUTo3W1QjFmzur6iRj1a4iqIuR87CNXoKPPlcr78c96KZ5FLbYm8_RIubMQORWSWK8Z1sbzuOckbRj$">
https://github.com/tdwg/mids/blob/working-draft/current-draft/MIDS-definition-v0.15-29Jul2021.md</a>. For MIDS-1, the elements being proposed are as follows<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span lang="EN-GB">The work on the MIDS-1 elements has been documented in GitHub as a Milestone for MIDS-1 here
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https://github.com/tdwg/mids/milestone/1</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span lang="EN-GB">The aim for the next monthly meeting will be to finalise MIDS-1 and determine the steps towards publication and ratification. To help us achieve this, we are suggesting an additional meeting on Thursday 28 April at the
same time. I hope you will be able to join us.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span lang="EN-GB">We will send round an invitation for these meetings to the Task Group mailing list.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Many thanks<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Elspeth and Cat<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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