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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Javier, Anton, Dave, Steve, and all,</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>I appeal for a single document/glossary that explains the language and the architecture that all these confusing data exchange standards terms mean. Maybe we need an ontology.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>A few weeks ago I experienced the same confusion that must have occurred at your meeting after learning about DiGIR2, which I think is a "service".</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>We have things called protocols and schemas and services and providers and portals. Add GUID, which I still think we are short of a single clear understanding of what it is supposed to be, although we have many ideas discussed of what it could be. And don't forget the UDDI, which is called what - service? It's really confusing. And is the GBIF UDDI to be the provider resolver for all protocols and services, or just some?</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>Just to list some of the points of confusion:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>DiGIR was a protocol but also there was a DiGIR Provider and DiGIR Portal that used the protocol. And several different versions of the DiGIR Provider have now been installed all over the world. And there is the GBIF UDDI. And the GBIF Portal that does more than the original DiGIR Portal.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>DiGIR required a "federated" schema format, like DarwinCore, but now we have proposals for segmenting a single DarwinCore schema into specialized ones that can be selected and combined by a given provider. What will these new "mini" schemas be called?</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>BioCASE was a protocol and there was a BioCASE Provider and Portal.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>BioCASE handles the ABCD schema. Does it also handle TCS, SDD, and the other now standard schemas?</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>My impression was that TAPIR was a new protocol to replace DiGIR and BioCASE, but I also then just presumed there would be a TAPIR Provider and Portal, following the past. But, I guess that wasn't the case. So, what will the Provider and Portal for TAPIR called?</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>DiGIR2 now is a service that can utilize any protocol - DiGIR1, TAPIR, and ostensibly BioCASE. But, does it add, replace, augment any of the other existing protocols/schemas? How do Providers and Portals fit in with DiGIR2? Is there a DiGIR2 Provider and DiGIR2 Portal in addition to the DiGIR2 Service? </FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>Folks, please, please clarify all this.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Finally, it's very dismaying to think these protocol activities may continue to diverge rather than converge. What an opportunity we have right now to unify global data exchange and come together.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>Chuck Miller</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Missouri Botanical Garden</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>St. Louis, MO</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2> 1. FAQ page (Javier de la Torre)</FONT>
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<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 15:23:08 +0100</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>From: Javier de la Torre <jatorre@gmail.com></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Subject: [tdwg-tapir] FAQ page</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Dear all,</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>We had today the GBIF ICT Expert Group meeting and a lot of people </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>where making questions about TAPIR.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Seems that there is confusion regarding names. People were asking why </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>there is Digir 2 if we are all going to TAPIR and things like that.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>There were also questions regarding when things are gonna be ready, </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>what can we expect from Digir2 and TAPIR pywrapper and what would be </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>the reasons to migrate, how difficult is going to be to migrate, etc.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>I was thinking of extending the FAQ page that Renato started in </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Madrid to answer all these questions, but I need some help specially </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>from the Digir2 people.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>-What is the status of Digir2?</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>-Is it going to be difficult to update from Digir 1 to 2?</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>I will in any case start writing there and maybe you can then modify </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>extend thins related to you.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Best regards,</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Javi.</FONT>
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