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class=494570410-18022009>As Roger's current boss, he has my blessing to attend
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> tdwg-tag-bounces@lists.tdwg.org
[mailto:tdwg-tag-bounces@lists.tdwg.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Blum,
Stan<BR><B>Sent:</B> 18 February 2009 08:04<BR><B>To:</B>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>I wasn't aware that Roger is
planning to go. I am really happy to have Hilmar participating in TDWG,
but I'm also glad to see that Roger will be there with his longer experience of
TDWG and as someone who is fully immersed in biodiversity and
systematics.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>I wish I could go myself, but I don't think
it's possible.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>-Stan</FONT></DIV></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> Greg Whitbread
[mailto:ghw@anbg.gov.au]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tue 2009-02-17 11:08 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
Blum, Stan<BR><B>Cc:</B> Lee Belbin; Kevin Richards; Technical Architecture
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<P><FONT size=2>You can't go yourself Stan? You're a lot closer to the
action.<BR><BR>I notice that Roger is listed as participant and Hilmar Lapp as
member<BR>of the organizing committee so we do have a couple of
candidates<BR>already.<BR><BR>greg<BR><BR>On Wed, 2009-02-18 at 17:28, Blum,
Stan wrote:<BR>> Kevin et al,<BR>> <BR>> Here is another event
that TDWG should be aware of -- the NESCent<BR>> sponsored hackathon on
phylogenetic (database) interoperability.<BR>> <A
href="https://www.nescent.org/wg/evoinfo/index.php?title=Database_Interop_Hackathon">https://www.nescent.org/wg/evoinfo/index.php?title=Database_Interop_Hackathon</A><BR>> <BR>>
It would be nice if TDWG had someone there at least to observe, in<BR>>
particular if this event could serve as a model for our own<BR>>
hackathons.<BR>> <BR>> -Stan<BR>><BR>>
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From: tdwg-tag-bounces@lists.tdwg.org on behalf of Lee Belbin<BR>> Sent: Tue
2009-02-17 10:23 PM<BR>> To: 'Kevin Richards'; 'Technical Architecture Group
mailing list'<BR>> Subject: Re: [tdwg-tag] FW: TDWG in
2009<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>> Hi
Kevin<BR>><BR>> <BR>><BR>> Sorry for the delay in responding.
Been distracted with submitted<BR>> standards (a nice
distraction).<BR>><BR>> <BR>><BR>> The TAG should act as the
‘glue’ between the other TDWG groups. Is the<BR>> key issue therefore the
vocabularies/ ontology?<BR>><BR>> <BR>><BR>> I like the idea of
a bunch of weasels. It would seem a good idea for<BR>> the TAG to disseminate
a statement of intent as soon as your strategy<BR>> crystallizes. This would
(hopefully) encourage the groups to aim in a<BR>> productive
direction.<BR>><BR>> <BR>><BR>> I’m still working on recruiting
members of the Programme Committee.<BR>> They should have a significant input
to the meeting. They will be the<BR>> ones making a call to Conveners for
group activities including<BR>> involvement across the
themes.<BR>><BR>> <BR>><BR>>
Lee<BR>><BR>> <BR>><BR>> Lee Belbin<BR>><BR>> TDWG
Secretariat<BR>><BR>><BR>> <BR>><BR>> From:
tdwg-tag-bounces@lists.tdwg.org<BR>> [<A
href="mailto:tdwg-tag-bounces@lists.tdwg.org">mailto:tdwg-tag-bounces@lists.tdwg.org</A>]
On Behalf Of Kevin Richards<BR>> Sent: Friday, 13 February 2009 7:41
PM<BR>> To: Technical Architecture Group mailing list<BR>> Subject:
[tdwg-tag] FW: TDWG in 2009<BR>><BR>><BR>> <BR>><BR>> Hello
fellow TAGers,<BR>><BR>><BR>> <BR>><BR>><BR>> I like the
sound of Donald's mention of a "hackathon". If anyone else<BR>> is keen
for such a thing at TDWG 2009, then let me
know.<BR>><BR>><BR>> <BR>><BR>><BR>> Some ideas that we
could work on:<BR>><BR>><BR>> - Tapir tools, services,
enhancements<BR>><BR>><BR>> - LSID tools, services,
enhancements<BR>><BR>><BR>> - LSID vocabulary work - elaboration of the
vocabs, tools for working<BR>> with the vocabs, ?<BR>><BR>><BR>> -
mash ups<BR>><BR>><BR>> - semantic web integration with tdwg
standards/tools<BR>><BR>><BR>> <BR>><BR>><BR>> Also had a
few thoughts about how TAG ought to influence the the other<BR>> sub groups
and their discussions.<BR>><BR>><BR>> <BR>><BR>><BR>> A
snippet from an email to
Doanld...<BR>><BR>><BR>> <BR>><BR>><BR>> "I do like the
idea of concentrating more on the developing standards<BR>>
etc. <BR>><BR>><BR>> I feel we will have to be careful though not
to end up with different<BR>> groups heading different directions, or
re-inventing wheels, because<BR>> they are in separate discussions/sub
groups. One of the main concerns<BR>> here is subgroups creating models
for data types that have been done<BR>> elsewhere - ie the "reuse" of
existing schemas issue. I do have a<BR>> cunning plan though that may
help (so cunning you could put a tail on<BR>> it and call it a weasel
:)). As this "reuse" issue is really a major<BR>> concern of the TAG
group, we could have members of the TAG group<BR>> spreading themselves
through the different discussion, making sure<BR>> they are heading the same
direction as other groups and reusing<BR>> models, etc, where
appropriate. It may help to have a short TAG "plan<BR>> of attack"
meeting before the main meeting to work out strategies for<BR>>
this??"<BR>><BR>><BR>> <BR>><BR>><BR>> Any
thoughts?<BR>><BR>><BR>> <BR>><BR>><BR>>
Kevin<BR>><BR>><BR>> <BR>><BR>><BR>> <BR>>
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From: tdwg-bounces@lists.tdwg.org [tdwg-bounces@lists.tdwg.org] On<BR>>
Behalf Of Donald.Hobern@csiro.au [Donald.Hobern@csiro.au]<BR>> Sent: Friday,
13 February 2009 5:27 p.m.<BR>> To: tdwg@lists.tdwg.org<BR>> Subject:
[tdwg] TDWG in 2009<BR>><BR>><BR>> Dear TDWG Members and
Friends,<BR>><BR>> TDWG 2009 will be help in Montpellier France from
November 9-13. I<BR>> thought I would take this opportunity to outline the
activities I see<BR>> as important for TDWG this year leading up to the
conference this<BR>> November. There are many important things for us to be
doing in the<BR>> lead up to the meeting.<BR>><BR>> Consolidation of
past work<BR>><BR>> We have made much progress over the last few years in
reworking our<BR>> standards for greater interoperability. The LSID work and
the<BR>> associated LSID vocabularies have been a major part of this.
These<BR>> changes make it much easier to reuse TDWG standards with
different<BR>> technologies, to embed TDWG data elements in other structures,
and to<BR>> map other data formats into forms which can be interpreted
as<BR>> TDWG-compliant data. However this work is still incomplete. We need
to<BR>> formalise the vocabularies as an agreed high-level ontology or
data<BR>> model to support cross-project data integration. Many of our
projects<BR>> are awaiting a clear lead in this area. Please contact me if
you are<BR>> interested in leading some of this work or contributing to
the<BR>> discussion.<BR>><BR>> One obvious example of the importance of
this work comes from Annie<BR>> Simpson's comments during her presentation in
Perth. It should not be<BR>> difficult for a group like GISIN to adopt TDWG
standards and be able<BR>> quickly to build a network to share data using
those standards. I<BR>> reiterate the challenge for us to solve this problem
this year, using<BR>> GISIN's requirements as a benchmark.<BR>><BR>> It
is encouraging to see that NCD nears the end of its public review<BR>> and
that TAPIR has just been submitted to the TDWG standards track. It<BR>> would
appear that the submission of Darwin Core is not far off either.<BR>> Please
help to ensure that we end up with effective standards that can<BR>> be
easily adopted by a wide audience.<BR>><BR>> e-Biosphere
2009<BR>><BR>> The e-Biosphere 2009 conference (<A
href="http://www.e-biosphere09.org/">http://www.e-biosphere09.org/</A>)
will<BR>> take place in London in June. This goals of this conference are
to:<BR>><BR>> * Present and discuss
the extraordinary progress made
in<BR>> Biodiversity
Informatics over the past
decade, <BR>> * Provide participants
with demonstrations of
current<BR>> capabilities in
this field, and <BR>> * Bring
stakeholders together to create a roadmap for the
next<BR>>
decade.<BR>><BR>><BR>> The main meeting (1-3 June) has a programme of
invited speakers who<BR>> will provide an overview of what is happening in
biodiversity<BR>> informatics and promote a vision for the importance of this
work.<BR>> These sessions will address the first and second of the goals
above.<BR>> At the end of the week, there will be a smaller two-day workshop
with<BR>> representatives from a range of biodiversity informatics
projects<BR>> discussing synergies and efficient collaboration (the third
goal).<BR>><BR>> e-Biosphere is significant to TDWG for several
reasons:<BR>><BR>> 1. The opening session on
2 June will present the benefits
of<BR>> data standards and
integration, and we expect that many of
the<BR>> other sessions will
directly or indirectly highlight
TDWG<BR>> work. We are also
organising a booth to publicise the work
of<BR>> TDWG and hope that
this will be an opportunity to
demonstrate<BR>> the value of
our role to a wider audience. <BR>> 2. The
e-Biosphere organisers have established an
"Online<BR>> Conference
Community" (<A
href="http://forum.e-biosphere09.org/">http://forum.e-biosphere09.org/</A>)
to<BR>> engage the wider
community in pre-conference discussions.
One<BR>> of the categories
(to be added soon) will be on the role
of<BR>> standards and tools
in biodiversity informatics. We
encourage<BR>> TDWG members
to contribute to this and to the other
conference<BR>>
discussions. <BR>> 3. TDWG will be
represented in the roadmap discussions on
4-5<BR>> June. We trust
that this session will help us all to
clarify<BR>> priorities for
the next few years and will feed
into<BR>> discussions at TDWG
2009 and beyond.<BR>><BR>><BR>> TDWG
2009<BR>><BR>><BR>> <BR>><BR>><BR>> In recent years TDWG
conferences have moved away from their earlier<BR>> format, with significant
emphasis on working group meetings, to become<BR>> more of a reporting
conference on the activities of TDWG-related<BR>> projects. This has
had some benefits, but has also in some ways<BR>> weakened the organisation
by reducing our focus on the core activity<BR>> of developing and promoting
standards. The vitality of our working<BR>> groups in large measure
depends on the conference providing a focus<BR>> for their
activity.<BR>><BR>><BR>> <BR>><BR>><BR>> For this reason,
TDWG 2009 will be structured differently. Monday and<BR>> Friday of the
conference have been reserved for plenary sessions, but<BR>> for the rest of
the conference we plan to run three parallel (and, I<BR>> hope, intersecting)
streams of activities. One of these will be on<BR>> the use of
biodiversity informatics to support agriculture and crop<BR>>
diversity. Another stream will be for TDWG to initiate activity in<BR>>
response to the roadmap developed at e-Biosphere 2009. The third<BR>>
stream is still be be selected. Each stream will include a range
of<BR>> activities (e.g. symposia, seminars, task group sessions,
hackathons)<BR>> planned to address key issues and to result in real
deliverables to<BR>> progress biodiversity informatics in the
area.<BR>><BR>><BR>> <BR>><BR>><BR>> We are establishing
a Program Committee to plan the conference in<BR>> detail and will keep you
informed of progress.<BR>><BR>><BR>> <BR>><BR>><BR>> Best
wishes,<BR>><BR>><BR>> <BR>><BR>><BR>>
Donald<BR>><BR>><BR>> <BR>><BR>><BR>> <BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>> <BR>><BR>> <BR>><BR>>
Donald Hobern, Director, Atlas of<BR>> Living Australia<BR>><BR>> CSIRO
Entomology, GPO Box 1700,<BR>> Canberra, ACT 2601<BR>><BR>> Phone: (02)
62464352 Mobile:<BR>> 0437990208<BR>><BR>> Email:
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