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<h2><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:windowtext'>Public Review of TAPIR<o:p></o:p></span></h2>

<p class=bodytext><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;color:windowtext'>TDWG
would like to remind the community that the Public Review of the TDWG Access
Protocol for Information Retrieval <strong><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>TAPIR</span></strong>
- a method for sharing biodiversity information &#8211; is underway. &nbsp;Since
being officially put forward as a draft, TAPIR has undergone a peer review, a
review by the TDWG Executive and multiple revisions. &nbsp;We do need your input at
this stage, so please consider lodging a comment on this proposed standard.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=bodytext><strong><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Verdana","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>Open Invitation:</span></strong><span
lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;color:windowtext'> We invite all who may
contribute and/or consume biodiversity information to examine this proposed standard
during the Public Review period from 10<sup>th</sup> September through at least
until the 10th&nbsp;November 2009. <o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=bodytext><strong><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Verdana","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>How to Participate:</span></strong><span
lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;color:windowtext'> You can participate in the
review of TAPIR in two ways; either through lodging a comment through TDWG&#8217;s
Open Journal System, or you can take the Microsoft Word document and edit it
with track changes and resubmit it to the TAPIR Wiki space.&nbsp; <o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=bodytext><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;color:windowtext'>Details
of this process can be found at </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
color:windowtext'><a
href="http://www.tdwg.org/homepage-news-item/article/public-review-of-tapir/"><span
style='color:windowtext'>http://www.tdwg.org/homepage-news-item/article/public-review-of-tapir/</span></a></span><span
lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;color:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=bodytext><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;color:windowtext'>Questions
about the process should be directed to me at
piers(at)gaiaresources.com.au.&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=bodytext><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;color:windowtext'>Please
share this opportunity for public comment and review with others you think may
be interested. <o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=bodytext><strong><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Verdana","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>Acknowledgements:</span></strong><span
lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;color:windowtext'> I&#8217;d like to thank the
authors, the anonymous reviewers and the members of the Executive Committee who
reviewed the standard.&nbsp; In addition, the guidance of Lee Belbin through
the review process has been invaluable and greatly appreciated.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=bodytext><strong><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Verdana","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>Links expanded:</span></strong><span
lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;color:windowtext'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>TAPIR
Specification in HTML - </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><a
href="http://www.tdwg.org/dav/subgroups/tapir/1.0/docs/tdwg_tapir_specification_2009-09-08.htm"><span
style='color:windowtext'>http://www.tdwg.org/dav/subgroups/tapir/1.0/docs/tdwg_tapir_specification_2009-09-08.htm</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=bodytext><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;color:windowtext'>Official
TAPIR Website - <a href="http://www.tdwg.org/subgroups/tapir/"><span
style='color:windowtext'>http://www.tdwg.org/subgroups/tapir/</span></a> <br>
Various TAPIR software packages - <a
href="http://wiki.tdwg.org/twiki/bin/view/TAPIR/TapirSoftware"><span
style='color:windowtext'>http://wiki.tdwg.org/twiki/bin/view/TAPIR/TapirSoftware</span></a><br>
Subscribe to tdwg-tag&nbsp; - <a
href="http://lists.tdwg.org/mailman/listinfo/tdwg-tag"><span style='color:windowtext'>http://lists.tdwg.org/mailman/listinfo/tdwg-tag</span></a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=bodytext><strong><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Verdana","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>Related Links:</span></strong><span
lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;color:windowtext'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=bodytext><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;color:windowtext'>TDWG:
<a href="http://www.tdwg.org/" target="_blank"><span style='color:windowtext'>http://www.tdwg.org/</span></a>
<br>
Other TDWG Standards: <a href="http://www.tdwg.org/standards/"><span
style='color:windowtext'>http://www.tdwg.org/standards/</span></a> <br>
<em><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>TDWG Standards Track</span></em>
(in OJS): <a href="http://www.tdwg.org/stdtrack/index"><span style='color:windowtext'>http://www.tdwg.org/stdtrack/index</span></a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=bodytext><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;color:windowtext'>Apologies
if you receive this multiple times from various mailing lists.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=bodytext><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;color:windowtext'>Sincerely,
<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=bodytext><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;color:windowtext'>Piers
Higgs, Review Manager <o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Piers Higgs<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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Resources<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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