TDWG Subgroup: Natural Collections Descriptions (NCD)

Neil Thomson n.thomson at NHM.AC.UK
Mon Jul 11 05:42:37 CEST 2005


Dear All,

At the 2004 TDWG meeting in Christchurch, a new subgroup was formed to
develop the BioCASE collections description standard from dealing only
with collections of specimens and observations data to dealing with any
type of collection of natural history related material. Such collections
include bibliographic, archival and artwork collections and especially
mixed collections formed during expeditions and the voyages of discovery.

Background information on NCD, along with the uses of collections
descriptions and the latest version of the XML Schema (v 0.32) may be
found at:

    http://www.tdwg.org/NCD/TDWG_NCD_Subgroup.htm      [note underscores]

A number of TDWG'ers expressed interest in helping with the development of
NCD as one of the suite of data standards being produced for TDWG. There
will be a subgroup meeting at this year's TDWG meeting for those of you
that are able to attend and to which you will be very welcome. If you are
interested in helping with NCD but have not already registered your
interest or are unable to attend the St Petersburg meeting, please let me
know and I will add your email address to main NCD list.

All comments are welcome,
With thanks,
Neil

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Neil Thomson
Head of Data & Digital Systems
The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD
Tel: +44 (0)20 7942 5294,
Fax: +44 (0)20 7942 5559,
Email: n.thomson at nhm.ac.uk
http://www.nhm.ac.uk




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