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<h3><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
font-weight:normal'>GBIF has announced a call for proposals to draft a position
paper on enabling a shared infrastructure for the development, maintenance and
governance of vocabularies and ontologies for biodiversity informatics</span><span
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<p class=MsoNormal>Request for proposals to draft a GBIF position paper on
vocabularies for biodiversity informatics.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Vocabularies and ontologies are types of Knowledge
Organisation System (KOS) that range from simple glossaries and dictionaries
through classification schemes, taxonomies, thesauri and ontologies. As such,
they are an essential foundation for data interoperability within the
biodiversity informatics domain. The focus of this call is on identifying key
activities that will enable GBIF and related communities of practice to move
forward with such vocabularies (the term “vocabularies” is used here in a
generic sense to represent the various types of KOS). Drawing on the needs of
the relevant communities, the position paper will provide recommendations and
an action plan on how to engage all players in creating a global infrastructure
for the development, maintenance and governance of such vocabularies. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Further information on the call is available on the GBIF
news site (<a
href="http://www.gbif.org/communications/news-and-events/showsingle/article/request-for-proposals-for-a-position-paper-on-vocabularies/"><span
style='color:windowtext'>http://www.gbif.org/communications/news-and-events/showsingle/article/request-for-proposals-for-a-position-paper-on-vocabularies/</span></a>)
including instructions for submitting an application.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>GBIF will provide a grant of €5,000 to support preparation
of the position paper. Proposals should be sent to Dr Éamonn Ó Tuama,
Senior Programme Officer, Inventory, Discovery, Access by 14 July 2010 (email: <a
href="mailto:eotuama@gbif.org">eotuama@gbif.org</a>).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D'>_______________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Éamonn Ó Tuama,
M.Sc., Ph.D. (<a href="mailto:eotuama@gbif.org"><span style='color:blue'>eotuama@gbif.org</span></a>),
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Senior
Programme Officer, Inventory, Discovery, Access (IDA), <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Global
Biodiversity Information</span><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Facility Secretariat, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Universitetsparken
15, DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø, DENMARK</span><span style='color:#1F497D'> <br>
</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Phone: +45 3532 1494;
Fax: +45 3532 1480</span><span lang=EN-IE style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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