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<font size="-1">At the last TDWG meeting in Sweden, the <b>TDWG
Data Quality Interest Group</b> was formally established with
Antonio Saraiva and myself as co-conveners.<br>
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We did not have a lot of time to meet in Sweden, but over 35
people have put their names down as being interested. We know
that a lot of you were not able to attend the session n Data
Quality because of parallel sessions or because you were not able
to get to the TDWG meeting this year. We are looking for more
people to work with us so that we can begin to make progress on
this very important topic. I would thus encourage you to join the
Google discussion group at <a
href="http://community.gbif.org/pg/groups/21292/gbiftdwg-biodiversity-data-quality-interest-group/">http://community.gbif.org/pg/groups/21292/gbiftdwg-biodiversity-data-quality-interest-group/</a><br>
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I would also suggest that you look at some of the talks on Data
Quality given at the TDWG meeting - they can be found at <a
href="https://mbgserv18.mobot.org/ocs/index.php/tdwg/2014/schedConf/presentations">https://mbgserv18.mobot.org/ocs/index.php/tdwg/2014/schedConf/presentations</a><br>
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At the meeting we decided to set up three sub working groups; viz:<br>
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<blockquote><font size="-1">. Framework for Communication<br>
. Tools, Services and Workflows<br>
. Use Case Library/Competency<br>
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<font size="-1">We did not give a lot of thought into the naming of
these groups at the time, and that is one topic that needs further
discussion.<br>
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We also need to develop a charter and work plan for the next
twelve months for each of these working groups.<br>
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We also need to appoint a convenor for each working group so that
the discussion can be kept rolling. If you are interested and
prepared to do this, then please let Antonio or myself know.<br>
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Further information and discussions will be on the Google Groups
so please keep up to date with progress there.<br>
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Arthur D. Chapman<br>
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