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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear all,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u>Mailing list<o:p></o:p></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We created a mailing list (<a href="mailto:tdwg-mids@lists.tdwg.org">tdwg-mids@lists.tdwg.org</a>) for the recently launched MIDS Task Group to develop a standard for Minimum Information about a Digital Specimen (MIDS). We will use this
to announce meeting details and other matters. To follow/contribute to the work, please join the mailing list. You can subscribe here:
<a href="http://lists.tdwg.org/mailman/listinfo/tdwg-mids">http://lists.tdwg.org/mailman/listinfo/tdwg-mids</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u>Next meeting<o:p></o:p></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The next meeting of the MIDS TG will take place by Zoom at <b>
<u>UTC 15:00</u></b><u> – <b>16:30</b></u> on <b><u>Thursday 7<sup>th</sup> January</u></b>. Details will be announced on the new mailing list on 5<sup>th</sup> January.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u>More detail<o:p></o:p></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">To discover more information about the TG, see its charter here:
<a href="https://www.tdwg.org/community/cd/mids/">https://www.tdwg.org/community/cd/mids/</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">To follow the work in progress see/join GitHub here: <a href="https://github.com/tdwg/mids">https://github.com/tdwg/mids</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">To read the current working draft of the specification, see it here: <a href="https://github.com/tdwg/mids/blob/working-draft/current-draft/MIDS-definition-v0.12-03Nov2020.md">https://github.com/tdwg/mids/blob/working-draft/current-draft/MIDS-definition-v0.12-03Nov2020.md</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Kind regards<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">--<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Alex and Elspeth (TG convenors)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Alex Hardisty
</span><span lang="CY" style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Alex Hardisty</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Director of Informatics Projects
</span><span lang="CY" style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Cyfarwyddwr y Prosiect Gwybodeg</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">School of Computer Science and Informatics
</span><span lang="CY" style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Yr Ysgol Cyfrifiadureg a Gwybodeg</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Cardiff University, Queens Buildings
</span><span lang="CY" style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Prifysgol Caerdydd, Adeiladau’r Frenhines</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">5, The Parade, Cardiff CF24 3AA
</span><span lang="CY" style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">5, The Parade, Caerdydd CF24 3AA</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">United Kingdom
</span><span lang="CY" style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Y Deyrnas Unedig<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="CY" style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">tel: +44 (0)29 2087 4861
</span><span lang="CY" style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">ffôn : +44 (0)29 2087 4861</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">email:
</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><a href="mailto:hardistyar@cardiff.ac.uk"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#0563C1">hardistyar@cardiff.ac.uk</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">
</span><span lang="CY" style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">ebost:
</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><a href="mailto:hardistyar@caerdydd.ac.uk"><span lang="CY" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#0563C1">hardistyar@caerdydd.ac.uk</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">skype: alex.hardisty
</span><span lang="CY" style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">skype: alex.hardisty<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">orcid id:
</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><a href="http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0767-4310"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#0563C1;background:white">orcid.org/0000-0002-0767-4310</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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