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you are invited to participate in the Open Data Community Survey 2025
by Daryl Hepting 05 May '25

05 May '25

Dear All, We are writing to you as researchers from the University of Regina in Regina, Canada who are studying open data. We invite you to participate in the Open Data Community Survey 2025 if you use or provide open data or FAIR data or if you are interested in using semantic metadata to improve the usability of your data. The survey is estimated to take 15-20 minutes to complete, and it is available at the following link:https://uregina.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_2ryvDaooieWaAjY Your responses will provide invaluable insights into the state of the open data community in 2025. You may choose to answer as open data user or provider if one of those roles dominates your time or both if they make equal demands of your attention. Please help to improve the power of the survey by sharing this invitation to participate widely within your networks. However, there is no obligation for you to pass along this invitation, and there will be no penalty to you if you do not share it. You can read more about the survey at: https://www2.cs.uregina.ca/~hepting/projects/open-data/community-survey-202… Data from the study will be posted as open data at these locations: * https://<https://www2.cs.uregina.ca/~hepting/projects/open-data/community-survey-202…>www2.cs.uregina.ca/~hepting/projects/open-data/community-survey-2025<https://www2.cs.uregina.ca/~hepting/projects/open-data/community-survey-202…> * https://borealisdata.ca/dataverse/heptingd<https://www2.cs.uregina.ca/~hepting/projects/open-data/community-survey-202…>/ The survey has been approved by the Research Ethics Board at the University of Regina in Regina, Canada. Funding for this survey has been provided by the DDI (Data Documentation Initiative) Alliance, an international collaboration dedicated to developing metadata standards and semantic products for describing social science data, data covering human activity, and other data based on observational methods. Please let us know if you have any questions or concerns. Please note that there are inherent security issues when using email as a communication tool. By default, emails are not encrypted and are vulnerable to interception by outside sources or someone may see that you are involved in this research if you leave your browser open. We will use the phrase “Meeting Reminder” in the subject-line of all email correspondence so you will know the email is from us and recommend you submit any email queries using the same term. Daryl Hepting, Ph.D. daryl.hepting(a)uregina.ca<mailto:daryl.hepting@uregina.ca> Alain Maubert Crotte alain.maubertcrotte(a)uregina.ca<mailto:alain.maubertcrotte@uregina.ca>

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TIME SENSITIVE: 2 Days till TaxonWorks Together 2025!
by Deborah Paul 04 May '25

04 May '25

Greetings Biodiversity Information Standards TDWG'ers, RE: Just TWO Days till TaxonWorks Together 2025 <https://together.taxonworks.org/> - Registration open and free! May 6 - 8 online. Please remember to share this with colleagues and students not on the TDWG listserv so they don't miss out. Thanks! ‪This year's #TWT2025 offers a wide variety of topics. Perhaps of special interest to the TDWG community: * Building biodiversity informatics tools with the AI-lephant in the room * geoBoundaries: Challenges to curating (and using) global gazetteers - a conversation with Dan Runfola * Stories of (Data) Transition in the Realm of Biodiversity Informatics * Exploring emerging practical informatics needs surrounding the rapidly expanding use of eDNA * Adapting our biodiversity informatics infrastructure to keep pace with the evolution of what we think a taxon is - a conversation with Wayne Maddison * Natural History Collections in TaxonWorks: Entering a Community Consensus Phase Why TaxonWorks as digitization software? Status and vision. Opportunity for questions focusing on digitization functionality. Announcement of *a year-long working group on SpecimenPages*, facilitated by the SFG. * Informatics opportunities integrating field stations and collections, with special reference to the practical needs and opportunities at the Illinois Natural History Survey - a panel with Field Station and Collection Managers: Auriel Fournier, James Lamer, Arianna Kuhn, Enrique Santoyo Brito, and Jamie Minneart-Grote * Why are the Earth's scientific collections important? Perspectives from a catalyzed series of events emerging during COVID 19 - with guests Pam Soltis and Cody Thompson Most sessions are moderated discussions with opportunities for your input. Hear from people that inspire us, and add your voice to the conversation. Check the agenda for more session time and date details <https://together.taxonworks.org/>. We welcome everyone and look forward to your participation and insights. In anticipation, Debbie, for the SFG and TWT2025 /PS -- *please (please) share with your colleagues and students far and wide, thanks!* PPS -- yes there is cross-posting :-)/ -- - Deborah Paul, Biodiversity Informatics Community Liaison - Species File Group (INHS), University of Illinois -- Natural History Collections and Museomics NHCM Editor-in-Chiefhttps://nhcm.pensoft.net -- Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG) Past Chair 2021-2022 -- Florida State University Courtesy Appointment -- Species File Group and Eventshttps://speciesfilegroup.org

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Round-tripping Data Feedback at TaxonWorks Together 2024
by Deborah Paul 01 May '24

01 May '24

Greetings All, RE: Balancing Global Agency and Local Precision. Roundtrip your feedback at TaxonWorks Together 2024 Presenter: David Shorthouse Where: online, free Register: https://together.taxonworks.org/ When: 8 May 2024 (next Wednesday) at 15:00 UTC (10:00 CDT). Many of us, as data providers and data aggregators need to both give and receive feedback about our data. A new proposed Darwin Core term: feedbackURL could provide a feasible -- actionable -- step forward. See SEE: https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/180 <SEE: https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/180>. If you'd like to learn more about this and how it might work for you, if you'd like to add to the conversation, please join us at TaxonWorks Together for the talk: Balancing Global Agency and Local Precision. Roundtrip your feedback. David Shorthouse presents this topic to share his take and insights on the potential in this term for all of us. It's exciting to be talking about implementing solutions that could help data providers get feedback directly. Hope to see you there! Note there are related sessions you might find interesting: * A Data Quality Round Table Conversation: with GBIF, iDigBio, TaxonWorks, the Paleo Data Working Group, Robert Mesibov, and You o From data quality (e. g. completeness, consistency, compliance), to data management, expect an in-depth congenial local-to-global conversation. From the data aggregator, to the working group, the researcher, the collection / data manager, and the data analyst, what do we each experience, what do we dream of? How is data-quality an outcome of processes? Looking for alignment opportunities. * A Look Inside One’s (TaxonWorks) Data o What’s in those buckets anyway in your database fields? How do you know where to find issues? When and how do you find snafus and how do you fix them? We explore the promise of the new Project vocab and Field Synchronize tasks in TaxonWorks. What are your processes and needs for doing this work to enhance and extend your data? How has the evolution of TaxonWorks illuminated outstanding data-quality challenges and what does it offer to make it eas(ier) to address them? + (pssst: if you know you me, you'll have heard me talk about visualizing the data in your databases, come see to get a taste of what this is making possible). Your questions, welcome. Looking forward to seeing you there! In anticipation, Debbie Paul, for the SFG and TaxonWorks Together 2024 - Deborah Paul, Biodiversity Informatics Community Liaison - Species File Group (INHS), University of Illinois -- Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG) Past Chair 2021-2022 -- Florida State University Courtesy Appointment -- Species File Group and Eventshttps://speciesfilegroup.org

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There's Still Time for DEMO Camp at SPNHC-TDWG2024
by Deborah Paul 18 Apr '24

18 Apr '24

Greetings Everyone, RE: *DEMO Camp* at SPNHC-TDWG2024 Headed to SPNHC-TDWG2024 in-person or virtually? Got a new software tool, services, workflows, or methods to share? There's still time to submit an abstract (just 300 words) describing your Live Demo (no recordings, no slides). Demo Camp <https://www.tdwg.org/conferences/2024/sessions/#demo01-democamp-live-demons…> details and more about the (easy!) submission process <https://www.tdwg.org/conferences/2024/oa-abstract-submission-guidelines/>. Questions welcome. Deadline is tomorrow at 19 April 2024 11:59 HST <https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=OA+Abstract+submi…>. > Since its debut at SPNHC 2009, DemoCamp has provided a venue for > developers, biodiversity informaticians, digitization managers, and > collection managers to convene and share innovative approaches for the > use of technology to enhance the management and use of natural history > collections. Presentations demonstrate the use of software, tools, > services, and workflows that enhance capacity, use global standards, > and extend the accessibility and quality of information. See you at DEMO Camp! Debbie Paul, Jason Best, Erica Krimmel -- - Deborah Paul, Biodiversity Informatics Community Liaison - Species File Group (INHS), University of Illinois -- Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG) Past Chair 2021-2022 -- Florida State University Courtesy Appointment -- Species File Group and Eventshttps://speciesfilegroup.org

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Humboldt Extension Public Review 2023-09-04
by John Wieczorek 02 Oct '23

02 Oct '23

The members of the Darwin Core Maintenance Group is happy to announce the opening of a minimum 30-day period for public review for a set of proposed new terms that are meant to embody the Humboldt Extension for ecological inventories coming out of research and discussions in the Humboldt Extension Task Group <https://www.tdwg.org/community/osr/humboldt-extension/>, ably led by convener Yanina Sica over the past three years. Please refer to the documentation we have provided on the review process and the maintenance of the Darwin Core standard in general at https://github.com/tdwg /dwc/wiki/Darwin-Core-Maintenance-Frequently-Asked-Questions. The relevant issues for commentary on terms are listed in the following milestone: https://github.com/tdwg/hc/milestone/1. Any other comments not related to the individual terms can be added by creating a new issue <https://github.com/tdwg/hc/issues/new?milestone=Public+Review+Humboldt+Exte…> . Your comments are welcome and important for the evolution of the Darwin Core standard and its extensions. Thank you, The Humboldt Extension Task Group The Darwin Core Maintenance Team

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Opening: Chief Data Officer at Smithsonian
by Pilsk, Suzanne 18 Aug '23

18 Aug '23

Sorry for any duplication I'm just the messenger. Please share to help Smithsonian get the best qualified applicants. Thanks Office of Digital Transformation has started the search for a Chief Data Officer All: https://www.usajobs.gov/job/743322800 Federal: https://www.usajobs.gov/job/743327800 Short summary of the role: The Chief Data Officer (CDO) reports to the Head of Digital Transformation (HDT) and is responsible for the Smithsonian Institution's (SI) data strategy, including Smithsonian-wide governance and utilization of information as an asset, via data collection, processing, analysis, mining, information trading, and other means.

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Darwin Core Public Commentary 2023-06-20: Material Sample
by John Wieczorek 20 Jun '23

20 Jun '23

The members of the Darwin Core Maintenance Group are happy to announce the opening of a minimum 30-day period for public review for a set of proposed changes to Darwin Core coming out of research and discussions in the Material Sample Task Group <https://www.tdwg.org/community/osr/material-sample/>, ably led by Teresa Mayfield-Meyer over the past two years. Please refer to the documentation we have provided on the review process and the maintenance of the Darwin Core standard in general at https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/wiki/Darwin-Core -Maintenance-Frequently-Asked-Questions. For your reference and convenience we are providing a table with links to the proposed changes, organized in keeping with the order in the Darwin Core Quick Reference Guide (https://dwc.tdwg.org/terms/) The relevant issues are also listed in the following milestone: https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/milestone/18. Your comments are welcome and important for the evolution of the Darwin Core standard. Thank you, The Darwin Core Material Sample Task Group The Darwin Core Maintenance Team Category Term Issue Action Nature Record-level references https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/456 change non-normative Record-level basisOfRecord https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/457 change non-normative MaterialEntity https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/426 new normative MaterialSample https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/451 change normative MaterialEntity materialEntityID https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/455 new normative MaterialEntity preparations https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/452 change normative MaterialEntity disposition https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/453 change normative MaterialEntity verbatimLabel https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/458 change non-normative MaterialEntity materialEntityRemarks https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/461 new normative GeologicalContext earliestEonOrLowestEonothem https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/465 change normative GeologicalContext latestEonOrHighestEonothem https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/474 change normative GeologicalContext earliestEraOrLowestErathem https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/467 change normative GeologicalContext latestEraOrHighestErathem https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/476 change normative GeologicalContext earliestPeriodOrLowestSystem https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/469 change normative GeologicalContext latestPeriodOrHighestSystem https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/478 change normative GeologicalContext earliestEpochOrLowestSeries https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/466 change normative GeologicalContext latestEpochOrHighestSeries https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/475 change normative GeologicalContext earliestAgeOrLowestStage https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/464 change normative GeologicalContext latestAgeOrHighestStage https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/473 change normative GeologicalContext lowestBiostratigraphicZone https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/479 change normative GeologicalContext highestBiostratigraphicZone https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/472 change normative GeologicalContext lithostratigraphicTerms https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/462 change normative GeologicalContext group https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/471 change normative GeologicalContext formation https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/470 change normative GeologicalContext member https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/480 change normative GeologicalContext bed https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/463 change normative GeologicalContext dwciri:earliestGeochronologicalEra https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/468 change normative GeologicalContext dwciri:latestGeochronologicalEra https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/477 change normative MeasurementOrFact https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/459 change normative ResourceRelationship https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/460 change normative

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Darwin Core Public Commentary 2023
by John Wieczorek 13 Feb '23

13 Feb '23

Celebrating Darwin Day, the members of the Darwin Core Maintenance Group are happy to announce the opening of a minimum 30-day period for public review for the set of proposed changes to Darwin Core. Please refer to the documentation we have provided on the review process and the maintenance of the Darwin Core standard in general at https://github.com/tdwg /dwc/wiki/Darwin-Core-Maintenance-Frequently-Asked-Questions. For your reference and convenience we are providing a table with links to the proposed changes, organized in keeping with the order in the Darwin Core Quick Reference Guide (https://dwc.tdwg.org/terms/) The relevant issues are also listed in the following milestone: https://github.com/tdwg /dwc/milestone/14. Your comments are welcome and important for the evolution of the Darwin Core standard. Thank you The Darwin Core Maintenance Team Category Term Issue Action Nature Record-level institutionID https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/406 <https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/336> change non-normative Record-level collectionID https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/406 change non-normative Record-level basisOfRecord https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/416 change non-normative Occurrence organismQuantity https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/423 change non-normative Occurrence organismQuantityType https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/424 change non-normative Occurrence caste https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/412 new normative Occurrence vitality* https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/363 new normative MaterialSample verbatimLabel https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/32 new normative Event eventType https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/408 new normative Event eventTime https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/407 change non-normative Location continent https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/393 change non-normative Location countryCode https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/394 change non-normative Location stateProvince https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/395 change non-normative Location stateProvince https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/401 change non-normative Location municipality https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/397 change non-normative Location county https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/396 change non-normative Location coordinateUncertaintyInMeters https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/422 change non-normative Location pointRadiusSpatialFit https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/419 change non-normative Location footprintSpatialFit https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/420 change non-normative Identification verbatimIdentification https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/392 change non-normative Taxon namePublishedInID https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/405 change non-normative Taxon scientificName https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/388 change non-normative Taxon scientificName https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/391 change non-normative Taxon namePublishedIn https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/405 change non-normative Taxon superfamily https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/65 new normative Taxon tribe https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/45 new normative Taxon subtribe https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/46 new normative Taxon infraspecificEpithet https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/387 change non-normative Taxon taxonRank https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/390 change non-normative MeasurementOrFact parentMeasurementID https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/362 new normative MeasurementOrFact measurementUnit https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/409 change non-normative ResourceRelationship relationshipOfResource https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/400 change non-normative dwciri: dwciri equivalents https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/379 change non-normative MaterialCitation https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/372 change normative DwC Archive meta.xml filename https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/144 change non-normative * Note that the vitality term proposal also comes with a set of five controlled vocabulary terms (see https://github.com/tdwg/rs.tdwg.org/blob/vitality/process/page_build_script…) which are also part of the public review.

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Marine Biodiversity Data Mobilization Workshop Participant Registration
by Benson, Abigail L 10 Jan '23

10 Jan '23

We're hosting a workshop if anyone is interested to join more info below. Thanks! Abby ________________________________ From: Tim Van Der Stap <tim.vanderstap(a)hakai.org> Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2023 11:15 AM Subject: [EXTERNAL] Marine Biodiversity Data Mobilization Workshop Participant Registration This email has been received from outside of DOI - Use caution before clicking on links, opening attachments, or responding. Hi Everyone, Join us for the second Marine Biodiversity Data Mobilization Workshop - a contribution to the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development and the Marine Life 2030 Decade Action<https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmarinelif…>. The workshop is jointly hosted by CIOOS<https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcatalogue…>, Hakai<https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fhakai.org…>, IOOS<https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fioos.noaa…>, MBON<https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmarinebon…>, OBIS-USA<https://www.usgs.gov/core-science-systems/science-analytics-and-synthesis/o…>, and OTN<https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Foceantrac…>. This workshop is intended to be a small hands-on, interactive virtual workshop focused on mobilizing marine biological observation datasets to the Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS). The primary objective of the workshop is helping data providers standardize their data according to Darwin Core. This includes species observations from any type of sampling methodologies (e.g. visual surveys, net tows, microscopy, fish trawls, imaging, `omics, acoustics, telemetry). The workshop will be held virtually April 18 - 19, 2023 from 1300 - 1700 ET. Requirements to participate? * Must have a dataset to work on. * Must have some R or Python experience. * Must have a basic knowledge of Github. To apply, please fill out this form<https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.goog…>. Application deadline: February 15, 2023. Accepted applicants will be notified no later than March 15, 2023. If you need assistance with learning R or Python there are courses available in advance of the workshop that you can attend. Introductory Python for Ecologists<https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ace-n…> Introductory R for Ecologists<https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ace-n…> Accepted participants will receive details about workshop logistics shortly after being notified. Please forward to colleagues who may be interested in this event. We look forward to seeing you online! -- Tim van der Stap, M.Sc. Research Support Hakai Institute, Calvert Island, BC // www.hakai.org<https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hakai.…> Tula Foundation, Quadra Island, BC // www.tula.org<https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tula.o…> (778) 319 6152

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Public comment opened for subjectPart and subjectOrientation controlled vocabularies
by Baskauf, Steven James 31 Oct '22

31 Oct '22

The Audubon Core Maintenance Group has opened public comment on the proposal to add two vocabularies to the Audubon Core Standard. These vocabularies provide controlled values for the existing terms subjectPart and subjectOrientation to describe what organism part is depicted in an image and how the depicted part is oriented. To view the proposal, read the Implementation Experience Report submitted by the task group, and comment, visit the proposal on the Audubon Core GitHub issues tracker at https://github.com/tdwg/ac/issues/245. The comment period will last until at least 29 November 2022. Steve Baskauf on behalf of the AC Maintenance Group -- Steven J. Baskauf, Ph.D. he/him/his Data Science and Data Curation Specialist / Librarian III Jean & Alexander Heard Libraries, Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN 37235, USA Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG) Executive Committee/Technical Architecture Group Chair https://baskauf.github.io/

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