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[Biogeosdi] Re: TDWG presentation
by Meganck Bart 03 Aug '07

03 Aug '07

Hi Javier, Yes we had a cool headline on the TDWG site... ;-) It's a good thing that you'll be presenting our work at the TDWG : there was much interesting stuff in there, an I think there's lots of opportunities for follow-up work. You were asking for telephone support, but I couldn't find out clearly when you were giving your talk. Patricia Mergen and Franck Theeten from RMCA will be attending TDWG for the RMCA. best regards, Bart. On Thu, 2007-08-02 at 18:12 +0200, biogeosdi-request(a)lists.tdwg.org wrote: > Send biogeosdi mailing list submissions to > biogeosdi(a)lists.tdwg.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.tdwg.org/mailman/listinfo/biogeosdi > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > biogeosdi-request(a)lists.tdwg.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > biogeosdi-owner(a)lists.tdwg.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of biogeosdi digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. News item at TDWG site (Javier de la Torre) > 2. Abstract for TDWG 2007 (Javier de la Torre) > 3. Here goes the abstract submission (Javier de la Torre) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2007 13:16:31 +0200 > From: Javier de la Torre <jatorre(a)gmail.com> > Subject: [Biogeosdi] News item at TDWG site > To: biogeosdi(a)lists.tdwg.org > Message-ID: <132BE569-4300-4590-9647-454D4F4AFBF2(a)gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed > > Hey people! > > We got a news item at the TDWG site :) Check it out at: > > http://www.tdwg.org/homepage-news-item/article/geointeroperability- > workshop-outcomes/ > > Cheers. > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2007 17:36:06 +0200 > From: Javier de la Torre <jatorre(a)gmail.com> > Subject: [Biogeosdi] Abstract for TDWG 2007 > To: biogeosdi(a)lists.tdwg.org > Message-ID: <5E64E7DF-9F50-47D5-8211-3419630E0D6B(a)gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed > > Hi all, > > As you know I will attend TDWG 2007 and from the lasts messages I > received seems that I am the only one attending. Therefore I take the > liberty to send an abstract about the workshop we had with all the > participants as co-authors. I am mainly taking the abstract from the > report and briefly reformulating it for a talk. My first idea was to > present this at Renato's session on "integrating biodiversity data" > on Thursday 20th, but due to some things going on I might move it to > the spatial Model session on Wednesday (Renato I will keep you updated). > > My idea at the presentation is just to demonstrate the prototype and > highlight some of the issues we had with it. More or less what I did > at OGC but without explaining what a plant is ,like I did there :D > > I am asking for teleconference facilities to see if some of you can > at least join me remotely for questions or comments. Is there anybody > avaialble at least for telephone call then? > > Hopefully during next week I can work with Tim to set the whole code > in TDWG server and we can have it finally host it somewhere > permanently. If not and if someone is interested we have it working > in a Parallels image that you can run in a mac (and maybe somewhere > else Tim?) > > Cheers and see you all soon. > > Javi. > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2007 18:12:42 +0200 > From: Javier de la Torre <jatorre(a)gmail.com> > Subject: [Biogeosdi] Here goes the abstract submission > To: biogeosdi(a)lists.tdwg.org > Message-ID: <E84BFEEE-234C-4F47-97A4-79AF104A5F8C(a)gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Just in case someone is interested here it goes the submission i just > have made. > > Cheers. > > Javi. >

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[Biogeosdi] Here goes the abstract submission
by Javier de la Torre 02 Aug '07

02 Aug '07

Just in case someone is interested here it goes the submission i just have made. Cheers. Javi.

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[Biogeosdi] Abstract for TDWG 2007
by Javier de la Torre 02 Aug '07

02 Aug '07

Hi all, As you know I will attend TDWG 2007 and from the lasts messages I received seems that I am the only one attending. Therefore I take the liberty to send an abstract about the workshop we had with all the participants as co-authors. I am mainly taking the abstract from the report and briefly reformulating it for a talk. My first idea was to present this at Renato's session on "integrating biodiversity data" on Thursday 20th, but due to some things going on I might move it to the spatial Model session on Wednesday (Renato I will keep you updated). My idea at the presentation is just to demonstrate the prototype and highlight some of the issues we had with it. More or less what I did at OGC but without explaining what a plant is ,like I did there :D I am asking for teleconference facilities to see if some of you can at least join me remotely for questions or comments. Is there anybody avaialble at least for telephone call then? Hopefully during next week I can work with Tim to set the whole code in TDWG server and we can have it finally host it somewhere permanently. If not and if someone is interested we have it working in a Parallels image that you can run in a mac (and maybe somewhere else Tim?) Cheers and see you all soon. Javi.

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[tdwg-ncd] French metadata interfaces based on the NCD
by Neil Thomson 02 Aug '07

02 Aug '07

Forwarded on behalf on Patricia Kelbert ... -----Original Message----- From: kelbert(a)bohm.snv.jussieu.fr [mailto:kelbert@bohm.snv.jussieu.fr] Sent: 02 August 2007 12:43 To: tdwg-ncd(a)lists.tdwg.org Cc: gbif-fr(a)gbif.fr Subject: [tdwg-ncd] French metadata interfaces based on the NCD As we announced it in january, the french GBIF node developed its own interface for metadata, based on the NCD schema. We made an new interface in PHP for adding metadata, and adapted the Synthesys Web Portal for browsing and updating the data (Python). We started to develop the interfaces in february-march, thus "our" NCD version might not fit to the current version; we added some fields too. You can have a look at the interface (only in french, sorry) : http://www.gbif.fr/?q=fr/node/97 and the portal (still in development and in french) : http://lis-02.snv.jussieu.fr/portail/ Hope it can be useful. Selon lancelot(a)bohm.snv.jussieu.fr: > > > >>>I am pleased to say the the French GBIF node have expressed an early > >>> interest > >>> in making use of the toolkit and have joined this mailing list so > >>> that they > >>> can participate in the discussions - welcome Gaël Lancelot. > >>> > >> > Thank you very much for your warm welcome. I would like, however, to point > out > that I'm not alone in the French GBIF team. In fact, I'm quite certain that > most of the contributions on this list will come from my colleagues, Adil El > Filali and Patricia Kelbert, who have vastly superior computer know-how to > mine. > > This being said, the French node is indeed looking at using NCD for its > metadata > gathering campaign. Due to our timekeeping constraints, we cannot afford to > wait for the NCD toolkit, useful as it would be, and we might well develop > our > NCD tools (database, interface) in parallel to the work done in Amsterdam. > Of > course, we'd be glad to share these developments with the list, in case it > might be of any help. > > Thanks a lot for your support and your work, > > Gaël Lancelot > Scientific Resource Management > GBIF France > 12, rue Cuvier > 75005 PARIS > FRANCE > _______________________________________________ > tdwg-ncd mailing list > tdwg-ncd(a)lists.tdwg.org > http://lists.tdwg.org/mailman/listinfo/tdwg-ncd > >

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[Biogeosdi] Re: path kludge
by Meganck Bart 02 Aug '07

02 Aug '07

Hi Pete, Well, it certainly is a bit more elegant than Dave's string & duct tape solution - still, it worked fine, though. Hope you got through the worst of the red tape by now, and starting to get settled. How is the US in comprison with the UK ? best regards, Bart. On Wed, 2007-08-01 at 12:00 +0200, biogeosdi-request(a)lists.tdwg.org wrote: -- Bart Meganck, ICT & GIS engineer, African Zoology Department. Royal Museum for Central Africa, Leuvensesteenweg 13, B-3080 Tervuren, Belgium. Tel : +32(0)2 769 56 92 Fax : +32(0)2 767 02 42 Email : bart.meganck(a)africamuseum.be Website : www.africamuseum.be ########################################### This message has been scanned by ICT - Africa Museum ________________________________________ 2/8/2007 - Filtered through antispam by ICT

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[Biogeosdi] Path kludge
by Peter Brewer 31 Jul '07

31 Jul '07

Hi Guys, Sorry for being so totally silent these last few weeks. Apologies but I've been moving continent, buying a house, dealing with US red tape etc etc. I stumbled across an interesting webpage and thought of you all. If I remember correctly, this is an easier way of doing Dave/Javi's (?) infamous path kludge in PHP. http://ponvert.wordpress.com/2004/07/24/relative-paths-in-php/ Enjoy! Cheers Pete

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[Biogeosdi] Good dataset for a demonstration project
by Javier de la Torre 28 Jul '07

28 Jul '07

Hi all, You know I like very much Geoserver and I have been using it now for a while. Yesterday I got contacted by Chris Holmes, the chair of the geoserver project steering committee, asking for some good biodiversity datasets. Their idea is to demonstrate the capabilities of geoserver publishing time datasets in KML format. I thought that a really cool demonstration would be to have a dataset of a niche model of a species distribution over the next 50 years, year by year, in a global warming scenario. Something cool that could demonstrate how global warming could potentially affect biodiversity. Therefore I thought in this group there could be someone with a dataset like this and therefore here I am contacting you :) Any idea? Thanks in advance for the help and hope to talk to you soon. Cheers.

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[tdwg-ncd] Fwd: [tdwg-guid] International Standard Collection Identifiers (ISCI) Fwd: [Mdrt] metadata roundtable tomorrow, Wednesday, July 25th
by MarkusDöring 25 Jul '07

25 Jul '07

Hi there, is anyone aware of this activity already? markus > Begin forwarded message: > >> From: <zavalina(a)uiuc.edu> >> Date: July 24, 2007 11:50:28 AM CDT >> To: mdrt(a)mail.lis.uiuc.edu >> Subject: [Mdrt] metadata roundtable tomorrow, Wednesday, July 25th >> >> Dear metadata roundtable members, >> >> Tomorrow, July 25th, Richard Urban will be leading MDRT discussion >> on draft standard for International Standard Collection >> Identifiers (ISCI), which will establish a unique identifier for >> each archival collection and fond. You can access the draft at >> <http://www.niso.org/pdfs/ISO_NP_27730ISCIandWD.pdf>. >> >> The meeting will take place from 12:30 to 2:00 pm at ISRL Commons >> on the third floor of GSLIS building. >> >> The continuation of the DCMI abstract model discussion started >> last week (audio available at http://waterfall.lis.uiuc.edu/dl/ >> classes/mdrt/metadataRoundtable071807.ram)is tentatively scheduled >> for the second half of August, once everyone is back from summer >> vacations. >> >> Have a great week and hope that you will come and participate in >> ISCI discussion. >> >> Sincerely, >> Oksana Zavalina >> Research assistant >> IMLS Digital Collections and Content project >> _______________________________________________ >> Mdrt mailing list >> Mdrt(a)mail.lis.uiuc.edu >> https://mail.lis.uiuc.edu/mailman/listinfo/mdrt

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[tdwg-sdd] Last call: Descriptive data at TDWG 2007
by Gregor Hagedorn 24 Jul '07

24 Jul '07

Dear SDD interest group members! Ten days ago I asked who is interested in talking at TDWG 2007 in Bratislava on descriptive data, adding: "If you whish to participate in this session, please send a rough draft (title and abstract may change later) to g.hagedorn(a)bba.de until 20th Juli." Some may have overlooked this; so far I have received no responses. Unless I receive sufficient calls until Saturday, 28th of July the session: Wednesday 1530-1700 "Descriptive model for analysis, identification, description markup, and taxon pages" may have to be canceled completely. Please consider whether you can participate, I do hope for an interesting meeting! Please note that I will not be able to organize the session after Aug. 3, going on vacation then. The session schedule would have to be fixed before that time and the general deadline of August 15th therefore cannot be applied to this session. You can change both title and abstract however after we agreed on the schedule. Please respond as soon as possible, many thanks! Gregor---------------------------------------------------------- Gregor Hagedorn (G.Hagedorn(a)bba.de) Institute for Plant Virology, Microbiology, and Biosafety Federal Research Center for Agriculture and Forestry (BBA) Königin-Luise-Str. 19 Tel: +49-30-8304-2220 14195 Berlin, Germany Fax: +49-30-8304-2203

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[tdwg-sdd] Descriptive data at TDWG 2007
by Gregor Hagedorn 23 Jul '07

23 Jul '07

Dear SDD interest group members! Please do consider coming to TDWG 2007 in Bratislava! The following topics may be of interest to you: ============= 1. ============= A 90 minute session on Wednesday, 19 Sep called: "Descriptive model for analysis, identification, description markup, and taxon pages" As the name implies, analyses of all kind of descriptive data models are welcome, regardless whether they use SDD or not. Criticism of SDD version 1.1 is also welcome. Due to the launching of the Encyclopedia of Life the taxon page topic is especially relevant. Pleasse note that the SDD interest group is not just concerned with morphological data. Data useful for identification, genetic, or phylogenetic analyses are limited to morphology, and the interested group considers all that are inherent to a taxon (genetically or environmentally coded so they are stable. This includes molecular descriptive data like sequences or patterns, behavior, physiology, etc. Stressing a general perspective both with regard to the kind of data and with regard to how the data are gathered and used will be important and welcome. In the light of the current parallel development of the SPM model, we need to assess whether separate models are needed for specific purposes, or whether a general model can be maintained as SDD presents currently. If you whish to participate in this session, please send a rough draft (title and abstract may change later) to g.hagedorn(a)bba.de until 20th Juli. Limited travel funds for students without funding may be available, covering one of transport costs, per diem (~US$71/night) or accommodation. ============= 2. ============= Existing applications of SDD are also welcome in further sessions on the following day, where two sessions are reserved for "Applications of TDWG standards". ============= 3. ============= On Saturday the SDD interest group will meet. Possible topics: 1. Which way ahead? XML-schema, natural language markup or RDF? Are these combinable? 2. Who wants to lead task groups for feature-vocabularies and ontologies? 2. Which priorities may help to choose? 3. Usability of current SDD schema for natural language markup Please add to this list or propose what you would consider to be most important. Please note that Éamonn will hold a group discussion about the "Species Profile Model" (previously known as "Taxon Data Model") during the 16.00-18.00 slot on Tues 18th Sept. I suggest that people interested in SDD should also go to that meeting. I therefore propose a meeting on the last day (Saturday) ***If you are interested in in-depth discussion, please check your travel plans and try to stay until Sept. 22nd, afternoon. Thanks! *** ============= 4. ============= We will try to have a "late-night show" (working group) on studying SDD and RDF on one evening, currently Tuesday. All SDD or RDF "experts" are welcome to that. It would probably make sense to suggest a separate task group for descriptive data in SPM? Can you have a name for it? ============= 4. ============= Thank you! Gregor Hagedorn---------------------------------------------------------- Gregor Hagedorn (G.Hagedorn(a)bba.de) Institute for Plant Virology, Microbiology, and Biosafety Federal Research Center for Agriculture and Forestry (BBA) Königin-Luise-Str. 19 Tel: +49-30-8304-2220 14195 Berlin, Germany Fax: +49-30-8304-2203

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