For information, we received this very positive e-mail from Cecilie confirming GBIF support for MIDS and interest in implementation.
Elspeth
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From: Cecilie Svenningsen <csvenningsen(a)gbif.org<mailto:csvenningsen@gbif.org>>
Sent: 05 July 2024 09:27
To: Elspeth Haston <EHaston(a)rbge.org.uk<mailto:EHaston@rbge.org.uk>>
Cc: Tim Robertson <trobertson(a)gbif.org<mailto:trobertson@gbif.org>>; Marie Grosjean <mgrosjean(a)gbif.org<mailto:mgrosjean@gbif.org>>
Subject: MIDS in GBIF - follow-up after TAG meeting
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Dear Elspeth,
Thank you for the presentation on the MIDS progress at the TDWG Technical Architecture Group meeting last week.
I wanted to follow up with you because you mentioned that GBIF had declared interest in implementing MIDS when ready, but I was not aware of the discussions at the time of the meeting and could not provide any feedback. I have now talked with people in the Secretariat who are more familiar with MIDS (cc in this email) and can confirm that GBIF would be interested in including MIDS to support community requests for the implementation. Specifically, we think it could be of value to implement in GRSciColl at the collection level. But before we can investigate implementing MIDS, we want to see a finalized specification of the calculation rules in place, that will be maintained externally to GBIF, and we hope TDWG can support those efforts.
I understand you will have some follow-up discussions with TDWG after the meeting, but can I ask what your impressions are of how the standardization process in TDWG is going for the MIDS task group outputs?
Kind regards
Cecilie
Cecilie Svenningsen (csvenningsen(a)gbif.org<mailto:csvenningsen@gbif.org>)
Data Administrator, PhD
GBIF Secretariat
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Dear all
Just a reminder that we will be meeting today at the usual time of 14:00 UTC (about 15 minutes). We will aim to talk through the recent meeting with the TDWG TAG to determine the options for MIDS in light of the feedback.
Hope to see you there.
Best wishes
Elspeth
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