Dear all The TDWG MIDS Task Group working session will take place this week. Please remember to register for the session HERE<https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/lHx6CcFVTveu-VbzJHSdcA>. Minimum Infor Dig Specimens (MIDS)<https://github.com/tdwg/website/blob/master/community/cd/mids> 2025-04-17 14:00 See in your time-zone<https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Minimum%20Infor%20Dig%20Specimens%20%28MIDS%29&iso=20250417T1400> ▶️<https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/lHx6CcFVTveu-VbzJHSdcA> UPDATE and WEBSITE! There will be a general update about the progress made and a chance to hear about the new draft TDWG MIDS website (https://tdwg.github.io/mids/index.html). TRY YOUR DATA! This is a great chance to bring along a dataset. You will get guidance and support to use the tools to calculate the level of digitisation of your dataset and get the MIDS scores. * Just bring along a Darwin Core Archive or a Biocase ABCD XML archive file to try out the MIDS Calculator Tool (https://github.com/AgentschapPlantentuinMeise/MIDSCalculator). * There may be time to download a file from GBIF at the working session if it's not too large, but we advise requesting the download beforehand to be safe. * Biocase files take longer to run so you may want to bring a smaller dataset if tryingthis option. * An installer for Windows can be found here<https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ioRhHIvdYI88yoPTsYLG_k5-8n-05CiP>. The tool is an RShiny app and can also be run by executing the code in the app.R file. * You can also use the MIDS Checker for existing GBIF Datasets (https://naturalhistorymuseum.github.io/gamc/). TDWG Working Sessions timetable and links Link below for more information about all the TDWG Working Sessions, including a link to check the time of the session in your time-zone. website/community/working-sessions/2025/index.md at master · tdwg/website · GitHub<https://github.com/tdwg/website/blob/master/community/working-sessions/2025/index.md> [https://opengraph.githubassets.com/22c40c178ab3f71f2ad7d4c13fc6eb0e8bfe4296deb559dc08f9f3a6375e6083/tdwg/website]<https://github.com/tdwg/website/blob/master/community/working-sessions/2025/index.md> website/community/working-sessions/2025/index.md at master · tdwg/website<https://github.com/tdwg/website/blob/master/community/working-sessions/2025/index.md> TDWG website. Contribute to tdwg/website development by creating an account on GitHub. github.com We are looking forward to seeing you there Best regards Elspeth and Cat TDWG MIDS Task Group Conveners The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh<https://www.rbge.org.uk/> is a charity registered in Scotland (No SC007983) | Support Us<https://www.rbge.org.uk/support-us> This notice applies to this email and to any other email subsequently sent by anyone at RBGE and appearing in the same chain of email correspondence. References below to "this email" should be read accordingly. This e-mail and its attachments (if any) are confidential, may be protected by copyright and may be privileged. If you receive this e-mail in error, notify us immediately by reply e-mail, delete it and do not use, disclose or copy it. Unless we expressly say otherwise in this e-mail, this e-mail does not create, form part of, or vary, any contractual or unilateral obligation. No liability is accepted for viruses and it is your responsibility to scan attachments (if any). Where this e-mail is unrelated to the business of RBGE, the opinions expressed within this e-mail are the opinions of the sender and do not necessarily constitute those of RBGE. RBGE emails are filtered and monitored.