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Plans for TDWG 2001 meeting continue
by Georgina MacKenzie 01 Oct '01

01 Oct '01

Plans for the 2001 TDWG meeting on Sydney continue to be made, although some of the associated meetings have been postponed. Some details from Karen Wilson, the local organiser follow: _______________________________________________________ BIODIVERSITY KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT FORUM - Sydney, November 2001 We have had to change some of our plans for the Biodiversity Knowledge Management Forum here in Sydney in early November, unfortunately, because of the recent horrific events elsewhere. The Catalogue of Life workshop and Species 2000 meetings have been postponed, tentatively to early March 2002, in the week before the GBIF meetings in Canberra. However, support has been strong for us to continue with other parts of the BioForum in November, so we are doing that (subject, of course, to no further hostile activities). As well as the planned TDWG conference and IOPI, etc. meetings, we are also now planning a 1-day regional workshop tentatively entitled 'Bioinformatics and the GTI in Asia-Oceania' as partial replacement for the CofL workshop, on 8th November. Details of the changes are on the BioForum website at http://plantnet.rbgsyd.gov.au/bioforum/. Email Karen Wilson or relevant conveners of meetings if you want further information. Those planning to take part in the various activities, could you please return the appropriate registration form soon so that we have an indication of numbers for catering, field trips, etc. Karen Wilson Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney Mrs Macquaries Road SYDNEY NSW 2000, AUSTRALIA Phone: +61-2-9231 8137 Fax: +61-2-9251 7231 Email: karen.wilson(a)rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au ********************************************************************* This email is intended for the addressee(s) only. If you are not an intended recipient please inform the sender. BIOSIS UK does not accept responsibility for the contents of this message. *********************************************************************

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OSIS project online
by Guillaume Rousse 26 Jul '01

26 Jul '01

OSIS (Object Systematics Information System) is an attempt to provide the basic classes and tools for systematics software under the GNU General Public License. It consists of an high-level objet-oriented data model, implemented in java and XML, and a visual editing environment. For more information, see http://lis.snv.jussieu.fr/~rousse/recherche/osis Comments welcomed. -- Guillaume Rousse <rousse(a)ccr.jussieu.fr> GPG key http://bohm.snv.jussieu.fr/~rousse/gpgkey.html

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TDWG 2001 Meeting Update
by Georgina MacKenzie 18 Jul '01

18 Jul '01

The 2001 meeting of TDWG will be held in Sydney, Australia from the 9th to 11th November, 2001. It will form part of the "Biodiversity Knowledgement Management Forum" - a series of meetings (Species 2000, HISCOM, IOPI, SPP) mainly happening in and around Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney then moving on to Canberra. A draft program for the meeting is now available from the Biodiversity Knowledgement Management Forum's website: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.gov.au/bioforum/index.html Georgina MacKenzie, Secretary, Newsletter Editor and Webmaster, International Working Group on Taxonomic Databases (TDWG) gmackenzie(a)york.biosis.org Telephone: +44 1904 642816 Fax: +44 1904 612793 54 Micklegate, York, YO1 6WF, UK ********************************************************************* This email is intended for the addressee(s) only. If you are not an intended recipient please inform the sender. BIOSIS UK does not accept responsibility for the contents of this message. *********************************************************************

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TDWG newsletter
by Georgina MacKenzie 14 Mar '01

14 Mar '01

Preparations are being made for the next edition of the TDWG newsletter, so if anyone has any contributions please send them to me as soon as possible, but certainly by 23rd April. Thanks, Georgina MacKenzie, Secretary, Newsletter Editor and Webmaster, International Working Group on Taxonomic Databases (TDWG) gmackenzie(a)york.biosis.org Telephone: +44 1904 642816 Fax: +44 1904 612793 54 Micklegate, York, YO1 6WF, UK [Any opinion expressed here does not necessarily represent the views of BIOSIS UK.] Any opinion expressed here does not necessarily represent the views of BIOSIS UK.

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TDWG 2001 Meeting Announcement
by Georgina MacKenzie 06 Feb '01

06 Feb '01

The 2001 meeting of TDWG will be held in Sydney from the 9th to 11th November, 2001. It will form part of a series of meetings (Species 2000, HISCOM, IOPI, SPP) mainly happening in and around Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney then moving on to Canberra. Further details will be posted on the TDWG web site as they become available.

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message
by Roland Keller 29 Jan '01

29 Jan '01

Dear Sir, Madam How can I mail a message to all Taxacomer? Best regards, Roland Roland Keller Institut de Botanique Université de Lausanne 1015 Lausanne http://www.tropicalbotany.net tel: +41 21 6924271 mail: roland.keller(a)ie-bsg.unil.ch

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Re: TDWG 2000 meeting report now available
by Ronen Kadmon 12 Jan '01

12 Jan '01

Dear TDWG members, After reading the report of the TDWG meeting I thought that you might be interested in our new project which attempts to establish a National Biodiversity Information System based on GIS technology (BioGIS). The first version, which is already available on the Internt, provides a lot of tools for querying, analyzing and modeling biodiversity data. To the best of my knowledge, in terms of its functionality and query system, it is one of the most sophisticated databases of biodiversity available on the web. The URL is: http://www.biogis.huji.ac.il Have fun! Ronen Kadmon Head of the GIS Center of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Georgina MacKenzie wrote: > > The report of the TDWG 2000 meeting (held in Frankfurt in > November 2000) is now available on the TDWG web site > http://www.tdwg.org . > > Georgina MacKenzie, > Secretary, Newsletter Editor and Webmaster, > International Working Group on Taxonomic Databases (TDWG) > > gmackenzie(a)york.biosis.org > Telephone: +44 1904 642816 > Fax: +44 1904 612793 > > 54 Micklegate, > York, > YO1 6WF, > UK > > [Any opinion expressed here does not necessarily represent > the views of BIOSIS UK.]

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TDWG 2000 meeting report now available
by Georgina MacKenzie 04 Jan '01

04 Jan '01

The report of the TDWG 2000 meeting (held in Frankfurt in November 2000) is now available on the TDWG web site http://www.tdwg.org . Georgina MacKenzie, Secretary, Newsletter Editor and Webmaster, International Working Group on Taxonomic Databases (TDWG) gmackenzie(a)york.biosis.org Telephone: +44 1904 642816 Fax: +44 1904 612793 54 Micklegate, York, YO1 6WF, UK [Any opinion expressed here does not necessarily represent the views of BIOSIS UK.]

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MCZ Type Database
by Piotr Naskrecki 30 Nov '00

30 Nov '00

Dear Taxonomic Community, We are pleased to announce a new development and a significant expansion of our online Primary Type Specimen Database at the Entomology department of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University. The most significant change is the addition of over 4,000 high quality images of primary type specimens. At this point we have completed documenting the entire collection of long-horned beetles (Cerambycidae), with over 520 photographed types. The next group to be added shortly will be the Buprestidae, followed by Chrysomelidae and butterflies. Each type record in the database contains information on the taxonomic placement of the species, the authorship, the species¹ current combination (if data are available), label data, the type of specimen preparation, and the biogeographic region. The images associated with each record include the general habitus of the insect (lateral and dorsal views), close-ups of diagnostic characters, and all labels associated with the specimen. In some cases the label photographs have been digitally enhanced to reveal faded text, no longer visible on the actual label. We realize that in some cases no photograph will substitute a physical examination of the type specimen (e.g., one often needs to examine hidden genitalic structures), but in more cases than not a set of high quality photographs, together with appropriate identification keys, will be sufficient to establish the identity of the species. Frequently, our photographs are the first illustrations of the species, and for most species the first in color. We welcome you to visit our database at <http://mcz-28168.oeb.harvard.edu/mcztypedb.htm> and send us your comments or suggestions. We hope that our effort may become an example of how museum type collections can be made more easily accessible to the scientific community worldwide. If you are interested in developing a similar database for your type collection, please don¹t hesitate to contact us. With best regards, P. Naskrecki, P. Perkins, and B. Farrell Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University ---------------------------- Primary Type Specimen Database, Entomology Dept., Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University http://mcz-28168.oeb.harvard.edu/mcztypedb.htm

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(Fwd) TDWG 2000 Meeting
by Georgina MacKenzie 31 Aug '00

31 Aug '00

PLEASE NOTE: The deadline for reduced registrations to the TDWG 2000 meeting has been extended to 30th September. see http://www.bgbm.fu-berlin.de/tdwg/2000/RegistrationForm.htm for the registration form. ------- Forwarded message follows ------- Date sent: Mon, 3 Jul 2000 11:37:27 +0100 Send reply to: Georgina MacKenzie <gmackenzie(a)YORK.BIOSIS.ORG> Subject: TDWG 2000 Meeting The 2000 meeting of the Taxonomic Databases Working Group (TDWG) will be held from 10th to 12th November at the Senckenberg Museum in Frankfurt, Germany. The theme of this year's meeting will be "Digitizing Biological Collections". For further details, please look at http://www.bgbm.fu-berlin.de/tdwg/2000/ This provides a preliminary program of the meeting, information on costs and how to register, and details of hotels. For further information on TDWG, please look at the web site http://www.tdwg.org or contact me. ------- End of forwarded message ------- Georgina MacKenzie Secretary, Newsletter Editor and Webmaster International Working Group on Taxonomic Databases (TDWG) gmackenzie(a)york.biosis.org Telephone: +44 1904 642816 Fax: +44 1904 612793

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