July 2007 - tdwg-content - lists.tdwg.org

RE: [tdwg-spm] SPM session at TDWG Conference
by Eamonn O Tuama 03 Jul '07

03 Jul '07

Thanks, Bob. I think this could be very informative in helping people get to grips with RDf and SPM. I'll add you to the list. Best regards, Éamonn -----Original Message----- From: Bob Morris [mailto:morris.bob@gmail.com] Sent: 03 July 2007 18:05 To: Eamonn O Tuama Cc: tdwg-spm(a)lists.tdwg.org Subject: Re: [tdwg-spm] SPM session at TDWG Conference I can give a little demo of how Protege and Altova SemanticWorks can help one come to terms (pun intended) with SPM. An abstract might be something like this: ---- Coming to Terms with SPM/RDF. Although the ultimate point is to generate SPM programmatically, the use of tools like Protege and Altova SemanticWorks can ease the learning burden, and of course serve as a debugging aid, if properly configured. I will discuss, with demonstration, how I used these tools to come to terms with SPM. ---- Actually, someone should probably give a survey of tools at least by name and function, and it should be on the wiki in advance. But a stroll through Protege and SemanticWorks after such a talk would warrant 15 minutes, I think. Bob On 7/3/07, Eamonn O Tuama <eotuama(a)gbif.org> wrote: > > Hello there, > > As you probably know, TDWG are devoting a special session to the Species > Profile Model at the upcoming Bratislava conference. It is scheduled for > 08.30 to 10.00 on Wed 19 Sept and we hope to fill the slot with up to six > short (10-15 min) presentations. Marcus has already agreed to talk about the > modelling aspects of SPM on which he has been working (see the wiki for > more info: http://wiki.tdwg.org/twiki/bin/view/SPM/InstanceExamples). > > You are invited to make suggestions for contributions to this session. Any > aspect can be considered - vocabularies, use cases, relationship to other > species profile schemas, etc. Or do you know of a potential contribution > from another TDWG member outside this immediate subtask group? I intend to > mail a request for contributions to the wider TDWG community later in the > week but, in the meantime, would welcome your input. > > Best regards, > > Éamonn > ________________________________________________________________ > Éamonn Ó Tuama, Ph.D. (eotuama(a)gbif.org), > Senior Programme Officer for Data Access & Database Interoperability (DADI), > Global Biodiversity Information Facility Secretariat, > Universitetsparken 15, DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø, DENMARK > Phone: +45 3532 1494; Fax: +45 3532 1480 > > _______________________________________________ > tdwg-spm mailing list > tdwg-spm(a)lists.tdwg.org > http://lists.tdwg.org/mailman/listinfo/tdwg-spm > -- Robert A. Morris Professor of Computer Science UMASS-Boston ram(a)cs.umb.edu http://www.cs.umb.edu/bdei http://www.cs.umb.edu/~ram http://www.cs.umb.edu/~ram/calendar.html phone (+1)617 287 6466

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[Biogeosdi] Fwd: Auto-discard notification
by Javier de la Torre 03 Jul '07

03 Jul '07

> > > Hey guys, > > I do not have ssh access to anythign from my hotel here so i cant > update the omtest server... if so one can try... > > cheers. > > Javier de la Torre > IMASTE-IPS > Dtor. Tecnología > Tel: 91 536 05 03 > Mov: 629 69 38 70 > skype:jatorre555 > jatorre(a)imaste-ips.com > >

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[Biogeosdi] Re: biogeosdi Digest, Vol 7, Issue 4
by Meganck Bart 03 Jul '07

03 Jul '07

Hi Javier, Yes, I totally agree that we should finish this noble task of saving the world... For a title, how about : "How to save the world with standards and coconuts" "90 coconuts can't be mad" "OGC : Open Geospatial Coconuts ? " I've taken a look at the report text again, and made some small changes (mostly in style and typos) - but I think the text is quite good now as it is, and I especially liked the addition of a bit more text on the workings of the "backend" : it made things clearer for me (though I do not know who put it there). As for the demo, I see two big things that are still missing : 1/ the maps shown in the GUI are just GBIF demo maps, not the WMS maps provided by our own work : this is actually something that I should implement (mea maxima culpa). 2/ we had the last step (the modelling returning a WMS (WCS?) layer and displaying it working in Campinas, but in the online demo this doesn't work. That's a pity, because you always have to break off the demonstration there, and ask people to believe that it was actually working (and tough audiences going "yeah, right !"). Could we perhaps insert some sort of mock-up there ? Or would it be possible to get it working again (would be fantastic) ? best regards to all, I hope that some day we'll meet up and work together again - and have a coconut, aahhh ! Bart. On Mon, 2007-06-25 at 01:27 +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. Long time ago... (Javier de la Torre) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2007 01:27:20 +0200 > From: Javier de la Torre <jatorre(a)gmail.com> > Subject: [Biogeosdi] Long time ago... > To: biogeosdi(a)lists.tdwg.org > Message-ID: <2C324760-7B1C-41DC-9B26-85F38D4F4ABB(a)gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Hey people!! > > Long time ago there was a meeting in Campinas... 6 incredible person > met there to create an amazing prototype that would save the world... > but they forgot to finish the documentation!! > > What a pity, the world would have been a much better place.... > > > We can be different! We still have the opportunity to save the world > if we finish the report from our last meeting! > > I have edited several parts of the document and sent it to Lee to ask > him for comments. He is very happy with the status of the report, but > I have to say I would still edit a little bit more... in any case I > think we can start a fast process... let say we put the document > under ask for comments until wednesday, if no one complain before I > will send it then. > > If someone, for any reason, does not have access to the document on > the SVN server > > Lee also asked me to present the report and the prototype on the next > OGC meeting in Paris, the 12th of June. Flip will give us 20min and 5 > more for questions... > I hope everybody is fine with me going there. This is part of the > TDWG-OGC MoU, we have to demonstrate that we take them seriously. > > I will be on holidays from the 28th til the 8th of July. I will > travel to the states for a friends wedding in Kentucky. If things get > crazy I might finish getting marriage in Las Vegas as Elvis Presley, > but if not I will probably fly then directly tom Paris. My trip is NY- > Chicago-Kentucky if someone is on the road those days. > > So... I did it again... I will use my holidays to work on the > presentation and on the prototype. Ideally I will present a finish > prototype on HTML and Flex, with the design that the designer did > here and with Yahoo maps integration. Of course also with a nice > presentation, not a boring one, and with lot of preparation. But > somewhere between this ideal situation and a total disaster I will > finish, if someone want to help please go ahead!! First thing I need > to have is a title for the presentation. I have some ideas but more > are welcome: > > -90 coconuts and an old Dell laptop to save biodiversity using > geospatial standards. > -Demonstration on how tropical weather influence programming > productivity and happiness... using OGC standards! > -OGC is not enough > -Biodioversity 2.0 > > And some more classical, and more probable like: > -OGC standards and biodiversity: the biogeosdi experiment. > > > Javier de la Torre > IMASTE-IPS > Dtor. Tecnologa > Tel: 91 536 05 03 > Mov: 629 69 38 70 > skype:jatorre555 > jatorre(a)imaste-ips.com > > > >

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[tdwg-spm] SPM session at TDWG Conference
by Eamonn O Tuama 03 Jul '07

03 Jul '07

Hello there, As you probably know, TDWG are devoting a special session to the Species Profile Model at the upcoming Bratislava conference. It is scheduled for 08.30 to 10.00 on Wed 19 Sept and we hope to fill the slot with up to six short (10-15 min) presentations. Marcus has already agreed to talk about the modelling aspects of SPM on which he has been working (see the wiki for more info: http://wiki.tdwg.org/twiki/bin/view/SPM/InstanceExamples). You are invited to make suggestions for contributions to this session. Any aspect can be considered - vocabularies, use cases, relationship to other species profile schemas, etc. Or do you know of a potential contribution from another TDWG member outside this immediate subtask group? I intend to mail a request for contributions to the wider TDWG community later in the week but, in the meantime, would welcome your input. Best regards, Éamonn ________________________________________________________________ Éamonn Ó Tuama, Ph.D. (eotuama(a)gbif.org), Senior Programme Officer for Data Access & Database Interoperability (DADI), Global Biodiversity Information Facility Secretariat, Universitetsparken 15, DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø, DENMARK Phone: +45 3532 1494; Fax: +45 3532 1480

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