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Abstract deadline extended; 4th keynote announced
by Stanley Blum 14 Jul '17

14 Jul '17

Due to numerous requests, we have extended the deadline for abstract submission by one week. Abstracts are now due July 21. To ease life for workshop and symposium organizers, please submit earlier, if possible. We have added a final keynote address for this year's meeting: Anne Bowser, who works in a number of fora around issues of data interoperability in citizen science, and who's work on gamification is familiar to many of us. Anne joins an illustrious lineup, and we now have keynotes for each of the first four days of the week. We will meet in plenary each of these mornings, and then break out in parallel sessions for the remainder of each day. Please also note that computer demonstration will be in the form of a software bazaar. We will have a designated time slot, and a room with tables where those with demos can set up laptops, and attendees can float around from demo to demo, as in a poster session. Abstracts are required for computer demonstrations. With best regards, Joel Sachs James Macklin

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TDWG 2017: program additions and upcoming deadlines
by Stanley Blum 12 Jul '17

12 Jul '17

[View this in your browser <http://mailchi.mp/38b6a4f1a9cb/tdwg-2017-program-additions-and-upcoming-dea…> ] We are excited to announce two additions to the TDWG 2017 program: i. A pre-conference data carpentry workshop will be held at the Museum of Nature on Sept. 30 and Oct. 1. Details can be found at https://idigbio.github.io/2017-09-30-TDWG-Ottawa/, and registration for the workshop will be available shortly on the conference registration site <https://www.regonline.com/tdwg2017>. (If you have already registered for the conference, you can amend your registration to include the workshop.) These data carpentry workshops are excellent and popular; we will restrict registration to TDWG attendees until the early-bird registration deadline (Aug. 1), after which we will open it up to local students and the general public, until the course capacity is reached. ii. We have added a keynote address from Javier de la Torre, founder and CEO of CartoDB. Many of you know Javier from his many years of involvement with TDWG, and for his visionary leadership in visualization and location intelligence. He will be speaking Tuesday or Wednesday morning. Recall that we have two other outstanding keynotes - Rod Page on Monday morning, and Pam Soltis on Thursday. We'd also like to remind everyone that the deadline for abstract submissions is this Friday, July 14. Please see the call for abstracts <https://tdwg.github.io/conferences/2017/call-for-abstracts/> for details, and instructions on submitting an abstract <https://tdwg.github.io/conferences/2017/call-for-abstracts/instructions/>. We look forward to seeing you in Ottawa! James Macklin Joel Sachs TDWG 2017 Conference Website

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Darwin Core Hour #6: Where am I, exactly? Darwin Core Georeferencing Terms
by Deborah Paul 11 Jul '17

11 Jul '17

Greetings TDWG! One week from today - find out precisely where you are - via Darwin Core Hour #6: Where am I, exactly? Darwin Core Georeferencing Terms Abstract: In this chapter of the Darwin Core Hour series, we will look in depth at two Darwin Core georeferencing terms that can be confusing when sharing location data: coordinateUncertaintyInMeters and coordinatePrecision. We will cover these specific Location terms, along with related terms needed to understand their definitions, importance, and uses. Finally, we will use these terms to demonstrate the process by which community feedback leads to improved Darwin Core documentation. Please bring your insights, community experience, and questions surrounding locality data issues. Presenters: David Bloom, John Wieczorek Date, Time: Tuesday, 11 July at 8am PDT, 11am EDT, 12pm GMT-3 Where: https://idigbio.adobeconnect.com/room References: Darwin Core Location terms: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/index.htm#locationindex BioGeomancer Guide to Best Practices in Georeferencing: http://www.gbif.org/resource/80536 Darwin Core Georeferences Questions & Answers page: https://github.com/tdwg/dwc-qa/wiki/Georeferences MVZ and iDigBio GWG Guide for Recording Localities in Field Notes http://www.idigbio.org/sites/default/files/working-groups/gwg/GoodBadLocali… Hints for best Adobe Connect experience: https://www.idigbio.org/wiki/index.php/Web_Conferencing Brought to you by the Darwin Core Hour Team - Connecting Biodiversity Data Communities Deb Paul, et al -- -- Upcoming iDigBio Events https://www.idigbio.org/calendar -- Deborah Paul, iDigBio Digitization and Workforce Training Specialist iDigBio -- Steering Committee Member, SPNHC Liaison and Member-At-Large, SYNTHESYS3 Representative Institute for Digital Information, 234 LSB Florida State University Tallahassee, Florida 32306 850-644-6366

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