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Darwin Core Hour: BioCASe Provider Software - the Hands-on/Demo Session
by Deborah Paul 14 Apr '20

14 Apr '20

Hello TDWG Family, RE: Darwin Core Hour Topic: BioCASe Provider Software - the Hands-on/Demo Session <https://www.idigbio.org/content/darwin-core-hour-biocase-provider-software-…> BioCASe Provider Software and ABCD: A Universal Approach for Biodiversity Collection Data Date: Thursday, 16 April 2020 Where: https://fsu.zoom.us/j/962488863 Time (1 Hour): 11 AM (EDT), 16:00 CET, 17:00 CEST, 15:00 GMT Find your time here: Thursday, April 16, 2020 at 15:00:00 <https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20200416T1500> *Presenter: *Jörg Holetschek <https://www.bgbm.org/en/staff/jorg-holetschek>, Biodiversity Data Networks Coordinator, Botanic Garden & Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem (BGBM), joined by colleagues Gabi Dröge <https://www.bgbm.org/en/staff/gabriele-droge>, and David Fichtmüller <https://www.bgbm.org/en/staff/david-fichtmueller>. *Moderator*: Erica Krimmel, from the Darwin Core Hour Team The most recent webinar of the DarwinCore Hour series <https://github.com/tdwg/dwc-qa/wiki/Webinars#chapter15> provided an introduction to the BioCASe Provider Software <https://www.biocase.org/> and the Access to Biological Collections Data standard <https://abcd.tdwg.org/> (ABCD). */This follow-up seminar/* will show this tool in action: After installing BioCASe as a Docker container we will connect it to a small sample database, create the mapping for ABCD and show how a BioCASe installation can be tested, debugged, and/used to query datasets./ The webinar is intended for a non-technical audience, only for the first part (installing the software from a Docker image) some knowledge about the Docker <https://www.docker.com/> virtualization platform is advantageous. *Related Links* BioCASe Provider Software <https://www.biocase.org/products/provider_software> BioCASe Provider Software Wiki <https://wiki.bgbm.org/bps> ABCD XML Primer <https://abcd.tdwg.org/xml/documentation/primer/2.06/> TDWG ABCD Standard <https://www.tdwg.org/standards/abcd/> and note a new group working on merging ABCD and Darwin Core And ... Past Darwin Core Hour Webinars <https://github.com/tdwg/dwc-qa/wiki/Webinars> Submit your question <http://bit.ly/dwchour-input> Contribute an answer <https://github.com/tdwg/dwc-qa/issues> - please share your expertise and experience! See questions-answered-so-far <https://github.com/tdwg/dwc-qa/wiki> on the Darwin Core Q & A site See you Thursday! The Darwin Core Hour Team PS. Past Darwin Core Hour Webinars <https://github.com/tdwg/dwc-qa/wiki/Webinars> Submit your question <http://bit.ly/dwchour-input> Contribute an answer <https://github.com/tdwg/dwc-qa/issues> - please share your expertise and experience! See questions-answered-so-far <https://github.com/tdwg/dwc-qa/wiki> on the Darwin Core Q & A site -- -- Upcoming iDigBio Events https://www.idigbio.org/calendar -- Deborah Paul, iDigBio Digitization and Workforce Development Manager iDigBio -- Steering Committee Member SPNHC Liaison, Member-At-Large and Member International Relations Committee ICEDIG External Advisory Board Member https://icedig.eu/ Vice Chair, Biodiversity Information Standards Organisation (TDWG)(2019-2021) Managing Editor, Biodiversity Information Science and Standards (BISS) https://biss.pensoft.net/board/ Institute for Digital Information, 234 LSB Florida State University Tallahassee, Florida 32306 850-644-6366

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Darwin Core Hour 2020: about Accessing Biological Collections Data (ABCD) and BioCASe
by Deborah Paul 10 Mar '20

10 Mar '20

Hello TDWG folks, RE: Darwin Core Hour 2020 Topic: BioCASe Provider Software and ABCD: A Universal Approach for Biodiversity Collection Data <https://www.idigbio.org/content/darwin-core-hour-biocase-provider-software-…> Date:Wednesday, 11 March 2020 Where: https://fsu.zoom.us/j/269095988 Time (1 Hour): 11 AM (EDT), 16:00 CET, 15:00 GMT Corresponding UTC: Wednesday, March 11, 2020 at 15:00:00 <https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20200311T1500> ABCD is a biocollections data standard -- Accessing Biological Collections Data. While many of you are familiar with Darwin Core, you may not know ABCD. Similarly, lots of you know and use the GBIF Integrated Publishing Toolkit (IPT) used to package up the data into an archive file that aggregators like iDigBio and GBIF can ingest. ABCD and BioCASe quite different than Darwin Core and IPT in scope and function. Curious? Note about 100 institutions worldwide use ABCD and BioCASe to share their biocollections data. Find out more, join us for this Darwin Core Hour. Note this webinar is targeted at data managers, but is also designed for those without deep IT knowledge. Presenter: Jörg Holetschek, Biodiversity Data Networks Coordinator, Botanic Garden & Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem (BGBM), joined by colleagues Gabi Dröge, and David Fichtmüller. Moderators: The Darwin Core Hour Team See you tomorrow! The Darwin Core Hour Team PS. Past Darwin Core Hour Webinars <https://github.com/tdwg/dwc-qa/wiki/Webinars> Submit your question <http://bit.ly/dwchour-input> Contribute an answer <https://github.com/tdwg/dwc-qa/issues> - please share your expertise and experience! See questions-answered-so-far <https://github.com/tdwg/dwc-qa/wiki> on the Darwin Core Q & A site -- -- Upcoming iDigBio Events https://www.idigbio.org/calendar -- Deborah Paul, iDigBio Digitization and Workforce Development Manager iDigBio -- Steering Committee Member SPNHC Liaison, Member-At-Large and Member International Relations Committee ICEDIG External Advisory Board Member https://icedig.eu/ Vice Chair, Biodiversity Information Standards Organisation (TDWG)(2019-2021) Managing Editor, Biodiversity Information Science and Standards (BISS) https://biss.pensoft.net/board/ Institute for Digital Information, 234 LSB Florida State University Tallahassee, Florida 32306 850-644-6366

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Less than 2 weeks left for US2TS 2020!
by Hilmar Lapp 26 Feb '20

26 Feb '20

3rd U.S. Semantic Technologies Symposium 2020 9 – 11 March 2020, North Carolina State University in Raleigh, North Carolina. ===================================== The 3rd U.S. Semantic Technologies Symposium 2020 is less than 2 weeks away now! The sessions and lightning talks that will be held during this event cover diverse topics on Hybrid AI, Knowledge Graph Trends, Enterprise Semantic Data, and Semantic Web Tools, as well as on the use of semantic technologies in interdisciplinary domains. We are pleased to announce the following three keynotes at US2TS 2020: • “Explorations of a Data Scientist: From Finance to Therapeutics” by Dr. Louiqa Raschid, Professors, University of Maryland • “Building an Open Knowledge Network (OKN) Graph in Product Design & Manufacturing” by Dr. Binil Starly, Professor, North Carolina State University • “Taming the Dragon: Schema Integration at Uber Scale” by Dr. Joshua Shinavier, Research Scientist, Uber We are also pleased to announce invited talks by Dr. Raju Vatsavai and Dr. Chaitanya Baru at this event. ===================================== ** Program ===================================== Program Schedule: https://us2ts.org/program The schedule can undergo slight modifications to enable minimal conflicting sessions based on the interests of the attendees. ===================================== ** Registration ===================================== Registration link: http://us2ts.org/registration ===================================== ** About US2TS ===================================== The US2TS Symposium series is an emerging premier forum for fostering community between academic, industry, and government researchers and practitioners in the US that develop or apply semantic technologies. The interest in semantics has been strengthened by the growing dependence on the Web and the continuously increasing importance of large-scale data sharing, integration, and reuse. Participants at the US2TS come from disciplines in computer science and engineering, natural sciences, geoscience, biology, library science, biomedical and health care sciences, social sciences and the humanities, and many others. Discussions at the symposium cover core topics such as the Semantic Web, Ontologies, Knowledge Graph, Linked Data and AI on the Web, Privacy and Trust, etc., as well as the intersection of such topics with areas such as the Internet of Things (IoT) and Blockchains. ===================================== ** Contact ===================================== All inquiries, including questions about submissions should be emailed to contact us at 2020-org AT us2ts DOT org You are also welcome to join our social network on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13783135/ We look forward to your participation. See you all on March 9 - 11, 2020, in Raleigh, NC! ===================================== ** Sponsors ===================================== US2TS 2020 would not be possible without the generous support of our sponsors. The following sponsors have expressed their financial support for US2TS 2020. Social Event Sponsor: LexisNexis Platinum Sponsors: Raytheon BBC Technologies Standard Sponsors: Bosch, Data.World Please read more to know about US2TS Sponsorship Packages at https://us2ts.org/sponsors. -- Hilmar Lapp -:- genome.duke.edu -:- lappland.io Due to Duke’s administrative and IT policies, I am unable to respond to email when not in my office.

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Final reminder: Early Registration for the US2TS 2020 ends tomorrow, Feb 6
by Hilmar Lapp 05 Feb '20

05 Feb '20

3rd U.S. Semantic Technologies Symposium 2020 9 – 11 March 2020, North Carolina State University in Raleigh, North Carolina. US2TS Final Call for Early Registration ===================================== ** Registration ===================================== Early Registration deadline: February 6, 2020 Registration link: http://us2ts.org/registration Deadline for Discounted Hotel Rates: February 16, 2020 The sessions and lightning talks that will be held during the 3rd U.S. Semantic Technologies Symposium 2020 event, with speakers and tentative details, are available at https://us2ts.org/program. These sessions cover diverse topics on Hybrid AI, Knowledge Graph Trends, Enterprise Semantic Data, and Semantic Web Tools. We are also pleased to announce the two keynotes at US2TS 2020: • “Explorations of a Data Scientist: From Finance to Therapeutics” by Dr. Louiqa Raschid • “Building an Open Knowledge Network (OKN) Graph in Product Design & Manufacturing” by Dr. Binil Starly ===================================== ** About US2TS ===================================== The US2TS Symposium series is an emerging premier forum for fostering community between academic, industry, and government researchers and practitioners in the US that develop or apply semantic technologies. The interest in semantics has been strengthened by the growing dependence on the Web and the continuously increasing importance of large-scale data sharing, integration, and reuse. Participants at the US2TS come from disciplines in computer science and engineering, natural sciences, geoscience, biology, library science, biomedical and health care sciences, social sciences and the humanities, and many others. Discussions at the symposium cover core topics such as the Semantic Web, Ontologies, Knowledge Graph, Linked Data and AI on the Web, Privacy and Trust, etc., as well as the intersection of such topics with areas such as the Internet of Things (IoT) and Blockchains. ===================================== ** Contact ===================================== All inquiries, including questions about submissions should be emailed to contact us at 2020-org AT us2ts DOT org You are also welcome to join our social network on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13783135/ We look forward to your participation. See you all on March 9 - 11, 2020, in Raleigh, NC! ===================================== ** Sponsors ===================================== US2TS 2020 would not be possible without the generous support of our sponsors. The following sponsors have expressed their financial support for US2TS 2020. Social Event Sponsor: LexisNexis Platinum Sponsors: Raytheon BBC Technologies Standard Sponsors: Bosch, Data.World Please read more to know about US2TS Sponsorship Packages at https://us2ts.org/sponsors.

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[US2TS 2020] Early Registration Extended for the U.S. Semantic Technologies Symposium 2020
by Hilmar Lapp 29 Jan '20

29 Jan '20

3rd U.S. Semantic Technologies Symposium 2020 9 – 11 March 2020, North Carolina State University in Raleigh, North Carolina. US2TS 3rd Call for Early Registration ===================================== ** Registration ===================================== Early Registration deadline: February 6, 2020 Registration link: http://us2ts.org/registration Deadline for Travel Awards: February 4, 2020 Deadline for Discounted Hotel Rates: February 16, 2020 The sessions and lightning talks that will be held during the 3rd U.S. Semantic Technologies Symposium 2020 event, with speakers and tentative details, are available at https://us2ts.org/program. These sessions cover diverse topics on Hybrid AI, Knowledge Graph Trends, Enterprise Semantic Data, and Semantic Web Tools. We are also pleased to announce that Dr. Louiqa Raschid will present one of the keynotes at US2TS 2020. At this stage, travel support awards are available to students (graduate and undergraduate), postdocs, and early-career professionals (within 1 year of receiving their highest degree). Please visit https://us2ts.org/travel-awards for more information. ===================================== ** Calls for Late-Breaking Lightning Talks and Posters ===================================== We also invite submissions for Late-Breaking Lightning Talks to be held during US2TS 2020. The call for lightning talks will remain open until all the available slots are filled. ** More Details: https://us2ts.org/cfc#lightning-talks ** Submission Website: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=us2ts2020 (choose “Lightning Talk” as topic) We also invite participants to present a poster on their research or software applications. Please indicate during registration if you are going to present a poster at the symposium. ===================================== ** About US2TS ===================================== The US2TS Symposium series is an emerging premier forum for fostering community between academic, industry, and government researchers and practitioners in the US that develop or apply semantic technologies. The interest in semantics has been strengthened by the growing dependence on the Web and the continuously increasing importance of large-scale data sharing, integration, and reuse. Participants at the US2TS come from disciplines in computer science and engineering, natural sciences, geoscience, biology, library science, biomedical and health care sciences, social sciences and the humanities, and many others. Discussions at the symposium cover core topics such as the Semantic Web, Ontologies, Knowledge Graph, Linked Data and AI on the Web, Privacy and Trust, etc., as well as the intersection of such topics with areas such as the Internet of Things (IoT) and Blockchains. ===================================== ** Contact ===================================== All inquiries, including questions about submissions should be emailed to contact us at 2020-org AT us2ts DOT org You are also welcome to join our social network on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13783135/ We look forward to your great contributions and participation. See you all on March 9 - 11, 2020, in Raleigh, NC! ===================================== ** Sponsors ===================================== US2TS 2020 would not be possible without the generous support of our sponsors. The following sponsors have expressed their financial support for US2TS 2020. Social Event Sponsor: LexisNexis Platinum Sponsors: Raytheon BBC Technologies Standard Sponsors: Bosch, Data.World Please read more to know about US2TS Sponsorship Packages at https://us2ts.org/sponsors.

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New version of Audubon Core released
by Baskauf, Steven James 29 Jan '20

29 Jan '20

The 2020-01-27 version of Audubon Core has been released by the Audubon Core Maintenance Group. This is the first revision of the Audubon Core standard since its ratification in 2013. The changes made in this version have been primarily to clarify term metadata and clean up the documents containing normative content. Any implementers of Audubon Core should carefully read the release notes at https://github.com/tdwg/ac/blob/master/historical/release-notes-2020-01-27.… Steve Baskauf, Audubon Core Maintenance Group convener on behalf of the group -- Steven J. Baskauf, Ph.D. Data Science and Data Curation Specialist Jean & Alexander Heard Libraries, Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN 37235, USA Office: Eskind Biomedical Library, EMB 111 Phone: (615) 343-4582 https://my.vanderbilt.edu/baskauf/

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Call for Abstracts: Visions Needed for SPNHC Symposium on the Evolution of Collections Management
by Deborah Paul 09 Jan '20

09 Jan '20

Happy New Year 2020 to all TDWG folks! RE: seeking abstracts for SPNHC 2020 symposium RE: the Evolution of Collections Management and the Biodiversity Data Lifecycle * Do you expect your biocollections (or related) job/career to be the same in 5 to 10 to 50 years? * In an idea future world, what are the roles and desires of biocollections professionals and institutions? * What needs can you foresee now for biocollections software, data and specimen storage and access, staffing, hardware, leadership? * Do you have a vision for the future of biocollections management in the biodiversity data lifecycle, and the leadership and resources we need to achieve it? At SPNHC and ICOM NATHIST 2020 (in June 2020), we have one open session in the symposium "S7.1 Evolution of Collections Management and the Biodiversity Data Lifecycle." We are inviting speakers to share their ideas. Interested in submitting an abstract? Please: 1. read the entire symposium abstract<http://www.spnhc-icomnathist2020.com/s7-1envisioning-collections-management…> for details 2. send us any questions 3. register to attend SPNHC 2020 (http://www.spnhc-icomnathist2020.com/registration/) and submit your abstract here (http://www.spnhc-icomnathist2020.com/abstract-submissions/). In search of inspiration, wisdom, and imagination, The S7.1 Planning Team Please Note: Successful abstracts will be visionary and inspiring, looking to the future and not contemplating the issues of today (i.e., not a whine/whinge fest) ;-) -- -- Upcoming iDigBio Events https://www.idigbio.org/calendar -- Deborah Paul, iDigBio Digitization and Workforce Development Manager iDigBio -- Steering Committee Member SPNHC Liaison, Member-At-Large and Member International Relations Committee SYNTHESYS3 Representative, ICEDIG External Advisory Board Member Vice Chair, Biodiversity Information Standards Organisation (TDWG)(2019-2020) Managing Editor BISS https://biss.pensoft.net/board/ Institute for Digital Information, 234 LSB Florida State University Tallahassee, Florida 32306 850-644-6366

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[US2TS 2020] Registration is open for the U.S. Semantic Technologies Symposium 2020
by Hilmar Lapp 24 Dec '19

24 Dec '19

3rd U.S. Semantic Technologies Symposium 2020 9 – 11 March 2020, North Carolina State University in Raleigh, North Carolina. US2TS Call for Registration ===================================== ** Registration ===================================== Early Registration deadline: Jan 31, 2020. Registration link: http://us2ts.org/registration ===================================== ** Intended Participation and Calls for Contribution ===================================== If you are going to attend the symposium, we would also appreciate if you could fill out the below form to help us gather additional information to structure a productive yet distinct program for this symposium. ** Form for Intended Participation: https://forms.gle/7VdmyBH6XWFrffQM6 You can find this and other currently active Calls for Contribution here: https://us2ts.org/contribute ===================================== ** About US2TS ===================================== The US2TS Symposium series is an emerging premier forum for fostering community between academic, industry, and government researchers and practitioners in the US that develop or apply semantic technologies. The interest in semantics has been strengthened by the growing dependence on the Web and the continuously increasing importance of large-scale data sharing, integration, and reuse. Participants at the US2TS come from disciplines in computer science and engineering, natural sciences, geoscience, biology, library science, biomedical and health care sciences, social sciences and the humanities, and many others. Discussions at the symposium cover core topics such as the Semantic Web, Ontologies, Knowledge Graph, Linked Data and AI on the Web, Privacy and Trust, etc., as well as the intersection of such topics with areas such as the Internet of Things (IoT) and Blockchains. Accepted session proposals will be published imminently, and together with other program components will be available on the US2TS 2020 website (http://us2ts.org). ===================================== ** Contact ===================================== All inquiries, including questions about submissions should be emailed to contact us at 2020-org AT us2ts DOT org You are also welcome to join our social network on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13783135/ We look forward to your great contributions and participation. See you all on March 9 - 11, 2020, in Raleigh, NC!

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Call for Intended Participation at the U.S. Semantic Technologies Symposium 2020
by Hilmar Lapp 11 Dec '19

11 Dec '19

Call for Intended Participation 3rd U.S. Semantic Technologies Symposium 2020, 9 – 11 March 2020, Raleigh, North Carolina. https://us2ts.org/ ===================================== The US2TS Symposium series is an emerging premier forum for fostering community between academic, industry, and government researchers and practitioners in the US that develop or apply semantic technologies. The interest in semantics has been strengthened by the growing dependence on the Web and the continuously increasing importance of large-scale data sharing, integration, and reuse. Participants at the US2TS come from disciplines in computer science and engineering, natural sciences, geoscience, biology, library science, biomedical and health care sciences, social sciences and the humanities, and many others. Discussions at the symposium cover core topics such as the Semantic Web, Ontologies, Knowledge Graph, Linked Data and AI on the Web, Privacy and Trust, etc., as well as the intersection of such topics with areas such as the Internet of Things (IoT) and Blockchains. ===================================== At this time, we are seeking to understand the interests and motivations of prospective participants, who are already planning or are considering to attend the 3rd US2TS. ** Form for Intended Participation: https://forms.gle/7VdmyBH6XWFrffQM6 We would appreciate if you could fill out the above form to help us gather additional information to structure a productive yet distinct program for this symposium. There is no commitment for you to fill this form out. Even if there is only a small chance that you would be attending this year, we would request you to fill out the form. The data that is collected is going to be used only to inform how the program should be organized. We will maintain the results private. Name, organization and email is optional. If you do fill it out, we may contact you to follow up on any questions we may have. ===================================== ** Contact ===================================== All questions about submissions should be emailed to contact us at us2ts2020-org AT googlegroups DOT com You are also welcome to join our social network on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13783135/ Look forward to your great contributions and participation. See you all on March 9 - 11, 2020, Raleigh, USA.

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Job opportunity at GBIF Secretariat for temporary Data Administrator (up to six months)
by Andrea Hahn 10 Dec '19

10 Dec '19

Dear Colleagues, The GBIF Secretariat is offering a temporary position in the role of Data Administrator, to work in a small team responsible for GBIF data content and quality. Responsibilities include data publisher and user support around the GBIF data index and portal (GBIF.org). This is a full-time position, best suited for candidates from the wider GBIF community, limited to the duration of up to six months from early 2020, and located in Copenhagen, Denmark. Details for the position and requirements for applications can be found in the announcement on our website at https://www.gbif.org/news/rLHTkUpmby2ZcoPkqEky7/gbif-secretariat-seeks-temp…. The deadline for applications is the 10th of January 2020. With best regards, Andrea Hahn --- Andrea Hahn (ahahn(a)gbif.org<mailto:ahahn@gbif.org>) Head of Data Products GBIF Secretariat Universitetsparken 15 DK-2100 Copenhagen, DENMARK Tel: +45-35 32 14 91 Fax: +45-35 32 14 80 URL: http://www.gbif.org<http://www.gbif.org/>

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