FYI, a group of collaborators (Arlin Stoltzfus, Karen Cranston, Sheldon McKay, Enrico Pontelli, Nico Cellinese, and myself) under the leadership of Arlin recently pulled together a grant application for the NSF Interop solicitation.
The ideas for the grant emerged mostly from the recent Database Interoperability Hackathon (for which I posted the announcement and Call for Participation here back in Jan). Proposal summary and full text are public at the following URL:
http://evoinfo.nescent.org/NSF_Interop_Proposal
It was submitted July 22. If funded, TDWG and this Interest Group will play a significant role in the proposed activities.
We probably won't hear about reviews or funding before Feb/March next year, so keep fingers crossed until then.
Cheers,
-hilmar