December 2012 - tdwg-tag - lists.tdwg.org

joining the TDWG vocabulary management task group
by Éamonn Ó Tuama [GBIF] 30 Jan '13

30 Jan '13

Apologies for any cross postings. At its recent conference in Beijing, the TDWG Executive/TAG approved the formation of a task group on vocabulary management. It goes by the acronym VoMaG (Vocabulary MAnagement Group). A revised charter (http://community.gbif.org/pg/file/read/28812/vocabulary-management-group-vo mag-charter-v1), outlining the goals and mode of working of the group is available on the GBIF community site (http://community.gbif.org/pg/groups/21382/vocabulary-management/). In the absence of a functioning TDWG site, we intend to use this site as the meeting place for discussions, sharing docs, etc. Please consider joining VoMaG as a core member. You should email me and also register on the GBIF community site. You can log in using OpenID if you have a Google or Yahoo account. Once the core group is established, we can proceed with developing a work programme/timeline to achieve our goals. With regards, Éamonn Ó Tuama ____________________________________________________ Éamonn Ó Tuama, M.Sc., Ph.D. (eotuama(a)gbif.org), Senior Programme Officer, Global Biodiversity Information Facility Secretariat, Universitetsparken 15, DK-2100, Copenhagen Ø, DENMARK Phone: +45 3532 1494; Fax: +45 3532 1480

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Page updated on VoMaG Task Group site
by Steve Baskauf 13 Dec '12

13 Dec '12

I have posted some simmary information on the status of the TDWG Ontologies and Darwin Core on the VoMaG Group's Wiki at http://community.gbif.org/pg/pages/view/29079/a-review-of-the-tdwg-ontologi… There is a link to a discussion thread on the site. This is somewhat untested technology but Éamonn thinks the Group Discussion pages may be the most effective way to conduct discussions for the VoMaG group. Steve -- Steven J. Baskauf, Ph.D., Senior Lecturer Vanderbilt University Dept. of Biological Sciences postal mail address: VU Station B 351634 Nashville, TN 37235-1634, U.S.A. delivery address: 2125 Stevenson Center 1161 21st Ave., S. Nashville, TN 37235 office: 2128 Stevenson Center phone: (615) 343-4582, fax: (615) 343-6707 http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu

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Summary of TCS/Taxon Concept/Taxon Name ontology discussion which moved to the RDF TG mailing list
by Steve Baskauf 11 Dec '12

11 Dec '12

A thread which began on this list as "Re: [tdwg-tag] Any TCS users with experiences to report?" was continued on the TDWG RDF Task Group email list. The thread may have finally burned itself out, so if you are interested in reading a summary of the series of posts without the gory details, you can find it at http://code.google.com/p/tdwg-rdf/wiki/TCSthread . The thread discussed the utility of several parts of the TDWG Ontology as a means for modeling taxon concepts and taxon names as RDF. I will continue to summarize any additional posts that may go out to that list. Steve -- Steven J. Baskauf, Ph.D., Senior Lecturer Vanderbilt University Dept. of Biological Sciences postal mail address: VU Station B 351634 Nashville, TN 37235-1634, U.S.A. delivery address: 2125 Stevenson Center 1161 21st Ave., S. Nashville, TN 37235 office: 2128 Stevenson Center phone: (615) 343-4582, fax: (615) 343-6707 http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu

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