Dear Peter,
The call to participate in the LGTG was open to everyone but, unfortunately, for reasons already given to you and because of the need to limit numbers to create a functional and effective work group, and to be able to cover travel costs, the maximum number that could actually participate in the workshop was limited. We sought to get the inputs of those individuals who expressed interest but were not selected for the core task group through comments on drafts of the report and all your emails, along with those from others, were shared with the group. There was no intent to exclude any significant work the final report was not meant to be an exhaustive literature review of the current state of the field it needed to be kept concise but I support Kevins response (attached) and would be happy to see a reference to GeoSpecies in the linked data section.
I think there will be plenty of opportunities for your contributions as we move forward. The plan is to create a web site for the report with facility to comment and suggest additional materials. Expansion on some of the briefly mentioned use cases in the report is one area, for example, that needs amplification.
Best regards,
Éamonn
From: lgtg-bounces@lists.gbif.org [mailto:lgtg-bounces@lists.gbif.org] On Behalf Of Peter DeVries Sent: 15 November 2009 02:40 To: Technical Architecture Group mailing list; lgtg@lists.gbif.org Subject: [Lgtg] Re LSID-GUID
I also thought I would also address this statement about the LSID-GUID meeting
The invitation to the LGTG workshop was open to everyone.
"Thank you for your expression of interest in participating in the GBIF LSID-GUID Task Group. Due to the need to have a mix of skills/experience and to try to maintain a geographical spread (difficult), it did not prove possible to include you in the core group (North America was over-represented in the nominations)"
I have no animosity toward GBIF for this, I have just become increasingly concerned about a growing paper trail that is amazingly similar to my own proposals but fails to mention my work.
It seems strange to me that of all the people involved in TDWG and Linked Data discussions over the last year my efforts seem to be being positioned as "invisible".
- Pete
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