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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@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