this was established over a year ago, but with traditional slackness I missed it. The Dublin Core bods posted this today: http://dublincore.org/groups/sam/ which has a link to this: http://ils.unc.edu/spaces/sam/index.php/Main_Page which includes a link to this: http://ils.unc.edu/spaces/sam/index.php/Standards chunks of our biodiv stuff are covered and referenced. apologies to those for whom this is boring old stuff... jim -- _________________ Jim Croft ~ jim.croft@gmail.com ~ +61-2-62509499 ~ http://www.google.com/profiles/jim.croft 'A civilized society is one which tolerates eccentricity to the point of doubtful sanity.' - Robert Frost, poet (1874-1963)