November 2009 - tdwg - lists.tdwg.org

Bioblitz at TDWG 2010?
by joel sachs 06 Dec '09

06 Dec '09

Greetings TDWG, One of the outcomes of our citizen science working session in Montpellier is the idea of holding a mini-bioblitz near the conference center at TDWG 2010. We thought this would be fun, would bring communities together, and would be an opportunity to eat our own dog food, since so much TDWG technology could be brought to bare. I think we're going to do it. We've started discussion here: http://wiki.tdwg.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/BioBlitz2010 Please join the discussion by adding ideas, questions, and concerns. Also, if you have experience in, or enthusiasm for, bioblitz-type activities, please consider volunteering to help with planning and execution. Best to all - Joel.

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call for proposals on GBIF white paper for enhancing fitness-for-use of primary biodiversity data
by Éamonn Ó Tuama 23 Nov '09

23 Nov '09

At TDWG 2009, there was some interest from the Geospatial Interest Group working sessions participants in the call from GBIF for proposals to draft a GBIF White Paper for enhancing 'fitness-for-use' (both taxonomic and geospatial) of primary biodiversity data. Further information on the call is available here: http://www.gbif.org/communications/news-and-events/showsingle/article/enhaci ng-fitness-for-use-of-primary-biodiversity-data/ . or, directly, from Dr Vishwas Chavan (vchavan(a)gbif.org). Please note that the closing date is Nov 25. Best regards, Éamonn _______________________________________________ Éamonn Ó Tuama, M.Sc., Ph.D. (eotuama(a)gbif.org), Senior Programme Officer, Inventory, Discovery, Access (IDA), Global Biodiversity Information Facility Secretariat, Universitetsparken 15, DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø, DENMARK Phone: +45 3532 1494; Fax: +45 3532 1480

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FW: Public Review of GUID and LSID Applicability Statement
by Richardson, Ben 23 Nov '09

23 Nov '09

Hi Just a reminder that the Public Review is shortly to close, and that your input is welcomed on the Applicability Statement. (The dates noted below for the review period should state 26th October till at least 26th November, so you still have time.) Thank you to those who have already commented. Cheers, Ben ________________________________ From: Richardson, Ben Sent: Monday, 26 October 2009 14:49 To: tdwg(a)lists.tdwg.org Cc: tdwg-content(a)lists.tdwg.org; tdwg-tag(a)lists.tdwg.org; taxacom(a)mailman.nhm.ku.edu Subject: Public Review of GUID and LSID Applicability Statement TDWG is pleased to announce the commencement of the Public Review of the Globally Unique Identifier (GUID) and Life Sciences Identifier (LSID) Applicability Statements. Applicability Statements provide guidance for use of external standards within the TDWG domain. The GUID statement provides general recommendations and the LSID one covers the specific GUID currently recommended by TDWG. Since being officially submitted, the Applicability Statements have undergone a peer review, a review by the TDWG Executive and multiple revisions. Open Invitation: We invite all who may contribute and/or consume biodiversity information to examine this proposed applicability statement during the Public Review period from 23rd October till at least 23rd November 2009. How to Participate: You can participate in the review of the GUID-LSID AS in two ways; either through lodging a comment through TDWG’s Open Journal System, or you can take the Microsoft Word document and edit it with track changes and resubmit it to the GUID-LSID AS Wiki space. You can post comments to the Open Journal System (which may be anonymous) at http://www.tdwg.org/stdtrack/article/view/150. The abstract is displayed and on the right hand side of the page is a link to add a comment. Please note: you must be registered and logged in to the TDWG web site to post a comment, however registration is free. Down the bottom of the page, there is a link to download the complete applicability statement. You can also comment direct in a copy of the document as follows: · At the previous URL, download a copy of the Microsoft Word format document. · Once you have downloaded it, turn on track changes and make your notes and comments. · Submit that file at http://wiki.tdwg.org/twiki/bin/view/GUID/GUIDAndLSIDASReview. Please DO NOT add any comments to the Wiki page, comment only through the two methods outlined above. Questions about the process should be directed to me at ben(dot)richardson(at)dec.wa.gov.au. Please share this opportunity for public comment and review with others you think may be interested. Acknowledgements: I’d like to thank the authors, the anonymous reviewers and the members of the Executive Committee for their contribution to the document. In addition, the guidance of Lee Belbin through the review process has been invaluable and greatly appreciated. Links: · GUID and LSID AS comment area in OJS http://www.tdwg.org/stdtrack/article/view/150. · LSID Wiki space: http://wiki.tdwg.org/twiki/bin/view/GUID/GUIDAndLSIDASReview · LSID Resolution Project home page: http://lsids.sourceforge.net/ · LSID Specification: http://lsids.sourceforge.net/quick-links/lsid-spec/ Please accept my apology if you’ve received this multiple times from various mailing lists. Regards, Ben Richardson This email, together with any attachments, is intended for the addressee only. It may contain confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient of this email, please notify the sender, delete the email and attachments from your system and destroy any copies you may have taken of the email and its attachments. Duplication or further distribution by hardcopy, by electronic means or verbally is not permitted without permission.

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Drupal and biodiversity informatics
by Lisa Walley 13 Nov '09

13 Nov '09

There is a growing number of biodiversity Web applications being built using the Drupal content management system (http://groups.drupal.org/node/30444 ). The nature of Drupal's modular framework lends itself to collaborative development. I would like to invite all interested in building or using Drupal for managing biodiversity data to join the Drupal discussion group Bioinformatics: http://groups.drupal.org/bioinformatics . Up and coming discussions are on improvements to handling bibliographic information: http://groups.drupal.org/node/35334 If there proves to be enough interest then I hope we can pursue a 'common data model' for biodiversity data in Drupal. Essentially building common base content-types that follow the standards outlined by TDWG and compatible with or possibly even make direct use of EDIT's CDM framework: http://groups.drupal.org/node/35338 Please invite any interested colleagues to join the discussions. Kind regards, Lisa Lisa Walley

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