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In Memoriam Dr Richard Pankhurst
by Mergen Patricia 14 Dec '15

14 Dec '15

Dear Colleagues, On behalf of TDWG we are very sorry to inform you that Richard John Pankhurst passed away on Tuesday 26 March after fighting oesophageal cancer for many years. He was a very important contributer and friend of TDWG, as can be judged from his short CV from the BioCISE directory: Dr Richard Pankhurst began his career in computing in the computer section at CERN, Geneva in 1963, and moving back to Cambridge to work on Computer-Aided Design in 1966. In 1971 he moved to the Botany School, Cambridge to begin work on his PANKEY programs for identification and key construction. This was continued at the Botany department of the Natural History Museum from 1974 until 1991, where he was for many years curator of the British herbarium, and also worked on the Flora Meso-Americana. "Biological Identification", 1978, was the first textbook on computer methods in identification. A new version of this book was published by C.U.P in 1991. Also published in that year was the Flora of the Outer Hebrides. With over 50 publications of refereed papers and books in the fields of taxonomic computing he has made major contributions to these fields. Dr. Pankhurst has been very active recently in programming and managing botanical databases (Flora Europaea, BSBI database and PANDORA) and systems with images. He was appointed Principal Scientific Officer at the RGB Edinburgh in 1991. Dr. Pankhurst served on various committees of British and international organizations, among others. Botanical Society of the British Isles, Committee for Scotland and Database Committee. Botanical Society of Scotland, Council. Taxonomic Databases Working Group, convener of Descriptors Group. International Organisation for Plant Information, co-convener of Information Systems Committee, Checklist Committee. Dr. Pankhurst was the head of the Department of Taxonomic Computing at RGBE. After his official retirement, he compiled a large database of the Rose family. His work on recording the wild flowers of the Outer Hebrides took him frequently to these remote islands on behalf of the Botanical Society of the British Isles. His interest in Taraxacum (dandelions) was acknowledged when a species found only on St. Kilda was named *Taraxacum pankhurstianum*. In Richard, not only a very important scientist was lost to our community, but also a very pleasant collaborator and friend . <patricia.mergen(a)africamuseum.be> Dr. Patricia Mergen (General Secretary of TDWG, on behalf of the Executive Committee) Head of Biodiversity Information and Cybertaxonomy Royal Museum for Central Africa Leuvensesteenweg 13 B-3080 Tervuren Belgium + 32 2 769 5 *626* patricia.mergen(a)africamuseum.be

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Re: [tdwg] iDigBio Data Management Interest Group - Kickoff Webinar 7 August at 1 PM EDT
by Debbie Paul 16 Oct '14

16 Oct '14

Hi All, Quick reminder about the iDigBio Data Management Interest Group - Kickoff Webinar Thursday 7 August 2014 1:00-2:00 PM EDT *What:* Webinar to kickoff a new iDigBio Data Management Interest Group <https://www.idigbio.org/content/data-management-interest-group-kickoff-webi…> *What format*: A short presentation will be followed by open discussion for all participants. *When:* Thursday 7 August 2014, 1:00 - 2:00 PM EDT *Where: *http://idigbio.adobeconnect.com/datamgmt (nothing to install, use any browser) Headsets are recommended (they help remove echo). *Who: *All are welcome, please invite your colleagues, no registration needed. *Questions?* Please send to any member of the group: Data Management Interest Group <https://www.idigbio.org/wiki/index.php/IDigBio_Working_Groups#Data_Manageme…> See you soon! Deb Paul, et al *Wiki: *https://www.idigbio.org/wiki/index.php/Data_Management_Interest_Group (please excuse cross-postings) Upcoming iDigBio Events https://www.idigbio.org/calendar --Deborah Paul, on Twitter @idbdeb iDigBio Technology Specialist Institute for Digital Information, 234 LSB Florida State University Tallahassee, Florida 32306 850-644-6366

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Re: [tdwg] [tdwg-tag] another poke about Audubon Core status
by Tim Robertson 29 Sep '14

29 Sep '14

Hi Dan, Thanks for your offer. As far as I recall, the TDWG executive decided at the last meeting to move onto a whole new platform and put contractor money aside to make it happen. I’m reluctant to point you at the tangled mess of the current system when I suspect it is to be replaced anyway. It really is a convoluted mess of Typo3 plugins, which try and keep a bunch of backend systems in sync and dues to bugs in there it does not work as expected. I really don’t think it is something you want to get into, but I sympathise that the TDWG site is broken and no-one is maintaining it… a simpler vanilla CMS solution that even requires more manual text editing etc. will be a far more manageable solution in my opinion. @TDWG Executive folks - is it still the intention to contract out and do a basic CMS site? If not, I’ll try and pull up the code but I’d need your approval to get him a DB dump as it holds user credentials / subscriptions etc. Please can you advise us? Anything we can do to help? Thanks, Tim On 19 Sep 2014, at 23:05, Stoner, Dan <dstoner(a)acis.ufl.edu> wrote: > I see in the tdwg-tag mailing list archives that the status of the Audubon Core Standard has been discussed recently: > > http://lists.tdwg.org/pipermail/tdwg-tag/2014-June/002558.html > > > So consider this another poke about getting the web site updated with the official status of the Standard. > > If there is anything I can do to facilitate the web site update, please let me know (as in, I am volunteering to hack code or whatever is needed). > > > Thanks, > > Dan Stoner > iDigBio / ACIS Laboratory > University of Florida > _______________________________________________ > tdwg-tag mailing list > tdwg-tag(a)lists.tdwg.org > http://lists.tdwg.org/mailman/listinfo/tdwg-tag >

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Re: [tdwg] [tdwg-content] [tdwg-tag] another poke about Audubon Core status
by Blum, Stan 22 Sep '14

22 Sep '14

Just quickly, I got a short statement of work and budget worked out with the potential contractor last winter, but let the project go cold. That was entirely my fault. I had a couple contacts with them through the rest of the year just to maintain contact, and then started to push in late August. Key people were on vacation then, and since I’ve been pushing sending emails and making phone calls trying to get the project started. But I’ve only gotten one response, they’re still interested, but they didn’t tell me when we could start. If anyone knows another Typo3 contractor, I’d be happy to engage with them instead. (The one I’ve been trying to engage is in SF… so I should go knock on their door instead of sending email and phoning.) I’m going to keep trying… -Stan From: tdwg-content-bounces(a)lists.tdwg.org<mailto:tdwg-content-bounces@lists.tdwg.org> [mailto:tdwg-content-bounces@lists.tdwg.org] On Behalf Of James Macklin Sent: Monday, September 22, 2014 8:59 AM To: Bob Morris Cc: tdwg(a)lists.tdwg.org<mailto:tdwg@lists.tdwg.org>; TDWG Content Mailing List; tdwg-tag(a)lists.tdwg.org<mailto:tdwg-tag@lists.tdwg.org>; Dave Vieglais Subject: Re: [tdwg-content] [tdwg] [tdwg-tag] another poke about Audubon Core status I am also in favor of the GitHub repo but we really need to hear from Stan about the status of the work he was having done on the TDWG site. We will need to decide which is the "official" repo but as others point out there is likely good reason to have duplication! We also need to figure out who has time to do this if we go forward. Looks like there have already been a couple of hands partly raised ;-) Best, James On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 10:29 AM, Bob Morris <morris.bob(a)gmail.com<mailto:morris.bob@gmail.com>> wrote: That was the answer in June too... On Sep 22, 2014 9:23 AM, "Kampmeier, Gail E" <gkamp(a)illinois.edu<mailto:gkamp@illinois.edu>> wrote: Stan Blum is working with contractors on the new TDWG site. --Gail ________________________________________ From: tdwg-bounces(a)lists.tdwg.org<mailto:tdwg-bounces@lists.tdwg.org> [tdwg-bounces(a)lists.tdwg.org<mailto:tdwg-bounces@lists.tdwg.org>] on behalf of Dave Vieglais [vieglais(a)ku.edu<mailto:vieglais@ku.edu>] Sent: Monday, September 22, 2014 08:20 To: Tim Robertson Cc: TDWG Content Mailing List; tdwg(a)lists.tdwg.org<mailto:tdwg@lists.tdwg.org>; tdwg-tag(a)lists.tdwg.org<mailto:tdwg-tag@lists.tdwg.org>; Stoner, Dan Subject: Re: [tdwg] [tdwg-tag] another poke about Audubon Core status Would a GitHub organization satisfy the requirements of the TDWG site? - Dave V. On 22 Sep 2014, at 8:46, Tim Robertson wrote: > Hi Dan, > > Thanks for your offer. > > As far as I recall, the TDWG executive decided at the last meeting to > move onto a whole new platform and put contractor money aside to make > it happen. > I’m reluctant to point you at the tangled mess of the current system > when I suspect it is to be replaced anyway. It really is a convoluted > mess of Typo3 plugins, which try and keep a bunch of backend systems > in sync and dues to bugs in there it does not work as expected. I > really don’t think it is something you want to get into, but I > sympathise that the TDWG site is broken and no-one is maintaining > it… a simpler vanilla CMS solution that even requires more manual > text editing etc. will be a far more manageable solution in my > opinion. > > @TDWG Executive folks - is it still the intention to contract out and > do a basic CMS site? > If not, I’ll try and pull up the code but I’d need your approval > to get him a DB dump as it holds user credentials / subscriptions etc. > Please can you advise us? Anything we can do to help? > > Thanks, > Tim > > > On 19 Sep 2014, at 23:05, Stoner, Dan <dstoner(a)acis.ufl.edu<mailto:dstoner@acis.ufl.edu>> wrote: > >> I see in the tdwg-tag mailing list archives that the status of the >> Audubon Core Standard has been discussed recently: >> >> http://lists.tdwg.org/pipermail/tdwg-tag/2014-June/002558.html >> >> >> So consider this another poke about getting the web site updated with >> the official status of the Standard. >> >> If there is anything I can do to facilitate the web site update, >> please let me know (as in, I am volunteering to hack code or whatever >> is needed). >> >> >> Thanks, >> >> Dan Stoner >> iDigBio / ACIS Laboratory >> University of Florida >> _______________________________________________ >> tdwg-tag mailing list >> tdwg-tag(a)lists.tdwg.org<mailto:tdwg-tag@lists.tdwg.org> >> http://lists.tdwg.org/mailman/listinfo/tdwg-tag >> > > _______________________________________________ > tdwg-tag mailing list > tdwg-tag(a)lists.tdwg.org<mailto:tdwg-tag@lists.tdwg.org> > http://lists.tdwg.org/mailman/listinfo/tdwg-tag _______________________________________________ tdwg mailing list tdwg(a)lists.tdwg.org<mailto:tdwg@lists.tdwg.org> http://lists.tdwg.org/mailman/listinfo/tdwg _______________________________________________ tdwg-content mailing list tdwg-content(a)lists.tdwg.org<mailto:tdwg-content@lists.tdwg.org> http://lists.tdwg.org/mailman/listinfo/tdwg-content _______________________________________________ tdwg-content mailing list tdwg-content(a)lists.tdwg.org<mailto:tdwg-content@lists.tdwg.org> http://lists.tdwg.org/mailman/listinfo/tdwg-content

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Re: [tdwg] [tdwg-content] [tdwg-tag] another poke about Audubon Core status
by Cynthia Parr 22 Sep '14

22 Sep '14

Last I heard from Stan (last month) he had not made progress on the new website -- was still in the process of establishing the contract. Time to push on this again :-( On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 11:58 AM, James Macklin <james.macklin(a)gmail.com> wrote: > I am also in favor of the GitHub repo but we really need to hear from Stan > about the status of the work he was having done on the TDWG site. We will > need to decide which is the "official" repo but as others point out there > is likely good reason to have duplication! We also need to figure out who > has time to do this if we go forward. Looks like there have already been a > couple of hands partly raised ;-) > > Best, James > > On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 10:29 AM, Bob Morris <morris.bob(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> That was the answer in June too... >> On Sep 22, 2014 9:23 AM, "Kampmeier, Gail E" <gkamp(a)illinois.edu> wrote: >> >>> Stan Blum is working with contractors on the new TDWG site. --Gail >>> >>> ________________________________________ >>> From: tdwg-bounces(a)lists.tdwg.org [tdwg-bounces(a)lists.tdwg.org] on >>> behalf of Dave Vieglais [vieglais(a)ku.edu] >>> Sent: Monday, September 22, 2014 08:20 >>> To: Tim Robertson >>> Cc: TDWG Content Mailing List; tdwg(a)lists.tdwg.org; >>> tdwg-tag(a)lists.tdwg.org; Stoner, Dan >>> Subject: Re: [tdwg] [tdwg-tag] another poke about Audubon Core status >>> >>> Would a GitHub organization satisfy the requirements of the TDWG site? >>> >>> - Dave V. >>> >>> On 22 Sep 2014, at 8:46, Tim Robertson wrote: >>> >>> > Hi Dan, >>> > >>> > Thanks for your offer. >>> > >>> > As far as I recall, the TDWG executive decided at the last meeting to >>> > move onto a whole new platform and put contractor money aside to make >>> > it happen. >>> > I'm reluctant to point you at the tangled mess of the current system >>> > when I suspect it is to be replaced anyway. It really is a convoluted >>> > mess of Typo3 plugins, which try and keep a bunch of backend systems >>> > in sync and dues to bugs in there it does not work as expected. I >>> > really don't think it is something you want to get into, but I >>> > sympathise that the TDWG site is broken and no-one is maintaining >>> > it... a simpler vanilla CMS solution that even requires more manual >>> > text editing etc. will be a far more manageable solution in my >>> > opinion. >>> > >>> > @TDWG Executive folks - is it still the intention to contract out and >>> > do a basic CMS site? >>> > If not, I'll try and pull up the code but I'd need your approval >>> > to get him a DB dump as it holds user credentials / subscriptions etc. >>> > Please can you advise us? Anything we can do to help? >>> > >>> > Thanks, >>> > Tim >>> > >>> > >>> > On 19 Sep 2014, at 23:05, Stoner, Dan <dstoner(a)acis.ufl.edu> wrote: >>> > >>> >> I see in the tdwg-tag mailing list archives that the status of the >>> >> Audubon Core Standard has been discussed recently: >>> >> >>> >> http://lists.tdwg.org/pipermail/tdwg-tag/2014-June/002558.html >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> So consider this another poke about getting the web site updated with >>> >> the official status of the Standard. >>> >> >>> >> If there is anything I can do to facilitate the web site update, >>> >> please let me know (as in, I am volunteering to hack code or whatever >>> >> is needed). >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> Thanks, >>> >> >>> >> Dan Stoner >>> >> iDigBio / ACIS Laboratory >>> >> University of Florida >>> >> _______________________________________________ >>> >> tdwg-tag mailing list >>> >> tdwg-tag(a)lists.tdwg.org >>> >> http://lists.tdwg.org/mailman/listinfo/tdwg-tag >>> >> >>> > >>> > _______________________________________________ >>> > tdwg-tag mailing list >>> > tdwg-tag(a)lists.tdwg.org >>> > http://lists.tdwg.org/mailman/listinfo/tdwg-tag >>> _______________________________________________ >>> tdwg mailing list >>> tdwg(a)lists.tdwg.org >>> http://lists.tdwg.org/mailman/listinfo/tdwg >>> _______________________________________________ >>> tdwg-content mailing list >>> tdwg-content(a)lists.tdwg.org >>> http://lists.tdwg.org/mailman/listinfo/tdwg-content >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> tdwg-content mailing list >> tdwg-content(a)lists.tdwg.org >> http://lists.tdwg.org/mailman/listinfo/tdwg-content >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > tdwg-content mailing list > tdwg-content(a)lists.tdwg.org > http://lists.tdwg.org/mailman/listinfo/tdwg-content > >

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Re: [tdwg] [tdwg-content] [tdwg-tag] another poke about Audubon Core status
by Bob Morris 22 Sep '14

22 Sep '14

As to Audubon Core (AC), a little clarification is needed. The only thing so far adopted is the AC data model, more precisely "The Audubon Core Multimedia Resources Metadata schema (“AC schema”, or simply “AC”) is a set of metadata vocabularies for describing biodiversity-related multimedia resources and collections. The specification is independent of how these vocabularies may be represented for machine use." [1] In particular, no artifacts akin to such things as the DwC normative document [2] have been submitted for approval, nor have artifacts akin to Simple Darwin Core [6] though some are under development (*, **). In appearance, the AC documents [1, 3 and 4] together are a bit like the most useful reference for DwC, namely [5]. But unlike [5], [3 and 4] are normative ([1] is not/). Those parts of AC are maintained in a MediaWiki, and would be relatively pointles to put in a public source code repository, perhaps except based on arguments of backup sustainability. In such a case, they would be of use only to AC maintainers, unless the repo happened to support MediaWiki. Bob Morris TDWG Image Interest Group co-convenor and AC <co-something or other> [1] http://terms.tdwg.org/wiki/Audubon_Core#Introduction [2] http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/rdf/dwctermshistory.rdf [3] http://terms.gbif.org/wiki/Audubon_Core_Structure [4] http://terms.tdwg.org/wiki/Audubon_Core_Term_List [5] http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/ [6] http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/xsd/tdwg_dwc_simple.xsd (*) Readers beware: [2] is an RDF description of Darwin Core, not an RDF description of biodiversity. (**) There will be a session devoted to AC at TDWG 2014 which will hopefully be attended by those already using AC in one or another specific, albeit unsubmitted form. On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 11:58 AM, James Macklin <james.macklin(a)gmail.com> wrote: > I am also in favor of the GitHub repo but we really need to hear from Stan > about the status of the work he was having done on the TDWG site. We will > need to decide which is the "official" repo but as others point out there > is likely good reason to have duplication! We also need to figure out who > has time to do this if we go forward. Looks like there have already been a > couple of hands partly raised ;-) > > Best, James > > On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 10:29 AM, Bob Morris <morris.bob(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> That was the answer in June too... >> On Sep 22, 2014 9:23 AM, "Kampmeier, Gail E" <gkamp(a)illinois.edu> wrote: >> >>> Stan Blum is working with contractors on the new TDWG site. --Gail >>> >>> ________________________________________ >>> From: tdwg-bounces(a)lists.tdwg.org [tdwg-bounces(a)lists.tdwg.org] on >>> behalf of Dave Vieglais [vieglais(a)ku.edu] >>> Sent: Monday, September 22, 2014 08:20 >>> To: Tim Robertson >>> Cc: TDWG Content Mailing List; tdwg(a)lists.tdwg.org; >>> tdwg-tag(a)lists.tdwg.org; Stoner, Dan >>> Subject: Re: [tdwg] [tdwg-tag] another poke about Audubon Core status >>> >>> Would a GitHub organization satisfy the requirements of the TDWG site? >>> >>> - Dave V. >>> >>> On 22 Sep 2014, at 8:46, Tim Robertson wrote: >>> >>> > Hi Dan, >>> > >>> > Thanks for your offer. >>> > >>> > As far as I recall, the TDWG executive decided at the last meeting to >>> > move onto a whole new platform and put contractor money aside to make >>> > it happen. >>> > I’m reluctant to point you at the tangled mess of the current system >>> > when I suspect it is to be replaced anyway. It really is a convoluted >>> > mess of Typo3 plugins, which try and keep a bunch of backend systems >>> > in sync and dues to bugs in there it does not work as expected. I >>> > really don’t think it is something you want to get into, but I >>> > sympathise that the TDWG site is broken and no-one is maintaining >>> > it… a simpler vanilla CMS solution that even requires more manual >>> > text editing etc. will be a far more manageable solution in my >>> > opinion. >>> > >>> > @TDWG Executive folks - is it still the intention to contract out and >>> > do a basic CMS site? >>> > If not, I’ll try and pull up the code but I’d need your approval >>> > to get him a DB dump as it holds user credentials / subscriptions etc. >>> > Please can you advise us? Anything we can do to help? >>> > >>> > Thanks, >>> > Tim >>> > >>> > >>> > On 19 Sep 2014, at 23:05, Stoner, Dan <dstoner(a)acis.ufl.edu> wrote: >>> > >>> >> I see in the tdwg-tag mailing list archives that the status of the >>> >> Audubon Core Standard has been discussed recently: >>> >> >>> >> http://lists.tdwg.org/pipermail/tdwg-tag/2014-June/002558.html >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> So consider this another poke about getting the web site updated with >>> >> the official status of the Standard. >>> >> >>> >> If there is anything I can do to facilitate the web site update, >>> >> please let me know (as in, I am volunteering to hack code or whatever >>> >> is needed). >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> Thanks, >>> >> >>> >> Dan Stoner >>> >> iDigBio / ACIS Laboratory >>> >> University of Florida >>> >> _______________________________________________ >>> >> tdwg-tag mailing list >>> >> tdwg-tag(a)lists.tdwg.org >>> >> http://lists.tdwg.org/mailman/listinfo/tdwg-tag >>> >> >>> > >>> > _______________________________________________ >>> > tdwg-tag mailing list >>> > tdwg-tag(a)lists.tdwg.org >>> > http://lists.tdwg.org/mailman/listinfo/tdwg-tag >>> _______________________________________________ >>> tdwg mailing list >>> tdwg(a)lists.tdwg.org >>> http://lists.tdwg.org/mailman/listinfo/tdwg >>> _______________________________________________ >>> tdwg-content mailing list >>> tdwg-content(a)lists.tdwg.org >>> http://lists.tdwg.org/mailman/listinfo/tdwg-content >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> tdwg-content mailing list >> tdwg-content(a)lists.tdwg.org >> http://lists.tdwg.org/mailman/listinfo/tdwg-content >> >> > -- Robert A. Morris Emeritus Professor of Computer Science UMASS-Boston 100 Morrissey Blvd Boston, MA 02125-3390 Filtered Push Project Harvard University Herbaria Harvard University email: morris.bob(a)gmail.com web: http://efg.cs.umb.edu/ web: http://wiki.filteredpush.org http://www.cs.umb.edu/~ram === The content of this communication is made entirely on my own behalf and in no way should be deemed to express official positions of The University of Massachusetts at Boston or Harvard University.

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Re: [tdwg] [tdwg-tag] another poke about Audubon Core status
by Markus Döring 22 Sep '14

22 Sep '14

+1 for TDWG “resources” in github! Maybe even GitHub pages for most of the website. Over the years we have followed too many different guidelines and styles and never cleaned up much to bring them all into a standard format. I would bet all standards are in some versioning system somewhere. But I guess this is not true for the final zip archive. DwC is in Google code, TAPIR for example is in the SVN TDWG once provided: http://www.tdwg.org/dav/subgroups/tapir/1.0/docs/tdwg_tapir_specification_2… Originally we tried to establish RDDL pages under http://rs.tdwg.org/ , which was served from TDWGs internal SVN, for all subgroups and standards. For example: http://rs.tdwg.org/abcd/2.06/rddl-2007-10-18.html http://rs.tdwg.org/tapir/1.0/rddl.html Maybe it is time for a major cleanup. Markus On 22 Sep 2014, at 15:54, Steve Baskauf <steve.baskauf(a)vanderbilt.edu> wrote: > Regardless of whether the TDWG website ever gets fixed or not, it really would be a good idea to put the actual standards zip files onto some kind of version control system like Github. We had the situation where someone inadvertently wrote over the TAPIR standard archive so that when one clicked to download the TAPIR standard from the page linked to its permanent URL, one got the GUID applicability statement instead. Literally, there was NO copy of the standard that could be downloaded from anywhere. I was able to reconstruct all of the documents in the zip archive and get it back up through the bizarre, jury-rigged system that exposes those archives. But it really is unbelievable that it could even be possible that a standards organization could lose the only copy of a standard. I say put them on Github, too. It at least makes it possible to recover from an accidental delete. > > Steve > > Peter Desmet wrote: >> >> If we ever need a TDWG organization on GitHub, I reserved the name about a year ago: https://github.com/tdwg >> >> On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 3:23 PM, Kampmeier, Gail E <gkamp(a)illinois.edu> wrote: >> Stan Blum is working with contractors on the new TDWG site. --Gail >> >> ________________________________________ >> From: tdwg-bounces(a)lists.tdwg.org [tdwg-bounces(a)lists.tdwg.org] on behalf of Dave Vieglais [vieglais(a)ku.edu] >> Sent: Monday, September 22, 2014 08:20 >> To: Tim Robertson >> Cc: TDWG Content Mailing List; tdwg(a)lists.tdwg.org; tdwg-tag(a)lists.tdwg.org; Stoner, Dan >> Subject: Re: [tdwg] [tdwg-tag] another poke about Audubon Core status >> >> Would a GitHub organization satisfy the requirements of the TDWG site? >> >> - Dave V. >> >> On 22 Sep 2014, at 8:46, Tim Robertson wrote: >> >> > Hi Dan, >> > >> > Thanks for your offer. >> > >> > As far as I recall, the TDWG executive decided at the last meeting to >> > move onto a whole new platform and put contractor money aside to make >> > it happen. >> > I’m reluctant to point you at the tangled mess of the current system >> > when I suspect it is to be replaced anyway. It really is a convoluted >> > mess of Typo3 plugins, which try and keep a bunch of backend systems >> > in sync and dues to bugs in there it does not work as expected. I >> > really don’t think it is something you want to get into, but I >> > sympathise that the TDWG site is broken and no-one is maintaining >> > it… a simpler vanilla CMS solution that even requires more manual >> > text editing etc. will be a far more manageable solution in my >> > opinion. >> > >> > @TDWG Executive folks - is it still the intention to contract out and >> > do a basic CMS site? >> > If not, I’ll try and pull up the code but I’d need your approval >> > to get him a DB dump as it holds user credentials / subscriptions etc. >> > Please can you advise us? Anything we can do to help? >> > >> > Thanks, >> > Tim >> > >> > >> > On 19 Sep 2014, at 23:05, Stoner, Dan <dstoner(a)acis.ufl.edu> wrote: >> > >> >> I see in the tdwg-tag mailing list archives that the status of the >> >> Audubon Core Standard has been discussed recently: >> >> >> >> http://lists.tdwg.org/pipermail/tdwg-tag/2014-June/002558.html >> >> >> >> >> >> So consider this another poke about getting the web site updated with >> >> the official status of the Standard. >> >> >> >> If there is anything I can do to facilitate the web site update, >> >> please let me know (as in, I am volunteering to hack code or whatever >> >> is needed). >> >> >> >> >> >> Thanks, >> >> >> >> Dan Stoner >> >> iDigBio / ACIS Laboratory >> >> University of Florida >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> tdwg-tag mailing list >> >> tdwg-tag(a)lists.tdwg.org >> >> http://lists.tdwg.org/mailman/listinfo/tdwg-tag >> >> >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > tdwg-tag mailing list >> > tdwg-tag(a)lists.tdwg.org >> > http://lists.tdwg.org/mailman/listinfo/tdwg-tag >> _______________________________________________ >> tdwg mailing list >> tdwg(a)lists.tdwg.org >> http://lists.tdwg.org/mailman/listinfo/tdwg >> _______________________________________________ >> tdwg-tag mailing list >> tdwg-tag(a)lists.tdwg.org >> http://lists.tdwg.org/mailman/listinfo/tdwg-tag >> > > -- > Steven J. Baskauf, Ph.D., Senior Lecturer > Vanderbilt University Dept. of Biological Sciences > > postal mail address: > PMB 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) 322-4942 > If you fax, please phone or email so that I will know to look for it. > http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu > http://vanderbilt.edu/trees > > _______________________________________________ > tdwg-tag mailing list > tdwg-tag(a)lists.tdwg.org > http://lists.tdwg.org/mailman/listinfo/tdwg-tag

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Reminder TDWG 2014 Registration and abstract submissions!
by Mergen Patricia 16 Sep '14

16 Sep '14

Dear all We would like to remind you of the call for abstracts for TDWG 2014. The deadline is September 25, 2014. If you have already been invited to speak in a symposium, please submit your abstracts as soon as possible so that organizers can confirm your participation and know if they have open slots. Otherwise, we encourage abstracts for contributed talks, posters, computer demonstrations, working group or task group sessions on any relevant topic. Early registration is closed. Normal registration continues until September 29, 2014. More information is at : http://www.tdwg.org/conference2014/ (looks for "Submit your abstract here" and Registration is now open at"). Please forward to interested colleagues. Patricia Mergen on behalf of the TDWG 2014 organizing committee General Secretary of TDWG

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Training the Trainers for Linked Data (DC-2014 Full-day Workshop)
by DCMI Announce 13 Sep '14

13 Sep '14

***Please excuse the cross-posting*** *Training the Trainers for Linked Data* *Full-day Post-Conference Workshop @ DC-2014* *Saturday, 11 October 2014 - 8:30-5:00* ============================== *LOCATION:* Austin, Texas, USA *VENUE: * AT&T Executive Education & Conference Center (http://www.meetattexas.com/) *WORKSHOP HOMEPAGE: * http://dcevents.dublincore.org/IntConf/index/pages/view/train *CONFERENCE WEBSITE: * http://purl.org/dcevents/dc-2014 <http://purl.org/dcevents/dc-2014> *REGISTRATION:* http://dcevents.dublincore.org/index.php/IntConf/index/pages/view/registrat… (*Saturday day-rate option available*) *HOTELS:* http://dcevents.dublincore.org/index.php/IntConf/dc-2014/schedConf/accommod… ============================== *Workshop Abstract: * Linked Data has gained momentum, and practitioners are eager to use its principles to derive more value from metadata. Available handbooks and training materials focus on an audience with a computer science background. However, people with a non-technical education find it hard to understand what Linked Data can mean for them. This full-day, hands-on workshop will provide an overview of methods and case studies from the handbook "Linked Data for Libraries, Archives and Museums" (2014, ALA/Neal-Schuman). Using freely available tools and data, this workshop will teach you how to clean, reconcile, enrich, and publish your metadata. Participants will learn about concepts, methods, and tools that they can use on their own, or to teach others within their own institutions, to get more value from metadata. *Workshop Tutors:* *SETH VAN HOOLAND *is an Assistant Professor at the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), where he leads the Master in Information Science. After a career in the private sector for a digitization company, he obtained his PhD in information science at ULB in 2009. He recently taught a special course on linked data at the Information School of the University of Washington. He is also active as a consultant for both public and private organizations. *RUBEN VERBORGH* is a researcher in semantic hypermedia at Ghent University – iMinds, Belgium, where he obtained his PhD in computer science in 2014. He explores the connection between semantic web technologies and the web's architectural properties, with the ultimate goal of building more intelligent clients. Along the way, he has become fascinated by linked data, REST/hypermedia, web APIs and related technologies. He is the co-author of a book on OpenRefine and several publications on web-related topics in international journals. *Workshop Agenda:* - 08:30: Coffee and welcome - 09:00: Introduction - data models and the role of RDF - 09:45: Data quality and cleaning - 10:45: Coffee break - 11:00: Hands-on cleaning (+ helping participants with install issues) - 12:00: Lunch - 1:00: Reconciliation - usage of RDF extension and LCSH endpoint - 2:00: Named-Entity Recognition - usage of NER extension - 3:00: Coffee break - 3:30: Sustainable publication - REST - 4:30 Discussion regarding learning outcomes *Registration:* You can register for the Workshop using the day-rate option to DC-2014 or join us for the full DC-2014 program at http://dcevents.dublincore.org/index.php/IntConf/index/pages/view/registrat… . *Don't wait, register now!* The number of people that can participate in the Workshop is limited. This Workshop and the DC-2014 Conference cap the second week of the Austin City Limits Music Festival ( http://www.aclfestival.com/) and hotel rooms will become increasingly scarce as the Conference dates approach. ------------- Stuart Sutton DCMI Managing Director

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DC-2014 Tutorial: RDF Validation in the Cultural Heritage Community
by DCMI Announce 06 Sep '14

06 Sep '14

***Please excuse the cross-posting*** Tutorial: RDF Validation in the Cultural Heritage Community Half-day Tutorial @ DC-2014 Wednesday, 8 October 2014 - 1:00-5:00 =========================================== *LOCATION:* Austin, Texas, USA *VENUE:* AT&T Executive Education & Conference Center (http://www.meetattexas.com/) *SESSION HOMEPAGE: * http://dcevents.dublincore.org/IntConf/index/pages/view/rdfAP-Tutorial *CONFERENCE WEBSITE:* http://purl.org/dcevents/dc-2014 *REGISTRATION: * http://dcevents.dublincore.org/index.php/IntConf/index/pages/view/registrat… (*Wednesday day-rate option available*) *HOTELS:* http://dcevents.dublincore.org/index.php/IntConf/dc-2014/schedConf/accommod… =========================================== *Session Abstract: * Resource Description Framework (RDF) does not natively provide rules for structuring descriptions or validating instance data. This tutorial will present the problems of data structuring and validation in RDF. There will be a discussion of current techniques that are being proposed as solutions (SPIN, Data Shapes, ICV, etc.). Using examples from the cultural heritage community (Europeana Data Model (EDM), Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) Metadata Application Profile (MAP), etc.), speakers will present actual cases where validation and record-like structuring is needed. It will relate these efforts to the concept of application profiles, drawing on some existing examples, such as Dublin Core Application Profiles (DCAP) and BIBFRAME Profiles. *Learning Outcomes:* Attendees will able to: 1. Understand why validation is a significant issue with RDF and OWL; and, how constraints in those languages differ from our usual concept of constraints; 2. Identify and monitor today's efforts, and those in development, to solve this problem of validation; 3. Describe some of the specific validation issues with cultural heritage data; and 4. Articulate the issues in their own cultural heritage context. Attendees will be encouraged to ask questions of speakers with "real life" experience with linked data and the issues of validation. *NOTE:* This tutorial is especially recommended for DC-2014 delegates new to the topic and planning on attending the Thursday Special Session: *RDF Application Profiles and Tools for Metadata Validation and Quality Control * (http://dcevents.dublincore.org/IntConf/index/pages/view/rdfAP) *Tutorial Planners/Presenters include:* - Karen Coyle (Facilitator)—Consultant, USA - Tom Baker, Sungkyunkwan University, Korea - Kai Eckert, University of Mannheim, Germany - Tom Johnson, Digital Public Library of America (DPLA), USA - Stefanie Ruehl, SUB Göttingen, Germany *Registration:* You can register using the day-rate option to DC-2014 or join us for the full DC-2014 program at http://dcevents.dublincore.org/index.php/IntConf/index/pages/view/registrat… . *Don't wait, register now!* This Tutorial and the DC-2014 Conference cap the second week of the *Austin City Limits Music Festival *( http://www.aclfestival.com/) and hotel rooms will become increasingly scarce as the Conference dates approach. ------------- Stuart Sutton DCMI Managing Director

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