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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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DCMI Webinar: "OpenAIRE Guidelines: Promoting Repositories Interoperability and Supporting Open Access Funder Mandates"
by DCMI Announce 21 Jun '15

21 Jun '15

*********** Please excuse the cross postings *********** OpenAIRE Guidelines: Promoting Repositories Interoperability and Supporting Open Access Funder Mandates *DCMI/ASIST Joint Webinar* ==================================================================== *:: Time:* 10:00am EDT (World Clock: 14:00 UTC http://bit.ly/pprincipe) *:: Presenters:* Pedro Antonio Príncipe & Jochen Schirrwagen :*: Date: *Wednesday, 1 July 2015 :*: Registration:* http://dublincore.org/resources/training/#2015principe <http://dublincore.org/resources/training/#2015principe> ==================================================================== *ABOUT THE WEBINAR:* The *OpenAIRE Guidelines for Data Source Managers* provide recommendations and best practices for encoding of bibliographic information in OAI metadata. The *Guidelines* have adopted established standards for different classes of content providers: (1) Dublin Core for textual publications in institutional and thematic repositories; (2) DataCite Metadata Kernel for research data repositories; and (3) CERIF-XML for Current Research Information Systems. The principle of these *Guidelines* is to improve interoperability of bibliographic information exchange between repositories, e-journals, CRIS and research infrastructures. They are a means to help content providers to comply with funders Open Access policies, e.g. the European Commission Open Access mandate in Horizon2020, and to standardize the syntax and semantics of funder/project information, open access status, links between publications and datasets. The presenters will provide an overview of the *Guidelines*, implementation support in major platforms and tools for validation. *ABOUT THE PRESENTERS:* *Pedro Príncipe* is an information specialist at University of Minho Documentation Services (Portugal) on the Open Access Projects Office. He has worked since 2010 in the OpenAIRE projects and infrastructure, in support, helpdesk and dissemination activities. He is member of the OpenAIRE guidelines team and co-author of the OpenAIRE guidelines for data source managers. *Jochen Schirrwagen* is research fellow at Bielefeld University Library, Germany. He has worked since 2008 in the knowledge infrastructure projects DRIVER and OpenAIRE in the fields of metadata management, aggregation and contextualization. He is co-author of the OpenAIRE guidelines for data source managers and coordinates its further evolvement. For more information and to register, visit http://dublincore.org/resources/training/#2015principe.

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DATE CHANGE for DCMI Webinar: "Implementing Linked Data in Low-Resource Conditions"
by DCMI Announce 15 Jun '15

15 Jun '15

*********** Please excuse the cross postings *********** [WEBINAR SCHEDULE CHANGE] Implementing Linked Data in Low-Resource Conditions DCMI/ASIST Joint Webinar ==================================================================== *:: Time:* 10:00am EDT (World Clock: 14:00 UTC http://bit.ly/webinar-keiser) *:: Presenters:* Johannes Keizer & Caterina Caracciolo *::* *REVISED DATE**:* Wednesday, 9 September 2015 *:: Webinar Website:* http://wiki.dublincore.org/index.php/DCMI_Handbook/webinars#keizer *:: Registration:* https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/4753836746115031554 *:: If you have already registered for the original date of this webinar, you do not need to re-register. * ==================================================================== *ABOUT THE RESCHEDULED WEBINAR:* Opening up and linking data is becoming a priority for many data producers because of institutional requirements, or to consume data in newer applications, or simply to keep pace with current development. Since 2014, this priority has gaining momentum with the Global Open Data in Agriculture and Nutrition initiative (GODAN). Typical small and medium-size institutions have to deal with constrained resources, which often hamper their possibilities for making their data publicly available. Keizer and Caracciolo will provide an overview of bottlenecks that institutions typically face when entering the world of open and linked data, and will provide recommendations on how to proceed. They will also discuss the use of standard and linked vocabularies to produce linked data, especially in the area of agriculture. They will describe AGRISAs, a web-based resource linking agricultural datasets as an example of linked data application resulting from the collaboration of small institutions. They will also mention AgriDrupal, a Drupal distribution that supports the production and consumption of linked datasets. This webinar will be of interest to any institution seeking ways to publish and curate data in the Linked Data World. *Redux:* This is an update of a webinar first presented in 2013. *ABOUT THE PRESENTERS:* Johannes Keizer has worked for the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN since 1998, primarily as head of the FAO documentation group. The bibliographic database AGRIS and the multilingual concept scheme AGROVOC were completely remodeled under his leadership. In the Office of Knowledge Exchange, Research and Extensions, he heads a staff of 20—the AIMS (Agricultural Information Management Standards and Services) team—which provides standards, tools, and advice for FAO stakeholders. The AIMS Team provides the technical backbone for the global Coherence in Information for Agricultural Research for Development (CIARD) Initiative. Through EC framework projects such as NeON, D2Science, and agINFRA, the AIMS Team has channeled the results of innovative European research into the international work of FAO to combat hunger and poverty in the world. Caterina Caracciolo, PhD, has served as an Information Specialist at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) since 2006. Currently, she is responsible for the AGROVOC Concept Scheme, and participates in the GACS Working Group and the Wheat Data Interoperability Working Group (RDA). Her main interest lay in the area of semantics for data integration and sharing, with a special focus on data specific to the domains of agriculture, biodiversity, natural science and environment in the broad sense. She regularly serves on program committees for international conferences and publishes in conference proceedings and journals in the area of semantic web and information sharing in agriculture and biodiversity. She has worked in various EC-funded projects and served as also served as Work Package leader in the NeOn and SemaGrow projects. *For more information and to register, visit* http://wiki.dublincore.org/index.php/DCMI_Handbook/webinars#keizer. *Register now for FREE at* https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/4753836746115031554. *If you have already registered for the original date/time of this webinar, you do not need to re-register. *

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DCMI Webinar: Implementing Linked Data in Low-Resource Conditions
by DCMI Announce 03 Jun '15

03 Jun '15

*********** Please excuse the cross postings *********** *Implementing Linked Data in Low-Resource Conditions* *DCMI/ASIST Joint Webinar* ==================================================================== *:: Date:* Wednesday, 17 June 2015 *:: Time:* 10:00am EDT (World Clock: 14:00 UTC http://bit.ly/1mlZeL7) *:: Presenters:* Johannes Keizer & Caterina Caracciolo *:: Website:* http://wiki.dublincore.org/index.php/DCMI_Handbook/webinars#keizer *:: FREE Registration:* https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/4753836746115031554 ==================================================================== *ABOUT THE WEBINAR:* Opening up and linking data is becoming a priority for many data producers because of institutional requirements, or to consume data in newer applications, or simply to keep pace with current development. Since 2014, this priority has gaining momentum with the Global Open Data in Agriculture and Nutrition initiative (GODAN). Typical small and medium-size institutions have to deal with constrained resources, which often hamper their possibilities for making their data publicly available. Keizer and Caracciolo will provide an overview of bottlenecks that institutions typically face when entering the world of open and linked data, and will provide recommendations on how to proceed. They will also discuss the use of standard and linked vocabularies to produce linked data, especially in the area of agriculture. They will describe AGRISAs, a web-based resource linking agricultural datasets as an example of linked data application resulting from the collaboration of small institutions. They will also mention AgriDrupal, a Drupal distribution that supports the production and consumption of linked datasets. This webinar will be of interest to any institution seeking ways to publish and curate data in the Linked Data World. *Redux: This is an update of a webinar first presented in 2013*. *ABOUT THE PRESENTERS:* *Johannes Keizer *has worked for the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN since 1998, primarily as head of the FAO documentation group. The bibliographic database AGRIS and the multilingual concept scheme AGROVOC were completely remodeled under his leadership. In the Office of Knowledge Exchange, Research and Extensions, he heads a staff of 20—the AIMS (Agricultural Information Management Standards and Services) team—which provides standards, tools, and advice for FAO stakeholders. The AIMS Team provides the technical backbone for the global Coherence in Information for Agricultural Research for Development (CIARD) Initiative. Through EC framework projects such as NeON, D2Science, and agINFRA, the AIMS Team has channeled the results of innovative European research into the international work of FAO to combat hunger and poverty in the world. *Caterina Caracciolo*, PhD, has served as an Information Specialist at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) since 2006. Currently, she is responsible for the AGROVOC Concept Scheme, and participates in the GACS Working Group and the Wheat Data Interoperability Working Group (RDA). Her main interest lay in the area of semantics for data integration and sharing, with a special focus on data specific to the domains of agriculture, biodiversity, natural science and environment in the broad sense. She regularly serves on program committees for international conferences and publishes in conference proceedings and journals in the area of semantic web and information sharing in agriculture and biodiversity. She has worked in various EC-funded projects and served as also served as Work Package leader in the NeOn and SemaGrow projects. For more information and to register, visit http://wiki.dublincore.org/index.php/DCMI_Handbook/webinars#keizer. Register now for *FREE* at https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/4753836746115031554.

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