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iDigBio Webinar: Shaping the semantic layer by mining digitised data: iDigBio's plant records and the Environment Ontology (ENVO)
by Deb Paul 29 Oct '15

29 Oct '15

Hi Everyone, You're all invited to join us at an iDigBio webinar next week: *Shaping the semantic layer by mining digitised data: ** **an encounter between iDigBio's plant records and the Environment Ontology (ENVO) *https://www.idigbio.org/content/webinar-shaping-semantic-layer-mining-digitised-data-encounter-between-idigbios-plant* ** Abstract*: Domain ontologies seek to represent the entities in an area of investigation alongside their interrelations in a logically coherent manner. Domain knowledge is the lifeblood of these ontologies and initiatives such as iDigBio offer valuable repositories which contain both legacy and contemporary knowledge and are ripe for mining. The Environment Ontology (ENVO http://bioportal.bioontology.org/ontologies/ENVO) is a domain ontology that is concerned with environments, ecosystems, habitats, and related entities. We performed a cursory text-mining exercise focusing on iDigBio's plant habitat descriptions to learn what terms and phrases the botany community - past and present - have used to describe the environments they sample. The results are being used to guide the creation of new classes and relations in ENVO, ensuring the ontology is fit to represent the environmental aspects of these early waves of digitised plant data. In this webinar, I will describe our approach, some of its early results, and the main challenges we face going forward./There is considerable scope to refine and extend this approach to other digitised data and power synergy between the semantic layer and data repositories./ *Presenters: *Dr. Pier Luigi Buttigieg HGF-MPG Group for Deep Sea Ecology and Technology Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung c/o Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology Celsiusstrasse 1, 28359 Bremen, Germany Email: pbuttigi(a)mpi-bremen.de <mailto:pbuttigi@mpi-bremen.de> and Grant Godden Research Associate, Mint Genome Project Buell Lab http://buell-lab.plantbiology.msu.edu/index.shtml Michigan State University Email: goddengr(a)msu.edu <mailto:goddengr@msu.edu> Former iDigBio Graduate Student, Soltis Lab *Where*: http://idigbio.adobeconnect.com/datamgmt *When:* Tuesday, November 10, 2015 - 9:00am to 1:00am EST (Tallahassee, Florida) That's 3:00 pm to 4 pm CET (Berlin, Germany) See you there and please share this posting with other interested parties. Thanks! Deb Paul, et al in the iDigBio Data Management Interest Group (please excuse cross-postings) -- -- Upcoming iDigBio Eventshttps://www.idigbio.org/calendar -- Deborah Paul, iDigBio Technology Specialist Institute for Digital Information, 234 LSB Florida State University Tallahassee, Florida 32306 850-644-6366

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iDigBio Webinar:, Variations on the theme of tracking loans, gifts, sampling, and more
by Deborah Paul 29 Oct '15

29 Oct '15

Hi Everyone, What software or programs are the collection's community using to track loans, gifts, donations, sampling events? What's working and what's still challenging? Maybe some are tracking loan requests with digitization efforts? What does the data reveal? Are loans are increasing or decreasing or becoming more specific with the availability of digital records? What is easy to track, what's not? Find out what community members worldwide are doing and share your experiences and expertise, tomorrow at iDigBio's Webinar: Variations on the theme of tracking loans, gifts, sampling, and more https://www.idigbio.org/content/webinar-variations-theme-tracking-loans-gif… *Guest presenters* include: Simon Checksfield and Nicole Fisher - CSIRO, Andrew Bentley - Specify, Christine Johnson - Entomology at AMNH, Tiffany Adrain - University of Iowa Paleontology, and Elspeth Haston - RBGE TIME: 21:00:00 (UTC) Friday 5:00 PM (EDT); Friday 4:00 PM (Kansas City); Friday 9:00 PM (Edinburgh, London); Sat 8:00 AM (Sydney) DATE: 30 October 2015 (1 November for Sydney, Australia) WHERE: http://idigbio.adobeconnect.com/datamgmt See you there! Deb, et al from the iDigBio Data Management Interest Group (DMIG) (please excuse cross-postings) -- -- Upcoming iDigBio Events https://www.idigbio.org/calendar -- Deborah Paul, iDigBio Technology Specialist Institute for Digital Information, 234 LSB Florida State University Tallahassee, Florida 32306 850-644-6366

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DCMI Free Webinar: Schema.org in Two Parts: From Use to Extension
by DCMI Announce 28 Oct '15

28 Oct '15

*********** Please excuse the cross postings *********** Schema.org in Two Parts: From Use to Extension *DCMI/ASIST Joint Webinar* =========================================================== *:: Presenter:* *Richard Wallis* *:: Times: *10:00am - 11:15am EST (UTC 15:00:00) *:: Dates:* Wednesday, Part 1 - 18 Nov. 2015 | Part 2 - 2 Dec. 2015 *:: Webinar Website:* http://dublincore.org/resources/training/#2015wallis *:: Part 1 Free Registration: *http://bit.ly/wallis-part1 *:: Part 2 Free Registration:* Coming soon (check Webinar Website above) =========================================================== *ABOUT THIS 2-PART WEBINAR SERIES:* When it was first introduced in 2011 Schema.org was seen by many as a grab, by Google and other search engines, for the semantic web landscape, or as something only of interest to the SEO community wanting their products displayed more prominently in search results. It was therefore somewhat of a surprise to the library community when, less than a year later, the global library cooperative OCLC introduced Schema.org structured data markup into the pages for the 300 million plus resources on Worldcat.org. Things have changed significantly since those early days. Schema.org structured data is now published on over 10 million web domains; the vocabulary has expanded to include over 600 Types and nearly 1,000 Properties; it’s core capability for describing bibliographic resources has been greatly extended. There is now a specific bibliographic extension -- bib.schema.org and, Schema.org implementations and discussions are becoming common in the library community. Join Independent consultant Richard Wallis, former Technology Evangelist for OCLC, currently working with Google on Schema.org, for this two part, in-depth mini-series look at Schema.org, its use, and extension in the bibliographic domain and beyond. *PART 1 WEBINAR: Fit For a Bibliographic Purpose* *Date/Time:* Wednesday, 18 November 2015 at 10:00am-11:15am EST (UTC 15:00:00 - *World Clock:* http://bit.ly/Webinar-1_Wallis) *Abstract:* In this first webinar in the series, Independent Consultant, Richard Wallis, traces the history of the Schema.org vocabulary, plus its applicability to the bibliographic domain. He will share the background to, and activities of, the Schema Bib Extend W3C Community Group he chairs; why it was set up; how it approached the creation of bibliographic extension proposals; and how those proposals were shaped. He will then review the current status of the vocabulary and the recent introduction of the bib.schema.org and auto.schema.org extensions. Although Richard will be using bibliographic examples, the content of this webinar will be of interest and relevance to those in other domains, and/or considering other extensions. *PART 2 WEBINAR: Extending Potential and Possibilities* *Date/Time:* Wednesday, 2 December 2015, 10:00am-11:15am EST (UTC 15:00:00 - *World Clock:* http://bit.ly/Webinar-2_Wallis) *Abstract:* In this second more technical webinar in the series, Independent Consultant, Richard Wallis, explains the Schema.org extension mechanism, for external and reviewed/hosted extensions, and their relationship to the core Schema.org vocabulary. He will take an in-depth look at, demonstrate, and share experiences in designing, and creating a potential extension to the vocabulary. He will step through the process of creating the required vocabulary definition and examples files on a local system using a few simple tools then sharing them on a publicly visible temporary cloud instance before proposing to the Schema.org group. *ABOUT THE PRESENTER:* Richard Wallis Independent Consultant, is a distinguished thought leader in Linked Data and Semantic Web who has been at the forefront of the emergence of these technologies for over 20 years. He is Chair of the Schema Bib Extend, and Schema Architypes, W3C Community Groups and evangelist for the adoption of Linked Data in cultural heritage and the wider Web. He has an international reputation for insightful and entertaining keynote sessions at library, Web, and Semantic Web focused events. Currently working with OCLC, Google, and the banking industry on the extension, application and use of the Schema.org vocabulary; he is a pragmatist who believes in searching for implementable solutions. --*Free Registration now for Part 1* at http://bit.ly/wallis-part1 --*Free Registration for Part 2* (announcement coming soon on Webinar Website)

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iDigBio Friday 23 October Webinar: Improving Data Quality: iDigBio Recordset data cleaning method, tools, and data flags
by Deborah Paul 20 Oct '15

20 Oct '15

Hi Everyone, Are you interested in Data Quality? Where and how, in the data pipeline from specimen and data collection, to digitization and annotation, can a collection's data quality be enhanced? Please join us for a webinar introduction to recordset data data cleaning at iDigBio. *Webinar:* Improving Data Quality: iDigBio Recordset data cleaning method, tools, and data flags https://www.idigbio.org/content/improving-data-quality-idigbio-recordset-da… *When: ***October 23rd, 2015, 2 PM EDT *Where: *http://idigbio.adobeconnect.com/datamgmt *Presenters: *Alex Thompson, Matt Collins with guests: Heather Appleby and Katja Seltmann *Pre-webinar reading:* Check out *blog post by Heather Appleby and Katja Seltmann* about their experience using the information in the data flags provided by iDigBio. What did they learn? What did we learn at iDigBio? What's next? https://www.idigbio.org/content/summer-learning-r-clean-data-idigbio-portal… Brought to you by the iDigBio DMIG and the iDigBio CYWG: https://www.idigbio.org/wiki/index.php/IDigBio_Working_Groups Please share! Best, Deb, et al at iDigBio (please excuse cross-postings) -- -- Upcoming iDigBio Events https://www.idigbio.org/calendar -- Deborah Paul, iDigBio Technology Specialist Institute for Digital Information, 234 LSB Florida State University Tallahassee, Florida 32306 850-644-6366

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iDigBio Friday 23 October Webinar: Improving Data Quality: iDigBio Recordset data cleaning method, tools, and data flags
by Deborah Paul 20 Oct '15

20 Oct '15

Hi Everyone, Are you interested in Data Quality? Where and how, in the data pipeline from specimen and data collection, to digitization and annotation, can a collection's data quality be enhanced? Please join us for a webinar introduction to recordset data data cleaning at iDigBio. *Webinar:* Improving Data Quality: iDigBio Recordset data cleaning method, tools, and data flags https://www.idigbio.org/content/improving-data-quality-idigbio-recordset-da… *When: ***October 23rd, 2015, 2 PM EDT *Where: *http://idigbio.adobeconnect.com/datamgmt *Presenters: *Alex Thompson, Matt Collins with guests: Heather Appleby and Katja Seltmann *Pre-webinar reading:* Check out *blog post by Heather Appleby and Katja Seltmann* about their experience using the information in the data flags provided by iDigBio. What did they learn? What did we learn at iDigBio? What's next? https://www.idigbio.org/content/summer-learning-r-clean-data-idigbio-portal… Brought to you by the iDigBio DMIG and the iDigBio CYWG: https://www.idigbio.org/wiki/index.php/IDigBio_Working_Group Please share! Best, Deb, et al at iDigBio (please excuse cross-postings) -- -- Upcoming iDigBio Events https://www.idigbio.org/calendar -- Deborah Paul, iDigBio Technology Specialist Institute for Digital Information, 234 LSB Florida State University Tallahassee, Florida 32306 850-644-6366

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DCMI/ASIS&T Joint Webinar: "Implementing Linked Data in Low-Resource Conditions"
by DCMI Announce 06 Sep '15

06 Sep '15

*********** Please excuse the cross postings *********** *Implementing Linked Data in Low-Resource Conditions* *DCMI/ASIST Joint Webinar* *With Johannes Keizer (UN-FAO) & Caterina Caracciolo (UN-FAO)* *===========================================================* *:: 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 *:: Free Registration:* 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*. *===========================================================* *ABOUT THIS [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). However, typical small and medium-size institutions have to deal with constrained resources, which often hamper their possibilities for making their data publicly available. This webinar will be of interest to any institution seeking ways to publish and curate data in the Linked Data World. 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. *Redux:* *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 also served as Work Package leader in the NeOn and SemaGrow projects. *Register now for free at* https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/4753836746115031554.

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TDWG Coordinator position
by Cynthia Parr 15 Aug '15

15 Aug '15

Dear TDWG community, Biodiversity Information Standards <http://tdwg.org> (TDWG) seeks a part-time coordinator to work remotely on a contract basis. The contract will be administered via the Global Biodiversity Information Facility and supervised by the TDWG chair. Hourly rate will be subject to location pay scales consistent with appropriate governmental practices (e.g. http://icsc.un.org/resources/cold/par/class/archived/jan2014.pdf) . Hours worked will be negotiable, but will be expected to be consistent; they will likely vary according to season from 25% to 50%. Position is for one year subject to extension. Contract is subject to availability of funds and acceptable performance. Relocation is not expected nor supported. Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG) is a not-for-profit scientific and educational association affiliated with the International Union of Biological Sciences. TDWG was formed in 1994 to establish international collaboration among biological database projects and promote the wider and more effective dissemination of information about the world's heritage of biological organisms for the benefit of the world at large. Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG) now focuses on the development of standards for the exchange of biological/biodiversity information. It is governed by an elected Executive Committee <http://www.tdwg.org/about-tdwg/executive/> and operated by the committee and its membership. The TDWG coordinator will provide professional support for the Executive Committee as described below. Requirements 1. A good understanding of TDWG, its constituents and clients. 2. Effective communication skills, particularly in written English. 3. The ability to work reliably and independently in a remote capacity, using own equipment and internet service. 4. Well-developed skills with Office software (e.g. Word, Excel, PowerPoint) or equivalent 5. Experience in authoring and releasing articles in an online content management system (CMS) such as Typo3, Drupal etc. Roles and Responsibilities 1. Maintains effective communication within the Executive Committee and between the Executive Committee and members, e.g. distributing documents to the Executive Committee and to the Membership as directed 2. Monitors the effectiveness and accuracy of the TDWG website, TDWG GitHub site, and TDWG mailing lists, and ensures that they are up-to-date 3. Assists with the solicitation, preparation, publication and maintenance of web content 4. Assists the Annual Conference Manager/Local Host with the distribution of information relating to the Annual Conference to the membership, and assists the Program Chair in the preparation of the Annual Conference program as required 5. Maintains and advertises, where appropriate, a calendar of activities and deadlines for TDWG business, e.g., solicitation and posting of annual reports required of interest groups, task groups, and the Executive Committee; proposals before the Executive Committee and membership. 6. Otherwise assists the Secretary, Treasurer, and Chair in their duties as needed To apply, please send to the TDWG secretary (secretary(a)tdwg.org) your resume or CV, the names of two references, and a cover letter in English (maximum 2 pages) explaining how your experiences meet the job requirements and detailing your availability and pay requirements. Application review will begin 24 August 2015.

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SYNTHESYS: Funding available for short research visits - New call deadline
by Synthesys Alerts 31 Jul '15

31 Jul '15

Dear TDWG, SYNTHESYS3 has now opened its 3rd Access call, and we would greatly appreciate your help in spreading the word. Please forward the email below and/or the attachment to any EU-based colleagues who may be interested in applying. For more information on SYNTHESYS, please visit www.synthesys.info<http://www.synthesys.info> If you have any queries about the project, please email synthesys(a)nhm.ac.uk<mailto:synthesys@nhm.ac.uk> Kind regards, Katherine Dixey SYNTHESYS Administrator | Natural History Museum, London SYNTHESYS is back - funding available for short research visits New Call Deadline: 15th October, 2015 (17:00 UK time). The SYNTHESYS Office is pleased to announce the third call for applications of the SYNTHESYS3 project under the current European Commission's FPVII European-funded Integrating Activities funding scheme. SYNTHESYS Access funding is available to provide scientists (Users) based in European Member, Associate and Candidate States to undertake short visits to utilise the infrastructure (comprising the collections, staff expertise and analytical facilities) at one of the 18 partner institutions (see full list below) for the purposes of their research. This is the third of four annual calls for applications during the project's four-year duration. Access Call 3 will officially open for applications on 16th July 2015. The Call 3 deadline will be 17:00 (UK time) Thursday 15th October, 2015 and awarded visits must take place within 2016 (calendar year). APPLY HERE<http://www.synthesys.info/access/> Taxonomic Access Facilities (TAFs) The 18 partner institutions are organised into 11 national TAFs. TAF Users will be hosted by a TAF staff member (Host). The 11 TAFs represent an unparalleled resource for taxonomic research offering: * Collections amounting to over 390 million natural history specimens, including 3.3 million type specimens * Internationally renowned taxonomic and systematic skill base * Facilities including: molecular, imaging and chemical analysis * New - Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung and State Museum of Natural History Stuttgart are now offering Access as part of DE-TAF Proposals for funding are welcomed from high-calibre scientists in any technical discipline seeking access for short-term research visits (average duration 15 days). SYNTHESYS is able to meet the Users' costs for: * Research costs (bench fees and laboratory consumables) * International travel & local accommodation while based at the TAF * A per diem contribution towards living costs See www.synthesys.info<http://www.synthesys.info> for more information or contact synthesys(a)nhm.ac.uk<mailto:synthesys@nhm.ac.uk> ----------------------------------------------------------- SYNTHESYS TAFs: AT-TAF Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien; BE-TAF Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences; Royal Museum of Central Africa; CZ-TAF Národní Muzeum, Praha; DE-TAF Museum für Naturkunde; Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum; Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung **NEW** State Museum of Natural History Stuttgart **NEW** ES-TAF Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales & Real Jardín Botánico Naturales (CSIC); DK-TAF The Natural History Museum of Denmark; FR-TAF Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle; GB-TAF Natural History Museum, London; Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh; HU-TAF Hungarian Natural History Museum; NL-TAF Naturalis Biodiversity Center; *major collections closure for 2 years from August 2016 - Call 3 is last chance to apply for access under SYNTHESYS - see www.synthesys.info/access<http://www.synthesys.info/access> for details SE-TAF Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet. Eligibility: The SYNTHESYS TAFs are inviting Access applications from scientists working in the Member States of the EU: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark (including Greenland), Estonia, Finland, France (including Guadeloupe, Martinique, Guyane, La Réunion), Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom. Plus the Associated Countries of the EU: Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Faroe Islands, FYR Macedonia, Iceland, Israel, Liechtenstein, Montenegro, Norway, Republic of Moldova Republic of Serbia, Switzerland and Turkey. *If you no longer wish to receive updates from SYNTHESYS please email synthesys(a)nhm.ac.uk<mailto:synthesys@nhm.ac.uk> with the message 'No Alerts' and we will remove you from the mailing list.*

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Biodiversity Informatics Programmer with Canadensys
by Shorthouse, David 28 Jul '15

28 Jul '15

Dear all, We just posted an announcement for a Biodiversity Informatics Programmer at http://www.canadensys.net/2015/biodiversity-informatics-programmer. The position is open to Canadians and evaluations will begin August 13, 2015. Thanks, David P. Shorthouse Biodiversity Informatics Manager / Canadensys Université de Montréal

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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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