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Open call for participation in TDWG2010
by Lee Belbin 29 Jul '10

29 Jul '10

>From Chris Freeland- Registration is now open for TDWG 2010 Annual Conference in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, USA, 26 September to 1 October 2010. Visit the conference web site for details, a link to registration, and to reserve accommodations: http://www.tdwg.org/conference2010/ This year's conference program has been organized in response to the survey of attendees from 2009 in Montpellier, France. You can find the preliminary program online at: http://www.tdwg.org/conference2010/program/ The specific points we've addressed this year include: * Providing opportunities for more presentations from more presenters. We have opened the program via this call & have added a round of Lightning Talks so that more people within our community can tell you about the fascinating work they're doing. * Finding a balance between time allotted for plenary sessions, parallel sessions, and working groups. * Combining an excursion with a 2-day biodiversity survey featuring a variety of activities. More details on the biodiversity survey will follow. * More time during coffee & lunch breaks to allow for side discussions. To submit an abstract for this year's conference, please follow the instructions at: http://www.tdwg.org/conference2010/abstracts/ Please direct questions to Chris Freeland (tdwg2010 [at] gmail.com or chris.freeland [at] mobot.org) or Anna Weitzman (editor [at] tdwg.org). Chris Freeland Programme Chair, TDWG2010 Director, Center for Biodiversity Informatics, Missouri Botanical Garden Lee Belbin TDWG Secretariat

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Developers sought at GBIF
by Tim Robertson (GBIF) 23 Jul '10

23 Jul '10

Hi all, The GBIF development team is expanding, and seeking Java developers. Information about the positions and application procedure can be found: http://www.gbif.org/communications/news-and-events/showsingle/article/the-g… During the coming months, we will initiate an evolution of the GBIF Data Portal (http://data.gbif.org) and this is an exciting opportunity to apply the TDWG standards in practice, in collaboration with the GBIF Network partners. Assistance disseminating this message is greatly appreciated. Best wishes, Tim

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TDWG 2010 Registration is now open
by Lee Belbin 17 Jul '10

17 Jul '10

Dear Friends and Members of TDWG Registration for TDWG 2010 at Woods Hole, USA (September 26 - October 1) is now open at http://www.regonline.com/tdwg2010. As the arrangements are significantly different this year, PLEASE look at the accommodation options and other details at http://www.tdwg.org/conference2010 before registering. TDWG 2010 promises to be a great meeting with a different format. On behalf of the TDWG Executive Committee, we look forward to seeing you all in Woods Hole. Lee Belbin TDWG Secretariat

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call for proposals to draft a GBIF position paper on vocabularies for biodiversity informatics
by Éamonn Ó Tuama (GBIF) 22 Jun '10

22 Jun '10

GBIF has announced a call for proposals to draft a position paper on enabling a shared infrastructure for the development, maintenance and governance of vocabularies and ontologies for biodiversity informatics. Request for proposals to draft a GBIF position paper on vocabularies for biodiversity informatics. Vocabularies and ontologies are types of Knowledge Organisation System (KOS) that range from simple glossaries and dictionaries through classification schemes, taxonomies, thesauri and ontologies. As such, they are an essential foundation for data interoperability within the biodiversity informatics domain. The focus of this call is on identifying key activities that will enable GBIF and related communities of practice to move forward with such vocabularies (the term “vocabularies” is used here in a generic sense to represent the various types of KOS). Drawing on the needs of the relevant communities, the position paper will provide recommendations and an action plan on how to engage all players in creating a global infrastructure for the development, maintenance and governance of such vocabularies. Further information on the call is available on the GBIF news site ( <http://www.gbif.org/communications/news-and-events/showsingle/article/reque…> http://www.gbif.org/communications/news-and-events/showsingle/article/reque…) including instructions for submitting an application. GBIF will provide a grant of €5,000 to support preparation of the position paper. Proposals should be sent to Dr Éamonn Ó Tuama, Senior Programme Officer, Inventory, Discovery, Access by 14 July 2010 (email: eotuama(a)gbif.org). _______________________________________________ Éamonn Ó Tuama, M.Sc., Ph.D. ( <mailto:eotuama@gbif.org> 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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Re: [tdwg] call for proposals to draft a GBIF Beginner's guide to issuing Persistent Identifiers
by Kevin Richards 06 May '10

06 May '10

I think this may be better as a joint effort?? I know a few people who would have useful input to this. Perhaps a proposal in itself?? Kevin Sent from my HTC ----- Reply message ----- From: "Éamonn Ó Tuama (GBIF)" <eotuama(a)gbif.org> Date: Thu, May 6, 2010 8:01 PM Subject: [tdwg] call for proposals to draft a GBIF Beginner's guide to issuing Persistent Identifiers To: "tdwg(a)lists.tdwg.org" <tdwg(a)lists.tdwg.org> GBIF has issued a request for proposals to draft a GBIF ‘Beginner's guide to issuing Persistent Identifiers for biodiversity resources’. Recognising that the provision of Persistent Identifiers for biodiversity resources is one of the central challenges to developing a global bioinformatics infrastructure, in 2009, GBIF convened a task group, the LSID GUID Task Group (LGTG), to explore the issues and offer recommendations on the way forward that will enable GBIF to provide architecture leadership and best practices for implementation. The report of the task group strongly emphasises the need for GBIF to educate the community in general Persistent Identifier principles and practices. One of the perceived needs is for a short guide that would introduce data custodians to the best practices involved in issuing such Persistent Identifiers. This call is for development of such a GBIF guide. Further information on the call is available on the GBIF news site (http://www.gbif.org/communications/news-and-events/showsingle/article/reque…) including instructions for submitting an application. GBIF will provide an honorarium of €5,000 to support preparation of the guide. Proposals should be sent to Dr Éamonn Ó Tuama, Senior Programme Officer, Inventory, Discovery, Access by 31st May 2010 (email: eotuama(a)gbif.org<mailto:eotuama@gbif.org>). _______________________________________________ Éamonn Ó Tuama, M.Sc., Ph.D. (eotuama(a)gbif.org<mailto:eotuama@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 ________________________________ Please consider the environment before printing this email Warning: This electronic message together with any attachments is confidential. If you receive it in error: (i) you must not read, use, disclose, copy or retain it; (ii) please contact the sender immediately by reply email and then delete the emails. The views expressed in this email may not be those of Landcare Research New Zealand Limited. http://www.landcareresearch.co.nz

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call for proposals to draft a GBIF Beginner's guide to issuing Persistent Identifiers
by Éamonn Ó Tuama (GBIF) 06 May '10

06 May '10

GBIF has issued a request for proposals to draft a GBIF ‘Beginner's guide to issuing Persistent Identifiers for biodiversity resources’. Recognising that the provision of Persistent Identifiers for biodiversity resources is one of the central challenges to developing a global bioinformatics infrastructure, in 2009, GBIF convened a task group, the LSID GUID Task Group (LGTG), to explore the issues and offer recommendations on the way forward that will enable GBIF to provide architecture leadership and best practices for implementation. The report of the task group strongly emphasises the need for GBIF to educate the community in general Persistent Identifier principles and practices. One of the perceived needs is for a short guide that would introduce data custodians to the best practices involved in issuing such Persistent Identifiers. This call is for development of such a GBIF guide. Further information on the call is available on the GBIF news site ( <http://www.gbif.org/communications/news-and-events/showsingle/article/reque…> http://www.gbif.org/communications/news-and-events/showsingle/article/reque…) including instructions for submitting an application. GBIF will provide an honorarium of €5,000 to support preparation of the guide. Proposals should be sent to Dr Éamonn Ó Tuama, Senior Programme Officer, Inventory, Discovery, Access by 31st May 2010 (email: <mailto:eotuama@gbif.org> eotuama(a)gbif.org). _______________________________________________ Éamonn Ó Tuama, M.Sc., Ph.D. ( <mailto:eotuama@gbif.org> 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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Looking for SKOS reviewer - short project
by David Remsen 27 Apr '10

27 Apr '10

Greetings, I am looking for someone familiar with SKOS to review a relatively simple web application that serves a nomenclatural glossary. We would like this application output to conform to linked data principles. Our SKOS knowledge is limited and we have some concerns with our output. We are looking to pay someone willing to spend a few hours reviewing the output and providing any required revisions to better conform to expected output. Please contact me directly for more information. Regards, David Remsen ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- David Remsen, Senior Programme Officer Electronic Catalog of Names of Known Organisms Global Biodiversity Information Facility Secretariat Universitetsparken 15, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark Tel: +45-35321472 Fax: +45-35321480 Mobile +45 28751472 Skype: dremsen ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Developer positions available at GBIF
by Éamonn Ó Tuama (GBIF) 07 Apr '10

07 Apr '10

Two Developer Positions available at GBIF The GBIF Secretariat is seeking motivated and experienced software developers for a 3-4 month consultancy under the overall supervision of the Head of Informatics. GIS Services The appointed consultant will develop geospatial services for species related data. To provide geospatial services, content from various sources will be integrated into a spatial database and offered as OGC web services provided by GeoServer along with custom search, browse and discovery services to be developed in Java. Spatial data will be in the form of point data, polygon data and raster formats, and integration of these spatial data-types will be required to provide coherent services. Further information on the position is available on the GBIF news site (http://www.gbif.org/communications/news-and-events/showsingle/article/job-o pening-gbif-software-developer-gis-services/) together with instructions for submitting an application. GIS Client The appointed consultant will develop a web-based, extensible GIS client that can be customised for different uses and distributed freely. The primary use case is a means of visualising information about biodiversity data from disparate sources delivered through standards-based web services (e.g., Open Geospatial Consortium). A second use case is as a client to a transactional OGC Web Feature Service, enabling updates to a geospatial data store. Several datasets and services relating to African Protected Areas will be used to develop a demonstration case. An important aspect of the work will be preparing/packaging a toolkit, documenting its use, and developing a tutorial. We are particularly interested in hearing from those with experience in GeoExt, OpenLayers, Flex or other comparable toolkits/platforms. Further information on the position is available on the GBIF news site (http://www.gbif.org/communications/news-and-events/showsingle/article/job-o pening-gbif-software-developer-1/) together with instructions for submitting an application. The closing date for applications is Sunday 25 April 2010. _______________________________________________ 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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Scratchpad training course (Brussels)
by Dave Roberts 07 Apr '10

07 Apr '10

Training course for Scratchpads (basic level). A one-day training course will be given in the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels on Monday 14th June. The course is intended for those new to Scratchpads or those thinking about giving them a try. No previous knowledge is assumed, but a familiarity with databases and data structures is an advantage. The course is free, starting at 11:00, finishing at about 17:00 and lunch will be provided. You are welcome to bring your own data to upload into your own, new Scratchpad or come for so help if you're just starting out with a new site. You should bring your own wireless-enabled laptop with the Firefox browser. To register please go to: http://scratchpads.eu/scratchpad-training-courses Cheers, Dave -- Dr D.McL. Roberts, Tel: +44 (0)20 7942 5086 European Distributed Institute of Taxonomy Project, Coordinator WorkPackage 6 (Unifying Revisionary Taxonomy), Dept. Zoology, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD Great Britain Email: dmr at nomencurator dot org Web page: http://scratchpads.eu Web page: http://www.editwebrevisions.info/ -- "You can't just ask customers what they want and then try and give it to them. By the time you get it built, they'll want something new." [Steve Jobs, quoted in The Guardian, Technology Section, 25 June 09]. --

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Doctoral studies programme in ecology at the Jagiellonian University
by ECOLOGY 31 Mar '10

31 Mar '10

Institute of Environmental Sciences at the Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland (www.eko.uj.edu.pl) Is opening applications for: ► 4-year interdisciplinary doctoral studies programme in ecology in English, with net-scholarships 2200 PLN per month, offering research in Poland and half-year placements in academic centres outside Poland and a choice of 4 out of 8 courses from different scientific disciplines conducted by eminent Polish and foreign specialists Application deadline: 10 June 2010 Detailed information, containing the list of research topics proposed for PhD students, profile of the applicant and the application instructions are available at: www.eko.uj.edu.pl/ecology Project co-financed by the European Union under the European Social Fund Katarzyna Kolasa Manager of the admistration and promotion of the project Institute of Environmental Sciences Jagiellonian University Gronostajowa 7, 30-387 Krakow Poland phone: (48 12) 664 6715

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