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TDWG 2004 -- online registration site now available
by Blum, Stan 19 Sep '04

19 Sep '04

TAXONOMIC DATABASES WORKING GROUP -- 2004 ANNUAL MEETING Hosted by Landcare, New Zealand, Christchurch October 11-18, 2004 The online registration site for TDWG 2004 is now available at: https://www.regonline.com/Checkin.asp?EventId=16339 Multiple attendees can be registered and paid in a single transaction. Registrations can be partially filled out, saved, and completed later. If you registered last year, address and contact information can be re-used or updated. If you plan to attend, please register as soon as you can. Meeting schedule and details can be found at the meeting's main site: http://www.tdwg.org/2004meet/TDWG_2004.htm Please contact me if you have any questions or problems with the registration site. Stan Blum Research Info Mgr., California Academy of Sciences Chair, TDWG Execitive Committee 2004

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Textbook of Arthropod Anatomy by RE Snodgrass
by Mary Donovan 16 Sep '04

16 Sep '04

The Blackburn Press is a relatively new publishing company, dedicated to keeping in print and available for purchase book titles which larger publishers have lost interest in and have declared "out of print." We have a recommendation from one member of your listserv for the following book: Textbook of Arthropod Anatomy (1952) by RE Snodgrass Is this a book that would be ordered and used for university classes? Please respond directly to me. Thank you. Mary

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Reminder - student support for TDWG
by Rob Guralnick 14 Sep '04

14 Sep '04

Dear List --- A couple weeks back I sent along an announcement that NSF has helped fund underrepresented student travel to the Taxonomic Database Working Group meeting in New Zealand Oct. 11-17. As discussed below, there is a very short grant application that is due in one short day (Sept. 15) and can lead to up to $3000 for support of travel. Please consider applying or encouraging your students to apply. The original announcement follows: ____________________________________________ Underrepresented student support for October 2004 Meeting of the Taxonomic Data Working Group (TDWG), Christ Church, NZ and associated workshops. With the assistance of the U.S. National Science Foundation, we expect to fund up to $3,000 per student for underrepresented (based on gender, ethnicity, disability, and geography) undergraduate, graduate and post- doctoral students working in or proposing biodiversity informatics projects, to attend the TDWG meetings from October 11 to 18, 2004. See http://www.tdwg.org/2004meet/TDWG_2004.htm for the meeting program. The focus of the meeting includes: Biological Collections Data, the proposed XML Schema for the Structure of Descriptive Data, Taxonomic Names, among other topics (eg. Spatial Data). Underrepresented resident students at U.S. institutions are invited to submit an application describing their studies or research projects in biology or computer science and a brief paragraph about how they expect attendance could further their work. We will especially consider applicants not traditionally included in the taxonomic community. Application requirements: - Total narrative should not exceed one page (when formated in 12-point Times Roman, single spaced text on an 8.5x11" page with 1" margins) - If relevant, include at most one additional page of references to web links describing projects in which they participate, and papers on which they are joint authors. - Applications may be accompanied by up to two letters of recommendation from faculty members or other professionals aware of the projects described in the narrative and commenting on the student's role and expected benefit. Please send documents in PDF format to Dr. Robert Guralnick (Robert.Guralnick(a)colorado.edu) by Sept. 15. Applications will be evaluated by a committee composed of Dr. Guralnick, Dr. Robert A. Morris from the University of Massachusetts at Boston, and Annie Simpson at the National Biological Information Infrastructure. We expect funding to be available prior to the meeting. Further details will be provided to the successful applicants. Best regards, Rob Guralnick Bob Morris Annie Simpson _____________________________ Dr. Rob Guralnick Asst. Professor and Curator Dept. of EEB and CU Museum University of Colorado Boulder Boulder CO 80309-0265 tel: 303-735-0178

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Re: TDWG 2004 - Last Call for Papers (deadline 12 September)
by Patricia Koleff Osorio 09 Sep '04

09 Sep '04

Dear Adrian Please find attached abstracts (Repatriation migh be presentation or poster) and (Authority Files for poster) I should be grateful if you would kindly acknowledge safe receipt of these files. Thank you very much. Best wishes, Patricia Koleff At 06:44 a.m. 09/09/2004 -0500, Adrian Rissone wrote: >The official deadline for abstracts to be submitted for the 2004 TDWG >Annual Meeting in Christchurch (11-18 October) is 23:59 British Summer Time >on Sunday 12 September. Please make every effort to submit your abstract >for a presentation, poster or computer demonstration by that time. >Submission guidelines may be found on the meeting web site. > >Late submissions may be accepted at the discretion of the Programme C- >Ordinator but you are warned that the extremely busy meeting schedule >emerging leaves very little room for late offerings of spoken presentations >(posters are easier to accommodate). > >Thank you for your help and co-operation. > >Regards, > >Adrian > >Adrian Rissone >TDWG 2004 Meeting Programme Coordinator >http://www.tdwg.org/2004meet/TDWG_2004.htm >Email: A.Rissone(a)nhm.ac.uk Dra. Patricia Koleff Directora de Analisis y Prioridades Conabio Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad Av. Liga Periferico - Insurgentes Sur 4903 Col. Parques del Pedregal Delegacion Tlalpan 14010 Mexico, D.F. MEXICO Tel. +52 (55) 5528 9105 Fax +52 (55) 5528 9131 www.conabio.gob.mx e-mail: pkoleff(a)xolo.conabio.gob.mx

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TDWG 2004 - Last Call for Papers (deadline 12 September)
by Adrian Rissone 08 Sep '04

08 Sep '04

The official deadline for abstracts to be submitted for the 2004 TDWG Annual Meeting in Christchurch (11-18 October) is 23:59 British Summer Time on Sunday 12 September. Please make every effort to submit your abstract for a presentation, poster or computer demonstration by that time. Submission guidelines may be found on the meeting web site. Late submissions may be accepted at the discretion of the Programme C- Ordinator but you are warned that the extremely busy meeting schedule emerging leaves very little room for late offerings of spoken presentations (posters are easier to accommodate). Thank you for your help and co-operation. Regards, Adrian Adrian Rissone TDWG 2004 Meeting Programme Coordinator http://www.tdwg.org/2004meet/TDWG_2004.htm Email: A.Rissone(a)nhm.ac.uk

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Announcement: Darwin Core 2 -- Request for Comment
by Blum, Stan 27 Aug '04

27 Aug '04

Announcing an open review of the Darwin Core 2. The Darwin Core 2 is a simple set of data element definitions designed to support the sharing and integration of primary biodiversity data. An un-reviewed or informal version of the Darwin Core 2 is already being used in conjunction with DiGIR in several biodiversity information networks, including GBIF, MaNIS, OBIS, SpeciesLink, HerpNet, and OrNIS. The Darwin Core 2 is now being proposed for consideration as a DRAFT standard under the Taxonomic Databases Working Group (http://www.tdwg.org). Two collaboration tools have been setup to facilitate this review. The first is a web site (http://DarwinCore.CalAcademy.org) that supports distributed authorship. (The web site is based on "Plone", which is like at wiki, but more structured.) The second is an email-list and newsgroup (archive) located at http://circa.gbif.net/Public/irc/tdwg/dwcrev/newsgroups?n=dwcrev (Register and/or login at: http://circa.gbif.net/tdwg ) The web site is the best place to start because it presents an HTML (readable) version of the Darwin Core 2, the "normative" version (an XML schema), as well as background and summaries of pending issues. These summaries will grow and evolve over the course of the review. The primary discussion, however, will take place on the mailing list. Please subscribe if you want to participate in this discussion and please use the mailing list to ensure that your comments are seen by everyone interested. A face-to-face discussion of the Darwin Core 2 will take place at this year's TDWG annual meeting in Christchurch, New Zealand, Oct. 11-18. If you cannot attend, but would like your perspective and concerns to be addressed, please participate in the electronic review. It's the most practical way to get a global community together. Finally, please let me know (via email) if you have any trouble with either the web site or the email list. Sincerely, Stan Blum Chair, TDWG Executive Committee 2004 Research Information Manager, California Academy of Sciences

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TDWG Student Travel Grants
by Robert Guralnick 26 Aug '04

26 Aug '04

Underrepresented student support for October 2004 Meeting of the Taxonomic Data Working Group (TDWG), Christ Church, NZ and associated workshops. With the assistance of the U.S. National Science Foundation, we expect to fund up to $3,000 per student for underrepresented (based on gender, ethnicity, disability, and geography) undergraduate, graduate and post- doctoral students working in or proposing biodiversity informatics projects, to attend the TDWG meetings from October 11 to 18, 2004. See http://www.tdwg.org/2004meet/TDWG_2004.htm for the meeting program. The focus of the meeting includes: Biological Collections Data, the proposed XML Schema for the Structure of Descriptive Data, Taxonomic Names, among other topics (eg. Spatial Data). Underrepresented resident students at U.S. institutions are invited to submit an application describing their studies or research projects in biology or computer science and a brief paragraph about how they expect attendance could further their work. We will especially consider applicants not traditionally included in the taxonomic community. Application requirements: - Total narrative should not exceed one page (when formated in 12-point Times Roman, single spaced text on an 8.5x11" page with 1" margins) - If relevant, include at most one additional page of references to web links describing projects in which they participate, and papers on which they are joint authors. - Applications may be accompanied by up to two letters of recommendation from faculty members or other professionals aware of the projects described in the narrative and commenting on the student's role and expected benefit. Please send documents in PDF format to Dr. Robert Guralnick (Robert.Guralnick(a)colorado.edu) by Sept. 15. Applications will be evaluated by a committee composed of Dr. Guralnick, Dr. Robert A. Morris from the University of Massachusetts at Boston, and Annie Simpson at the National Biological Information Infrastructure. We expect funding to be available prior to the meeting. Further details will be provided to the successful applicants. Best regards, Rob Guralnick Bob Morris Annie Simpson _____________________________ Dr. Rob Guralnick Asst. Professor and Curator Dept. of EEB and CU Museum University of Colorado Boulder Boulder CO 80309-0265 tel: 303-735-0178

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New Old Books: your opinion wanted
by Mary Donovan 17 Aug '04

17 Aug '04

The Blackburn Press is a relatively new publishing company, dedicated to keeping in print and available for purchase book titles which larger publishers have lost interest in and have declared "out of print." We are especially interested in scientific and technical titles. In several recent conversations, the following books has been mentioned to us as worth looking at for reprinting. We'd very much appreciate your reaction to this title: Gray's Manual of Botany by ML Fernald (1987) Morphology of Plants and Fungi by Bold Alexopolus, Delevoras (1987) Potential Natural Vegetation of US by AW Kuchler (1975) Aquatic Plants of the US (1944) by Walter Muenscher Of course, we'd also be delighted to hear about any other titles you think would merit bringing back into print and made available again. Please respond directly to me. Thank you. Mary

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Submission of proposal for Taxonomic Concept Schema standard to the TDWG Executive Committee
by unknown＠example.com 11 Aug '04

11 Aug '04

We have submitted a draft schema and documentation for consideration as a TDWG standard for the transfer of taxonomic concepts/names. It can be found as DraftStandard on the following wiki page: http://tdwg.napier.ac.uk/ Supporting documentation can also be found through this link. Open review of this proposal can be facilitated through the same wiki site where we have provided the following discussion page: http://www.soc.napier.ac.uk/tdwg/index.php? pagename=DraftStandardDiscussion. We encourage reviewers to create separate sub-pages for different issues. Whilst it is possible to read and write comments anonymously it would be helpful if people would log in with their name (no registration necessary). Trevor Paterson & Robert Kukla (p.p. Jessie Kennedy) -- Prof. Jessie B Kennedy School of Computing Napier University Merchiston Campus 10 Colinton Road tel: +44 (0)131-455-2772 Edinburgh fax: +44 (0)131-455-2727 EH10 5DT Scotland email: j.kennedy(a)napier.ac.uk

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TDWG 2004 - Call for Papers and updated Travel/Accommodation information
by Adrian Rissone 21 Jul '04

21 Jul '04

TDWG Annual Meeting 2004 Call for Papers and updated Travel/Accommodation information Please visit the TDWG 2004 Meeting web site at: http://www.tdwg.org/2004meet/TDWG_2004.htm for: 1) A Call for Papers (deadline for abstracts 31 August 2004) 2) Much more information on New Zealand travel and accommodation Please take a look and pass the latest information on to interested colleagues who may not receive this message. Regards, Adrian --------------------------------------------------------- Adrian Rissone TDWG 2004 Meeting Programme Coordinator http://www.tdwg.org/2004meet/TDWG_2004.htm Email: A.Rissone(a)nhm.ac.uk

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