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TDWG newsletter
by Georgina MacKenzie 14 Mar '01

14 Mar '01

Preparations are being made for the next edition of the TDWG newsletter, so if anyone has any contributions please send them to me as soon as possible, but certainly by 23rd April. Thanks, Georgina MacKenzie, Secretary, Newsletter Editor and Webmaster, International Working Group on Taxonomic Databases (TDWG) gmackenzie(a)york.biosis.org Telephone: +44 1904 642816 Fax: +44 1904 612793 54 Micklegate, York, YO1 6WF, UK [Any opinion expressed here does not necessarily represent the views of BIOSIS UK.] Any opinion expressed here does not necessarily represent the views of BIOSIS UK.

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TDWG 2001 Meeting Announcement
by Georgina MacKenzie 06 Feb '01

06 Feb '01

The 2001 meeting of TDWG will be held in Sydney from the 9th to 11th November, 2001. It will form part of a series of meetings (Species 2000, HISCOM, IOPI, SPP) mainly happening in and around Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney then moving on to Canberra. Further details will be posted on the TDWG web site as they become available.

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message
by Roland Keller 29 Jan '01

29 Jan '01

Dear Sir, Madam How can I mail a message to all Taxacomer? Best regards, Roland Roland Keller Institut de Botanique Université de Lausanne 1015 Lausanne http://www.tropicalbotany.net tel: +41 21 6924271 mail: roland.keller(a)ie-bsg.unil.ch

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Re: TDWG 2000 meeting report now available
by Ronen Kadmon 12 Jan '01

12 Jan '01

Dear TDWG members, After reading the report of the TDWG meeting I thought that you might be interested in our new project which attempts to establish a National Biodiversity Information System based on GIS technology (BioGIS). The first version, which is already available on the Internt, provides a lot of tools for querying, analyzing and modeling biodiversity data. To the best of my knowledge, in terms of its functionality and query system, it is one of the most sophisticated databases of biodiversity available on the web. The URL is: http://www.biogis.huji.ac.il Have fun! Ronen Kadmon Head of the GIS Center of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Georgina MacKenzie wrote: > > The report of the TDWG 2000 meeting (held in Frankfurt in > November 2000) is now available on the TDWG web site > http://www.tdwg.org . > > Georgina MacKenzie, > Secretary, Newsletter Editor and Webmaster, > International Working Group on Taxonomic Databases (TDWG) > > gmackenzie(a)york.biosis.org > Telephone: +44 1904 642816 > Fax: +44 1904 612793 > > 54 Micklegate, > York, > YO1 6WF, > UK > > [Any opinion expressed here does not necessarily represent > the views of BIOSIS UK.]

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TDWG 2000 meeting report now available
by Georgina MacKenzie 04 Jan '01

04 Jan '01

The report of the TDWG 2000 meeting (held in Frankfurt in November 2000) is now available on the TDWG web site http://www.tdwg.org . Georgina MacKenzie, Secretary, Newsletter Editor and Webmaster, International Working Group on Taxonomic Databases (TDWG) gmackenzie(a)york.biosis.org Telephone: +44 1904 642816 Fax: +44 1904 612793 54 Micklegate, York, YO1 6WF, UK [Any opinion expressed here does not necessarily represent the views of BIOSIS UK.]

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MCZ Type Database
by Piotr Naskrecki 30 Nov '00

30 Nov '00

Dear Taxonomic Community, We are pleased to announce a new development and a significant expansion of our online Primary Type Specimen Database at the Entomology department of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University. The most significant change is the addition of over 4,000 high quality images of primary type specimens. At this point we have completed documenting the entire collection of long-horned beetles (Cerambycidae), with over 520 photographed types. The next group to be added shortly will be the Buprestidae, followed by Chrysomelidae and butterflies. Each type record in the database contains information on the taxonomic placement of the species, the authorship, the species¹ current combination (if data are available), label data, the type of specimen preparation, and the biogeographic region. The images associated with each record include the general habitus of the insect (lateral and dorsal views), close-ups of diagnostic characters, and all labels associated with the specimen. In some cases the label photographs have been digitally enhanced to reveal faded text, no longer visible on the actual label. We realize that in some cases no photograph will substitute a physical examination of the type specimen (e.g., one often needs to examine hidden genitalic structures), but in more cases than not a set of high quality photographs, together with appropriate identification keys, will be sufficient to establish the identity of the species. Frequently, our photographs are the first illustrations of the species, and for most species the first in color. We welcome you to visit our database at <http://mcz-28168.oeb.harvard.edu/mcztypedb.htm> and send us your comments or suggestions. We hope that our effort may become an example of how museum type collections can be made more easily accessible to the scientific community worldwide. If you are interested in developing a similar database for your type collection, please don¹t hesitate to contact us. With best regards, P. Naskrecki, P. Perkins, and B. Farrell Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University ---------------------------- Primary Type Specimen Database, Entomology Dept., Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University http://mcz-28168.oeb.harvard.edu/mcztypedb.htm

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(Fwd) TDWG 2000 Meeting
by Georgina MacKenzie 31 Aug '00

31 Aug '00

PLEASE NOTE: The deadline for reduced registrations to the TDWG 2000 meeting has been extended to 30th September. see http://www.bgbm.fu-berlin.de/tdwg/2000/RegistrationForm.htm for the registration form. ------- Forwarded message follows ------- Date sent: Mon, 3 Jul 2000 11:37:27 +0100 Send reply to: Georgina MacKenzie <gmackenzie(a)YORK.BIOSIS.ORG> Subject: TDWG 2000 Meeting The 2000 meeting of the Taxonomic Databases Working Group (TDWG) will be held from 10th to 12th November at the Senckenberg Museum in Frankfurt, Germany. The theme of this year's meeting will be "Digitizing Biological Collections". For further details, please look at http://www.bgbm.fu-berlin.de/tdwg/2000/ This provides a preliminary program of the meeting, information on costs and how to register, and details of hotels. For further information on TDWG, please look at the web site http://www.tdwg.org or contact me. ------- End of forwarded message ------- Georgina MacKenzie Secretary, Newsletter Editor and Webmaster International Working Group on Taxonomic Databases (TDWG) gmackenzie(a)york.biosis.org Telephone: +44 1904 642816 Fax: +44 1904 612793

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Tree of Life Project: position available for lead programmer
by Tree of Life 14 Aug '00

14 Aug '00

Folks, Hi. We now have a grant to convert the Tree of Life project into a full-fledged database, and are looking for a lead developer to help us with this effort. If you know of any good candidates, please pass this note their way. Below is a portion of the official job advertisement; the complete ad with more details can be found at http://hr2.hr.arizona.edu/17905xcox.htm. ======== We seek an applications and database developer to redesign and implement a database of biological organisms (The Tree of Life Project). The Tree of Life (http://phylogeny.arizona.edu/tree) is a widely-used, multi-authored, international, distributed Internet project containing information about phylogeny and biodiversity. This position will be lead developer in the rebuilding of the project as database-driven system with open-source, Java-based data entry tools and flexible data-presentation and manipulation modules. Additionally, this position will coordinate with other bioinformatics projects (e.g. NABIN, species2000) to ensure interoperability of the data served by the project. As lead developer in the project, this person will oversee the day-to-day duties of two half-time graduate research assistants, and provide expertise and leadership when needed for these positions. ========= If you or potential applicants have any questions, please contact me or Jeremy Frumkin (frumkinj(a)u.library.arizona.edu) Best wishes, David -- ========================= David Maddison Department of Entomology University of Arizona Tucson, AZ 85721 USA http://phylogeny.arizona.edu/tree/phylogeny.html =========================

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Botany
by Roland Keller 24 Jul '00

24 Jul '00

If you wish to know an identification key based upon vegetative characters, see www.tropicalbotany.net This website is linked to a database which is updated weakly, worth to say that end July many pictures will be added for illustrating about 500 genera of woody plants. For comments, send mail to : roland.keller(a)ie-bsg.unil.ch Roland Keller Institut de Botanique Université de Lausanne Suisse (Switzerland)

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TDWG 2000 Meeting
by Georgina MacKenzie 03 Jul '00

03 Jul '00

The 2000 meeting of the Taxonomic Databases Working Group (TDWG) will be held from 10th to 12th November at the Senckenberg Museum in Frankfurt, Germany. The theme of this year's meeting will be "Digitizing Biological Collections". For further details, please look at http://www.bgbm.fu-berlin.de/tdwg/2000/ This provides a preliminary program of the meeting, information on costs and how to register, and details of hotels. For further information on TDWG, please look at the web site http://www.tdwg.org or contact me. Georgina MacKenzie Secretary, Newsletter Editor and Webmaster International Working Group on Taxonomic Databases (TDWG) gmackenzie(a)york.biosis.org Telephone: +44 1904 642816 Fax: +44 1904 612793

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