Dear all,

Mailing list We created a mailing list (tdwg-mids@lists.tdwg.orgmailto:tdwg-mids@lists.tdwg.org) for the recently launched MIDS Task Group to develop a standard for Minimum Information about a Digital Specimen (MIDS). We will use this to announce meeting details and other matters. To follow/contribute to the work, please join the mailing list. You can subscribe here: http://lists.tdwg.org/mailman/listinfo/tdwg-mids.

Next meeting The next meeting of the MIDS TG will take place by Zoom at UTC 15:00 - 16:30 on Thursday 7th January. Details will be announced on the new mailing list on 5th January.

More detail To discover more information about the TG, see its charter here: https://www.tdwg.org/community/cd/mids/. To follow the work in progress see/join GitHub here: https://github.com/tdwg/mids. To read the current working draft of the specification, see it here: https://github.com/tdwg/mids/blob/working-draft/current-draft/MIDS-definitio...

Kind regards -- Alex and Elspeth (TG convenors)

Alex Hardisty Alex Hardisty Director of Informatics Projects Cyfarwyddwr y Prosiect Gwybodeg School of Computer Science and Informatics Yr Ysgol Cyfrifiadureg a Gwybodeg Cardiff University, Queens Buildings Prifysgol Caerdydd, Adeiladau'r Frenhines 5, The Parade, Cardiff CF24 3AA 5, The Parade, Caerdydd CF24 3AA United Kingdom Y Deyrnas Unedig

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