October 2021 - dwc-material-sample

Back to basics - let's define MaterialSample
by Teresa Mayfield 14 Oct '21

14 Oct '21

MaterialSample Task Group, Thank you all for the productive set of meetings yesterday! I have posted a prompt in the MaterialSample definition issue <https://github.com/tdwg/material-sample/issues/2#issuecomment-943456094> - let us discuss the definition of that term there. I also have added some issues and organized them in a project <https://github.com/tdwg/material-sample/projects/1> so that we can see where we are right now with regard to terms that we might place in a "Material" class. Once we have defined our "Material" class (whether MaterialSample is it or not) then I think we can start looking at the other terms in this project and think about their definitions and placement within the Darwin Core classes. So, our homework before we meet in November - let's see if we can agree on a MaterialSample or "Material" class definition. See you on Github, Teresa J. Mayfield-Meyer *Arctos <https://arctosdb.org/> Community Coordinator* *ORCiD - 0000-0002-1970-7044 <https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1970-7044>* It's not dead if it has data!

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Meetings reminder
by Teresa Mayfield 12 Oct '21

12 Oct '21

TDWG MaterialSample Task Group Member, Just a reminder that we moved our meeting this month to avoid conflicts with TDWG next week. Same time and place - just a week earlier than usual. Join Zoom Meeting https://fieldmuseum.zoom.us/j/91579197398?pwd=TDRac1F0OFBiak54N0E1b3o5Vllydz 09 <https://www.google.com/url?q=https://fieldmuseum.zoom.us/j/91579197398?pwd%…> Time conversions linked here: Meeting 1 <https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html?iso=20211013T160000&p…> Meeting 2 <https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html?iso=20211013T220000&p…> Please take some time to review the Github discussion <https://github.com/tdwg/material-sample/issues> and add any diagrams or use cases you feel would be helpful either in one of the issues or as part of the Wiki <https://github.com/tdwg/material-sample/wiki>. See you soon! Teresa J. Mayfield-Meyer *Arctos <https://arctosdb.org/> Community Coordinator* *ORCiD - 0000-0002-1970-7044 <https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1970-7044>* It's not dead if it has data!

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Diagrams posted in the Material Sample Wiki
by Stan Blum 11 Oct '21

11 Oct '21

Greetings All, I uploaded some diagrams into the Material Sample Wiki <https://github.com/tdwg/material-sample/wiki>. This was my most extensive trial of using a GitHub wiki, and unfortunately it looks to me like GitHub wikis have some limitations that might prove frustrating for us: 1. GitHub wiki pages can only load an image from a URL, so I had to upload all my diagrams to the <>Code part of the repo and insert links to them on the wiki page. 2. Only people with write permissions on the repository can upload diagrams to the repository (as a file under code). Everyone on our "team" (21) has write permissions, but every writing action might need a pull request / approval (cumbersome). 3. The listing of wiki "Pages" on the right-hand sidebar has no structure; you have to make an alternative _sidebar for the wiki, where you can use markdown to create a hierarchical structure, and you have to insert text and link to each wiki page. (A bit tedious.) I created wiki pages for the diagrams I uploaded, and used the page to describe the diagram and discuss the points represented. (I'm continuing to refine the descriptions, so feel free to ask questions, challenge assertions, or propose alternatives.) It might be easier to do this sort of open collaboration on a Google Drive folder where we can load images, make documents describing them, and people can make comments on highlighted text, suggest edits, etc. Last, I'd like to point people to the *Drawio app* <https://app.diagrams.net/>, which is what I used to make these diagrams. It's free, and pretty efficient for making lots of different kinds of diagrams. That app can be used as a browser plugin with the diagram file stored in the cloud or locally, or you can download the app to your local machine to do the same. For sharing, you can export the diagram as a PNG file that actually contains the vector graphics for the drawing. That makes it both displayable on the web and editable by other people using the app. I also activated the "*Discussions*" feature of the repository. Comments on some of the "Issues" have become very extensive and wide ranging. They address more topics than the original issue, and I expect will prove hard to manage. These might be more easily managed in "Discussions". Next up (I think), is to post some Use Cases, Proposals, and Competency Tests, or maybe just start by asking questions or making comments in the Discussion section. Cheers, -Stan

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