Dear all,
I finally managed to update the TAPIR specification to reflect the last
issues discussed in this mailing list:
http://www.tdwg.org/dav/subgroups/tapir/1.0/docs/TAPIRSpecification_2008-09…
I also updated the network builders' guide to include references to the
new resources (TapirTester and TapirBuilder) and to recommend the new CNS
encoding in XML instead of the old text file:
http://www.tdwg.org/dav/subgroups/tapir/1.0/docs/TAPIRNetworkBuildersGuide_…
The official links are already redirecting to these documents.
I think it's time to consider submitting TAPIR to the TDWG standards
track, but my feeling is that we should first wait for the annual meeting
since we're close to it anyway. There's no subgroup meeting planned for
TAPIR this year, but the TDWG annual meeting is always an opportunity for
most people here to interact and to see if there are any specific
improvements we should still make in the protocol.
I've been taking notes of additional changes that we could possibly make
before finishing version 1.0. I'll try to organize this in the Wiki during
the next days and I'll give you the link. We can then revise the list of
possible changes and decide together what we should do.
Please let me know if you have any ideas about this. I think we should
definitely finish TAPIR 1.0 this year and try to make it a TDWG standard.
Best Regards,
--
Renato
Dear TAG Member,
With kind support from others I have now pulled together what I
believe is the text for the 2008 Roadmap. I will polish this some more
but do not plan to change it radically. This will be presented to the
conference in Fremantle next month as the output of the TAG.
http://wiki.tdwg.org/twiki/bin/view/TAG/RoadMap2008
Please take a few moments to read this through and edit or comment on
the list if you don't agree with it or think anything is missing. I
will take silence as assent!
On or around the 8th October I will convert the wiki page into a PDF
and start distributing it.
I would like to take this opportunity to announce that I wish to stand
down as convener of the TAG as of the Fremantle conference. I believe
it would be good for the TAG and TDWG to have some fresh blood in this
position. I still hope to continue contributing to TDWG but perhaps in
different ways.
The procedure for choosing a new convener is somewhat vague but I
believe it should be done through group consensus. Perhaps we could
start a discussion on this list and those who are coming to Fremantle
could discuss it further.
Who do you think should take this forward? Would you like to take this
forward?
All the best,
Roger
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