June 2010 - tdwg-tag - lists.tdwg.org

Re: [tdwg-tag] RDF N3
by Kevin Richards 17 Nov '10

17 Nov '10

I like the sound of the 'compactness' of the format, but I worry that there is a lack of tools that support the format (ie browsers, mainly). It is quite nice to naturally navigate the rdf world with a standard browser. But for transfer standards, I suppose this wouldn't matter. Kevin Sent from my HTC ----- Reply message ----- From: "Bob Morris" <morris.bob(a)gmail.com> Date: Sun, Jan 24, 2010 12:08 PM Subject: [tdwg-tag] RDF N3 To: "Technical Architecture Group mailing list" <Tdwg-tag(a)lists.tdwg.org> Let's make N3 be the recommended RDF representation. It is way more compact and human readable than RDF/XML. We could even specify a normative conversion tool if necessary. -- Robert A. Morris Professor of Computer Science (nominally retired) UMASS-Boston 100 Morrissey Blvd Boston, MA 02125-3390 Associate, Harvard University Herbaria email: ram(a)cs.umb.edu web: http://bdei.cs.umb.edu/ web: http://etaxonomy.org/FilteredPush http://www.cs.umb.edu/~ram phone (+1)617 287 6466 _______________________________________________ tdwg-tag mailing list tdwg-tag(a)lists.tdwg.org http://lists.tdwg.org/mailman/listinfo/tdwg-tag ________________________________ Please consider the environment before printing this email Warning: This electronic message together with any attachments is confidential. If you receive it in error: (i) you must not read, use, disclose, copy or retain it; (ii) please contact the sender immediately by reply email and then delete the emails. The views expressed in this email may not be those of Landcare Research New Zealand Limited. http://www.landcareresearch.co.nz

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Birds-of-a-Feather gatherings for Conference on Informatics for Phylogenetics, Evolution, and Biodiversity (iEvoBio)
by Hilmar Lapp 14 Jun '10

14 Jun '10

In anticipation of the inaugural conference on Informatics for Phylogenetics, Evolution, and Biodiversity (iEvoBio), we solicit all attendees to propose and discuss Birds-of-a-Feather gatherings. See below for details. Birds-of-a-Feather gatherings (BoFs) are informal, ad-hoc, focused face-to-face discussion groups that form around a shared interest. BoFs have a leader (usually, but not necessarily, the proposer) who initiates or moderates the discussion, but typically not a preset agenda. The topics of BoFs can range widely, including general cultural or computational infrastructure issues, or narrower questions such as how to make the best use of a particular software tool or how to solve a particular computational challenge. Anyone willing to lead such a group can propose a BoF. iEvoBio will provide space that can accommodate up to 8-10 BoFs. Sign-up sheets will be provided on-site on the first day of the conference where attendees can propose a BoF or sign up for one proposed by someone else. BoFs will be about 1 hr in duration and take place in the afternoon of the second day of the conference. In line with their informal nature, there is no official prior call for or submission of BoFs. However, we encourage those intending to propose one to sound out or rally potential attendees ahead of time. We suggest to employ Twitter (http://twitter.com) for this, using the #ievobioBof tag to mark BoF proposals and comments. Birds-of-a-Feather gatherings are only 1 of 5 kinds of contributed content that iEvoBio will feature. The other 4 are: 1) Full talks (closed), 2) Lightning talks (waiting list only), 3) Challenge entries, and 4) Software Bazaar entries. The Calls for Challenge entries (http://ievobio.org/challenge.html) and Software Bazaar entries (http://ievobio.org/ocs/index.php/ievobio/2010/) remain open. More details about the program and guidelines for contributing content are available at http://ievobio.org. You can also find continuous updates on the conference's Twitter feed at http://twitter.com/iEvoBio. iEvoBio is sponsored by the US National Evolutionary Synthesis Center (NESCent) in partnership with the Society of Systematic Biologists (SSB). Additional support has been provided by the Encyclopedia of Life (EOL). The iEvoBio 2010 Organizing Committee: Rod Page (University of Glasgow) Cecile Ane (University of Wisconsin at Madison) Rob Guralnick (University of Colorado at Boulder) Hilmar Lapp (NESCent) Cynthia Parr (Encyclopedia of Life) Michael Sanderson (University of Arizona)

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Deadline for Call for Challenge entries for Conference on Informatics for Phylogenetics, Evolution, and Biodiversity (iEvoBio)
by Hilmar Lapp 08 Jun '10

08 Jun '10

This is a reminder that the Call for Challenge entries for the inaugural conference on Informatics for Phylogenetics, Evolution, and Biodiversity (iEvoBio) closes in two weeks on June 21, 2010. The theme of the 2010 iEvoBio conference challenge is "New visualization methods for evolutionary data". Visualizing evolution is a key part of our discipline and presents opportunities as much as it does obstacles. The iEvoBio Challenge is deliberately wide ranging: entries could range from geophylogenies to visualizing extremely large phylogenetic trees, to mashups showing relationships between lineages and other types of data (e.g. conservation status). Further information on the nature of challenge entries and how to submit them can be found on the iEvoBio website at http://ievobio.org/challenge.html . Selected candidates will make short oral presentations to demonstrate their visualization in a "Challenge session" at the conference, and will automatically be entered into the Software Bazaar if suitable. The winners of the Challenge will be judged collectively by the iEvoBio participants. There will be cash prizes for the first place ($1,000) and runner up entries. Challenge entries are only 1 of 5 kinds of contributed content that iEvoBio will feature. The other 4 are: 1) Full talks (closed), 2) Lightning talks, 3) Software Bazaar entries, and 4) Birds-of-a-Feather gatherings. The Calls for Lightning Talks and Software Bazaar entries remain open (see http://ievobio.org/ocs/index.php/ievobio/2010/), and information on the Birds-of-a-Feather session is forthcoming. More details about the program and guidelines for contributing content are available at http://ievobio.org. Continuous updates can also be found on the conference's Twitter feed at http://twitter.com/iEvoBio. iEvoBio is sponsored by the US National Evolutionary Synthesis Center (NESCent) in partnership with the Society of Systematic Biologists (SSB). Additional support has been provided by the Encyclopedia of Life (EOL). The iEvoBio 2010 Organizing Committee: Rod Page (University of Glasgow) Cecile Ane (University of Wisconsin at Madison) Rob Guralnick (University of Colorado at Boulder) Hilmar Lapp (NESCent) Cynthia Parr (Encyclopedia of Life) Michael Sanderson (University of Arizona)

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a science metadata and standards wiki
by Jim Croft 04 Jun '10

04 Jun '10

this was established over a year ago, but with traditional slackness I missed it. The Dublin Core bods posted this today: http://dublincore.org/groups/sam/ which has a link to this: http://ils.unc.edu/spaces/sam/index.php/Main_Page which includes a link to this: http://ils.unc.edu/spaces/sam/index.php/Standards chunks of our biodiv stuff are covered and referenced. apologies to those for whom this is boring old stuff... jim -- _________________ Jim Croft ~ jim.croft(a)gmail.com ~ +61-2-62509499 ~ http://www.google.com/profiles/jim.croft 'A civilized society is one which tolerates eccentricity to the point of doubtful sanity.' - Robert Frost, poet (1874-1963)

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string literals vs. uris for dwc:recordedBy, dwc:identifiedBy, and dwc:georeferencedBy in RDF
by Steve Baskauf 01 Jun '10

01 Jun '10

The definition for the Darwin Core term recordedBy http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/index.htm#recordedBy says "A list (concatenated and separated) of names ...". The examples given are string literals. However, when using this term as a predicate in RDF, it would seem preferable to use a URI to an RDF representation of the entity (if one exists) rather than a string literal. For example, can I use: <dwc:recordedBy rdf:resource="http://people.vanderbilt.edu/~steve.baskauf/foaf.rdf#me"/> rather than <dwc:recordedBy>Steven J. Baskauf</dwc:recordedBy> ? Steve Baskauf -- Steven J. Baskauf, Ph.D., Senior Lecturer Vanderbilt University Dept. of Biological Sciences postal mail address: VU Station B 351634 Nashville, TN 37235-1634, U.S.A. delivery address: 2125 Stevenson Center 1161 21st Ave., S. Nashville, TN 37235 office: 2128 Stevenson Center phone: (615) 343-4582, fax: (615) 343-6707 http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu

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