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Final update for the Digital Data in Biodiversity Research Conference
by Gil Nelson 27 Apr '18

27 Apr '18

This is the final update prior to the *30 April early registration/abstract deadline* for the *Digital Data in Biodiversity Research* conference, to be held at UC Berkeley, 4-6 June 2018. Those desiring to take advantage of the economy housing option or submit an abstract for a poster, oral presentation, or discussion session must register by end of day Eastern time on the early registration deadline. Others may register as late as 15 May, though we *may close registration even earlier if we reach capacity*. *NEW WEDNESDAY FIELD TRIP*: Cal Academy is offering space for 20 people to do tours in two groups of 10 each. Tours will involve two scientific collections and an aquarium tour for each group, which will take about 2 hours, after which participants will be invited to explore the public floor including catching a planetarium show. If you have already registered and want to take advantage of this opportunity, please email me (gnelson(a)bio.fsu.edu) to indicate your interest and I’ll put you on the list. Those who have not registered can select this option on the registration form. First come, first served. Transportation to Cal Academy is not provided. If you want to participate in the *Wednesday field trip to Pt. Reyes National Seashore* (https://www.idigbio.org/wiki/index.php/Digital_Data_in_Biodiversity_Researc…), there are still a few spaces. You must register for the field trip ($25.00 fee) when you register for the conference. After clicking Register and selecting your registration category, scroll down to the bottom of the list and check the box for optional field trip. If you have already registered and want to add the field trip to your previous registration, return to the registration page (https://www.eventbrite.com/e/second-annual-digital-data-in-biodiversity-res…), click register, scroll down, click the optional field trip box, and process your payment. -- Gil Nelson, PhD Research Faculty iDigBio Steering Committee Integrated Digitized Biocollections Institute for Digital Information and Scientific Communication College of Communication and Information Courtesy Professor Department of Biological Sciences Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium Florida State University gnelson(a)bio.fsu.edu

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Darwin Core webinar on paleo/zooarch time, TODAY at 1pm Eastern
by Erica Krimmel 24 Apr '18

24 Apr '18

Join us later today for Darwin Core (DwC) Hour #13: *The Problem of Time: Dealing with Paleontological and Zooarchaeological Specimens in Darwin Core <https://www.idigbio.org/content/darwin-core-hour-problem-time-dealing-paleo…>!* *When*: *TODAY, 24 April 2018* *Time*: *1pm Eastern / 5pm UTC* *Where*: https://idigbio.adobeconnect.com/room The temporality of specimens is a quintessential piece of information that undeniably adds research value. Part of what makes specimens so invaluable is the fact that they represent life in a certain form at a particular place and time. However, there are some complications when it comes to reporting and comparing collection dates and the ages or chronology of ‘modern’ specimens to those from paleontological or zooarchaeological relevant time frames. This Darwin Core Hour aims to take a deeper look at some of these complexities, to begin community discussions of how these important data should be portrayed in Darwin Core, and to provide a starting point for these discussions by introducing the Chronometric extension for Darwin Core that is currently under development. However, there are some complications when it comes to reporting the collecting dates versus the ages or chronology of ‘modern’, paleontological, and zooarchaeological specimens, as well as making meaningful comparisons across represented time frames (e.g., modern, archaeological, paleontological). *Presenter*: Laura Brenskelle, University of Florida/Florida Museum of Natural History Please bring or submit questions for open discussions in each webinar: https://tinyurl.com/zja2muz EXTRAS: - Explore the Darwin Core Questions & Answers wiki: https://github.com/tdwg/dwc-qa/wiki <https://github.com/tdwg/dwc-qa/wiki> - See which of your questions have been asked and answered so far: https://github.com/tdwg/dwc-qa/issues <https://github.com/tdwg/dwc-qa/issues> - Submit your question / volunteer (yourself or someone) to do a webinar on a DwC topic: https://tinyurl.com/zja2muz - See what terms DwC recommends using a controlled vocabulary for: https://github.com/tdwg/dwc-qa/wiki/Controlled-Vocabularies <https://github.com/tdwg/dwc-qa/wiki/Controlled-Vocabularies> - Compare the above to what's actually inside some of the DwC fields that suggest using a controlled vocabulary (data from GBIF, iDigBio, VertNet, and soon ALA): https://github.com/tdwg/dwc-qa/tree/master/data Happy Darwin Core and Data Quality, and hope to see you soon! - Erica Krimmel, et al from the* iDigBio Data Mgmt Interest Group *and the *Darwin Core Hour Team* *(please kindly excuse cross-postings!)DwC Hour is a regular webinar series brought to you by the iDigBio Data Management Interest Group (DMI). We welcome input for this series from everyone worldwide. We use Adobe Connect for our webinars. See https://www.idigbio.org/wiki/index.php/Web_Conferencing <https://www.idigbio.org/wiki/index.php/Web_Conferencing> for hints on best experience (hint: use headsets!)*

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by Christy Semmens 23 Apr '18

23 Apr '18

Thank you for your message. I am currently out of the country and will not have consistent internet access until May 7. I will respond to your message as soon as possible after that. If you need immediate assistance, please contact one of my colleagues at REEF (see http://www.REEF.org/about/staff). Thank you. Christy Pattengill-Semmens, REEF Director of Science

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by Christy Semmens 18 Apr '18

18 Apr '18

Thank you for your message. I am currently out of the country and will not have consistent internet access until May 7. I will respond to your message as soon as possible after that. If you need immediate assistance, please contact one of my colleagues at REEF (see http://www.REEF.org/about/staff). Thank you. Christy Pattengill-Semmens, REEF Director of Science

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4/24 DwC Hour Webinar "The Problem of Time: Dealing with Paleontological and Zooarchaeological Specimens in Darwin Core!
by Erica Krimmel 17 Apr '18

17 Apr '18

Darwin Core (DwC) Hour #13 is almost here: *The Problem of Time: Dealing with Paleontological and Zooarchaeological Specimens in Darwin Core <https://www.idigbio.org/content/darwin-core-hour-problem-time-dealing-paleo…>!* *When*: *Tuesday, 24 April 2018* *Time*: *1pm Eastern / 5pm UTC* *Where*: https://idigbio.adobeconnect.com/room The temporality of specimens is a quintessential piece of information that undeniably adds research value. Part of what makes specimens so invaluable is the fact that they represent life in a certain form at a particular place and time. However, there are some complications when it comes to reporting and comparing collection dates and the ages or chronology of ‘modern’ specimens to those from paleontological or zooarchaeological relevant time frames. This Darwin Core Hour aims to take a deeper look at some of these complexities, to begin community discussions of how these important data should be portrayed in Darwin Core, and to provide a starting point for these discussions by introducing the Chronometric extension for Darwin Core that is currently under development. However, there are some complications when it comes to reporting the collecting dates versus the ages or chronology of ‘modern’, paleontological, and zooarchaeological specimens, as well as making meaningful comparisons across represented time frames (e.g., modern, archaeological, paleontological). *Presenter*: Laura Brenskelle, University of Florida/Florida Museum of Natural History Please bring or submit questions for open discussions in each webinar: https://tinyurl.com/zja2muz EXTRAS: - Explore the Darwin Core Questions & Answers wiki: https://github.com/tdwg/dwc-qa/wiki <https://github.com/tdwg/dwc-qa/wiki> - See which of your questions have been asked and answered so far: https://github.com/tdwg/dwc-qa/issues <https://github.com/tdwg/dwc-qa/issues> - Submit your question / volunteer (yourself or someone) to do a webinar on a DwC topic: https://tinyurl.com/zja2muz - See what terms DwC recommends using a controlled vocabulary for: https://github.com/tdwg/dwc-qa/wiki/Controlled-Vocabularies <https://github.com/tdwg/dwc-qa/wiki/Controlled-Vocabularies> - Compare the above to what's actually inside some of the DwC fields that suggest using a controlled vocabulary (data from GBIF, iDigBio, VertNet, and soon ALA): https://github.com/tdwg/dwc-qa/tree/master/data Happy Darwin Core and Data Quality, and hope to see you soon! - Erica Krimmel, et al from the* iDigBio Data Mgmt Interest Group *and the *Darwin Core Hour Team* *(please kindly excuse cross-postings!)DwC Hour is a regular webinar series brought to you by the iDigBio Data Management Interest Group (DMI). We welcome input for this series from everyone worldwide. We use Adobe Connect for our webinars. See https://www.idigbio.org/wiki/index.php/Web_Conferencing <https://www.idigbio.org/wiki/index.php/Web_Conferencing> for hints on best experience (hint: use headsets!)*

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DCMI 2018 conference, Porto, September 10-13, 2018
by DCMI Announce 17 Apr '18

17 Apr '18

(apologies for cross-posting) Are you doing interesting work or research with metadata? Whether you are engaged in cutting-edge innovation, working to refine good practice, or teaching (or learning!) about metadata technologies, then the Dublin Core annual conference and workshop is the place to be. This year we will be hosted by the University of Porto in Portugal (September 10th - 13th, 2018), and our conference will be co-located with the TPDL 2018 conference (delegates will be able to register just once and have full access to both conferences). We already have some great sessions lined up, and a superb line-up of keynote speakers [^1]. The DCMI community includes a broad range of people, including academics, developers and technicians and practitioners of all kinds. The conference reflects this, and we welcome submissions of all kinds, academic (peer-reviewed) and non-academic including: Peer-reviewed content: - papers - project reports - posters Other (non-peer-reviewed) content: - presentations - special sessions (e.g. panels, mini-workshops, moderated discussions etc.) - tutorials - workshops The deadline for submissions for the DCMI 2018 is fast approaching (May 7th), so get your proposals in soon! Full details for submission: http://bit.ly/dcmi2018-cfp Information about the conference (speakers, venue, location etc.): http://dublincore.org/conference/2018/ If you have any questions about this, please contact me at: paul(a)paulwalk.net We hope to see you in wonderful Porto in September! Paul Walk DCMI Managing Director [^1]: http://dublincore.org/conference/2018/keynotes/

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