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color=#0000ff size=2>Hi Rich</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2>Thanks for the posting on LSIDs (but these were TDWG rather
than GBIF workshops).</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=109233023-27022007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I'm
toying with a post on the status and direction of our LSID work. We have funded
quite a bit of activity lately. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=109233023-27022007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>At
this stage, Stan, Roger and I are planning to talk with Andrew in London about
the TDWG-ZooBank work.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=109233023-27022007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I also
had a good chat with Paddy yesterday about the EoL-TDWG links and have some very
positive outcomes. I'm planning to catch up with Paddy when he is Australia in
April - probably at a LSID-policy workshop I'm funding.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=109233023-27022007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Cheers</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<P><FONT size=2>Lee Belbin<BR>Manager, TDWG Infrastructure Project<BR>Email:
lee@tdwg.org<BR>Phone: +61(0)419 374 133 </FONT></P>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> zoobank-list-bounces@afriherp.org
[mailto:zoobank-list-bounces@afriherp.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Richard
Pyle<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, 28 February 2007 6:15 AM<BR><B>To:</B> 'Zoobank
Discussion List (ICZN)'<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: [Zoobank-list] Re: ZooBank
Guiding Principles Document<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2>Dear Wolfgang,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2>These are very good points, and need to be considered
carefully. I attended both GBIF workshops, and was also tasked with
drafting promotional documentation for biologists (here: <A
href="http://www.tdwg.org/uploads/media/LSIDs_for_Biologists.pdf">http://www.tdwg.org/uploads/media/LSIDs_for_Biologists.pdf</A>).</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2>There are prototype LSID resolvers being developed for
plant names (IPNI and IF), and also by uBio, and I think ZooBank should follow
their lead. The best source for information on what is happening with
GUIDs in biodiversity informatics overall is here: <A
href="http://wiki.tdwg.org/twiki/bin/view/GUID/WebHome">http://wiki.tdwg.org/twiki/bin/view/GUID/WebHome</A></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2>And for information on specific prototyping activities, see
here: <A
href="http://wiki.tdwg.org/twiki/bin/view/GUID/PrototypingWorkingGroup">http://wiki.tdwg.org/twiki/bin/view/GUID/PrototypingWorkingGroup</A></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2>As to your second question, I believe the current priority
is to move ZooBank forward on a path towards prototyping, so that we in Zoology
can get cought up with what is happening at IPNI, IF, and uBio in terms of
serving LSIDs for names. We will certainly need to spend a lot of time
thinking about how the next edition of the Code will need to be altered in the
context of all aspects of ZooBank (including GUID issuance); but I don't think
we can have a very productive discusson about that until after the prototype is
up and running, and people have a better understanding of how the ZooBank
registry might actually function.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2>The reason for drafting and distributing the "Guiding
Principles" document, is as a first step to defining the basic "shape" of
ZooBank. Soon to follow will be a discussion on which specific data
elements are necessary to constitute a "verified" ZooBank record. The hope
is to get a lot of these basic foundational issues sorted out in time for the
IUBS meeting in May, so that actual implementation of the prototype can begin
immediately thereafter.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=531495318-27022007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Aloha,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2>Rich</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<P><FONT size=2>Richard L. Pyle, PhD<BR>Database Coordinator for Natural
Sciences<BR> and Associate Zoologist in Ichthyology<BR>Department of
Natural Sciences, Bishop Museum<BR>1525 Bernice St., Honolulu, HI 96817<BR>Ph:
(808)848-4115, Fax: (808)847-8252<BR>email: deepreef@bishopmuseum.org<BR><A
href="http://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/staff/pylerichard.html"
target=_blank>http://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/staff/pylerichard.html</A><BR><BR></FONT></P></SPAN></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> zoobank-list-bounces@afriherp.org
[mailto:zoobank-list-bounces@afriherp.org] <B>On Behalf Of
</B>Faunaplan@aol.com<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, February 27, 2007 2:21
AM<BR><B>To:</B> zoobank-list@afriherp.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> [Zoobank-list]
Re: ZooBank Guiding Principles Document<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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PTSIZE="10" FAMILY="SANSSERIF">Dear All,<BR>inclusion of the GUID (Globally
Unique Identifier) issue in ZooBank seems to be of high importance from the
point of view of the eScience community, but there seems to be considerable
need for further promotion of the idea in the broader community, isn't it? For
example, in the second GUID workshop report I found under "conclusions" that a
"promotional documentation targeted separately at managers, biologists and IT
specialists is urgently required"....<BR><BR>This situation generates a lot of
questions, e.g., the following:<BR>- is there already a prototype (LSID
format) for a GUID applicable to names governed by the Code?<BR>- has it
already been discussed what are the consequences for the new Code, if GUIDs
are to become part of it? (e.g., what about nomenclatural acts that are
currently not governed by the Code, like up- and downgradings in rank within
family-, genus-, species-group levels?)<BR><BR>Best
wishes,<BR>Wolfgang<BR>--------------------<BR>Wolfgang Lorenz, Tutzing,
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