Dear colleagues,

please see below the announcement of the public review of the ABCD Extension for Geoscience (ABCD-EFG) version 1.0.

This is a great opportunity for our Earth Science Group to contribute to the finalization of the standard’s ratification process. Based on the official ratification of version 1.0 new requirements and controlled vocabulary will be implemented in next versions in order to further improve the standard.

Best regards,

Falko

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Falko Glöckler
Head of Department Science Data Management
Science Programme: Digital World and Information Science

Museum für Naturkunde Berlin
Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science
Invalidenstraße 43, 10115 Berlin
https://www.museumfuernaturkunde.berlin

Tel.: +49 30 889140 8672
Email: falko.gloeckler@mfn.berlin

Von: TDWG Secretariat <secretariat@tdwg.org>
Gesendet: Donnerstag, 2. Juli 2020 04:33
An: Glöckler, Falko <Falko.Gloeckler@mfn.berlin>
Betreff: [EXT] TDWG Standards Update: 30-day public reviews open for two draft standards, GGBN and ABCD-EFG

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TDWG Standards Update: 30-day public reviews open for GGBN and ABCD-EFG

The ratification process for new TDWG standards entails both expert and public review. Two draft standards have passed expert review and are now ready for public review.

GGBN - Global Genomic Biodiversity Network
The GGBN specification adds vocabulary terms to TDWG's two standards for organism occurrence data, Darwin Core and Access to Biological Collections Data (ABCD). To learn more about GGBN, see the draft standard page on the TDWG website, where you will find a basic description, as well as links to an introductory article and the actual specification on the TDWG Terms Wiki.

EFG - Extension for Geosciences
The EFG specification extends the ABCD XML Schema Definition by adding elements that are useful for samples that support geoscience research, such as paleontology, sedimentology, petrology, mineralogy, etc. Find the charter for the EFG Task Group on the TDWG website. It includes a brief description of the specification and links to an introductory article and the full specification on the TDWG Terms Wiki.

Public review
TDWG is now managing the public review of standards on TDWG's GitHub space. Each of these specifications has its own repository:

GGBN - https://github.com/tdwg/ggbn
EFG - https://github.com/tdwg/efg

Post any comments and questions in the respective repository as an "issue" (see below). The authors will do their best to respond promptly, but please be patient, summertime always has its distractions. You need a GitHub account (free) to post an issue, but you don't need to have any further authorization. If you would like to submit your comment anonymously, please send it as email to the TDWG secretariat. The public reviews will close August 1st.

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