Hi All,
Got natural history collections data?
In case you weren't one of the 90-or-so folks who joined us and
you want to hear Darwin Core Hour #2 presentation and discussion
about controlled vocabularies for sharing collections data, or if
you want to share the conversation with your colleagues, here are
places where you can go to do that.
- iDigBio Calendar Announcement for DwC Hour #2 https://www.idigbio.org/content/darwin-core-hour-even-simple-hard
has link to the recording. An mp4 version is in-the-works.
- Explore the Darwin Core Questions & Answers wiki! https://github.com/tdwg/dwc-qa/wiki
- where all Darwin Core Hour materials can be found.
- See what questions have been asked and answered so far https://github.com/tdwg/dwc-qa/issues
- Submit your question / volunteer (yourself or someone) to do a
webinar on your darwin core topic: https://tinyurl.com/zja2muz
- See what's inside some of the dwc fields that suggest using a
controlled vocabulary:
https://github.com/tdwg/dwc-qa/tree/master/data
Upcoming Events of Interest.
A. The iDigBio Paleo Digitization Interest Group brings a talk by
Erica Clites (University of California Museum of Paleontology,
Berkeley, CA): Serving your georeferencing data via data
aggregators. Thursday, March 16,
2017 - 3:00pm
to 4:00pm
EDT. This webinar will define and discuss common Darwin
Core terms related to georeferencing and discuss factors to consider
when serving your georeferencing data online. If you are currently
serving your georeferencing data, come prepared with the list of
terms you serve or just bring your questions!
https://www.idigbio.org/content/paleo-working-group-webinar-0
B. Our next formal Darwin Core Hour is Tuesday April 4th, 2017 by
Paula Zermoglio: Thousands of shades for “Controlled” Vocabularies
https://www.idigbio.org/content/darwin-core-hour-thousands-shades-%E2%80%9Ccontrolled%E2%80%9D-vocabularies
Happy Darwin Core and Data Quality, :-)
Deb, et al from the iDigBio Data Mgmt Interest Group and the Darwin
Core Hour Team
(please excuse cross-postings)
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-- Deborah Paul, iDigBio Digitization and Workforce Training Specialist
iDigBio -- Steering Committee Member, SPNHC Liaison, SYNTHESYS3 Representative
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