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Outline Schedule Structure (4th Draft - August 2005)
TDWG 2005: OUTLINE STRUCTURE
Saturday 10 September
| Arrival of delegates (low cost transport from airport provided) |
Sunday 11 September (Zoological Institute)
Registration will take place in parallel with Sessions I - IV
Subgroup sessions (followed by "Introduction to TDWG"):
| I |
Structure of Descriptive Data (SDD) |
| II |
Protocol Developers group |
Executive meeting |
| III |
Taxonomic Concept Exchange Standard (TCS) |
Natural Collections Descriptions |
| IV |
Introduction to TDWG |
| Evening |
Reception |
Monday 12 September (Botanical Institute)
Registration will take place in parallel with Session I only
| I |
Welcome, Procedure, Proposed Standards |
| II-III |
Proposed standards:
- SDD (Structured Descriptive Data)TAPIR (TDWG Access Protocol for Information Retrieval)
- TCS Taxonomic Concept Exchange Standard
(the Wiki pages at http://tdwg.napier.ac.uk represent
the relevant information for the TCS)
- LC - Linnean Core (?)
- Spatial Data
- Natural Collections Descriptions (metadata)
- Darwin Core (Core Biological Collection Data)
- ABCD-Schema (Access to Biological Collection Data)
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| IV |
Poster presentations and demonstrations |
Tuesday 13 September (Zoological Institute, 2 parallel sessions)
Draft Symposium topics include:
- Modelling the taxomic work process (process modelling, information flows, etc.)
- Metadata systems supporting taxonomy (GTI: collections, experts, projects)
- Informatics tools for species inventories and monitoring
- Informatics tools for the delimitation of taxa
- External resources for taxonomy (bibliography, geography)
- Publication of results (open access platforms, publishers, Species Bank)
- Collaborative tools for research groups doing taxonomic revisions
- Tools for the improvement of data quality and their application (provider/portal-sided applications)
- Publishing biodiversity content
- Biodiversity Informatics for taxonomic research in Russia
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Symposium opens |
| I |
Symposium lectures block 1 |
Symposium lectures block 2 |
| II |
Symposium lectures block 3 |
Symposium lectures block 4 |
| III |
Poster presentations and demonstrations |
| IV |
Symposium lectures block 5 |
Symposium lectures block 6 |
Wednesday 14 September
| Day |
These activities will take place in parallel:
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| Evening |
TDWG 2005 Banquet |
Thursday 15 September (Botanical institute)
| I |
Symposium lectures block 7 |
| II |
Symposium lectures block 8 |
| III |
Symposium lectures block 9 |
| IV |
Symposium lectures block 10 |
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Close of Symposium |
Friday 16 September (Zoological Institute)
| I |
TDWG Business session (TDWG members only) |
| II |
TDWG Business session (TDWG members only) |
| III |
ABCD and DC schemas - next steps |
| IV |
TCS and Protocols - next steps |
Saturday 17 September
Subgroup sessions:
- Observation
- Imaging/Multimedia
- Georeferencing
- SDD
- Natural Collections Descriptions
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Sunday 18 September
| Subgroup meetings (as needed) |
| Departure of delegates (low cost transport to airport provided) |
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