[seek-taxon] Seek Taxon conference call

[Robert K. Peet]

Hello SEEK_Taxon and others,

I agree with Matt that we need a quick conference call to get our 
collective thoughts together prior to TDWG regards TCS OWL RDF XML etc. 
This call should include SEEK_Taxon, but also a few others in the SEEK 
empire, such as Josh, Shawn, & Steve. Please ASAP let me know your 
availability for a conference call at the following times.  I will select 
the one with the fewest conflicts reported, probably reporting back to you 
at the end of the day tomorrow Wednesday.

Mon    9 Oct   11:00 EDT = 8:00 PDT = 15:00 UTC
                12:00 EDT
                 1:00 EDT
Tues  10 Oct   11:00 EDT
                12:00 EDT
                 1:00 EDT

Bob Peet

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Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2006 08:20:12 -0800
From: Matt Jones <jones at nceas.ucsb.edu>
To: seek-taxon <seek-taxon at ecoinformatics.org>, seek-kr-sms at ecoinformatics.org
Subject: [seek-taxon] [Fwd: Re: [Tdwg-guid] Which TCS/RDF?]

Hi Jessie,

I don't know if you've been following the conversation regarding the 
representation of TCS in OWL that has been happening on the TDWG-GUID mailing 
list, but I think we need to get ahold of this one and suggest an approach. 
The people in SEEK who created TCS are probably among the best to refactor it 
into OWL, especially with our knowledge of how OBOE is structured as well. 
Given that there are several competing versions of TCS in OWL floating around 
(one created by Dave Thau I believe), we should be prepared at TDWG in a couple 
of weeks to help resolve the issue.  Based on the mood at GBIF, it seems that 
everyone will skip using the XML representation of TCS altogether and start 
with an OWL/RDF version -- if this is the case, we should be sure we are happy 
with it.

Thoughts?  I think SEEK-Taxon should discuss this before TDWG?  Are there 
conference call plans in the near future?

Matt

PS I have changed my plans and am no longer attending TDWG.  Instead, I think 
Josh Madin, the principal architect of OBOE, will be attending, so he'll be 
able to help with the OWL/OBOE linkages.


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