[seek-taxon] Seek Taxon conference call

[Kennedy, Jessie]

Any of these for me...

Jessie

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert K. Peet [mailto:peet at unc.edu]
> Sent: 26 September 2006 23:26
> To: SEEK Taxon; Kennedy, Jessie; Matt Jones; Joshua Madin; Steve
Perry;
> Mark Schildhaur; Shawn Bowers; Dave Thau; Rob Gales
> Subject: Seek Taxon conference call
> 
> 
> 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
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> Tues  10 Oct   11:00 EDT
>                 12:00 EDT
>                  1:00 EDT
> 
> Bob Peet
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> 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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