[seek-taxon] Seek Taxon conference call
Robert K. Peet
peet at unc.edu
Thu Sep 28 13:41:09 PDT 2006
We have a meeting time for our planning discussion regards TDWG and OWL.
Monday 9 October, 1:00 EDT = 17:00 UTC
Dial: 1-888-346-3950
Code: 39501
Talk to you then.
Bob
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Robert K. Peet, Professor & Chair Phone: 919-962-6942
Curriculum in Ecology, CB#3275 Fax: 919-962-6930
University of North Carolina Cell: 919-368-4971
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3275 USA Email: peet at unc.edu
http://www.unc.edu/depts/ecology/
http://www.bio.unc.edu/faculty/peet/
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On Tue, 26 Sep 2006, Robert K. Peet wrote:
> 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
>
> ---------- 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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> Robert K. Peet, Professor & Chair Phone: 919-962-6942
> Curriculum in Ecology, CB#3275 Fax: 919-962-6930
> University of North Carolina Cell: 919-368-4971
> Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3275 USA Email: peet at unc.edu
> http://www.unc.edu/depts/ecology/
> http://www.bio.unc.edu/faculty/peet/
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>
>
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Robert K. Peet, Professor Phone: 919-962-6942
Department of Biology, CB#3280 Fax: 919-962-6930
University of North Carolina Cell: 919-368-4971
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3280 USA Email: peet at unc.edu
http://www.bio.unc.edu/faculty/peet/
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