Draft Agenda for Session 6

Species Profile Model working session

Where: Joffre C+D

At the 2007 Meeting in Slovakia, we decided to consider SPM and SDD and related standards together in a Biological Descriptions Interest group. This is the first of three sessions that will address these issues.

Presentations

• Introduction -- Cyndy Parr
• Using SPM for the EOL -- Patrick Leary
• Transforming TaxonX? to SPM -- Bob Morris

Discussion

• Possible changes to existing terms and definitions -- Cyndy Parr
• Mechanisms for adding new terms to SPM -- ??
• GBIF vocabulary server -- David Remsen and Kehan Harman
• Use of Thomson-Reuters term vocabularies -- Cyndy Parr
• Ratification process -- Wouter Addink
• Relationship to TDWG ontology and eBiosphere roadmap -- Cyndy Parr
• Summary of action items and assignments -- Cyndy Parr

-- CynthiaParr - 03 Nov 2009