2009 Roadmap Topics

• Geospatial wiki page needs updating with project specifics (Andrew W Hill)
• Examples of uses of standards eg OGC - links thru to them (John van Breda)
• Discussion place for identifying what standards and A/S missing (Javier de la Torre)
• Recommend appropriate use of standards from the geospatial community (eg OGC) in TDWG activities / domain (Javier de la Torre & John van Breda)

2. Georeferencing topics

• Best practices paper here
• Metadata requirements for georeferencing data (Nelson Rios & John Deck)
• Gazateer - review existing gazateer resources (Reed Beaman, Ajay Ranipeta, Peter Brenton)
• Promotion of georeferencing standards - including data serving and georeferencing cookbook (John Deck & Jim Graham)

3. Cloud Computing

• See task group proposal here (Javier de la Torre & Andrew W Hill)

BioGeo Interoperability Task Group

BioGeo Interoperability Task Group

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Geospatial application and interoperability

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DarwinCore	DarwinCore Working Group	...collaborate on the development of standards for the sharing and integration of primary biodiversity data.
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