GUID-1 Workshop

NESCent is hosting the First International Workshop on Globally Unique Identifiers (GUIDs) for Biodiversity on February 1-3, 2006. The workshop is organised by the Taxonomic Databases Working Group (TDWG - http://www.tdwg.org) and the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF - http://www.gbif.org).

This workshop will review potential GUID technologies and then provide recommendations for a development strategy to the TDWG.

Resources:

• Logistics - General instructions to participants (when you arrive at the airport, etc).
• Draft Agenda
• List of Participants
• Homework for workshop participants
• Workshop Minutes and Presentations
• Report (Wiki page) or in PDF format
• Report Comments

Venue

National Center for Evolutionary Synthesis (NESCent)

2024 West Main Street Suite A200 Durham, NC, USA 27705

Date: February 1-3, 2006

Goals

• To discuss requirements for globally unique identifiers for biodiversity informatics
• To start designing a GUID system for biodiversity informatics
• To adopt an existing GUID technology (LSID, DOI, Handles, ARK)
• To specicy a prototype of RDF based metadata architecture for demonstrations
• To form a working group to draft recommendations on GUID infrastructure

General Plan

• Day 1 - Plenary presentations, definition of issues, start of discussions
• Day 2 - Parallel discussions in 2 groups (names and concepts; specimens and collections) to develop a refined statement of requirements and to consider suitability of candidate technologies
• Day 3 - Plenary review, evaluation of findings, review of what is actually agreed, development of plan to address any outstanding issues

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