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---+ Draft Agenda for Session 6

---+ Species Profile Model working session

*When: 1100-1230 Tuesday 10 November 2009*

*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

Leader is indicated but all are invited to participate. Please see BackgroundReading for some explanation bearing on each agenda item.

* 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

-- Main.CynthiaParr - 03 Nov 2009