Hi all,
The slides and presentation recordings from the March 2026 AVSIG meeting are now available and linked from the
wiki. Direct links are included below.
March 2026 meeting overview (
agenda)
The session featured two presentations:
Junrong Yu (TERN),
Vocabularies in TERN: current state and future directions (
recording and
slides)
This presentation provided a practical overview of how vocabularies and semantic approaches are being used within TERN to support ecological data integration across different teams, manuals and workflows. It also outlined future directions, including improved search and semantic interfaces, further publication to RVA, stronger version control, and change reporting for stakeholders.
Kheeran Dharmawardena (Cytrax),
A strategic community roadmap for an Australian FAIR vocabulary ecosystem (
recording and
slides)
This presentation focused on the published roadmap for an Australian FAIR vocabulary ecosystem and its role in addressing fragmentation and lack of coordinated national direction. It highlighted the roadmap as a shared framework for strategic, policy and operational use, with an emphasis on practical uptake through planning, advocacy and implementation.
Best regards,
Rowan