Fwd: Public review of new Darwin Core conceptual model and Data Package Guide

[Mathew Biddle - NOAA Federal]

Hi all,

This is an opportunity to guide the Darwin Core standard into the future. As part of the US IOOS Marine Life Data Network, Darwin Core is the fundamental data standard by which we are coordinating marine life observations. "At its most simplistic state, observations of a species at a place (latitude and longitude) and time can be standardized to Darwin Core and shared to the Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) and/or the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)."

The new data package addresses a lot of the previous gaps in the data standard, and this is your opportunity to guide the conceptual model and data package into the future.

If you would like to learn more, please let me know.

Thanks,

Matt

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From: TDWG Secretariat <secre...@tdwg.org>
Date: Thu, Sep 18, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Subject: Public review of new Darwin Core conceptual model and Data Package Guide
To: <mathew...@noaa.gov>

Public review and comment will be open at least 90 days (not before 16 December)

View this email in your browser Public review of new conceptual model and Data Package Guide for Darwin Core After an extensive period of community feedback and testing, the Darwin Core Maintenance Group has approved moving the proposal for a conceptual model and Data Package guide forward to a period of public comment. The public comment period will begin on Wednesday, 17 September 2025 and will extend until at least 16 December (90 days).  This public review is longer than normal since this coordinated set of additions and changes to the Darwin Core standard is more complex than typical change proposals. The procedures for handling such complex proposals, known as vocabulary enhancements, are described in the TDWG Vocabulary Maintenance Specification. In deciding to move the proposal forward, the Maintenance Group considered the working group's Implementation Experience Report to assess the necessity and effectiveness of the proposed changes relative to needs expressed by members of the community who chose to participate in the initial development and testing of use cases.  A link to this report, along with summary descriptions of and links to details of the three major parts of the proposal, are included in a review landing page at https://gbif.github.io/dwc-dp/. The landing page also explains how you can participate in the review. All members of the community are encouraged to participate. We would particularly welcome feedback from those with technical expertise and interest in developing applications based on the Conceptual Model and Data Package guide, included in the proposal.  If you have any questions about the review, please contact Steve Baskauf. Steve Baskauf Convener, on behalf of the Darwin Core Maintenance Group Copyright © 2025 Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG), All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because either you subscribed to TDWG Announcements on our home page https://www.tdwg.org, or you registered for one of our annual conferences. Our mailing address is: Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG) 1342 34th Ave. San Francisco, CA 94122 Add us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list.

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