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---++!! Status Report on GUID/LSID Efforts - Jan/2007

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---+++ Ongoing Activities - 2nd Semester/2006

---++++ !LSID Vocabularies

---++++ !LSID Resolvers Deployed

   * [[LSIDResolverForTaxonNamesIF][IndexFungorum Prototype resolver]] now conforms to [[TAG.TaxonNameLsidVoc][LSID vocabularies for TaxonNames]].

---++++ TIP Funded !LSID Work (to be initiated soon)

   * RDF vocabulary for Natural Collections Descriptions (NCD.WebHome) by Main.NeilThomson and Main.MarkusDoering.
   * !LSID resolver for Herb IMI (a collection of over 300000 fungal collections and cultures) and a corresponding LSID browsing and matching tool by Main.KevinRichards, Main.JerryCooper and Main.PaulKirk.
   * !LSID resolver for [[http://www.cate-araceae.org][CATE]] (Creating a Taxonomic e-Science) by Ben Clark and others.
   * !LSID policy guidelines and implementation roadmap for the Australian biodiversity federation.

---+++ Short-term Plans - 1st Semester/2007

   * Establishment of the TDWG GUID task group
   * Revision of LSID Applicability Statement and submission as a TDWG standard
   * ...

-- Main.RicardoPereira - 29 Jan 2007