TDWG 2017 Collections Description Interest Group Meeting

By

Thompson, Alexander
Paul, Deborah

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2017-8-15

Original Publication

Metabarcoding and metagenomics

Volume

1

Pages

1--1

Subjects

biodiversity information standards , data , Natural history collections

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers 2017-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.20322

 

Abstract

The Collections Description Interest Group is dedicated to developing and supporting the Natural Collections Description (NCD) data standard for describing entire collections of natural history materials. Examples include collections of specimens, observation data, original artwork, photographs, and materials from the many voyages of discovery that have been conducted. The standard was brought up to the draft stage in 2008, and we are re-forming the interest group to attempt to finish it. Collection description records contain information about the collection, access and usage of the collection and where to get more detailed information. The meeting this year will focus on the formation of the Task Group to work on the standard itself, with the goal of leaving the meeting with a working draft of the task group charter, including an outline of goals and deadlines.