01-Feb-2010 TAPIR Approved as a TDWG Standard

The TDWG Executive Committee has approved the adoption of TDWG Access Protocol for Information Retrieval (TAPIR) - www.tdwg.org/standards/449/ as a TDWG standard.

The committee acknowledges the excellent work of the TAPIR...

29-Jan-2010 Review of TDWG Systems and Services

As you are probably aware, we have had a few problems with the TDWG systems over the last few years. Thankfully, most of the issues have been minor, but we have had a few more serious problems with Twiki.

While a number of...

31-Oct-2009 TDWG Interest Group on Phylogenetics Standards Now Official

The Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG) organization officially approved the Phylogenetics Standards Interest Group in September 2009. Interest Groups form the primary social and scientific units that drive and sustain...

26-Oct-2009 GUID and LSID Applicability Statements - Public Review

TDWG is pleased to announce the commencement of the Public Review of the Globally Unique Identifier (GUID) and Life Sciences Identifier (LSID) Applicability Statements. Applicability Statements provide guidance for use of...

14-Apr-2008 NC State University Insect Museum Implements LSIDs

The Insect Museum of NC State University has now implemented LSIDs for their collections with help from Roger Hyam, see blogs.lib.ncsu.edu/page/insects.

To quote the announcement-

"What does...