The Project was the result of a Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation grant developed by TDWG and GBIF to address five issues in TDWG to-

• Improve the standards development process (outcome 1)
• Establish an effective collaborative infrastructure (outcome 2)
• Develop a system of quality documentation (outcome 3)
• Implement a system for Globally Unique Identifiers (GUIDs: outcome 4)
• Establish a long-term funding model (outcome 5)

This page is the repository were we store project deliverables and reports.

• Introduction
• Current TDWG Processes
• Best Current Practice
• Documentation Strategy
• Documentation Specification for TDWG Standards
• Website Requirements
• Website Technology Evaluation
• Documentation Priorities for 2006
• Website Outsourcing Evaluation
• Initial Administrative Standards
• First TDWG Globally Unique Identifiers Workshop Report
• Survey of TDWG Members and Potential Members January/February 2006
• New Website Review Guide
• TAG-1 Meeting Report
• Reference: TDWG Infrastructure Project Milestones
• Costs and Benefits of membership of similar organisations
• GUID-1 Workshop Report
• GUID-2 Workshop Report
• TAG Roadmap 2006
• TDWG Ongoing Support
• Documentation Status Oct/2006
• Charter Template
• Consensus
• Convener Responsibilities
• Conveners Opening Report Template
• Conveners Closing Report Template
• Group Meeting Report Template
• TDWG Documentation Priorities for 2007
• Project Milestones at 14th February 2007
• Executive Committee Roles and Responsibilities
• Key Issues for Berlin Executive Committee Meeting
• Notification Letter to TDWG Registered Users
• TDWG Ongoing Funding: Report 2
• Project Status as at March 15, 2007
• Promotional Opportunities and Issues

• File for Download: TDWG_Existing_Processes.doc (milestone #6)
• Description: Observations of the exisiting processes in TDWG based upon the TDWG Web site, the TDWG meeting in St Petersburg in 2005, discussions with a wide range of TDWG members and with other 'interested parties'.
• Key Aspects: There appears to be a lack of effective governance in TDWG.
• Feedback Sought: Being 'fresh' to TDWG has its advantages, but what have I missed? Would the recommendations address key problems within TDWG?
• Summary of reviews on the Current TDWG Processes document

• File for Download: TDWG_Best_Current_Practice.doc (milestone #10)
• Description: 'Best current practice' in 12 standards development organisations similar to TDWG. Builds upon Report 1 above.
• Key Aspects: TDWG needs a four-level structure, better governance and a more effective overall communication strategy.
• Feedback Sought: Are the observations accurate? Are there any other organizations that should have been reviewed? Are their 'best current practices' that have been missed? Do the observations make sense within the context of TDWG. If not, why not? If so, how can BCP be effectively implemented in TDWG? What step does the TDWG Executive need to take?
• Summary of reviews on the Best Current Practice document (wiki)

• File for Download: TDWG_Documentation_Strategy.doc (milestone #13)
• Description: Strategy for documentation of TDWG standards within the new process and environment.
• Key Aspects: Current TDWG practice and best current practice in other organisations is considered. Fourteen specific recommendation are made.
• Feedback Sought: Objections to proceeding with this strategy are sought. These should be prioritized according to the MoSCoW(wiki) ranks.
• Summary of reviews on the Documentation Strategy document(wiki)

• Web Page: Documentation Specification for TDWG Standards
• Description: Initial specification for documentation of TDWG standards within the new process and environment. It is based on the document above.

• File for Download: TDWG_Website_Requirements.doc (milestone #11)
• Description: List of requirements for the TDWG Website, gathered from interviews with TDWG subgroup conveners and members, and from the review of best current practice.
• Key Aspects: Sections R1, R2, and R3 provide high level requirements; Section R4 provides technical requirements regarding website development and design.
• Feedback Sought: Verify whether requirements apply, providing specific comments where applicable. Indicate any missing requirements. Modifications in requirements prioritization (MoSCoW (wiki))
• Summary of reviews on the Website Requirements document (wiki)

 

• File for Download: TDWG_Technology_Evaluation.doc (milestone #11)
• Description: Technical review of software packages that could be used to implement TDWG Website. It evaluates three categories of packages (Content Management Systems, Wikis and Mailing List Managers) against the Website Requirements (document #3).
• Key Aspects: Based on the evaluations, we recommend the use of Typo3 CMS, TWiki, and GNU Mailman and provide justifications.
• Feedback Sought: General comments on the criteria or any other aspect of the evaluation. Indicate explicitly whether you approve the recommendations, authorizing the TIP Team to implement them. If not, please provide justification.
• Summary of reviews on the Website Technology Evaluation document (wiki)

 

• File for Download: TDWG_Documentation_Priorities_2006.doc (milestone #15)
• Description: Prioritisation of documents to be produced during 2006. Builds on documentation strategy (#3 above).
• Key Aspects: Documents to initialise the documentation process MUST be produced. The most recent TDWG standards SHOULD be wrapped in sufficient documenation to be included in the new standards repository. Supporting user guides and articles COULD be produced.
• Feedback Sought: Objections to proceeding with these priorities are sort.
• Summary of reviews on the Documentation Priorities document(wiki)

 

• File for Download: TDWG_Website_Outsourcing.doc (milestone #14)
• Description: Recommendations on web development tasks to be outsourced (or not).
• Key Aspects: We recommend outsourcing the website usability tests and perhaps the development of Typo3 extensions.
• Feedback Sought: Objections to proceeding with these priorities.
• Summary of reviews on the Website Outsourcing Evaluation document (wiki)

 

• File Access: These documents can be accessed through the TipDocumentsInitialStandardsPage
• Description: The six documents proposed in the strategy above - now reduced to 5.
• Key Aspects: The documents are presented as XHTML (recommended for standards) in a mockup of the repository.
• Feedback Sought: Objections and expansion on the documents as standards.

• File for Download: GUID1Report.pdf
• Description: Report of activities and outcomes from the GUID-1 Workshop. It took place in Durham, NC, USA on Feb 1-3, 2006.

• Results: Results are available on this wiki.
• Description: The results are presented here minus information that might identify the contributors. For each question asked there is a summary histogram, a page with actual responses and a page for your comments.
• Feedback Sought: Comments are sought for addition to the wiki.

• File for Download: TDWG Website Preview Guide (milestone #24)
• Other Related tutorials are available at: www.tdwg.gbif.org/tdwg/subgroups/subgroup-tutorials/
• Description: Guide to provide an overview of the new TDWG website capabilities.
• Feedback Sought: Comments about the new website are sought.

• File for Download: TAG-1 Meeting Report
• Description: The results of the first meeting of the Technical Architecture Group that forms the basis of a technical architecture for TDWG.
• Feedback Sought: Please place your comments on TagMeeting1Report (wiki).

• File for Download: GBMF_Project_Milestones.xls
• Description: TDWG Infrastructure Project Milestones - version 10, as agreed to between the TIP Team and the TDWG executive Committee. The file is a snapshot of the current Project Status.
  

• Summary of the nature, advantages and costs of membership in other standards development organizations.
• TDWG_Standards_group_funding.doc

• File for Download: GUID-1 Workshop Report
• Description: The results of the first workshop on Globally Unique Identifiers for Biodiversity Informatics.
• Feedback Sought: Please place your comments on GUID1 Report Comments (wiki).

• File for Download: GUID-2 Workshop Report
• Description: The results of the first workshop on Globally Unique Identifiers for Biodiversity Informatics.
• Feedback Sought: Please place your comments on GUID2 Report Comments (wiki).

• File for Download: TAG Roadmap 2006
• Description: The document describes the new TDWG architecture and defines a timeline for adoption of appropriate technologies by TDWG.
  

• File for Download: TDWG Ongoing Support

• Description: Summary of the documentation work associated with the TDWG Infrastructure Project between October 2005 and October 2006
• File for Download: Documentation_Status_October_2006.doc

• File for Download: Charter Template

• File for Download: Consensus.doc

• File for Download: Convener Responsibilities

• Description: PowerPoint template slides for conveners to present the group to the audience, its progress throughout the past year, and its priorities during the TDWG meeting that is starting.
• File for Download: Template_Conveners_Opening_Report.ppt

• Description: PowerPoint template slides for conveners to present their group achievements during the TDWG meeting, priorities for the next year and request for members, the TDWG Executive Committee, and the TIP Team.
• File for Download: Template_Conveners_Closing_Report.ppt
  

• File for Download: Template_Group_Meeting _Report.dot

• Description: Excel spreadsheet listing the documents that should be complete by the end of 2007. This sheet includes documents that were initiated in 2006.
• File for Download: TDWG_Documentation_priorities_2007_Final.xls
• Feedback: Please forward feedback to Roger Hyam (roger(at)tdwg.org)

• Description: Excel spreadsheet listing the agreed Infrastructure Project milestones at at the time of the TDWG Executive Committe meeting in Berlin February 16-17, 2007.
• File for Download: GBMF_Milestones_2007_02_14.xls
• Feedback: Please forward feedback to Lee Belbin (lee(at)tdwg(dot)org)

• Description: MS Word document outlining the roles nd responsibilities of all current Executive Committee positions. Produced for the Executive Committe meeting in Berlin February 16-17, 2007.
• File for Download: TDWG_Executive_Committee_Activites.doc
• Feedback: Feedback to Lee Belbin (lee(at)tdwg(dot)org) would be very welcome.

• Description: MS Word document outlining the key issues that need to be discussed from the Project perspective at the Executive Committee meeting in Berlin, March 16-17, 2007.
• File for Download: TDWG_Executive_Committee_Meeting_Berlin_2007_03_15 .doc
• Feedback: Feedback to Lee Belbin (lee(at)tdwg(dot)org) would be very welcome.

• Description: MS Word document sent out to all people registered with the TDWG web site about the need for help by becoming a member. Presented to the Executive Committee meeting in Berlin, March 16-17, 2007 for discussion. Letter sent March 2007.
• File for Download: TDWG_Member_Notification_letter.doc
• Feedback: Feedback to Lee Belbin (lee(at)tdwg(dot)org) would be very welcome.

• Description: MS Word document containing observations and recommendations related to TDWG's ongoing support. Presented to the Executive Committee meeting in Berlin, March 16-17, 2007 for discussion.
• File for Download: TDWG_Ongoing_Funding_2.doc
• Feedback: Feedback to Lee Belbin (lee(at)tdwg(dot)org) would be very welcome.

• Description: MS Word document summarising the status of the TDWG Infrastructure Project after 21 months. Presented to the Executive Committee meeting in Berlin, March 16-17, 2007 for discussion.
• File for Download: TIP_Status_2007_03_15.doc
• Feedback: Feedback to Lee Belbin (lee(at)tdwg(dot)org) would be very welcome.

• Description: MS Word document outlining issues that should be promoted and options for promotion as at March, 2007. Presented to the Executive Committee meeting in Berlin, March 16-17, 2007 for discussion.
• File for Download: TDWG_Promotion.doc
• Feedback: Feedback to Lee Belbin (lee(at)tdwg(dot)org) would be very welcome.