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= Overview  =
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|iDigBio supports a number of Working Groups and Interest Groups, which form and dissolve organically according to current needs. Working Groups and Interest Groups are small, enduring, topic-focused, collaborative groups of individuals (typically 10-15 participants). Members of these groups collaborate virtually via the iDigBio Forums, Listservs, Wiki, Tele/Video-Conferencing, and/or via onsite meetings to resolve issues and advance progress on the goals of the group. Group membership may change over time; however, the structure and objectives of the group are long-standing. Temporary Working/Interest Groups are typically focused on delivery of short-term objectives, while standing Working Groups are tasked with ongoing research, development, and improvement activities.
 
This page provides an overview of iDigBio's current (active) and disbanded (inactive) Working Groups and Interest Groups.
 
The section "Overlap with Other Working Groups" should be used to list subject areas that may duplicate some effort from another Working/Interest Group. When Working/Interest Group activities stray into these overlapping subject areas, then collaboration between working groups is warranted for those tasks or objectives.
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= Forming or Dissolving a Working/Interest Group  =
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|Working Groups and Interest Groups are allowed to form and dissolve organically according to current needs. No formal proposal to iDigBio is required to form or dissolve a Working/Interest Group; simply create and complete the basic information about the group on this page. The Working/Interest Group leader is responsible for maintaining the accuracy of the information on this page.
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= Active Working Groups  =
== Augmented Reality Public Education/Outreach Working Group (ARPEO) ==
 
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|'''Background:''' In 2014, the iDigBio Steering Committee voted to fund the production of a set of augmented reality (AR) flashcards similar to those portrayed in https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STc8Nsx36MI for the ADBC community's public outreach. 
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|valign="top"| '''Status'''
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|valign="top"| '''Members'''
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*[mailto:Melody.Basham@asu.edu Melody Basham], Arizona State University, Project Lead
*[https://www.idigbio.org/contact/Austin_Mast Austin Mast], Florida State University, Project Co-Lead
*[mailto:melissa.islam@botanicgardens.org Melissa Islam], Denver Botanical Gardens, Macrofungi Collection Consortium
*[mailto:jkluse@lsu.edu Jennie Kluse], Louisiana State University, Lichens & Bryophytes
*[mailto:patrick.sweeney@yale.edu Patrick Sweeney], Yale University, New England Vascular Plants
*[mailto:dietrich@inhs.illinois.edu Chris Dietrich], University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, InvertNet
*[mailto:bomorri2@illinois.edu Brendan Morris], University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, InvertNet
*[mailto:ahipp@mortonarb.org Andrew Hipp], Morton Arboretum, Great Lakes Invasives
*[mailto:kseltmann@amnh.org Katja Seltmann], American Museum of Natural History
*[mailto:marshach@science.oregonstate.edu Christopher Marshall], Oregon State University
*[mailto:Talia.Karim@Colorado.edu Talia Karim], University of Colorado Boulder Museum of Natural History, Fossil Insect Collaborative
*[mailto:dena.smith@colorado.edu Dena Smith], University of Colorado Boulder Museum of Natural History, Fossil Insect Collaborative
*[mailto:Nico.Franz@asu.edu Nico Franz], Arizona State University, Southwest Collections of Arthropods Network
*[mailto:Neil.Cobb@nau.edu Neil Cobb], Northern Arizona University, Southwest Collections of Arthropods Network
*[mailto:gsvenson@cmnh.org Gavin Svenson], Cleveland Museum of Natural History, InvertEBase
*[mailto:sierwald@fieldmuseum.org Petra Sierwald], Cleveland Museum of Natural History, InvertEBase
 
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|valign="top"| '''Mission & Scope'''
| The working group will produce one card per TCN for a desktop/mobile AR software application.  Each card will convey information about the TCN and the value of its targeted biodiversity research specimens and will provide augmented reality buttons that link to further information on the web.  For example, a card with a 2-D herbarium specimen image on it could spring to life through the augmented reality viewer, producing a 3-D model of the fresh flower of the species that can be manipulated by turning the card.  Combining the herbarium specimen image and an insect card image in the viewer could potentially launch a pollination video—a response that would not occur with either card alone.  The goal is to have an exciting interactive tool for formal and informal education initiatives while building collaboration on the education and outreach front within our ADBC community.
 
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|valign="top"| '''Overlap with Other Working Groups'''
|
|-
|valign="top"| '''Links'''
| [[Augmented Reality Public Outreach Working Group|Wiki]]
|}
 
== Augmenting OCR (aOCR)  ==
 
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|'''Background:''' The Augmenting OCR working group formed from the first iDigBio Summit in 2011 out of a community consensus wish to attempt improving OCR output and algorithm tools to speed up the digitization process. Initial group members were suggested by those present at Summit 2011.
 
Our current working group met, in person, at a [[IDigBio Augmenting OCR Workshop| workshop in October 2012]] to learn more about each other's use of OCR and OCR output, plan a February 2013 [http://tinyurl.com/idigbioaocrhackathon hackathon], develop content for our iSchools 2013 iConference workshop panel, and learn more about the latest developments in handwriting recognition. We put together iDigBio's first hackathon and presented our working group plans at [http://www.ischools.org/iConference13/workshop11/v iConference13]. In December of 2013, at the iDigBio CITScribe hackathon, the aOCR working group built some working demos of visualization tools that facilitate searching of OCR output. These tools present novel ways to create record sets for citizen scientists, researchers, and data validators too. A recorded demonstration iDigBio webinar: Visualize Text Data From OCR Output on 22 January 2014 presented live demos of these OCR output visualization tools to show how they fit in a digitization workflow.
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|valign="top"| '''Status'''
| Active
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|valign="top"| '''Members'''
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*[mailto:heidorn@email.arizona.edu Bryan Heidorn], (Chair), Director, School of Information Resources and Library Science, University of Arizona
*[https://www.idigbio.org/contact/Deborah_Paul Deborah Paul] (Co-Chair), iDigBio User Services
*[mailto:ranglin@wisc.edu Robert Anglin], Symbiota Developer, [[North American Lichens and Bryophytes - Sensitive Indicators of Environmental Quality and Change| LBCC TCN]]
*[mailto:anne.barber@gmail.com Anne Barber], SALIX
*[mailto:jbest@brit.org Jason Best], Director Bioinformatics at [http://www.brit.org/ BRIT], [http://www.apiaryproject.org Apiary]
*[mailto:stevenchong@email.arizona.edu Steven Chong], Graduate Student, University of Arizona, School of Information Resources and Library Science
*[https://www.idigbio.org/contact/Dr._Renato_J._Figueiredo Renato Figueiredo], iDigBio IT
*[mailto:egbiodiversity@gmail.com Ed Gilbert] Symbiota Lead Developer, [[North American Lichens and Bryophytes - Sensitive Indicators of Environmental Quality and Change| LBCC TCN]], MaCC TCN
*[mailto:Nathan.Gnanasambandam@XEROX.COM Nathan Gnanasambandam], Xerox
*[mailto:sgottschalk@nybg.org Stephen Gottschalk], Curatorial Assistant, NYBG
*[mailto:E.Haston@rbge.ac.uk Elspeth Haston], Assistant Curator, Digitisation [http://www.rbge.org.uk/ Royal Botanic Garden] Edinburgh
*[mailto:daryl@daryllafferty.com Daryl Lafferty], SALIX
*[mailto:Peter.Lang@ABBYYUSA.COM Peter Lang], Pre Sales Engineer, [http://www.abbyy.com ABBYY]
*[https://www.idigbio.org/contact/Dr._Gil_Nelson Gil Nelson], iDigBio Digitization
*[mailto:nahil.sobh@gmail.com Nahil Sobh], InvertNet Developer, [[InvertNet: An Integrative Platform for Research on Environmental Change, Species Discovery and Identification| InvertNet TCN]]
*[mailto:william.ulate@mobot.org William Ulate], Technical Director, [http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL)]
*[mailto:kwatson@nybg.org Kimberly Watson], Curatorial Assistant, NYBG [[Thematic Focus: Collaborative Research - Plants, Herbivores, and Parasitoids: A Model System for the Study of Tri-trophic Associations| Tri-Trophic]] TCN
*[mailto:qianjinzhang@email.arizona.edu Qianjin Zhang], Graduate Student, University of Arizona, School of Information Resources and Library Science
 
|-
|valign="top"| '''Mission & Scope'''
| Engage experts in the biodiversity and information technology fields to identify opportunities to broadly implement existing effective OCR tools and enhance existing Machine and Natural Language Processing technologies to meet the needs of the biodiversity community. Want to know more? Contact [mailto:heidorn@email.arizona.edu Bryan Heidorn] or [https://www.idigbio.org/contact/Deborah_Paul Deborah Paul] or any other member of the working group. We'd like to hear from you!
 
|-
|valign="top"| '''Overlap with Other Working Groups'''
| Needing access to the specimen label images on the iDigBio server, the aOCR working group overlaps with the cyberinfrastructure working group. This includes OS issues as well as hardware minimum requirements necessary for whatever hack-a-thon type activities the aOCR group persues.
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|valign="top"| '''Links'''
|
*[https://www.idigbio.org/forums/augmenting-ocr-and-nlp Augmenting OCR and NLP Forum]
*[[Augmenting OCR|Augmenting OCR Working Group Wiki]]
*[[Augmenting OCR Working Group Resources|Augmenting OCR Working Group Resources]]
*[mailto:IDIGBIO-AOCR-L@lists.ufl.edu Augmenting OCR Listserv]
|}
 
== Biodiversity Informatics Management (BIM) Working Group  ==
 
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|valign="top"| '''Status'''
| Active
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|valign="top"| '''Members'''
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*[https://www.idigbio.org/contact/Dr._Gil_Nelson Gil Nelson], iDigBio Digitization (Lead)
* [https://www.idigbio.org/contact/Joanna_McCaffrey Joanna McCaffrey] iDigBio Biodiversity Informatics Manager  (co-lead)
*[mailto:djallard@uvm.edu Dorothy Allard], UVM
*[mailto:anne.barber@gmail.com Anne Barber], ASU
*[mailto:abentley@ku.edu Andy Bentley], Biodiversity Institute, U. of Kansas
*[mailto:lawrence.gall@yale.edu Lawrence Gall], Yale, Peabody
*[mailto:egbiodiversity@gmail.com Ed Gilbert],  [[North American Lichens and Bryophytes - Sensitive Indicators of Environmental Quality and Change| Lichens & Bryophytes]], and [[Southwest Collections of Arthropods Network (SCAN)| SCAN]] TCNs IT, Symbiota
*[mailto:les.landrum@asu.edu Les Landrum], ASU
*[mailto:amast@bio.fsu.edu Austin Mast], FSU Herbarium
* [http://zacharias.huh.harvard.edu/people/index.php?personid=1150 Paul J. Morris ], Harvard
*[https://www.idigbio.org/contact/Deborah_Paul Deborah Paul], iDigBio User Services
*[mailto:rabeler@umich.edu Rich Rabeler],  University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
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|valign="top"| '''Mission & Scope'''
| The role of biodiversity informatics management and biodiversity informatics managers as a recognized profession is becoming increasingly important to digitization programs, biodiversity data management, and to museum organizational hierarchy. The most successful digitization programs visited by Nelson and Paul (2012) in preparation for their paper in Zookeys were directly dependent on the presence of strong biodiversity informatics managers with well-defined roles, supported from the top of the organizational hierarchy, and focused on providing guidance and service to digitization staff and initiatives. The institutionalization of this role will ensure the sustainability of digitization initiatives. Members of the Droid 1 workgroup recognized this need as an important component underlying successful implementation of digitization workflows and practices, and strongly suggested that iDigBio sponsor a working group focused on this issue.
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|valign="top"| '''Overlap with Other Working Groups'''
|  
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|valign="top"| '''Links'''
|[[Biodiversity Informatics Management|Wiki]], [mailto:idigbiobim-L@lists.ufl.edu Listserv]
 
|}
 
== Cyberinfrastructure  (CYWG) ==
 
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|valign="top"| '''Status'''
| Active
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|valign="top"| '''Members'''
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*[http://www.idigbio.org/contact/Dr._Andrea_Matsunaga Andréa Matsunaga] (Co-Lead), iDigBio IT
*[http://www.idigbio.org/contact/Joanna_McCaffrey Joanna McCaffrey] (Co-Lead), iDigBio Biodiversity Informatics Manager
*[http://www.idigbio.org/contact/Renato_J._Figueiredo Renato Figueiredo], iDigBio IT
*[http://www.idigbio.org/contact/Alex_Thompson Alex Thompson], iDigBio IT
*[http://www.idigbio.org/contact/Greg_Traub Greg Traub], iDigBio IT
*[http://www.idigbio.org/contact/Dan_Stoner Dan Stoner], iDigBio IT
*[http://www.idigbio.org/contact/Kevin_Love Kevin Love], iDigBio IT
*[http://www.idigbio.org/contact/Kyuho_Jeong Kyuho Jeong], iDigBio IT
*[mailto:ranglin@wisc.edu Robert Anglin] [[Documenting the Occurrence through Space and Time of Aquatic Non-indigenous Fish, Mollusks, Algae, and Plants Threatening North_America's Great Lakes| Great Lakes Invasives]] TCNs IT
*[mailto:beach@ku.edu James Beach], [[Creating A PALEONICHES| Paleoniches TCN]] IT/Co-PI, University of Kansas
*[mailto:rbeaman@nsf.gov Reed Beaman]
*[mailto:jeb0037@auburn.edu Jason Bond],  [[InvertEBase: Reaching Back to See the Future: Species-rich Invertebrate Faunas Document Causes and Consequences of Biodiversity Shifts| InvertEBase]]
*[mailto:andrew.brown@kesoftware.com Andrew Brown] Axiell EMu (formerly KE Software)
*[mailto:BrownH@dnr.sc.gov Herrick Brown]‎ [[The Key to the Cabinets: Building and Sustaining a Research Database for a Global Biodiversity Hotspot| SERNEC TCN]]
*[mailto:bruhnrp@yahoo.com Robert Bruhn] Biospex, IT expert, FSU
*[mailto:Nico.Franz@asu.edu Nico Franz] [[Documenting the Occurrence through Space and Time of Aquatic Non-indigenous Fish, Mollusks, Algae, and Plants Threatening North America's Great Lakes| Great Lakes Invasives]] TCNs IT
*[mailto:lawrence.gall@yale.edu Larry Gall] Yale Peabody
*[mailto:egbiodiversity@gmail.com Edward Gilbert], [[North American Lichens and Bryophytes - Sensitive Indicators of Environmental Quality and Change| Lichens & Bryophytes]], [[Southwest Collections of Arthropods Network (SCAN)| SCAN]] and [[Documenting the Occurrence through Space and Time of Aquatic Non-indigenous Fish, Mollusks, Algae, and Plants Threatening North_America's Great Lakes| Great Lakes Invasives]] TCNs IT, Symbiota
*[mailto:cgries@wisc.edu Corinna Gries], [[North American Lichens and Bryophytes - Sensitive Indicators of Environmental Quality and Change| Lichens & Bryophytes]], PI
*[mailto:Paul.Heinrich@nau.edu Paul L Heinrich], [[Southwest Collections of Arthropods Network (SCAN)| SCAN TCN]]
*[mailto:chris_h@BERKELEY.EDU Chris Hoffman] University of California, Berkeley
*[mailto:jleigh@illinois.edu Joe Leigh], [[InvertNet: An Integrative Platform for Research on Environmental Change, Species Discovery and Identification| InvertNet TCN]] IT Data
*[mailto:dmasaki@usgs.gov Derek Masaki], BISON
*[mailto:garymotz@INDIANA.EDU Gary Motz] Indiana University
*[mailto:ben.norton@NATURALSCIENCES.ORG Ben Norton], North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
*[mailto:kseltmann@amnh.org Katja Seltmann], [[Thematic Focus: Collaborative Research - Plants, Herbivores, and Parasitoids: A Model System for the Study of Tri-trophic Associations| Tri-trophic TCN]] IT, AMNH
*[mailto:psierwald@fieldmuseum.org Petra Sierwald] [[InvertEBase: Reaching Back to See the Future: Species-rich Invertebrate Faunas Document Causes and Consequences of Biodiversity Shifts| InvertEBase]]
*[mailto:sobh@illinois.edu Nahil Sobh], [[InvertNet: An Integrative Platform for Research on Environmental Change, Species Discovery and Identification| InvertNet TCN]] IT, Co-PI
*[mailto:omarsobh@illinois.edu Omar Sobh], [[InvertNet: An Integrative Platform for Research on Environmental Change, Species Discovery and Identification| InvertNet TCN]] IT
*[mailto:mtulig@nybg.org Melissa Tulig] [[Thematic Focus: Collaborative Research - Plants, Herbivores, and Parasitoids: A Model System for the Study of Tri-trophic Associations| Tri-trophic TCN]] NYBG
*[mailto:kwatson@nybg.org Kim Watson] [[Thematic Focus: Collaborative Research - Plants, Herbivores, and Parasitoids: A Model System for the Study of Tri-trophic Associations| Tri-trophic TCN]] NYBG
*Ex Officio: [http://www.idigbio.org/contact/Dr.%20Jose%20Fortes José Fortes], iDigBio Director for Computational Activities
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|valign="top"| '''Mission & Scope'''
| Define, document and test iDigBio service Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) and appliances. The first phase will focus on data ingestion APIs and appliances considering TCN use cases.
Definition and documentation of potential services and appliances for OCR and georeferencing are left to the respective working groups. Definition of data structure for ingestion is left to MISC working group.
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|valign="top"| '''Overlap with Other Working Groups'''
| None
|-
|valign="top"| '''Links'''
|
*[[Cyberinfrastructure Working Group|Cyberinfrastructure Working Group Wiki]]
*[[CYWG iDigBio DwC-A Pull Ingestion|iDigBio DwC-A Pull Ingestion]]
*[[CYWG iDigBio Image Ingestion Appliance|iDigBio Image Ingestion Appliance]]
*[[IDigBio Listservs#Cyberinfrastructure Working Group (CYWG)|Join our CYWG mailing list]]
 
|}
 
== Data Management Interest Group (DMI) ==
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|Keeping up with data requires certain skills and infrastructure. This Interest Group discusses issues surrounding shared data and the help and information the community needs in order to ensure the provider has the most up-to-date versions of their own datasets. Many providers find their data enriched by an aggregator, only to discover their own database cannot hold the enriched data, or that they do not have the skills needed to update their database. It is our intent in this group, to provide a forum for discussion, and act as a resource for guidance to point providers toward potential solutions. At the same time, this group is aware that the shared-data landscape is a moving target. To keep up, we invite anyone with an interest in this topic to join us. Currently we plan to meet bi-monthly.
 
Interest Group Kickoff Webinar: Thursday, August 7th 2014. 1:00 - 2:00 PM EDT
[https://www.idigbio.org/content/data-management-interest-group-kickoff-webinar iDigBio Calendar Announcement]
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|valign="top"| '''Status'''
| Active
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|valign="top"| '''Members'''
|
*[mailto:dpaul@fsu.edu Deborah Paul], iDigBio (Lead)
*[mailto:james.r.allen@colorado.edu Ryan Allen], University of Colorado Museum of Natural History
*[mailto:dbloom@vertnet.org David Bloom], VertNet Coordinator
*[mailto:jengland@rsabg.org Joy England], Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Gardens, Curatorial Assistant
*[mailto:una.farrell@gmail.com Una Farrell], University of Kansas Biodiversity Institute, Collection Manager, Database Manager
*[mailto:sjames@flmnh.ufl.edu Shelley James], iDigBio Data Management Coordinator
*[mailto:mnazaire@rsabg.org Mare Nazaire], Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Gardens, Collection/Database Manager
*[mailto:nrios@tulane.edu Nelson Rios], Tulane University Biodiversity Institute, Database Developer (GEOLocate, CoGe)
*[mailto:larussell@vertnet.org Laura Russell], VertNet Programmer
*[mailto:annethessen@gmail.com Anne Thessen], The Data Detektiv
*[mailto:godfoder@acis.ufl.edu Alex Thompson], iDigBio Developer
*[mailto:tuco@berkeley.edu John Wieczorek], VertNet Developer
*[mailto:bwestra@uoregon.edu Brian Westra], University of Oregon, Science Data Services Librarian
*[mailto:rabeler@umich.edu Richard Rabeler], University of Michigan, Research Museum Collection Manager
|-
|valign="top"| '''Mission & Scope'''
| We aim to help the community with the challenges of keeping up with shared data by pointing those who need help to the existing resources or gather more about what needs to be done.
|-
|valign="top"| '''Overlap with Other Working Groups'''
| We overlap somewhat with CYWG, BIM, and DROID
|-
|valign="top"| '''Links'''
|[[Data Management Interest Group|Wiki]]<br />
[https://www.idigbio.org/wiki/index.php/IDigBio_Listservs#Data_Management_Interest_Group_.28DMig.29 DMig Listserv]<br />
[[Digitization Training Workshops| Training Workshops Wiki]]<br />
[https://www.idigbio.org/content/idigbio-image-file-format-requirements-and-recommendations Image File Format Requirements and Recommendations]<br />
[https://www.idigbio.org/content/workflow-modules-and-task-lists Flat Sheets and Packets published workflows]
|}
 
== Developing Robust Object to Image to Data (DROID1)  ==
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|The various preparation-specific DROID working groups was spawned from the [https://www.idigbio.org/content/digitization-workflow-workshop-report DROID] workshop, held in Gainesville, Florida in May 2012. The purpose of this workshop was an exploration of digitization workflows and methods for improving workflow efficiency across preparation types. The DROID 1 working group is focused on flat sheets and packets digitization, primarily as this relates to herbarium collections. Flat Sheets and Packets completed a set of workflows in fall 2012 and published them on [https://www.idigbio.org/content/workflow-modules-and-task-lists iDigBio's Documentation Page.]
 
An herbarium digitization workshop was spawned from the DROID effort,during which the workflows developed by Flat Sheets and Packets were presented and distributed. A [[Digitization Training Workshops| digitization training workshop wiki]] has been created to provide links to resources for this and upcoming workshops spawned by the initial DROID workshop.
 
DROID 1 workflows development also led to considerations of imaging standards, which resulted in the development of iDigBio's statement of [https://www.idigbio.org/content/idigbio-image-file-format-requirements-and-recommendations Image File Format Requirements and Recommendations], also published in fall 2012.
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|valign="top"| '''Status'''
| Active
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|valign="top"| '''Members'''
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*[mailto:gnelson@bio.fsu.edu Gil Nelson], iDigBio Digitization (Lead)
*[mailto:dpaul@fsu.edu Deborah Paul], iDigBio User Services
*[mailto:djallard@UVM.EDU Dorothy Allard], UVM
*[mailto:anne.barber@gmail.com Anne Barber], ASU
*[mailto:egbiodiversity@gmail.com Edward Gilbert], [[North American Lichens and Bryophytes - Sensitive Indicators of Environmental Quality and Change| Lichens & Bryophytes]], [[The Macrofungi Collection Consortium| Macrofungi]] and [[Southwest Collections of Arthropods Network (SCAN)| SCAN]] TCNs IT, Symbiota
*[mailto:les.landrum@asu.edu Les Landrum], ASU
* [https://www.idigbio.org/contact/Dr._Austin_Mast Austin Mast], FSU
* [http://zacharias.huh.harvard.edu/people/index.php?personid=1150 Paul J. Morris ], Harvard
*[mailto:aneill@brit.org Amanda K. Neill], BRIT, Texas A&M University
*[mailto:rabeler@umich.edu Richard Rabeler], University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
*[mailto:patrick.sweeney@yale.edu‎ Patrick Sweeney], [[Mobilizing New England Vascular Plant Specimen Data| New England Vascular Plants TCN]] Co-PI Yale - Peabody
|-
|valign="top"| '''Mission &amp; Scope'''
| The Flat Sheets and Packets Working Group (DROID1) is devoting its attention to developing workflow modules and tasks recommendations for vascular and non-vascular plant specimens.
|-
|valign="top"| '''Overlap with Other Working Groups'''
| See WG for DROID2 and DROID3
|-
|valign="top"| '''Links'''
| [[Developing Robust Object to Image to Data (DROID1)| Wiki]]
[[Digitization Training Workshops| Training Workshops Wiki]]<br />
[https://www.idigbio.org/content/idigbio-image-file-format-requirements-and-recommendations Image File Format Requirements and Recommendations]<br />
[https://www.idigbio.org/content/workflow-modules-and-task-lists Flat Sheets and Packets published workflows]
|}
 
== Developing Robust Object to Image to Data (DROID2)  ==
 
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|valign="top"| '''Status'''
| Active
|-
|valign="top"| '''Members'''
|
*[mailto:gnelson@bio.fsu.edu Gil Nelson], iDigBio Digitization (Lead)
*[mailto:Nicole.Fisher@csiro.au Nicole Fisher], ANIC
*[mailto:nico.franz@asu.edu Nico Franz], ASU
*[mailto:lawrence.gall@yale.edu Lawrence Gall], Yale, Peabody
*[mailto:talia.karim@colorado.edu Talia Karim], Univ. of Colorado
*[http://zacharias.huh.harvard.edu/people/index.php?personid=1150 Paul J. Morris], Harvard
*[mailto:oswald@tamu.edu John Oswald]
*[mailto:dpaul@fsu.edu Deborah Paul], iDigBio User Services
*[mailto:egrchryso@tamu.edu Edward Riley], Texas A&M
*[mailto:kseltmann@amnh.org Katja Seltmann], AMNH
*[mailto:psierwald@fieldmuseum.org Petra Sierwald], FMNH
*[mailto:mthayer@fieldmuseum.org Margaret Thayer], FMNH
*[mailto:jct@ku.edu Jennifer Thomas], KU
 
|-
|valign="top"| '''Mission &amp; Scope'''
| The Pinned Specimens in Trays and Drawers Working Group is devoting its attention to developing workflow modules and task lists for digitizing dry, pinned specimens.
|-
|valign="top"| '''Overlap with Other Working Groups'''
| See WG for DROID1 and DROID3
|-
|valign="top"| '''Links'''
|[[Developing Robust Object to Image to Data (DROID2)| Wiki]]
[[Media:Pinned-folksCrop.jpg|Photo - First Meeting of DROID2 Working Group]]
|}
 
== Developing Robust Object to Image to Data (DROID3): Things in Spirits  ==
 
{| class="wikitable" border="1" cellpadding="4"
|-
! width="20%" scope="col" class="unsortable" | Data Field
! width="80%" scope="col" class="unsortable" | Details
|-
|valign="top"| '''Status'''
| Active
|-
|valign="top"| '''Members'''
|
*[mailto:gnelson@bio.fsu.edu Gil Nelson], iDigBio Digitization (Lead)
*[mailto:abentley@ku.edu Andy Bentley], Biodiversity Institute, U. of Kansas
*[mailto:acohen@austin.utexas.edu Adam Cohen],Texas Natural History Collections, U. Texas
*[mailto:lford@oeb.harvard.edu Linda Ford], Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard
*[mailto:talia.karim@colorado.edu Talia Karim] U. Colorado
*[mailto:dpaul@fsu.edu Deborah Paul], iDigBio User Services
*[mailto:pentcheff@gmail.com Dean Pentcheff], Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
*[mailto:nelson@museum.tulane.edu Nelson Rios], Tulane, GeoLocate
*[mailto:rhrobins@flmnh.ufl.edu Rob Robins], Florida Museum of Natural History, U. Florida
*[mailto:Jessica.utrup@yale.edu Jessica Utrup], Yale Peabody Museum
*[mailto:awilliston@oeb.harvard.edu Andy Williston], Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard
 
|-
|valign="top"| '''Mission &amp; Scope'''
| The working group will devote its attention to specimens in jars and of greater 3D dimensionality.
|-
|valign="top"| '''Overlap with Other Working Groups'''
| See WG for DROID1 and DROID2
|-
|valign="top"| '''Links'''
| [[Developing Robust Object to Image to Data (DROID3)| Wiki]]
|}
 
== Developing Robust Object to Image to Data (DROID4): 3D objects in Trays  ==
 
{| class="wikitable" border="1" cellpadding="4"
|-
! width="20%" scope="col" class="unsortable" | Data Field
! width="80%" scope="col" class="unsortable" | Details
|-
|valign="top"| '''Status'''
| Active
|-
|valign="top"| '''Members'''
|
*[mailto:talia.karim@colorado.edu Talia Karim] U. of Colorado (Lead)
*[mailto:rjb@ou.edu Roger Burkhalter], U. of Oklahoma
*[mailto:susan.butts@yale.edu Susan Butts], Yale Peabody Museum
*[mailto:ufarrell@ku.edu Una Farrell], U. of Kansas
*[mailto:annm@austin.utexas.edu Ann Molineux], U. of Texas, Austin
*[mailto:gnelson@bio.fsu.edu Gil Nelson], iDigBio Digitization
*[mailto:Jessica.utrup@yale.edu Jessica Utrup], Yale Peabody Museum
 
|-
|valign="top"| '''Mission &amp; Scope'''
| The working group will devote its attention to 3D objects in drawers and boxes.
|-
|valign="top"| '''Overlap with Other Working Groups'''
| See WG for DROID1, DROID2, and DROID3
|-
|valign="top"| '''Links'''
| [[Developing Robust Object to Image to Data (DROID4)| Wiki]]
|}
== Education & Outreach (E&O)  ==
 
{| class="wikitable" border="1" cellpadding="4"
|-
! width="20%" scope="col" class="unsortable" | Data Field
! width="80%" scope="col" class="unsortable" | Details
|-
|valign="top"| '''Status'''
| Active
|-
|valign="top"| '''Members'''
|
 
*[mailto:mroberts@nybg.org Mari Roberts], New York Botanical Garden (External Lead)
*[mailto:tbarbaro@eol.org Tracy Barbaro], Encyclopedia of Life
*[mailto:BOLTONAM@si.edu Amy Bolton], Smithsonian Institute
*[mailto:edwin.scholes@cornell.edu Ed Scholes], Cornell University
*[mailto:bthiers@nybg.org Barbara Thiers], New York Botanical Garden
*[mailto:murrellze@appstate.edu Zach Murrell], Appalachian State University
*[mailto:jonathan.hendircks@sjsu.edu Jon Hendricks], San Jose State University
*[mailto:kseltmann@amnh.org Katja Seltmann]
*[mailto:eshea@delmnh.org Liz Shea], Delaware Museum of Natural History
*[mailto:psierwald@fieldmuseum.org Petra Sierwald], The Field Museum
*[mailto:primack@bu.edu Richard Primack], Boston University
*[mailto:michael.denslow@gmail.com Mike Denslow], Appalachian State University
*[mailto:melody.basham@asu.edu Anne Basham], Arizona State University
*[mailto:tmarsico@astate.edu Travis Marsico], Arkansas State University
*[mailto:aweeks3@gmu.edu Andrea Weeks], George Mason University
*[mailto:amiller@mortonarb.org Andrea Miller], The Morton Arboretum
*[mailto:ahipp@mortonarb.org Andrew Hipp], The Morton Arboretum
*[mailto:smitrose@isu.edu Rosemary Smith], Idaho State University
*[mailto:macubeta@ncsu.edu Marc Cubeta], North Carolina State University
*[mailto:mstuder@eol.org Marie Studer], Encyclopedia of Life
*[mailto:fw04@my.fsu.edu Fang Wang], Florida State University
*[mailto:mphillips@flmnh.ufl.edu Molly Phillips], Florida Museum of Natural History
*[mailto:bmacfadd@flmnh.ufl.edu Bruce MacFadden], Florida Museum of Natural History
*[mailto:djennings@flmnh.ufl.edu David Jennings], Florida Museum of Natural History
*[mailto:marcia.mardis@cci.fsu.edu Marcia Mardis], Florida State University
*[mailto:sellis@ufl.edu Shari Ellis], Florida Museum of Natural History
*[mailto:ellwood@bio.fsu.edu Libby Ellwood]
*[mailto:amast@bio.fsu.edu Austin Mast], Florida State University
*[mailto:gnelson@bio.fsu.edu Gil Nelson], Florida State University
*[mailto:bdunckel@flmnh.ufl.edu Betty Dunckel], Florida Museum of Natural History
*[mailto:sjames@flmnh.ufl.edu Shelley James], Florida Museum of Natural History
*[mailto:jgoodwin@flmnh.ufl.edu Jillian Goodwin], Florida Museum of Natural History
 
|-
|valign="top"| '''Mission &amp; Scope'''
| This working group will:
 
*Coordinate Education and Outreach activities among iDigBio, TCNs, and other partnering projects
*Share E&amp;O&nbsp; related resources, tools, and training with the ADBC community and beyond
*Develop E&amp;O&nbsp; activities of interest to the HUB and TCNs
*Plan for and implement those activities
|-
|valign="top"| '''Overlap with Other Working Groups'''
| &nbsp;
|-
|valign="top"| '''Links'''
 
| [[E&O Working Group|Wiki]]: about the working group, meeting notes and links to documentation from the working group.
 
|}
 
== Fluid-preserved Arthropod and Microscopic Slide Imaging Interest Group  ==
 
{| class="wikitable" border="1" cellpadding="4"
|-
! width="20%" scope="col" class="unsortable" | Data Field
! width="80%" scope="col" class="unsortable" | Details
|-
|valign="top"| '''Status'''
| Active
|-
|valign="top"| '''Coordinator'''
|
 
*[mailto:gnelson@bio.fsu.edu Gil Nelson], FSU/iDigBio
 
 
|-
|valign="top"| '''Mission &amp; Scope'''
| This working group will:
 
*Explore the use of high quality imaging equipment and strategies for implementation and enhancement of fluid-preserved arthropod and microscopic slide imaging, especially as related to high through-put workflows.
*Share imaging strategies among group members.
*Share imaging technology reviews.
*Host webinars and meetings on topics relevant for the group.
*Facilitate common goals.
|-
|valign="top"| '''Overlap with Other Working Groups'''
| &nbsp;
|-
|valign="top"| '''Links'''
 
| [[Fluid_Preserved_Arthropds|Wiki]]: about the working group, meeting notes, links to documentation, meeting schedule.
 
|}
 
== Georeferencing Working Group (GWG)  ==
 
{| class="wikitable" border="1" cellpadding="4"
|-
! width="20%" scope="col" class="unsortable" | Data Field
! width="80%" scope="col" class="unsortable" | Details
|-
|valign="top"| '''Status'''
| Active
|-
|valign="top"| '''Members'''
|
*[mailto:tuco@berkeley.edu John Wieczorek], Berkeley, MVZ
*[mailto:james.r.allen@Colorado.edu James Ryan Allen], University of Colorado
*[mailto:sasencio@nybg.org Shannon Asencio], NYBG
*[mailto:barroso@umich.edu Diego Barroso], UMMZ
*[mailto:dbloom@vertnet.org David Bloom], Berkeley, MVZ
*[mailto:brcody@ncsu.edu Bryan Cody], Larry F. Grand Mycological Herbarium, NCSLG
*[mailto:ufarrell@ku.edu Una Farrell]&nbsp;([https://www.idigbio.org/wiki/index.php/Creating_A_PALEONICHES Paleoniches TCN], Co-PI)
*[mailto:cgermain@ufl.edu Charlotte Germain] FLMNH
*[mailto:Paul.Heinrich@nau.edu Paul Heinrich]&nbsp;([https://www.idigbio.org/wiki/index.php/Southwest_Collections_of_Arthropods_Network_(SCAN) SCAN TCN], Co-PI)
*[mailto:mnazaire@rsabg.org Mare Nazaire], Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, RSA-POM
*[mailto:gnelson@bio.fsu.edu Gil Nelson], iDigBio Digitization
*[mailto:dpaul@fsu.edu Deborah Paul], iDigBio User Services
*[mailto:mrevelez@angelo.edu Marcia Revelez], Angelo State University, ASNHC
*[mailto:nelson@museum.tulane.edu Nelson Rios], Tulane, GeoLocate
*[mailto:atrox10@gmail.com Carol Spencer], Berkeley, MVZ
*[mailto:jessica.utrup@yale.edu Jessica Utrup], Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History
*[mailto:michael.ray.yost@gmail.com Michael Yost], Denver Botanic Gardens
|-
|valign="top"| '''Past Members'''
|
*[mailto:Mary.Barkworth@usu.edu Mary Barkworth], Utah State Univ, UTC
|-
|valign="top"| '''Mission &amp; Scope'''
|We're building a [https://www.idigbio.org/wiki/index.php/TTT1TTT2 community of expert georeferencing trainers] from our first and second Train-the-Trainers (TTT) Georeferencing Workshops. Check out our [[http://vimeo.com/album/2163673| videos]] anyone can use for training. We're also helping to advance the capabilities of georeferencing tools. Want to know more? Contact any member of the working group. We'd love to hear from you.
|-
|valign="top"| '''Overlap with Other Working Groups'''
| &nbsp;
|-
|valign="top"| '''Links'''
|[[Georeferencing | Georeferencing Wiki]]: a compiled, annotated listing of helpful links / resources for georeferencing <br / >
[[Georeferencing Working Group Resources | Georeferencing Resources]]: descriptions and links to what's available (wiki, list serve, forum,... on this website for help with georeferencing. <br / >
[https://www.idigbio.org/forums/georeferencing-working-group-gwg Georeferencing Discussion Forum]: got a georeferencing question? Ask us!
<br /> [[Georeferencing Working Group | Georeferencing Working Group Wiki]]: about the working group, meeting notes and links to documentation from the working group. <br / >
[mailto:idigbiogwg-L@lists.ufl.edu GWG listserve] <br /> Meeting Room  http://idigbio.adobeconnect.com/geotrain <br />
|}
 
== International Whole-Drawer Digitization Interest Group  (WDD) ==
 
{| class="wikitable" border="1" cellpadding="4"
|-
! width="20%" scope="col" class="unsortable" | Data Field
! width="80%" scope="col" class="unsortable" | Details
|-
|valign="top"| '''Status'''
| Active
|-
|valign="top"| '''Members'''
|
 
*[http://www.csiro.au/en/Organisation-Structure/Divisions/Ecosystem-Sciences/NicoleFisher.aspx Nicole Fisher (co-coordinator)],  [http://www.csiro.au/places/ANIC Australian National Insect Collection]
*[https://www.idigbio.org/content/meet-idigbio-staff-interview-gil-nelson Gil Nelson (co-coordinator)], [http://idigbio.org iDigBio]
*[http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/about-science/staff-directory/science-facilities/v-blagoderov/index.html Vladimir Blagoderov], [http://www.nhm.ac.uk/index.html; Natural History Museum]
*[http://www.ars.usda.gov/pandp/people/people.htm?personid=39392 Matthew Buffington],  [http://www.ars.usda.gov/main/site_main.htm?modecode=12-45-49-00 Systematic Entomology Laboratory, National Museum of Natural History]
*[http://deanslab.org/ Andy Deans], [http://sites.psu.edu/frost/ Frost Entomological Museum at Penn State]
*[http://www.inhs.illinois.edu/staff/index.php?action=list&amp;user_name=chdietri Chris Dietrich], [http://www.inhs.illinois.edu/ Illinois Natural History Survey]
*[http://australianmuseum.net.au/staff/paul-flemons Paul Flemons], [http://australianmuseum.net.au/ Australian Museum]
*[https://ag.purdue.edu/entm/Pages/Profile.aspx?strAlias=jdhollan&amp;intDirDeptID=13 Jeff Holland], [https://ag.purdue.edu/entm/Pages/default.aspx Purdue]
*[https://www.idigbio.org/content/meet-joanna-mccaffrey-idigbio-biodiversity-informatics-manager Joanna McCaffrey], [http://idigbio.org iDigBio]
*[http://www.utexas.edu/tmm/npl/beachcombing/a_molineux.html Ann Molineux], [http://www.utexas.edu/tmm/ The University of Texas at Austin]
*[http://www.upcrc.illinois.edu/team/research-ext.html# David Raila], [http://cs.illinois.edu University of Illinois, Computer Sciences]
*[http://www.zsm.mwn.de/hym/e/stefanschmidt.htm Stefan Schmidt], [http://www.zsm.mwn.de/ Zoologische Staatssammlung München]
*[http://www.naturkundemuseum-berlin.de/en/institution/mitarbeiter/schurian-bernhard/ Bernhard Schurian,] [http://www.naturkundemuseum-berlin.de/en/  Museum fuer Naturkunde Berlin]
*[http://biodiversity.ku.edu/jennifer-thomas Jennifer Thomas,] [http://entomology.biodiversity.ku.edu/ University of Kansas, Biodiversity Institute, Entomology]
*[http://www.southbank.qm.qld.gov.au/Find+out+about/Behind+the+Scenes/Scientific+illustrations/Insect+illustrators/Geoff+Thompson Geoff Thompson], [http://www.qm.qld.gov.au/ Queensland Museum]
*[http://www.entomology.umn.edu/GradProgOverview/StudentProfiles/GretchenWilbrandt/index.htm Gretchen Wilbrandt], [http://www.entomology.umn.edu/index.htm University of Minnesota]
*Luc Willemse, [http://sciencecentra.nl/leden/naturalis Naturalis Biodiversity Center]
*[https://ag.purdue.edu/entm/Pages/Profile.aspx?strAlias=jzaspel&amp;intDirDeptID=13 Jennifer Zaspel],  [https://ag.purdue.edu/entm/Pages/default.aspx Purdue]
|-
| '''Mission &amp; Scope'''
|
This interest group is devoted to discussion related to whole-drawer and bulk imaging of dried, pinned insect collection drawers and related bulk specimen containers. The interest group schedules regular discussion sessions via Adobe Connect for the purpose of sharing techniques, strategies, uses, improvements, and technology associated with producing a single image of an entire insect drawer. Resources, related documents, and discussion notes are found in the link below.
|-
| '''Overlap with Other Working Groups'''
| &nbsp;
|-
| '''Links'''
| [mailto:IDIGBIOWDD-L@LISTS.UFL.EDU Listserv], [[Drawer Imaging Group| Working Group Wiki]]
|}
 
== Interoperability for Public Participation in Digitization (CitSciInterop)  ==
 
{| class="wikitable" border="1" cellpadding="4"
|-
! width="20%" scope="col" class="unsortable" | Data Field
! width="80%" scope="col" class="unsortable" | Details
|-
|valign="top"| '''Status'''
| Active
|-
|valign="top"| '''Members'''
|
*[https://www.idigbio.org/contact/Dr._Austin_Mast Austin Mast], iDigBio, Notes from Nature, Florida State University (Lead)
*[https://www.idigbio.org/contact/Dr._Libby_Ellwood Libby Ellwood], iDigBio, Florida State University (Co-lead)
*[mailto:benwbrum@gmail.com Ben Brumfield], FromThePage.com
*[mailto:Paul.Flemons@austmus.gov.au Paul Flemons], Atlas of Living Australia's Biodiversity Volunteer Portal, Australian Museum
*[mailto:egbiodiversity@gmail.com Ed Gilbert], Symbiota
*[mailto:Robert.Guralnick@colorado.edu Rob Guralnick], Notes from Nature, University of Colorado, Boulder
*[mailto:Gregory.Newman@colostate.edu Greg Newman], citsci.org, Colorado State University
*[mailto:nelson@museum.tulane.edu Nelson Rios], GeoLocate, Tulane University
|-
|valign="top"| '''Mission &amp; Scope'''
| Improve interoperability among the major actors in the new domain of public participation in digitization of biodiversity research specimens. 
|-
|valign="top"| '''Overlap with Other Working Groups'''
|The group's goals most closely complement those of the [[IDigBio_Working_Groups#User_Engagement_for_Public_Participation_in_Digitization_.28CitSciEngage.29|User Engagement for Public Participation in Digitization Working Group]].
|-
|valign="top"| '''Links'''
|
[[Interoperability for Public Participation in Digitization Working Group|Wiki]], [[Transcription Hackathon|Transcription Hackathon]]<br>
 
|}
 
== North American Network of Small Herbaria Working Group (NANSH)  ==
 
{| class="wikitable" border="1" cellpadding="4"
|-
! width="20%" scope="col" class="unsortable" | Data Field
! width="80%" scope="col" class="unsortable" | Details
|-
|valign="top"| '''Status'''
| Active
|-
|valign="top"| '''Members'''
|
 
*[https://www.idigbio.org/contact/Dr._Gil_Nelson Gil Nelson], iDigBio Digitization (Lead)
 
|-
| '''Mission &amp; Scope'''
| TBD
|-
| '''Overlap with Other Working Groups'''
| See WG for DROID1, DROID2, DROID3, and DROID4
|-
| '''Links'''
|[[NANSH Working Group| Wiki]]
 
|}
 
== Paleo Digitization Working Group (PaleoDigi)  ==
 
{| class="wikitable" border="1" cellpadding="4"
|-
! width="20%" scope="col" class="unsortable" | Data Field
! width="80%" scope="col" class="unsortable" | Details
|-
|valign="top"| '''Status'''
| Active
|-
|valign="top"| '''Members'''
|
 
*[https://www.idigbio.org/contact/Dr._Gil_Nelson Gil Nelson], iDigBio Digitization (Lead)
 
|-
| '''Mission &amp; Scope'''
| TBD
|-
| '''Overlap with Other Working Groups'''
| See WG for DROID1, DROID2 and DROID3
|-
| '''Links'''
|[[Paleo Digitization Working Group| Wiki]], [mailto:idigbiopaldigi-L@lists.ufl.edu Listserv] <br />
 
|
|}
 
== Sustainability Working Group (SWG)==
 
{| class="wikitable" border="1" cellpadding="4"
|-
! width="20%" scope="col" class="unsortable" | Data Field
! width="80%" scope="col" class="unsortable" | Details
|-
|valign="top"| '''Status'''
| Active
|-
|valign="top"| '''Members'''
|
*Dave Bloom, Chair
*Deanna Stouder, Facilitator
*Robert Gropp
*Barbara Thiers
*Hank Bart
*Kevin Love
*Larry Page (ExOfficio)
|-
|valign="top"| '''Mission &amp; Scope'''
| The charge for the group is to write a proposal to conduct a feasibility study around charging for the use of data services. This proposal is part of the requirements for iDigBio funding from participants.  Once the proposal is reviewed and potentially funding the group will move forward with their charge. This Working Group will present their report to iDigBio and to the broader TCN community. 
 
|-
|valign="top"| '''Overlap with Other Working Groups'''
| &nbsp;
|-
|valign="top"| '''Links'''
|[[Sustainability Working Group| Wiki]]
 
|}
 
== User Engagement for Public Participation in Digitization (CitSciEngage)  ==
 
{| class="wikitable" border="1" cellpadding="4"
|-
! width="20%" scope="col" class="unsortable" | Data Field
! width="80%" scope="col" class="unsortable" | Details
|-
|valign="top"| '''Status'''
| Active
|-
|valign="top"| '''Members'''
|
*[https://www.idigbio.org/contact/Dr._Austin_Mast Austin Mast] iDigBio, Notes from Nature, Florida State University (Lead)
*[https://www.idigbio.org/contact/Dr._Libby_Ellwood Libby Ellwood], iDigBio, Florida State University (Co-lead)
*[mailto:bdunckel@flmnh.ufl.edu Betty Dunckel], iDigBio, Florida Museum of Natural History
*[mailto:Robert.Guralnick@colorado.edu Rob Guralnick], Notes from Nature, University of Colorado, Boulder
*[https://www.idigbio.org/contact/Dr._Austin_Hendy Austin Hendy], iDigBio, Florida Museum of Natural History
*[mailto:bthiers@nybg.org Barbara Thiers], NYBG
*[mailto:mkonrat@fieldmuseum.org Matt von Konrat], Field Museum
|-
|valign="top"| '''Mission &amp; Scope'''
| Develop successful strategies for engagement of the public in digitization online and onsite.
|-
|valign="top"| '''Overlap with Other Working Groups'''
|The group's goals most closely complement those of the [[IDigBio_Working_Groups#Interoperability_for_Public_Participation_in_Digitization_.28CitSciInterop.29|Interoperability for Public Participation in Digitization Working Group]].
|-
|valign="top"| '''Links'''
|
[[User Engagement for Public Participation in Digitization Working Group|Wiki]]<br>
 
|}
 
== Website Content Providers Editorial Board and Interest Group ==
 
{| class="wikitable" border="1" cellpadding="4"
|-
! width="20%" scope="col" class="unsortable" | Data Field
! width="80%" scope="col" class="unsortable" | Details
|-
|valign="top"| '''Status'''
| Active when a need arises
|-
|valign="top"| '''Members'''
|
*[mailto:jmccaffrey@flmnh.ufl.edu Joanna McCaffrey], FLMNH, iDigBio (Lead)
*[mailto:cbester@flmnh.ufl.edu Cathy Bester], FLMNH, iDigBio
*[mailto:djennings@flmnh.ufl.edu David Jennings], FLMNH, iDigBio
*[mailto:klove@flmnh.ufl.edu Kevin Love], FLMNH, iDigBio
*[mailto:ammatsun@acis.ufl.edu Andréa Matsunaga], ACIS, iDigBio
*[mailto:gnelson@bio.fsu.edu Gil Nelson], FSU, iDigBio
*[mailto:dpaul@fsu.edu Deb Paul], FSU, iDigBio
*[mailto:mphillips@flmnh.ufl.edu Molly Phillips], FLMNH, iDigBio
*[mailto:jspinks@fsu.edu Jeremy Spinks], FSU, iDigBio
|-
| '''Mission &amp; Scope'''
| We meet to determine content formulation processes, write documents to support access to information for content providers, create and deliver in-house content training, we also constitute an editorial board for the iDigBio.org website content and overall look & feel. We believe in constant improvement, and we aim to keep the level of service to our biodiversity community via the website at a high level of satisfaction.
|-
| '''Overlap with Other Working Groups'''
| &nbsp;
|-
| '''Links'''
|
[[Content_Style_Guide_and_Workflow | Content Style Guide and Workflow]]
|-
|}
 
= Inactive Working Groups  =
== Authority Files  ==
 
{| class="wikitable" border="1" cellpadding="4"
|-
! width="20%" scope="col" class="unsortable" | Data Field
! width="80%" scope="col" class="unsortable" | Details
|-
|valign="top"| '''Status'''
| Merged: The Authority Files Working Group has merged with the MISC Working Group, with Katja Seltmann and Gil Nelson as Co-Leads. See below: Minimum Information Standards, Authority Files, &amp; Semantics.
|-
|valign="top"| '''Original Members (Now Included Below)'''
|
*[https://www.idigbio.org/contact/Dr._Greg_Riccardi Greg Riccardi] (Lead)
*[mailto:djallard@UVM.EDU Dorothy Allard], Univ. Vermont, Montpellier
*[mailto:SBlum@CALACADEMY.ORG Stan Blum], California Academy of Sciences
*[https://www.idigbio.org/contact/Dr._Andrea_Matsunaga Andrea Matsunaga] , iDigBio IT
*[http://zacharias.huh.harvard.edu/people/index.php?personid=1150 Paul J. Morris], Harvard
*[https://www.idigbio.org/contact/Dr._Gil_Nelson Gil Nelson], iDigBio
*[https://www.idigbio.org/contact/Deborah_Paul Deb Paul], iDigBio User Services
*[mailto:kseltmann@amnh.org Katja Seltmann], AMNH
*[mailto:pentcheff@gmail.com Dean Pentcheff], Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
*[mailto:psierwald@fieldmuseum.org Petra Sierwald], FMNH
|-
|valign="top"| '''Mission &amp; Scope'''
| &nbsp;
|-
|valign="top"| '''Overlap with other Working Groups'''
| &nbsp;
|-
|valign="top"| '''Links'''
| [[Authority File Working Group Resources]]
|}
 
== Intellectual Property Policy  ==
 
{| class="wikitable" border="1" cellpadding="4"
|-
! width="20%" scope="col" class="unsortable" | Data Field
! width="80%" scope="col" class="unsortable" | Details
|-
|valign="top"| '''Status'''
| Inactive
|-
|valign="top"| '''Members'''
|
*[https://www.idigbio.org/contact/Dr._Gil_Nelson Gil Nelson], iDigBio Digitization (Lead)
*[mailto:chdietri@ILLINOIS.EDU Chris Dietrich]
*John Fraser
*[mailto:dgiblin@U.WASHINGTON.EDU David Giblin]
*[https://www.idigbio.org/contact/Deborah_Paul Deborah Paul] iDigBio User Services
*Katja Schultz, EOL
*[mailto:kseltmann@amnh.org Katja Seltmann], AMNH
*Paul Stern
|-
|valign="top"| '''Mission &amp; Scope'''
| Produce a clear Intellectual Property Policy to establish data ownership rights and data re-use requirements&nbsp;related to content presented via iDigBio by collections and institutions.
|-
|valign="top"| '''Overlap with Other Working Groups'''
| None identified
|-
|valign="top"| '''Links'''
|
[https://www.idigbio.org/content/idigbio-intellectual-property-policy Final Published Document]
 
Note: This document is open for community comment
 
|}
 
== Minimum Information Standards, Authority Files, &amp; Semantics (MISC)  ==
 
{| class="wikitable" border="1" cellpadding="4"
|-
! width="20%" scope="col" class="unsortable" | Data Field
! width="80%" scope="col" class="unsortable" | Details
|-
|valign="top"| '''Status'''
| Done (Inactive), activated when a need arises
|-
|valign="top"| '''Members'''
|
*[https://www.idigbio.org/contact/Dr._Gil_Nelson Gil Nelson], iDigBio Digitization (Co-Lead)
*[mailto:kseltmann@amnh.org Katja Seltmann], AMNH (Co-Lead)
*[mailto:djallard@UVM.EDU Dorothy Allard], UVM
*[mailto:sblum@calacademy.org Stan Blum], California Academy of Sciences
*[mailto:jdeck@berkeley.edu John Deck], UC Berkeley
*[https://www.idigbio.org/contact/Dr._Andrea_Matsunaga Andrea Matsunaga], iDigBio IT
*[https://www.idigbio.org/contact/Joanna_McCaffrey Joanna McCaffrey], iDigBio Biodiversity Informatics Manager
*[http://zacharias.huh.harvard.edu/people/index.php?personid=1150 Paul J. Morris], Harvard
*[https://www.idigbio.org/contact/Deborah_Paul Deborah Paul],  iDigBio User Services
*[mailto:pentcheff@gmail.com Dean Pentcheff], Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
*[mailto:psierwald@fieldmuseum.org Petra Sierwald], FMNH
|-
|valign="top"| '''Mission &amp; Scope'''
| 1) Establish the working group and its goals, with the guidance of participants from the MISC breakout group from iDigBio's It Standards workshop. 2) Document basic assumptions underpinning a minimal information for scientific collections expectation. 3) Develop a document outlining and providing a rationale for required, minimal, desired, and supplementary data elements to be provided by iDigBio contributors. 4) Develop guidelines for data validation, training and assistance to iDigBio contributors for configuring data for ingestion into the iDigBio portal.
|-
|valign="top"| '''Overlap with Other Working Groups'''
| The overlap between the Minimum Information for Scientific Collections (MISC) and Authority Files Working groups prompted merging into a single working group.
|-
|valign="top"| '''Links'''
|[[MISC/Authority-File-Working-Group| MISC Authority File Working Group]], [https://www.idigbio.org/forums/minimum-information-standards-authority-files-semantics-misc Discussion Forum]<br />
 
|}
 
== Paleontology (Paleo)  ==
 
{| class="wikitable" border="1" cellpadding="4"
|-
! width="20%" scope="col" class="unsortable" | Data Field
! width="80%" scope="col" class="unsortable" | Details
|-
|valign="top"| '''Status'''
| Inactive
|-
|valign="top"| '''Members'''
|
*[mailto:blieber@ku.edu Bruce Lieberman] (Lead), University of Kansas
*[mailto:Laurie.Anderson@sdsmt.edu Laurie Anderson], South Dakota School of Mines
*[mailto:dbloom@vertnet.org David Bloom], VertNet, UC Berkeley
*[mailto:gpd3@cornell.edu Greg Dietl], PRI
*[mailto:jlipps@fullerton.edu Jere Lipps], John Cooper Museum
*[https://www.idigbio.org/contact/Dr._Bruce_MacFadden Bruce MacFadden], FLMNH
*[mailto:rowe@mail.utexas.edu Timothy Rowe], University of Texas
*[mailto:kseltmann@amnh.org Katja Seltmann], AMNH
*[mailto:dena.smith@Colorado.EDU Dena Smith], Colorado
*[mailto:kspringer@sbcm.sbcounty.gov Kathleen Springer], San Bernardino County Museum
*[mailto:bthiers@nybg.org Barbara Thiers], NYBG
*[mailto:swarny@lsu.edu Sophie Warny], LSU
*[mailto:tim.white@yale.edu Tim White], Yale
|-
|valign="top"| '''Mission &amp; Scope'''
| This group is currently being formed. One of the group's first tasks will be to define a Mission and Scope. Broadly, the group will maintain awareness of digitization activities and needs within the Paleontology community, and promote communication between Neontology/Paleontology/Information Technology partners.
|-
|valign="top"| '''Overlap with Other Working Groups'''
| &nbsp;
|-
|valign="top"| '''Links'''
| [mailto:IDIGBIO-PALEO-L@LISTS.UFL.EDU Listserv], [https://www.idigbio.org/forums/paleontology-working-group Discussion Forum], [[Paleontology Working Group | Working Group Wiki]]
|}
 
== Public Participation in Digitization (CitSci)  ==
 
{| class="wikitable" border="1" cellpadding="4"
|-
! width="20%" scope="col" class="unsortable" | Data Field
! width="80%" scope="col" class="unsortable" | Details
|-
|valign="top"| '''Status'''
| Inactive
|-
|valign="top"| '''Members'''
|
*[https://www.idigbio.org/contact/Dr._Austin_Mast Austin Mast] (Lead)
*[mailto:mdenslow@neoninc.org Michael Denslow] NEON
*[https://www.idigbio.org/contact/Dr._Betty_Dunckel Betty Dunckel] FLMNH
*[https://www.idigbio.org/contact/Dr._Bruce_MacFadden Bruce MacFadden], FLMNH
*[mailto:tom.nash@ASU.EDU Tom Nash], ASU
*[https://www.idigbio.org/contact/Dr._Gil_Nelson Gil Nelson], iDigBio Digitization
*[https://www.idigbio.org/contact/Deborah_Paul Deborah Paul], iDigBio User Services
*[mailto:nelson@museum.tulane.edu Nelson Rios], Tulane, GeoLocate
*Andrew Sallans
*[mailto:blanka@DUKE.EDU Blanka Shaw ], Duke
*[mailto:shaw@DUKE.EDU Jon Shaw], Duke
*[mailto:bthiers@nybg.org Barbara Thiers], NYBG
*[mailto:mkonrat@fieldmuseum.org Matt von Konrat], FMNH
|-
|valign="top"| '''Mission &amp; Scope'''
| Identify and improve aspects of biodiversity digitization workflows that can be newly architected or enhanced to take advantage of public participation.  This working group completed its initial goals and has been replaced by the Interoperability for Public Participation in Digitization Working Group and the User Engagement for Public Participation in Digitization Working Group.
|-
|valign="top"| '''Overlap with Other Working Groups'''
| &nbsp;
|-
|valign="top"| '''Links'''
|
[[Public Participation in Digitization Working Group|Working Group Wiki]]<br>
 
|}
 
== Strategic Communication Interest Group ==
 
{| class="wikitable" border="1" cellpadding="4"
|-
! width="20%" scope="col" class="unsortable" | Data Field
! width="80%" scope="col" class="unsortable" | Details
|-
|valign="top"| '''Status'''
| Active
|-
|valign="top"| '''Members'''
|
*[mailto:g0ddengr@ufl.edu Grant Godden], FLMNH (Lead)
*[mailto:bdunckel@flmnh.ufl.edu Betty Dunckel], FLMNH
*[mailto:bmacfadd@flmnh.ufl.edu Bruce MacFadden], FLMNH
*[mailto:bmishler@calmail.berkeley.edu Brent Mishler], UC, Berkeley
*[mailto:monfi1ak@cmich.edu Anna K. Monfils], Central Michigan U.
*[mailto:bthiers@nybg.org Barbara Thiers], NYBG
|-
|valign="top"| '''Mission &amp; Scope'''
| We will be developing a strategic communications plan and organizing an advisory panel of communications experts, corporate social responsibility and fundraising experts, and key stakeholders from the collections community. Our collective charge is: (1) to develop a unified platform for communicating the importance of digitization efforts; (2) to identify specific needs of the collection community, develop strategies for addressing these needs through communications activities (including education and outreach), and formalize goals and objectives; and (3) to design implementable activities that can meet our goals/objectives and effectively engage iDigBio target audiences. We will provide recommendations to iDigBio that increase the momentum of digitization/outreach activities on a national scale and ensure the long-term sustainability of these efforts.
 
|-
|valign="top"| '''Overlap with Other Working Groups'''
| &nbsp;
|-
|valign="top"| '''Links'''  
 
|
 
|}
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