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The second meeting of the GBIF NODES committee was held in London between 26th and 28th February 2003, and was attended by representatives from 29 participant countries and 11 participant organisations. The sessions were organised and hosted by the UK GBIF Node at the Natural History Museum.
The first day provided an overview of technologies and tools to be used in developing the GBIF Network. The remaining sessions involved discussion of the challenges and opportunities facing different GBIF participants as they develop their nodes.
The committee decided to use 2003 to implement the widest possible range of servers running DiGIR software to share specimen data, and established six working groups to focus on the following key areas:
- Metadata
- Geographical Information Systems (GIS) technology
- Multi-lingual aspects
- Data sensitivity and Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) issues
- Multi-node services (services offered by participants for the benefit of the rest of the network)
- Benefits of GBIF participation
The minutes from the meeting can be found at:
http://circa.gbif.net/Public/irc/gbif/nodes/library?l=/meetings/2003_02_26_london/nodes_2minutesdraft/
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