Taxonomic Databases Working Group - Standards Ballot Result

[Adrian Rissone]

RESULTS OF BALLOT ON PROPOSED STANDARDS 2005

The following proposed standards were recommended for ratification at the
Taxonomic Databases Working Group (TDWG) Annual Meeting in St. Petersburg,
Russian Federation, during the week beginning 11 September 2005. In
accordance with the TDWG Constitution and By-Laws a vote by all members in
good standing on final ratification of each proposed standard was required.

Ballot papers were sent out to all current members in good standing, for
return to me (a.rissone at nhm.ac.uk) by 12:00 (midday) GMT on 23 October 2005.

The following table summarises the votes received from the TDWG membership:

ABCD Yes vote 28
ABCD No vote 0

SDD Yes vote 27
SDD No vote 0

TCS Yes vote 27
TCS No vote 1

All three standards are thus accepted as APPROVED

Adrian Rissone
Secretary, Taxonomic Databases Working Group
A.Rissone at nhm.ac.uk
http://www.tdwg.org
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Proposed Standard: ABCD (Access to Biological Collections Data)

  Further information at: http://www.bgbm.org/TDWG/CODATA/Schema/


Proposed Standard: SDD (Structure Descriptive Data)

  Furthur information at:
    http://160.45.63.11/Projects/TDWG-SDD/index.html
    http://wiki.cs.umb.edu/twiki/bin/view/SDD/WebHome


Proposed Standard: TCS (Taxonomic Concept Transfer Schema)

  Further information at: http://tdwg.napier.ac.uk