[Taxacom] i4Life Call for Pilot Projects

[Thierry Bourgoin]

Hi Chris,

Just read again the call as it seems you have misunderstood it.

The purpose of the call is to complete the COL with several millions of names already collected and sorted during i4Life first step, and to go now, through the GSDs, to get these names sorted to valid species names by their taxonomic community, (re-)placed within a global classification, and only when this done, re-sent to CoL that will harvest them for its completion.

So far I know, Species 2000 has invented the term GSD (Global Systematic Database) to better promote them and has been one of the very few initiatives to fund them. He was the only one (with SMEBD) trying to protect them against pirate copies that had flourished on the web (even if not very successful I agree!). So it would have been very surprising that Species 2000 has changed its policy while GSDs are at the core of the system.

GSDs are clearly the one targeted in that call and you are fully eligible for this call.

Good luck in applying,
Best wishes,
Thierry




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Le 23 juil. 2012 à 22:17, Chris Thompson a écrit :

> Wonderful
> 
> i4Life is providing funds to local taxonomic checklists , etc., so they can supply information to GSDs,
> 
> BUT no funding for the GSDs.
> 
> Apparently the assumption is that GSDs are free, no cost services available to all!
> 
> As a developer and the sole maintainer of a GSD for about 15% of the known world Biodiversity (that is, Insecta: Diptera or flies), I continue to find this amazing. I am expected to build and maintain the Systema Dipterorum (formerly the BioSystematic Database of World Diptera) for FREE. And then GBIF, IUCN Red List, BOLD, EMBL, ENA, IT IS, EoL) can freely help themselves to a global names database of flies. And to ensure that I am doing my job, i4Life Pilot projects will now fund others to add to my free responsibilities!
> 
> Oh, well ...
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> Chris Thompson
> Systema Dipterorum (see us at diptera.org)
> 
> -----Original Message----- From: Thierry Bourgoin
> Sent: Monday, July 23, 2012 11:51 AM
> To: TAXACOM
> Subject: [Taxacom] i4Life Call for Pilot Projects
> 
> Dear Taxacomers,
> 
> For your information...
> 
> Best wishes,
> Thierry Bourgoin
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________________________________
> 
> i4Life Call for Pilot Projects – Building content for the Catalogue of Life
> 
> The i4Life project is offering funding to establish and implement i4Life Pilot Projects to enhance taxonomic content of GSDs that will check and incorporate in their databases new scientific names and taxa, harvested from Global Partners (GBIF, IUCN Red List, BOLD, EMBL ENA and Encyclopedia of Life).
> 
> The Pilot Projects objective is to place as many new scientific names from Global Partners as possible in taxonomic checklists and, then, supply them to the Catalogue of Life during routine updates.
> Unincorporated names will be returned to i4Life with annotations to show their status.
> 
> The i4Life budget commits approximately €200k plus overheads for this purpose and the duration of Pilot Projects will be 5 months.
> Eligibility criteria are governed by European Commission rules.
> Deadline: 31 August 2012 - 12:00 am (midnight) (Paris local time).
> 
> If you are interested you will find all information and documents on the i4Life webpage: http://i4life.eu/pilots.php
> 
> 
> Contact for the call:
> Aurélie Delavaud
> aurelie.delavaud at mnhn.fr
> Programmes européens /  European Programs - i4Life
> Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle / National  Museum of Natural History
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> + 33 (0)1 40 79 53 92
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