Re: [Treebase-devel] ABI proposal for phyloinformatics

[Karen C. <kar...@ne...>]

Tomorrow morning (Wed, June 1) looks to be good for everyone, and
sooner seems better than later. I propose we talk at 9:00 am EST. I
will send connection information later today.

Cheers,
Karen

On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 3:00 PM, Karen Cranston
<kar...@ne...> wrote:
> There has been some interest among various groups in an ABI proposal
> for development of phyloinformatics resources. This email is an
> attempt to connect those threads and move the process forward. The
> conversations that have been happening up to this point are:
>
> 1. The Phyloinformatics Research Foundation (phylofoundation.org,
> stewards of TreeBASE and ToLWeb) started a Google doc aimed at
> TreeBASE
> 2. MIAPA developers started a wiki page
> (https://www.nescent.org/sites/evoio/NSF_ABI_2011), recognizing the
> need for coordination with TreeBASE and other resources
> 3. NESCent (Todd, Hilmar and myself), as the current TreeBASE host and
> as a third party interested in coordinated development across
> resources started a third document (now added to the already mentioned
> Google doc)
>
> If you are interested in this discussion and do not already have
> access to the Google doc entitled TreeBASE_ABI.doc, let me know and I
> can grant you access. Hilmar and I made some substantial edits earlier
> this morning. I point you specifically to the section at the end
> entitled "An attempt to re-think all of this". Briefly, we wanted to
> encourage some radical thinking and explore the idea of developing a
> PhyloCommons that incorporates both TreeBASE and ToLWeb into the
> proposal (as the data repository and the data sharing / dissemination
> / synthesis platform, respectively).
>
> The ABI deadline is July 7, so we have a short period of time to pull
> this together. Here is a link to a Doodle poll for an initial
> teleconference.
>
> http://doodle.com/zf2tz7sftyk3naxy
>
> During this meeting, we hope to come to agreement on the broad
> direction of the grant, identify possible leaders of the various
> components and create a plan for getting this pulled together in time
> for the deadline. Please feel free to continue the conversation on the
> Google doc between now and the teleconference. If there are others who
> you think should be invited, feel free to do so. Not everyone who
> participates in this first phase will end up being named on the grant,
> but these resources require input from a much larger group.
>
> Cheers,
> Karen
>
>
> --
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> Karen Cranston
> Training Coordinator and Informatics Project Manager
> nescent.org
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>



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Karen Cranston
Training Coordinator and Informatics Project Manager
nescent.org
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