Re: [Treebase-devel] ABI proposal for phyloinformatics

[Westneat, M. <mwe...@fi...>]

Hi all, I am definitely interested in this, but can't join in tomorrow
(synthesis meeting on Cybertaxonomy this week).  Will catch up and join the
next meeting-  Mark

On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 11:19 AM, Karen Cranston <kar...@ne...
> wrote:

> 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
> >
> >
> > --
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > Karen Cranston
> > Training Coordinator and Informatics Project Manager
> > nescent.org
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >
>
>
>
> --
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Karen Cranston
> Training Coordinator and Informatics Project Manager
> nescent.org
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>



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