Collections Catalogue - Daily Summaries

[dhobern]

Special weekend summary - topics still needing attention

@dhobern

This summary highlights the discussion topics that have so far not been addressed in detail. If you have thoughts and ideas on any of these, please join the discussion.

• 1.5. Increased value for data on specimens, taxonomic publications, etc. (USE)
  • How could the catalogue help us to improve other biodiversity data?
• 1.6. Reducing duplication of effort (USE)
  • Would the catalogue help us to work more efficiently? Examples of this would help us to justify the effort and cost.
• 1.7. Foundation for new and enriched services (USE)
  • Do you have further ideas for uses and applications that the catalogue could support?
• 1.9. Support for national and regional needs and applications (USE)
  • We would like to understand how the catalogue could deliver extra value at more local scales.
• 2.4. Description of a collection (INFORMATION)
  • Do you have any suggestions for ways to improve or enhance the TDWG Collection Descriptions standard?
• 2.5. Wider data linkages (INFORMATION)
  • Do you have further ideas for important ways that the catalogue could be linked to other data sources?
• 2.6. Information services relating to collections (INFORMATION)
  • Do you have further ideas on information and reports that the catalogue could help to deliver?
• 3.3. Integrated catalogue (TECHNOLOGY)
  • Some needs are best met at the national, regional or community scale, but we welcome ideas for features that should be delivered as part of the global views.
• 4.2. Communities of practice (GOVERNANCE)
  • What can be done to help national, regional or community networks to build and maintain useful catalogues for their use?
• 4.3. Technical infrastructures (GOVERNANCE)
  • Digital infrastructures (data aggregators) play an important part and need funding. How do we balance their needs with those of collections and researchers? How do we all help one another to build something better?
• 4.4. Governance arrangements (GOVERNANCE)
  • Do we need any new governance models to oversee the catalogue?
• 4.6. Funding and sustainability (GOVERNANCE)
  • How can we build the case to get long-term funding to maintain the catalogue? We need to show that the benefits will exceed the costs.
• Comments on this virtual consultation process
  • We very much welcome any thoughts on the process we are following (Discourse topics, summaries, translations, etc.). What works well and what doesn’t?