TDWG Infrastructure

Project

1. Project StatusLee Belbin & Donald Hobern

Milestones – In Hand

Item Outcome Date Actual Task Leads

1 Renewed call for participation in Process Subgroup (to discuss new TDWG process) 11 Sep 05 11 Sep 05 1 SB

2 Call for participants in GUID development 13 Sep 05 13 Sep 05 4 DH, RP3 Establishment of TDWG architecture interest group. 15 Sep 05 15 Sep 05 3 RH4 Summary of requirements for documentation and associated software 5 Oct 05 5 Oct 05 3 RH5 Summary of requirements for collaboration environment 7 Oct 05 7 Oct 05 2 RP6 Review paper: current TDWG process 9 Oct 05 9 Oct 05 1 LB, SB7 Project plan & milestones agreed between TDWG Executive and TIP Team 10 Oct 05 10 Oct 05 0 LB, SB8 Broader announcement of Project 11 Oct 05 11 Oct 05 0 LB, RP, RH9 Draft charter for Process subgroup 12 Oct 05 28 Jan 06 1 SB

10 Review paper: best practices in standards development organisations 30 Nov 05 30 Nov 05 1 LB, SB11 Review paper: collaboration infrastructure requirements and technologies 3 Dec 05 3 Dec 05 2 RP12 Process subgroup meeting to draft new TDWG process 5 Dec 05 30 Jan 06 1 LB, SB13 Final report on requirements for documentation and associated software 7 Dec 05 15 Dec 06 3 RH14 Decision on outsourcing development & testing of collaborative environment 10 Dec 05 10 Dec 05 2 RP15 Prioritised list for 2006 for populating standards documents 15 Dec 05 23 Dec 05 3 RH16 Drafts of initial normative documents specified in documentation software strategy 23 Dec 05 16 May 06 3 RH

17 Close comments: review paper - collaborative infrastructure requirements & technologies 31 Dec 05 31 Dec 05 2 RP

18 Final version: Collaboration infrastructure requirements and technologies report 25 Jan 06 25 Jan 06 2 RP19 First workshop for GUID development 1 Feb 06 1 Feb 06 4 DH, RP

New TDWG Survey 4 Feb 06 4 Feb 06 1 LB20 Purchase TDWG server & associated software 5 Feb 06 1 Mar 06 2 RP21 First draft: new TDWG process 7 Feb 06 4 Feb 06 1 LB, SB22 Draft architectural framework for TDWG released for comments and revision 25 Mar 06 11 Apr 06 3 RH23 Final version: new TDWG process 1 Apr 06 1 LB, SB24 Preliminary collaborative environment available for viewing and testing 15 Apr 06 12 Apr 06 2 RP25 Synthesize recommendations from subgroups on GUIDs - review paper 1 May 06 4 DH, RP26 Close of comments on preliminary collaborative environment 15 May 06 15 May 07 2 RP

36% time & 63% milestones completed

TIP Reports1. Current TDWG Processes2. Best Current Practice3. Documentation Strategy

a. Documentation Specification for TDWG Standards 4. Website Requirements5. Website Technology Evaluation6. Documentation Priorities for 20067. Website Outsourcing Evaluation8. Initial Administrative Standards9. First TDWG Globally Unique Identifiers Workshop

Report10.Survey of TDWG Members/Potential Members11.New Website Review Guide12.TAG-1 Meeting Report 13.Membership structure of similar standards agencies

Milestones - AheadItem Outcome Date Actual Task Leads

27 Approval by TDWG of the new process 1-Jun-06   1 LB, SB

28 Architectural framework for TDWG released for voting 3-Jun-06   3 RH

29 Second workshop for GUID development 5-Jun-06 10-Jun-06

4 DH, RP

30 Launch of the collaborative development environment 15-Jul-06   2 RP

31 Adoption of architectural framework for TDWG 1-Aug-06   3 RH

32 Document summarizing progress against 2006 documentation work plan. 1-Sep-06   3 RH

33 Implementation of first version of GUID infrastructure; First release of GUID systems 1-Oct-06   4 DH, RP

34 Review paper: TDWG long-term goals and budgetary requirements 5-Oct-06   5 LB

35 Meeting with TDWG Executive on funding brochure (draft) 15-Nov-06   5 LB

36 Prioritized list for 2007 for populating standards documents 1-Dec-06   3 RH

37 Funding brochure 15-Jan-07   5 LB

New TDWG Survey 2? 1-Mar-07   LB

38 Document summarizing progress against 2007 documentation work plan. 1-Sep-07   3 RH

39 Review paper: GUID systems review (TDWG 2006) based on first implementation 5-Sep-07   4 DH, RP

40 Document reviewing options for long-term support and infrastructure 1-Oct-07   5 LB

41 Adjustments and second release of GUID systems based on review 15-Nov-07   4 DH, RP

42 Long-term support/infrastructure adopted 1-Dec-07   5 LB

TDWG Subgroup Support - Travel

Date Project Days Milestone Products Travel$ Labor$ Total

10/04/2006 SDD 3 Workshop 1. Review TIP recommendations, 2. SDD lite, 3. Introduction to SDD (5-6 pages) $5,300 $5,300

? SDD 5 Meeting 1. Planning SDD lite $6,100 $6,100

30/08/2006 TCS 60 Prototype

1. Convert an existing dataset to domain ontology, 2. Develop demo prototype tool for linking GUIDs during the conversion 3. Document a. The core ontology as at 12/June 2006. b. The process of converting an existing dataset to the ontology and c. The tool for supporting linking GUIDs during data conversion. $7,750 $41,000 $48,750

17/05/2006 TCS 3 MeetingDraft a seed ontology for TDWG that includes the main concepts within DwV, TCR, ABCD and SDD $10,000 $10,000

11/04/2006 TAG 3 Meeting TAG meeting $12,000 $12,000

13/06/2006 NCD 4 Workshop 1. NCD draft, 2. Primer, 3. Charter $12,000 $12,000

3/07/2006 ABCD 3 Meeting1. Bugfixes (new schema?), 2. Adapting ABCD to common architecture, 3. Report on core ABCD with identified links to other standards, 4. Charter, 5. Primer $17,000 $17,000

23/06/2006Geospat

ial 4

Geospatial & OGC

meetings

1. DwC GML schema 2. GML applicability map to TDWG 3. Report on UML environment, 4. OGC-TDWG applicability primer. 5. TDWG-OGC applicability primer, 6. geospatial ontologies, 7. report on coord reference systems 8. charter $20,700 $9,300 $30,000

early June DiGIR 2 4 Workshop

Core architecture of DiGIR2, RDF services, LSID resolution, administrative installation & configuration tools, protocol plugins (DiGIR 1.5, WFS, TAPIR, etc), extensions (bulk harvesting, graphical setup tools..) ->Manual for the installation, configuration, operation, extension, and integration of DIGIR2 $30,000 $30,000

Subtotals $120,850 $50,300 $171,150

TDWG Subgroup Support - Labour

Date Project Days Milestone Products Travel$ Labor$ Total

Subtotals $120,850 $50,300 $171,150

1/04/2006 GUIDs 14 Toolkit

.NET web service implementation to set up an LSID resolver, authority, client, assigning service, FAN services & documentation on how to set up a simple authority, configure it. Also how to set up a more advanced authority and documentation about the important classes. $4,000 $4,000

15/04/2006 TAPIR 60 Documentation TAPIR documentation site $19,500 $19,500

30/05/2006 TCS 5 Documentation 1. Development of standard documentation kit, 2. Primer, 3. Charter $5,000 $5,000

1/06/2006 Web 20 Documentation Transfer and build content for the new Web site $7,000 $7,000

15/06/2006 SDD 72 Documentation

1. Primer (tutorial approach similar to W3C primers with focus on structure, logic and examples) $16,000 $16,000

1/09/2006 DwC ? DwC 21. Finalize the Darwin Core 2 and extensions, 2. new TDWG documentation, 3. Primer, 4. Charter $15,000 $15,000

? DwC 20 DiGIR 1. Update DiGIR to read and write RDF (TBA; Combined with #18?) $4,000 $4,000

? SDD 60 Documentation1. Documentation set (similar to W3C normative set with element-based structure - a reference manual for IT specialists), 2. Charter (a few pages) $15,000 $15,000

Grand Totals $120,850 $135,800 $427,800

TIP SWOT• Strengths

– Skills, diversity, dedication and experience of the team

• Weaknesses– 20/80/volunteers, feedback

• Opportunities– New process, architecture, documentation,

website• Threats

– Resistance to change, adaptation, alienation (us/them)