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Background: The Augmenting OCR working group formed from the first iDigBio Summit in 2011 out of a community consensus wish to attempt improving OCR output and algorithm tools | |||
Background: The Augmenting OCR working group formed from the first iDigBio Summit in 2011 out of a community consensus wish to attempt improving OCR output and algorithm tools to speed up the digitization process. Initial group members were suggested by those present at Summit 2011. | |||
Our current working group met, in person, in October 2012 to learn more about each other's use of OCR and OCR output, plan a February 2013 hackathon, develop content for our iSchools 2013 iConference workshop panel, and learn more about the latest developments in handwriting recognition. We are hard at work, finalizing the [http://tinyurl.com/idigbioaocrhackathon hackathon] and [http://www.ischools.org/iConference13/workshop11/v iConference13] plans. | |||
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Revision as of 13:04, 29 November 2012
Overview
iDigBio supports a number of Working Groups. Several working groups are focused on the delivery of short-term objectives, while other standing Working Groups are tasked with ongoing research, development, and improvement activities. This page provides an overview of both current (active) and disbanded (inactive) Working Groups.
The section "Overlap with Other Working Groups" should be used to list subject areas that may duplicate some effort from another Working Group. When Working Group activities stray into these overlapping subject areas then collaboration between working groups is warranted for those tasks.
Active Working Groups
Augmenting OCR (aOCR)
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Status | Active
Background: The Augmenting OCR working group formed from the first iDigBio Summit in 2011 out of a community consensus wish to attempt improving OCR output and algorithm tools to speed up the digitization process. Initial group members were suggested by those present at Summit 2011. Our current working group met, in person, in October 2012 to learn more about each other's use of OCR and OCR output, plan a February 2013 hackathon, develop content for our iSchools 2013 iConference workshop panel, and learn more about the latest developments in handwriting recognition. We are hard at work, finalizing the hackathon and iConference13 plans. |
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Mission & Scope | Engage experts in the biodiversity and information technology fields to identify opportunities to broadly implement existing effective OCR tools and enhance
existing Machine and Natural Language Processing technologies to meet the needs of the biodiversity community. Want to know more? Contact Bryan Heidorn or Deborah Paul or any other member of the working group. We'd like to hear from you! |
Overlap with Other Working Groups | Needing access to the specimen label images on the iDigBio server, the aOCR working group overlaps with the cyberinfrastructure working group. This includes OS issues as well as hardware minimum requirements necessary for whatever hack-a-thon type activities the aOCR group persues. |
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Cyberinfrastructure
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Status | Active |
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Mission & Scope | Define, document and test iDigBio service Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) and appliances. The first phase will focus on data ingestion APIs and appliances considering TCN use cases.
Definition and documentation of potential services and appliances for OCR and georeferencing are left to the respective working groups. Definition of data structure for ingestion is left to MISC working group. |
Overlap with Other Working Groups | |
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Developing Robust Object to Image to Data (DROID1)
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Status | Active
An herbarium digitization workshop was spawned from the DROID effort,during which the workflows developed by Flat Sheets and Packets were presented and distributed. A digitization training workshop wiki has been created to provide links to resources for this and upcoming workshops spawned by the initial DROID workshop. DROID 1 workflows development also led to considerations of imaging standards, which resulted in the development of iDigBio's statement of Image File Format Requirements and Recommendations, also published in fall 2012. |
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Mission & Scope | The Flat Sheets and Packets Working Group (DROID1) is devoting its attention to developing workflow modules and tasks recommendations for vascular and non-vascular plant specimens. |
Overlap with Other Working Groups | See WG for DROID2 and DROID3 |
Links | Wiki
Training Workshops Wiki |
Developing Robust Object to Image to Data (DROID2)
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Status | Active |
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Mission & Scope | The Pinned Specimens in Trays and Drawers Working Group is devoting its attention to developing workflow modules and task lists for digitizing dry, pinned specimens. |
Overlap with Other Working Groups | See WG for DROID1 and DROID3 |
Links | Wiki |
Developing Robust Object to Image to Data (DROID3)
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Status | Active |
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Mission & Scope | The working group will devote its attention to specimens in jars and of greater 3D dimensionality. |
Overlap with Other Working Groups | See WG for DROID1 and DROID2 |
Links | Wiki |
Georeferencing Working Group (GWG)
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Status | Active |
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Mission & Scope | Our first goals are to start building a community of expert Georeferencing trainers in a workshop to be held October 8 - 12, 2012 and advance the capabilities of Georeferencing tools. Want to know more? Contact Deborah Paul or other members of the working group. We'd love to hear from you. |
Overlap with Other Working Groups | |
Links | Georeferencing Wiki Georeferencing Resources |
Minimum Information Standards, Authority Files, & Semantics (MISC)
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Status | Active | |
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Mission & Scope | 1) Establish the working group and its goals, with the guidance of participants from the MISC breakout group from iDigBio's It Standards workshop. 2) Document basic assumptions underpinning a minimal information for scientific collections expectation. 3) Develop a document outlining and providing a rationale for required, minimal, desired, and supplementary data elements to be provided by iDigBio contributors. 4) Develop guidelines for data validation, training and assistance to iDigBio contributors for configuring data for ingestion into the iDigBio portal | |
Overlap with Other Working Groups | The overlap between the MISC and Authority Files Working groups prompted merging into a single working group. | |
Links | Wiki |
Paleontology
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Status | Active |
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Mission & Scope | This group is currently being formed. One of the group's first tasks will be to define a Mission and Scope. Broadly, the group will maintain awareness of digitization activities and needs within the Paleontology community, and promote communication between Neontology/Paleontology/Information Technology partners. |
Overlap with Other Working Groups | |
Links | Listserv , Discussion Forum , Working Group Wiki |
Public Participation in Digitization
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Status | Active |
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Mission & Scope | Identify and improve aspects of biodiversity digitization workflows that can be newly architected or enhanced to take advantage of public participation. |
Overlap with Other Working Groups | |
Links |
Listserv , Working Group Wiki , Joint Public Participation in Digitization/Eductation & Outreach Workshop |
Inactive Working Groups
Authority Files
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Status | Merged: The Authority Files Working Group has merged with the MISC Working Group, with Katja Seltmann and Gil Nelson as Co-Leads. See below: Minimum Information Standards, Authority Files, & Semantics. |
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Intellectual Property Policy
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Status | Inactive |
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Mission & Scope | Produce a clear Intellectual Property Policy to establish data ownership rights and data re-use requirements related to content presented via iDigBio by collections and institutions. |
Overlap with Other Working Groups | None identified |
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Note: This document is open for community comment |