File:GeoRefScope Background Prioritization7September2012Web.pdf

At the IT Standards workshop, March 2012 in Gainesville, the initial members of the iDigBio georeferencing working group met to coalesce the current georeferencing needs of the nhc community. At the meeting, a list of items was created and Jose Fortes requested we prioritize the list. You can see the entire list at http://www.goo.gl/x4TVY From that list, the group created a list of action items presented at the IT Standards meeting that needed Steering Committee input to determine if the items were in or out of scope. In the document below, each item's status (in scope or not) is listed. Next, the GWG was asked to cost and prioritize the list for Steering Committee review.

The Steering Committee and PI's met with 2 members of the working group, Deborah Paul and Reed Beaman to discuss the prioritized items and associated funding requests. Next is a summary of the discussion of each item in the list. The prioritized list is at the end of this report.