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Background Proceedings Agenda |
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A Workshop
on
The Compilation, Maintenance, and Dissemination of
Taxonomic Authority Files (TAF)
June 22 - 23, 1998; Washington, DC
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Sponsored
by: |
- The
National Science Foundation [Award DEB-9726045]
- The
American Libraries Association, Association for Library Collections
and Technical Services,Cataloging and Classification Section,
Task Force on a Forum for Natural History Cataloging Issues
- The
United States Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division
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Premise: |
The
compilation, maintenance, and dissemination of taxonomic authority
files has much in common with authority control as conceived and practiced
in the library cataloging and information retrieval communities. The
purpose of this workshop is to provide a forum in which members of
the systematics and library communities can describe their respective
domains, and identify the concepts, practices, and technologies that
could be shared to promote consistency in the cataloging, indexing,
and retrieval of biological information. (See Background.) |
Format
and Agenda: |
The
two-day workshop consisted of 18 presentations by invited speakers,
questions and comments for speakers, and discussion at the end of
each session. (See Full Agenda) |
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Workshop
Proceedings |
Session |
I |
Examples
Of Taxonomic Authority Compilation Projects |
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II |
A
Framework For Authority Control: From Shared Vocabularies To The Cooperative
Cataloging Of Common Data Objects |
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III |
Authorities,
Gazetteers, and Thesauri |
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IV |
Data
Structures For Taxonomic Names And Classifications |
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V |
Technologies
For Accessing And Replicating Authorities |
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Contact: |
Stanley
D. Blum: California Academy of Sciences, Golden
Gate Park,
San Francisco, CA 94118. (415) 750-7032
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