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Beef Cattle and Biosecurity – there’s a lot going on! Submitted by: Reidboehm Thursday, October 9, 2014 - 08:00 Beef Cattle and Biosecurity – there’s a lot going on! As we begin to think about food security for the ESIP 2015 winter meeting, I wanted to take a moment to mention an aspect of this element of food security that while it does not often directly present the opportunity to use the geospatial climate data and services that many work with, some of the issues that crop up in information management are situations with which you may be familiar. I’ve been in the process of writing my dissertation proposal, which is looking at analyzing information resources about cattle... Log in to post comments Read More
What is ACDD? Submitted by: Krbm Wednesday, September 17, 2014 - 08:09 Attribute Conventions for Data Discovery (ACDD)… As a student fellow for the Documentation Cluster this term has been discussed regularly over the last few years. But what is ACDD? Why is it important? Why do we keep talking about it? These are all questions I have asked myself. What is ACDD? The governing body for the convention is the ESIP Documentation Cluster. From the... Log in to post comments Read More
Summer Meeting Recap: Definition of Sustainable Software Submitted by: nicholas.m.weber Thursday, August 28, 2014 - 16:44 The ESIP 2014 summer meeting's theme was "Linking It Together: Sustainable Software Advancing Science Data and Services" From our view, a focus on software sustainability is meant to address challenges related to the development, deployment, and maintenance of reusable software (Katz et al. 2014) - but what ESIP, as a community, means by both software and sustainability remains somewhat unclear. By software, we mean the scripts, gists, Excel macros, compilers, libraries, source code, etc. necessary to create,... Log in to post comments Read More
Top 5 FAQ's about the ESIP Testbed - Request for Proposals out! Submitted by: cwhite Tuesday, March 4, 2014 - 13:54 The ESIP Products and Services Committee with the ESIP Testbed Configuration Board are seeking proposals for innovative, collaborative projects that demonstrate technology, build upon research, test out protocols, standards, etc., or… what is your great idea that you’d like to work out through ESIP’s incredible network of knowledge and experience? We want to hear it and consider supporting your team! Here are a few common questions: What is the ESIP Testbed? The Testbed serves as a forum with a virtual suite of services for innovative collaboration... Log in to post comments Read More