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This just in... ---------- You are invited to contribute a paper to a session entitled "The First Step towards the Development of Taxonomic Dictionaries for all Phanerozoic Organisms" that we are organizing for the North American Paleontological Convention (NAPC) to be held June 19-25 in Dalhousie, Nova Scotia. Below is a description of the proposed session and more about abstract submission can be found at <http://meguma.earthsciences.dal.ca/napc/napc2005-s.htm> and more information on the meeting can be found at <http://meguma.earthsciences.dal.ca/napc/napc.htm> . Abstract deadline is January 31. The first step towards the development of taxonomic dictionaries for all Phanerozoic organisms The study of the processes and rates of life evolution is founded on the description of taxa and the detailed documentation of taxonomic lineages. This symposium will focus on the current status of taxonomic research and on the development of digital taxonomic dictionaries for macro- and microfossil organisms from the Phanerozoic fossil record. The symposium will bring together expert taxonomists, paleontologists, and paleobiologists with experts in Information Technology with the goal of: 1. exploring existing resources and identifying working groups already engaged in the development of taxonomic dictionaries and atlases; 2. establishing the approach and requirements for the creation or update of networked, well-documented, and flexible taxonomic dictionaries for all Phanerozoic taxa; 3. encouraging collaboration with bioscience groups that are already actively pursuing a similar goal for living organisms; and 4. inspire expert taxonomists to use modern IT technology and existing database networks to share their knowledge with the broader scientific community. Convenors: Cinzia Cervato, CHRONOS, Iowa State University, 253 Science I, Ames, IA, 50011 - USA H. Richard Lane, National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA - USA Brian Huber, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC USA -- ****************************************** PD Dr. Cinzia Cervato Iowa State University 253 Science I Ames, Iowa 50011 U.S.A. Tel. +1 (515) 294-7583 Fax +1 (515) 294-6049 WWW http://www.ge-at.iastate.edu/people/faculty/cervato/ CHRONOS Executive Director http://www.chronos.org
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