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<div>All</div>
<div>A few things to update you all on:</div>
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<li>The Data Guidelines review contracts have been let to UNICOMARINE, AFBI and EMU Ltd. They will cover the following guidelines:</li></ul>
<div style="margin-top: 2pt; margin-bottom: 2pt; "><font face="Cambria, serif">Benthic invertebrate sediment sampling by grab or core (UNICOMARINE)</font></div>
<div><font face="Cambria, serif">Fish and benthos by trawl or dredge (UNICOMARINE)</font></div>
<div><font face="Cambria, serif">Recording of moored instrument data (AFBI)</font></div>
<div><font face="Cambria, serif">Recording of water sample data for chemical and biological analysis (AFBI)</font></div>
<div><font face="Cambria, serif">Fish and Benthos by Trawl or Dredge (AFBI)</font></div>
<div style="margin-top: 2pt; margin-bottom: 2pt; "><font face="Cambria, serif">Oceanographic vertical profile data (EMU)<br>
Surface underway oceanographic data (EMU)</font></div>
<div><font face="Cambria, serif">Video tow surveys for species or biotopes (EMU)</font></div>
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<li>The new version of the metadata editing tool (which includes validation, upload to portal, batch ingest/export and live(ish) links to the controlled vocabs) is on-line at <a href="http://www.dassh.ac.uk/medin_metadata/login.php"><font color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.dassh.ac.uk/medin_metadata/login.php</u></font></a></li><li>Changes to GEMINI2.1 has been finalised – I will update the MEDIN standard to reflect these changes and what we discussed at the last meeting and circulate hopefully next week</li><li>Please remember that the next meeting is on the 21<font size="1"><sup>st</sup></font> October at JNCC in Peterborough. Details to follow.</li><li>Lastly we have a ‘Standards’ break out session at the partners meeting on the 1<font size="1"><sup>st</sup></font> September. If anybody would like to come and help run this session please let me know.</li></ul>
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<div>Best Wishes</div>
<div>Mark</div>
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