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<div style="text-align: center; "><font size="4"><b>MEDIN Metadata and Standards Workshop</b></font></div>
<div style="text-align: center; "><font size="4">Thursday 21<font size="2"><sup>st</sup></font> and Friday 22<font size="2"><sup>nd</sup></font> March 2013, 9:30 – 16:30</font></div>
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<div><b>MEDIN is pleased to announce two more dates for the popular MEDIN Metadata Standards Workshops to take place at the National Oceanography Centre, Liverpool. The dates to choose from for this one day workshop are Thursday 21</b><font size="1"><sup><b>st</b></sup></font><b>
and Friday 22</b><font size="1"><sup><b>nd</b></sup></font><b> March.</b></div>
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<div><b>Location</b>: National Oceanography Centre,</div>
<div style="padding-left: 36pt; text-indent: 36pt; ">Joseph Proudman Building,</div>
<div style="padding-left: 72pt; ">6 Brownlow Street,</div>
<div style="padding-left: 72pt; ">Liverpool,</div>
<div style="padding-left: 72pt; ">Merseyside L3 5DA</div>
<div style="padding-left: 72pt; text-indent: -72pt; "><b>Directions</b>: The National Oceanography Centre (NOC), is about 10 minutes walk from Liverpool Lime Street Station. <a href="http://goo.gl/maps/CtOSG"><font color="#0000FF"><u>http://goo.gl/maps/CtOSG</u></font></a>.
Please report to reception on arrival, a sign will be clearly displayed in the window.</div>
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<div>The workshop will start at 9:30, and run to 4:30pm. An agenda is attached. Laptops will be provided. </div>
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<div>Lunch and refreshments will also be provided, including vegetarian option. Please let me know if you have any other dietary requirements.</div>
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<div style="margin-bottom: 10pt; "><b>Aim: To improve the knowledge and use of MEDIN standards and the tools that support them. </b>The workshop comprises a series of talks, demonstrations and practicals to help users become familiar with: </div>
<ul style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 72pt; ">
<li style="margin-bottom: 10pt; ">The MEDIN discovery metadata standard.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 10pt; ">MEDIN data guidelines</li><li style="margin-bottom: 10pt; ">Controlled vocabularies</li></ul>
<div><b>About MEDIN</b></div>
<div>The Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (MEDIN) is a partnership of UK organisations committed to improving access to marine data. Our partners are both public and private sector. Visit our website at <a href="http://www.oceannet.org/"><font color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.oceannet.org/</u></font></a></div>
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<div><b>Further Information</b></div>
<div>Contact Clare Postlethwaite (<a href="mailto:cfpo@bodc.ac.uk"><u>cfpo@bodc.ac.uk</u></a>) if there is something that you would particularly like to learn during the workshop and we will do our best to accommodate it within the programme.</div>
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<div>We look forward to meeting you in March.</div>
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<div>Kind regards,</div>
<div>Terry</div>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Terry Allen<font color="#0033CC"><b> |</b></font> MEDIN Core Team<font color="#00B0F0"> </font><font color="#0033CC"><b>|</b></font><b> </b>Marine Environmental Data and Information Network</font></div>
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<div><font face="Consolas, monospace" size="2">National Oceanography Centre, Liverpool Office, Joseph Proudman Building,</font></div>
<div><font face="Consolas, monospace" size="2">6 Brownlow Street, Liverpool, L3 5DA</font></div>
<div><font face="Consolas, monospace" size="2">Tel: +44(0)151 795 4898 Fax: +44(0)151 795 4801</font></div>
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