=== KAP Task Group conference call 12 December 2009 === * brief tool status update * discussed applications of kernel metadata to scientific datasets * apropos (but something of a digression), Bill talked about his Taxonomic Database Working Group (TDWG) meeting poster, "A Framework and Workflow for Extraction and Parsing of Herbarium Specimen Data" (with IMLS funding) * for this the project adopted Darwin Core (working with John Wieczorek, UCB) * Bill and Jane are looking at application profiles instead extensions for Darwin Core * Also working with Dave Vieglais and GBIF * jane working with DSPs -- will send in poster to KAP list * next call January 21 === Attending: === Jane Huang, Bill Moen, Adrian Turner, John Kunze