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Guidelines
Guidelines
Information about the development and functioning of the e-conference
is listed below, with several guidelines for participants and
contributors. If you need some help, or you want to make any comments,
contact us at digit-ec@gbif.org
Subscription
Subscription is required in order to be able to contribute to the discussion. To
register, please send a message requesting subscription to:
digit-ec@gbif.org
Conference Moderator
The Conference Moderator will be Chuck Miller, Chief Information Officer, Missouri Botanical Garden.
Monitoring the e-conference
The e-conference consists of an e-mail listserv, where the discussion is
carried out, and a web site, on which all posted contributions are stored.
Subscribing to the e-conference allows you to contribute and to receive contributions in your
personal e-mailbox (to subscribe see above).
Receiving messages
You will receive e-conference postings directly in your e-mailbox. In addition,
all contributions are stored in the DIGIT e-conference in the DIGIT Library area of the DIGIT Interest Group on GBIF CIRCA.
Posting contributions
Once you have subscribed and the e-conference is started you can send postings directly to digit-ec@listserv.rediris.es. You can also reply to any message coming from
digit-ec@listserv.rediris.es
If you have any difficulty, please contact digit-ec@gbif.org
Please note that this is a moderated e-conference. This means that your
contribution will not automatically be forwarded to other participants
or posted on the website. It will first be reviewed by the e-conference committee,
and thus may even be edited. Contributions will be sent to
participants, and uploaded on to the web site, within 24 hours after
posting.
In order to maintain an standard format in all contributions posted to
the e-conference, please bear in mind the following guidelines:
- Texts should not be longer than one A4 page.
- When texts are longer than one A4 page, a summary
should be posted and the complete text sent in an attached document.
The moderator will send the summary to
the conference with a link to the complete text, which will be stored as a CIRCA
document.
- Each message should deal with only one topic.
If a contributor wishes to express opinions on several subjects, separate messages
should be sent for each topic.
- Make sure that each of your contributions include the
following information:
- A title (in the subject line of your
e-mail message).
- Your name and the organization you
belong to.
- A brief summary of the content of your
contribution.
Please note that attachments (pictures, graphs, tables…) will not be
forwarded to participants' mail boxes. However, they will be uploaded
to the website, and included in the final report of the e-conference.
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