<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style=""><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-c36eed84-7fff-fac8-e3eb-474aab2cde1d" style=""><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="times new roman, serif">My apologies for cross-posting - you may get more than one copy of this email.</font></span></p><font face="times new roman, serif"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="times new roman, serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Big “Thank You” to all who have provided valuable comments, questions and suggestions – the </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">feedback is important in improving the quality, including the comprehensiveness, of the guidelines and we really appreciate your time and effort!</span></font></p><font face="times new roman, serif"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="times new roman, serif">We have gone through all the review comments and suggestions, and addressed them within the scope of the document. </font></span></p><font face="times new roman, serif"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="times new roman, serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">On behalf of the international FAIR-DQI community guidelines working group, I am happy to announce that the international FAIR-DQI community guidelines document has been baselined! The first baselined version can be accessed at: </span><a href="https://osf.io/xsu4p/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">here</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. Review comments and responses are captured in Appendix I.</span></font></p><font face="times new roman, serif"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="times new roman, serif">As we continue to improve its overall quality based on the community feedback, we will also be engaging with a wider community to bring disciplinary diversity to the guidelines document. To that end, I would like to mention two upcoming virtual sessions and welcome your participation:</font></span></p><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><font face="times new roman, serif"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">SciDataCon2021 session: </span><a href="https://www.scidatacon.org/virtual-2021/sessions/285/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The State of Documenting and Reporting Data and Information Quality for Supporting Open Science</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (</span><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Oct. 19, 2021 at 13:00 - 14:30 UTC; </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">the registration is free but you need to register for each individual session - the registration link is provided at the session website provided above.)</span></font></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><font face="times new roman, serif"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">RDA-18 Plenary session: </span><a href="https://www.rd-alliance.org/representing-and-communicating-data-quality-information" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Representing and Communicating Data Quality Information</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (Nov 3, 2021 14:00 - 15:30 UTC. The early registration fees for the plenary are £100 </span></font><span style="background-color:transparent"><font face="times new roman, serif">before Oct 25, 2021</font></span><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. You can register at: </span><a href="https://www.rd-alliance.org/plenaries/rda-18th-plenary-meeting-virtual" style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:none"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">here</span></a><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.)</span></p></li></ul><font face="times new roman, serif"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="times new roman, serif">Again, we appreciate the interest from the community, which has kept us moving forward - however slow at the times.</font></span></p><font face="times new roman, serif"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="times new roman, serif">Best regards,</font></span></p><font face="times new roman, serif"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="times new roman, serif">--- Peng</font></span></p><br></span></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,32,96);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial">Ge Peng, PhD</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,32,96);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial">Sr. Principal Research Scientist</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,32,96)">Earth System Science Center/</span><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">NASA MSFC IMPACT</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,32,96)">The University of Alabama in Huntsville</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><a href="mailto:Ge.Peng@uah.edu" style="color:rgb(149,79,114)" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Ge.Peng@uah.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,32,96)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,32,96)">ORCID: http://</span><a href="http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1986-9115" style="color:rgb(149,79,114)" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">orcid.org/0000-0002-1986-9115</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,32,96)"></span></p></div></div></div>