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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Hello Everyone,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Apologies for cross posting!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">What?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">We’ve established an additional, regular SemTech call focused ONLY on the Ontology Federation (name TBD) theme and are therefore soliciting input from the wider community.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">What is the Ontology Federation (name TBD) and why do I care?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">This ESIP Semantic Technologies Committee-championed initiative will, for the first time, organize a semantic knowledge space, information architecture and software infrastructure for Earth and
planetary knowledge semantics. Although not fully realized yet, this effort has the potential to directly influence and benefit adoption of future knowledge-driven systems.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">This a grass roots effort and is just starting so a significant opportunity exists for your contributions to actually make a difference in the way this this is put together.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">When?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Call details are as follows<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in">Agenda: <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wMVNI1xuG2uDasMcBxk57y1lSJfq0tKRxDvDXhYmpb8/edit?usp=sharing">
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wMVNI1xuG2uDasMcBxk57y1lSJfq0tKRxDvDXhYmpb8/edit?usp=sharing</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Please update your calendar if this is of interest. If you have any questions please reply to me directly or (preferred</span><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">) please use the newly minted ESIP #ontology_federation
Slack channel - </span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><a href="https://join.slack.com/share/I011B0767PZ/BY57IgvMZEjxm1iG8RGpxr2y/enQtMTA0NTAwNzIxMTgxNS1lYWY5NDNmN2M1MGI2ZTNjNWVhNDE5YTAzNjliNmVmMjAyZDA0MGQ5MDE5OGIwMzA5Y2U5MDBhZjJkOWI3MTQ4">https://join.slack.com/share/I011B0767PZ/BY57IgvMZEjxm1iG8RGpxr2y/enQtMTA0NTAwNzIxMTgxNS1lYWY5NDNmN2M1MGI2ZTNjNWVhNDE5YTAzNjliNmVmMjAyZDA0MGQ5MDE5OGIwMzA5Y2U5MDBhZjJkOWI3MTQ4</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Thank you<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Lewis<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Courier;color:black">Dr. Lewis John McGibbney Ph.D., B.Sc.(Hons)</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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