The Australian Biological Resources Study (ABRS) at the University of Queensland provides grants to Honours, Masters and PhD students for taxonomic research. Specifically, the ABRS offers three year Research and Postdoctoral Fellowship Grants where the researcher’s primary aim is to undertake taxonomic research on the Australian biota or to develop products that aid in the dissemination of taxonomic information on the Australian biota.
When library design consultant, Aaron Schmidt, declared on Twitter that when creating logos and visual identity packages for libraries he wanted no likenesses of books, it might have been an "ah ha" moment for many.
TopQuadrant has released Version 4.5 of TopBraid Suite, which is designed to simplify the development and management of standards-based, model-driven solutions for enterprise taxonomy and ontology management.
We are always excited to share with our readers career opportunities in the world of taxonomy, metadata, and semantic technology. Even if you aren’t in the market for a career move, it is good to stay on top of what is available and how the fields are changing.
IBM recently introduced Watson Analytics, a natural language-based cognitive service that can provide immediate and simple access to powerful predictive and visual analytic tools for businesses.
The International Botanical Congress decided in 2011 that the future of plant nomenclature would be published electronically and named using English. In April this year in PhytoKeys, Christina Flann from Wageningen University in the Netherlands, Nicholas Turland of the Botanic Garden and Botanic Museum Berlin-Dahlem, Germany, and Anna Monro of the Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research in Canberra described the weeklong deliberations that went into this decision.