<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:lucida console, sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484686459329_25241">Thank you for sending this. This is a great tool/guideline for each of us to evaluate our own IM system.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484686459329_25252"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484686459329_26561" dir="ltr">Just to make sure I understand (risking sounding <span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484686459329_26883">illiterate</span>): <br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484686459329_26694"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484686459329_27010">When the word "should" is included in the guideline, does that mean that the site's IMS will be evaluated using the criterion stated in the guideline? <br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484686459329_27042"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484686459329_27043">...There are many statements in this documents that say we "should" do something and that could be my tool to enhance my site's IMS in preparation for our next Review.</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484686459329_27021"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484686459329_27022">Again, thanks!</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484686459329_27023"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484686459329_27024">EDA<br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484686459329_26753"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484686459329_25208"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484686459329_26780"></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484686459329_25207"> </div><div class="signature" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484686459329_25203">Eda C. Melendez Colom<br> Information Manager<br> LTER Program<br> University of Puerto Rico<br> Tel. (787) 764-0000 (1-88225)<br> Fax (787) 772 -1481</div><div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484686459329_25195"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484686459329_25256" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: lucida console, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484686459329_25255"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484686459329_25254"> <div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484686459329_25253"> <font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484686459329_26486" face="Arial" size="2"> <hr id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484686459329_26487" size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Kristin Vanderbilt <krvander@fiu.edu><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> "im@lternet.edu" <im@lternet.edu> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Friday, January 13, 2017 6:09 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [LTER-im] LTER Information Management System Guidelinest: Please review for Feb. Watercooler<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484686459329_25257"><br><div id="yiv7294741109">
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<div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484686459329_25258">Dear LTER IMC members:</div>
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<div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484686459329_25291">Attached is a draft of the LTER IMS Guidelines document, based on the LTER IM Review Criteria document that was last updated in 2009. The document is intended to describe the functionality that an LTER IMS should have, but not dictate any specific implementation.
Please review this document in preparation for discussing it during the February IM Watercooler. If you have any comments that you would like to share before the VTC, please send them to me at krvander@fiu.edu.</div>
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<div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484686459329_25274">Some of the items in the document are highlighted. These represent points about which we are uncertain, either because we're not sure that it belongs in the document, think it may need some word-smithing, or because it relies on a best practices document
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<div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484686459329_25273">Thank you in advance for reviewing this draft.</div>
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<div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484686459329_25271">Regards,</div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484686459329_25270">The IMS Review Guidelines Committee (Kristin Vanderbilt, Suzanne Remillard, Yang Xia, John Porter, Emery Boose)</div>
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