<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:Courier New, courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div id="yiv9671488679"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1433100581357_18987"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1433100581357_18986" style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:Courier New, courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div id="yiv9671488679"><div id="yiv9671488679yui_3_16_0_1_1433100581357_17402"><table id="yiv9671488679yui_3_16_0_1_1433100581357_17419" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody id="yiv9671488679yui_3_16_0_1_1433100581357_17418"><tr id="yiv9671488679yui_3_16_0_1_1433100581357_17417"><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" id="yiv9671488679yui_3_16_0_1_1433100581357_17416" valign="top"><div id="yiv9671488679yui_3_16_0_1_1433100581357_17415"><br clear="none"></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1433100581357_18989"><br clear="none"></div><div class="yiv9671488679" id="yiv9671488679yui_3_16_0_1_1433100581357_17429" style="">Thanks Bill.</div><div class="yiv9671488679" id="yiv9671488679yui_3_16_0_1_1433100581357_17431" style=""><br class="yiv9671488679" style="" clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv9671488679yui_3_16_0_1_1433100581357_17446"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1433100581357_18998">Unfortunately,
I will not be at this year's Annual meeting either. Last year I
attended a Convention on Drupal, the platform we use as our website and
at the same time our Information Management System. <br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1433100581357_19000"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1433100581357_19003">This year, I will be part of a workshop: "<span style="" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1433100581357_21486" lang="EN-US"><b style="" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1433100581357_21492">Field ecology of ferns: a call for new standard methods and opportunities for collaboration among pteridologists”</b> in Washington D.C., June 5<sup style="" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1433100581357_21488">th</sup> 2015.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1433100581357_21720" dir="ltr"><br><span style="" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1433100581357_21486" lang="EN-US"></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1433100581357_21839" dir="ltr"><span style="" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1433100581357_21486" lang="EN-US">Although I like participating in our annual meetings since it is my opportunity to talk and learn from LUQ's scientists, I am looking forward to participating in this international event for which I had the honor to be invited.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1433100581357_22280" dir="ltr"><br><span style="" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1433100581357_21486" lang="EN-US"></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1433100581357_22320" dir="ltr"><span style="" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1433100581357_21486" lang="EN-US">Nevertheless, except for Friday morning and</span> early afternoon, I will be available by email, phone and Skype, if necessary.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1433100581357_22629" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1433100581357_22396" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1433100581357_22400" dir="ltr">EDA</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1433100581357_22403" dir="ltr">PS Bill: I copied the rest of the group to inform them about my absence next week. <br></div></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1433100581357_19046" class="yiv9671488679qtdSeparateBR"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div><div class="yiv9671488679yqt9869440897" id="yiv9671488679yqt95530"><div class="yiv9671488679yqt8076432937" id="yiv9671488679yqt19053"><div id="yiv9671488679_origMsg_"><div id="yiv9671488679yui_3_16_0_1_1433100581357_17401"><div id="yiv9671488679yui_3_16_0_1_1433100581357_17400">
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McDowell, Bill <Bill.McDowell@unh.edu>; <br clear="none">
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edacorreo@yahoo.com <edacorreo@yahoo.com>; <br clear="none">
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RE: [LTER-luq] minimal field lists for specific studies <br clear="none">
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<div class="yiv9671488679MsoNormal" id="yiv9671488679yui_3_16_0_1_1433100581357_17394"><a href="" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" id="yiv9671488679yui_3_16_0_1_1433100581357_17393" name="_MailEndCompose"><span id="yiv9671488679yui_3_16_0_1_1433100581357_17392" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;">OK, I look forward to seeing you this week. Bill</span></a></div>
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<div class="yiv9671488679MsoNormal" id="yiv9671488679yui_3_16_0_1_1433100581357_17407"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;">William H. McDowell</span></div>
<div class="yiv9671488679MsoNormal" id="yiv9671488679yui_3_16_0_1_1433100581357_17405"><span id="yiv9671488679yui_3_16_0_1_1433100581357_17404" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;">Professor of Environmental Science and Presidential Chair</span></div>
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<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1433100581357_19097" class="yiv9671488679MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;">Director, NH Water Resources Research Center (</span><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://wrrc.unh.edu/"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:blue;">http://wrrc.unh.edu/</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;">)</span></div>
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</span><a href="" rel="nofollow" shape="rect"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:blue;">bill.mcdowell@unh.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;"></span></div>
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<b>Sent:</b> Sunday, May 31, 2015 9:58 AM<br clear="none">
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [LTER-luq] minimal field lists for specific studies</span></div>
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<div class="yiv9671488679MsoNormal"><span style="">Sorry. I misunderstood a question from a scientist that was really asking about a list of essential fields to document a biological data set. In other words, he was asking about metadata and
not data. <br clear="none">
I guess the word "metadata" is not really widely used and since he asked for a minimal list of fields for data files, I thought for some areas of investigation there might be a minimal list of measurements investigator should do when conducting a specific
experiment. I realized he was talking about metadata after we talked about it some more.<br clear="none">
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Thank you for telling me you did not understand my question...probably nobody did and I can clarify it to the rest of the group.<br clear="none">
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EDA<br clear="none">
Sent from my HTC One™ X, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone<br clear="none">
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From: "McDowell, Bill" <<a href="" rel="nofollow" shape="rect">Bill.McDowell@unh.edu</a>><br clear="none">
To: "Eda C. Melendez-Colom" <<a href="" rel="nofollow" shape="rect">edacorreo@yahoo.com</a>><br clear="none">
Subject: [LTER-luq] minimal field lists for specific studies<br clear="none">
Date: Sat, May 30, 2015 6:58 AM<br clear="none">
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Sorry. Don't really understand the question. Bill<br clear="none">
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On May 29, 2015, at 5:31 PM, Eda C. Melendez-Colom <<a href="" rel="nofollow" shape="rect">edacorreo@yahoo.com<mailto:edacorreo@yahoo.com</a>>> wrote:<br clear="none">
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Hi,<br clear="none">
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Do we prepare lists of minimal amount and type of measurements to take depending on the field of study?<br clear="none">
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Maybe another way to put it is a list of minimal data fields in a table for specific data set types.<br clear="none">
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Thanks,<br clear="none">
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EDA<br clear="none">
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