potential cross-talk with environmental data use terminology

[only1chunts]

@mcourtot suggested we add a ticket so that this topic doesn't get lost in the bottom of email boxes.

There is currently an EU COST Action called MOBILISE that is investigating options for labelling samples/specimens and their associated data with appropriate legal, ethical and moral restrictions that apply. Here is the introduction:

Natural history collections that are brought to the digital age open up new research and utilisation opportunities and massively increase the mobility of objects and data. However, legal and ethical aspects have to be considered when publishing and using these objects and data: Under the CBD and the Nagoya Protocol, the countries of origin can regulate the use of their material. It is in the interest of the collections to properly manage this information and thus foster transparency and trust. Within networked collections and research infrastructures, there should be an easy way to trace and make visible any information that potentially restricts the use of the material. This concerns also the document management in the collections and the traceability of legal and administrative information. Legal and administrative information may well go beyond the Nagoya documents and include for example documents for collecting, transferring or loaning physical material, access permits for protected areas or phytosanitary documents. A related aspect are ethical aspects such as data protection or the protection or tracing of Traditional Knowledge related to specimens.
To digitally link this kind of information to specimen information and to share it with users via ABCD, DwC and other data standards, a new standard has to be created. GGBN has addressed this topic in its data standard in 2016 by proposing the GGBN Permit and Loan Vocabularies.

It is unclear exactly how or where this overlaps with DUO, but there is definitely some synergy that should be investigated to ensure both communities are making the best use of all available resources.

@gdadade (Gabi) may be able to share more details on the initial meeting of the Mobilise working group.

[mcourtot]

Just a ping on this to see whether there is anything we should look into!

[only1chunts]

I've not heard anything new about MOBILISE. There is a TDWG meeting next month where there is at least one session on licensing, unfortunately I'm not able to attend this year.