<div dir="ltr">Andy et al.,<div><br></div><div>I am not sure of the exact nature of the help that is needed, but I thought I would mention a few things that might be interested to those that get involved. There was a lot of work done on this topic at NEON during 2013 and 2014 and hopefully that information can be passed along. </div><div><br></div><div>A set of requirements were written and there was also an effort to identify all the essential elements related to the preservation and receptacle types for the sample/specimens in question, of which there are many. I don't know if things have changed, but it was really a very unique and complicated workflow involving fields sites, laboratories and museums with data being generated and returned to NEON at each stage of the process. Sample were also frequently split or subsampled at these external facilities.</div><div> </div><div>There was also software written to enable field technicians to generate and print 2D barcodes (with GUIDs) of various sizes to suite the specific needs of the protocol. There were also quotes received from barcode vendors.</div><div><br></div><div>I know that there has been significant staff attrition at NEON, so I thought this might be useful to whomever volunteers to help.</div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div>Michael</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Nov 30, 2015 at 9:07 AM, Bentley, Andrew Charles <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:abentley@ku.edu" target="_blank">abentley@ku.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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