<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Dear colleagues, <div class="">In support of getting a new DarwinCore (DWC) field added (verbatimLabel, see <a href="https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/32" class="">here</a> and <font color="#0068da" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 104, 218);" class=""><u class="">here</u></span></font> for explanations), I am trying to gauge community support for the addition of this field to get "evidence of demand” from multiple stakeholders. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">If you are interested in seeing this field added to DWC, please fill out this short survey (less than two minutes) so I can gauge community support, demand, and current levels of use: </div><div class=""><a href="https://forms.gle/AM8Vq9YvSV5EhQhf7" class="">https://forms.gle/AM8Vq9YvSV5EhQhf7</a> </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Sincerely,</div><div class=""><br class=""><div class="">
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