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{color:#000000}The Boulder Earth and Space Science Informatics Group (BESSIG) aims to galvanize and support networking and collaboration among Earth and Space Science data users, data providers, data managers, and middleware providers, especially those in the Boulder, Colorado area. Topical areas include issues of scientific data representation, management, discovery, access, analysis, visualization, citation, transparency, and the infrastructure to support those efforts. The end goal is to improve the usage and thus the value of scientific data, thereby improving our understanding of our Earth and its systems.{color}

{color:#000000}For information about our upcoming{color} {color:#000000}{*}May 18, 2011 meeting{*}{color}{color:#000000}, please see this{color} {color:#000000}[BESSIG May 18, 2011 Meeting|BESSIG:/2011/04/21/BESSIG Meeting planned for Wed, May 18|BESSIG May 18, 2011 Meeting]{color} {color:#000000}announcement.{color}

{color:#000000}Thanks to all that helped with, attended and showed interest our{color} {color:#000000}{*}April 20, 2011 launch meeting{*}{color}{color:#000000}.  See this {color}{color:#000000}[Launch Meeting news article |BESSIG:/2011/04/21/Launch Meeting Witty, Erudite|Launch Meeting news article]{color} for more information.

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