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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}{*}June 23, 2011 meeting{*}{color}{color:#000000}, please see this{color} [June Meeting Announcement|BESSIG:/2011/05/20/BESSIG Meeting Thu, June 23, 4PM|June Meeting Announcement] {color:#000000}announcement.{color}

{color:#000000}For information about our{color} {color:#000000}{*}recent May 18 meeting{*}{color}{color:#000000}, please see {color}{color:#000000}[May 18 meeting report.|BESSIG:/2011/05/20/May 18 Planning Meeting Gets Items on Calendar|May 18 meeting report]{color}

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