The Technical Architecture Group is a Functional Subcommittee (FS) of the TDWG Executive - responsible for ensuring that TDWG standards work effectively with each other and with standards used more widely in natural and information sciences. This is done primarily by giving technical advice to the Executive Committee and Interest and Task Groups, as requested, and through reviewing Interest and Task Group charters, reports, and draft standards.

The group's charter can be viewed at https://www.tdwg.org/about/committees/tag/.

Ben Norton (Chair) - Yale University [email protected]
Wouter Addink - Naturalis [email protected]
Steve Baskauf (chair emeritus) - [email protected]
Matthew Blisset - Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF). [email protected] David Bloom - VertNET, TDWG Chair [email protected]
David Fichtmueller - Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum (BGBM) Berlin. [email protected]
Erica Krimmel - Independent. [email protected]
John Kunze - Drexel University. [email protected]
Sam Leeflang - Naturalis Biodiversity Center. [email protected] Kristen (Kit) Lewers - University of Colorado. [email protected]
James Macklin - Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. [email protected]
Raïssa Meyer - Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research. [email protected]
Nicky Nicolson - Kew Gardens. [email protected]
Tim Robertson - Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF). [email protected]
David Shorthouse - Bionomia. [email protected]
Cecilie Svenningsen - Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF). [email protected]
Kate Webbink - Field Museum. [email protected] Greg Whitbread - Australian National Botanic Gardens. [email protected]
John Wieczorek - Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF). Rauthiflor LLC. [email protected]

Revised 2026-03-07