DIGGS is pleased to report the successful completion its first US Environmental SIG meeting in New Orleans on the 13th March 2008. The aim of the day was to introduce the structure and principles of the DIGGS group and how the DIGGS format will meet the needs of the environmental community.

Presentations were made by Kim Stagg and Roger Chandler. These presentations can be downloaded here.

Over the last 12 months I have been testing the schemas by creating example files. I can now create them quite quickly using a program called Oxygen, but I know how daunting it can appear when you get started, especially if you start by looking at the schema files!