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 ben.norton@yale.edu
Wouter Addink - Naturalis wouter.addink@naturalis.nl
Steve Baskauf (chair emeritus) - steve.baskauf@gmail.com
Matthew Blisset - Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF). mblissett@gbif.org
David Bloom - VertNET, TDWG Chair dbloom@vertnet.org
David Fichtmueller - Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum (BGBM) Berlin. D.Fichtmueller@bgbm.org
Erica Krimmel - Independent. ekrimmel@gmail.com
John Kunze - Drexel University. jakkbl@gmail.com
Sam Leeflang - Naturalis Biodiversity Center. sam.leeflang@naturalis.nl
Kristen (Kit) Lewers - University of Colorado. kristen.lewers@colorado.edu
James Macklin - Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. james.macklin@agr.gc.ca
Raïssa Meyer - Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research. raissa.meyer@awi.de
Nicky Nicolson - Kew Gardens. n.nicolson@kew.org
Tim Robertson - Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF). trobertson@gbif.org
David Shorthouse - Bionomia. davidpshorthouse@gmail.com
Cecilie Svenningsen - Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF). csvenningsen@gbif.org
Kate Webbink - Field Museum. kwebbink@fieldmuseum.org
Greg Whitbread - Australian National Botanic Gardens. whitbread.greg@gmail.com
John Wieczorek - Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF). Rauthiflor LLC. gtuco.btuco@gmail.com
Revised 2026-03-07