tdwg-lit -- TDWG taxonomic literature content standards development
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The discussion will focus on three areas: 1) ‘Level 1’ Standard: single string with elements of a reference citation (taxonomic micro-citation). The standard will include: an LSID (or other form of GUID); a human-readable portion representing elements of a reference citation; a set of elements including Author(s), Place of publication (journal name, book name, book series etc), Volume, Page, Figure/plate, Date published (as cited and corrected). 2) ‘Level 2’ Standard: flat, minimal, record to allow reference between citations and interchangeable with MODS and other Library-based standards. This will be a flat (or not) record similar to Darwin Core with agreed-on short list of elements (micro-citation and full bibliographic citation), i.e.: LSID/GUID; Author string or parsed (link to agent references elsewhere); Title of article (optional for citations); Place of publication (journal name, book name, book series etc); Volume; Page; Figure/plate; Date published (as cited and corrected); Source (authority). The standard might supply a format for possible replacement for EndNote, etc. It should have applicability both for citations and complete bibliographic references. It should allow interoperability with library reference models (MODS, etc). 3) ‘Level 3’ Standard: starting with 'taXMLit' (reference below). This aims for complete data model/schema for known literature content elements. Existing literature (with sufficient flexibility to cover 250+ years of variation) and future literature. It should allow linkage to library standards. For details of taXMLit see http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/bca/status.cfm To see the collection of prior postings to the list, visit the tdwg-lit Archives.
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