[Tdwg-obs] Tdwg-obs Digest, Vol 2, Issue 5

[Jerry Cooper]

I support Bob's definition below.
Jerry

>>> "Robert K. Peet" <peet at unc.edu> 11/21/05 6:38 AM >>>

Hi Steve,

Try the folllowing revision, which is in part an exercise to see whether I 
understand your definition.

"An observation characterizes the occurrence of an organism or set of 
organisms through a data collection event using a defined protocol at a 
defined spatiotemporal location. Individual observations are not 
necessarily independent entities and potentially can be linked through 
common characteristics such as time, place, protocol, and individual 
organisms."

Bob

> Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2005 11:01:11 -0500
> From: Steve Kelling <stk2 at cornell.edu>
...
> I suggest that we go with the definition of an observation as:
>
> An observation characterizes the occurrence of an organism (or a community
> of organisms) through a collection event using a defined protocol and
> spatiotemporal location. Individual observations are non-independent
> entities that can be linked to each other through their common characteristics.
>

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