[tdwg-ncd] NCD version 0.50

Markus Döring m.doering at bgbm.org
Tue Feb 27 14:47:10 CET 2007


Hello,
I have added v0.50 to the tdwg resource directory.

The schema resource is now available at:
http://rs.tdwg.org/ncd/0.50/rddl-2007-02-27.html

If you want to refer to the schema, please use this URL:
http://rs.tdwg.org/ncd/0.50/NCDv0pt50.xsd


The latest development version of NCD is also update and available at
http://rs.tdwg.org/ncd/dev

best wishes
--
Markus



On Feb 27, 2007, at 10:04 AM, Neil Thomson wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> Please find attached version 0.50 of NCD. The following changes  
> from v0.40 have been made:
>
> Version 0.40 to 0.50 -  (February 2007)
>         Ensured all elements with a language attribute are  
> repeatable (if not already)
>                 - AgentRole
>                 - Note (in Agents)
>                 - CollectionName
>                 - Abstract
>                 - DescriptionForSpecialists
>                 - Citation
>                 - Notes (in Descriptive Group)
>                 - AccessRestrictions
>                 - UsageRestrictions
>                 - CustodialHistory
>                 - InstitutionName
>                 - SubunitName
>                 - InstitutionalContactPost
>                 - Town
>                 - Region
>                 - CountryName
>                 - ExpeditionName
>         Removed language attribute from <PostalAddressText> -  
> assume native language
>         Added <PhysicalAddressText> to cater for P.O.Boxes to  
> Institution Group
>         Added <SubUnitName> to Institution Group
>
> I hope that no further changes will be required until we get more  
> operational experience of working with NCD, but do please let me  
> know as soon as possible if there is anything glaringly wrong or  
> missing. I also hope that these changes should not have much of an  
> impact on any implementations based on the previous version.
>
> The intention is that this version remains as is for some time, so  
> that the tasks we undertake this year can be based on a stable  
> version of the standard. This includes the production of the NCD  
> Toolkit by NLBIF, the conversion to RDF by Markus and the  
> documentation and mappings being coordinated by Connie. A complete  
> list of deliverables for the year is (or will be shortly) on the  
> wikis.
>
> I will be placing the updated file, with text-based and image-based  
> derivations, on the NCD Website and on the RAVNS Basecamp in due  
> course.
>
> For those of you that are aiming to attend the NCD 2007 Workshop,  
> the dates are almost confirmed as June 18th and 19th, with ETI in  
> Amsterdam as the host institution. More information on this later.
>
> With all best wishes,
> Neil
>
>
> <<NCDv0pt50.xsd>>
> -------
> Neil Thomson
> Head of Data & Digital Systems
> The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD
> Tel: +44 (0)20 7942 5294,
> Fax: +44 (0)20 7942 5559,
> Email: n.thomson at nhm.ac.uk
> http://www.nhm.ac.uk
>
>
>
> <NCDv0pt50.xsd>
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