[tdwg-content] Fwd: BasisOfrecord flavors; which one to choose
Markus Döring
m.doering at mac.com
Wed Feb 10 10:24:44 CET 2010
Thanks Kehan.
Its best to keep them seperate as you did as they are used for different terms, basisOfRecord and dcterms:type
Markus
Am Feb 10, 2010 um 0:45 schrieb Kehan Harman:
> I've updated the GBIF Vocabulary server - it now has the DCMI Type and DwC Type vocabularies as two separate vocabularies:
> http://vocabularies.gbif.org/vocabularies/type_vocabulary
> and
> http://vocabularies.gbif.org/vocabularies/dcmitype
>
> would you recommend I rather combine them under a 'Basis of Record' Vocabulary which contains the DwC Type Terms and the relevant DCMI Type terms? (markus?)
> Thanks,
> Kehan
>
>
>
> On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 5:09 PM, John R. WIECZOREK <tuco at berkeley.edu> wrote:
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Francisco Pando <pando at gbif.es>
> Date: Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 8:57 AM
> Subject: RE: BasisOfrecord flavors; which one to choose
> To: "John R. WIECZOREK" <tuco at berkeley.edu>
> Cc: "dremsen at gbif.org" <dremsen at gbif.org>
>
> Hi John,
> Thanks a lot, I have a clearer picture now. Please go ahead and post whatever you think could be useful of this on TDWG-Content.
>
> All the best,
>
> Paco
>
> Francisco Pando
>
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> From: gtuco.btuco at gmail.com [mailto:gtuco.btuco at gmail.com] On Behalf Of John R. WIECZOREK
> Sent: martes, 09 de febrero de 2010 17:25
> To: Francisco Pando
> Cc: dremsen at gbif.org
> Subject: Re: BasisOfrecord flavors; which one to choose
>
>
> Hi Paco,
>
> The only difference between the first list (http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/type-vocabulary/index.htm) and the third list (http://code.google.com/p/darwincore/wiki/DwCTypeVocabulary) is the Event term. Actually I believe that the Event term shouldn't be on the first list, because it is a Dublin Core term and already a controlled vocabulary term for dcterms:type. I think you should go under that assumption. In any case, I doubt that people will want to share biodiversity records that are Events that are not one of the subtypes of Events on the third list. I updated the Google Code wiki page to be more explicit that the Event and PhysicalObject terms come from Dublin Core.
>
> There has been some discussion on the tdwg-content list about other possible basisOfRecord vocabulary to try to better distinguish digital media. The original argument for this is captured in an Issue on the Darwin Core Google Code site at http://code.google.com/p/darwincore/issues/detail?id=68. This is a good example of how the type vocabulary might be expanded to cover new cases.
>
> I don't know what to tell you about the GBIF vocabulary except that it was devised in April of last year before the type vocabularies for Darwin Core reached their current state of maturity.
>
> As this discussion may be useful to others, I'd like to request that you post it to tdwg-content as well, or give me permission to do so.
>
> Hope that helps,
>
> John
>
> On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 1:07 AM, Francisco Pando <pando at gbif.es> wrote:
>
> Dear David, dear John,
>
> We are in the process of updating some of our software to make it compliant with the approved DwC standard. We decided to start on something we thought it was easy, BasisOfrecord. However we found:
>
>
> http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/type-vocabulary/index.htm
>
>
> "The Type Vocabulary is a recommended set of values to use for the basisOfRecord term to categorize Darwin Core resources."
>
>
> Vocabulary for basisOfRecord
>
> Occurrence
>
>
> Event
>
>
> Location
>
>
> Taxon
>
>
> PreservedSpecimen
>
>
> FossilSpecimen
>
>
> LivingSpecimen
>
>
> HumanObservation
>
>
> MachineObservation
>
>
> NomenclaturalChecklist
>
>
> Date Modified: 2009-12-07
>
> http://vocabularies.gbif.org/vocabularies/basis_of_record
>
>
> Concepts in the basisOfRecord vocabulary
>
>
> FossilSpecimen
>
> HumanObservation
>
> LivingSpecimen
>
> MachineObservation
>
> MovingImage
>
> NomenclaturalAct
>
> PreservedSpecimen
>
> StillImage
>
> TaxonDistribution
>
> TaxonName
>
> TaxonNameUsage
>
> Submitted by admin on Tue, 2009-04-21 23:34
>
>
>
> http://code.google.com/p/darwincore/wiki/DwCTypeVocabulary
>
>
> The Type Vocabulary used in Darwin Core consists of two parts, vocabulary to describe the record in terms consistent with the Dublin Core Type vocabulary (using the dcterms:type term) and vocabulary to describe the specific biodiversity-related content for a record (using the basisOfRecord term).
>
>
> The list of valid values for the basisOfRecord include:
>
> Term
>
> Subtype of
>
> Occurrence
>
> Event
>
> PreservedSpecimen
>
> PhysicalObject
>
> FossilSpecimen
>
> PhysicalObject
>
> LivingSpecimen
>
> PhysicalObject
>
> HumanObservation
>
> Event
>
> MachineObservation
>
> Event
>
> Taxon
>
>
> Location
>
>
> NomenclaturalChecklist
>
>
>
> Updated Jan 17, 2010 by gtuco.btuco
>
>
>
> I seems safer to go for the Google Code option, but shouldn’t the three sources be coherent?
>
>
> Best wishes,
>
>
> Paco
>
>
>
> Francisco Pando
>
>
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