[tdwg-content] taxonomy != identification

[Dusty]

Collections contain things that do not map nicely to a single taxon name of
any (or no) rank. It's not clear to me if this proposal will support those
kinds of data or not. A few examples:

Uncertainty: http://arctos.database.museum/guid/KWP:Ento:1703
Composite specimens: http://arctos.database.museum/guid/UAM:Herb:12718
Hybrids: http://arctos.database.museum/guid/UAM:Mamm:3517
Things that aren't taxonomy at all:
http://arctos.database.museum/guid/UAM:ES:3405

-D

On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 10:07 PM, Peter DeVries <pete.devries at gmail.com>wrote:

>
> What I would recommend is that you treat a specimen that is identified to
> an order (Perciformes) with something like the following.
>
> Species => Order Perciformes species undetermined.
>
> The individual is still an instance of a species, however that species has
> yet to be determined.
>
> What would work best is to have some standard way of writing the green
> string above.
>
> This would allow the occurrences that are of individuals identified only to
> the Order Perciformes, to be interpreted as a species that falls somewhere
> within the Order Perciformes.
>
> - Pete
>
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