[tdwg-content] taxonomy != identification

Peter DeVries pete.devries at gmail.com
Thu Nov 4 09:14:11 CET 2010


On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 12:54 AM, Dusty <dlmcdonald at alaska.edu> wrote:

> 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  => This is
> a Genus Erebia species undetermined.
> Composite specimens: http://arctos.database.museum/guid/UAM:Herb:12718 =>
> This is one of those batches/jars
> Hybrids: http://arctos.database.museum/guid/UAM:Mamm:3517 => Canis latrans
> Say, 1823 x Canis lupus familiaris Linnaeus, 1758 (HybridConcept)
> Things that aren't taxonomy at all:
> http://arctos.database.museum/guid/UAM:ES:3405 => This is some other
> groups vocabulary / standards (Geology)
>
> -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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>> Pete DeVries
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>> University of Wisconsin - Madison
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>> Madison, WI 53706
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