[tdwg-content] [tdwg-tag] Inclusion of authorship in DwC scientificName: good or bad?

[Markus Döring]

Sorry if I wasnt clear, but definitely b)
Not all names can be easily reassembled with just the atoms. Autonyms need a bit of caution, hybrid formulas surely wont fit into the atoms and things like Inula L. (s.str.) or Valeriana officinalis s. str. wont be possible either. dwc:scientificName should be the most complete representation of the full name. The (redundant) atomised parts are a recommended nice to have to avoid any name parsing.

As a consumer this leads to trouble as there is no guarantee that all terms exist. But the same problem exists with all of the ID terms and their verbatim counterpart. Only additional best practice guidelines can make sure we have the most important terms such as taxonRank or taxonomicStatus available. 

Markus


On Nov 18, 2010, at 23:26, Tony.Rees at csiro.au wrote:

> Just re-sending the message below because it bounced the first time…
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> Markus/all,
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> I guess my point is that (as I understand it) scientificName is a required field in DwC, so the question is what it should be populated with. If it is (e.g.) genus + species epithet + authority, then is it beneficial to supply these fields individually / atomised as well, maybe with other qualifiers as needed?
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> Just looking for an example "best practice" here - or maybe it exists somewhere and you can just point to it.
> in other words:
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> (a)
> <scientificName>Homo sapiens</scientificName>
> <scientificNameAuthorship>Linnaeus, 1758</a>
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> or (b):
> <scientificName>Homo sapiens Linnaeus, 1758</scientificName>
> <genus>Homo</genus>
> <specificEpithet>sapiens</specificEpithet>
> <scientificNameAuthorship>Linnaeus, 1758</a>
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> if you get my drift...
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> Regards  - Tony
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