[tdwg-content] New term needs resolution: yearOfPublication

[John Wieczorek]

Looks like this one is off to a good start. If there is no dissenting
opinion in the next 30 days, it looks like it'll be included.

On Mon, Jul 4, 2011 at 6:00 PM, Peter DeVries <pete.devries at gmail.com> wrote:
> I have something similar that I use for stating the year the species was
> described.
> This is useful for sorting by year etc.  So +1
> Note the datatype rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#gYear"
>
>
> From http://lod.taxonconcept.org/ses/v6n7p.html RDF http://10.10.10.122:3000/ses/v6n7p.rdf
>     <txn:yearDescribed
> rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#gYear">1771</txn:yearDescribed>
>
> Ontology
>     <!-- http://lod.taxonconcept.org/ontology/txn.owl#yearDescribed -->
>     <owl:DatatypeProperty
> rdf:about="http://lod.taxonconcept.org/ontology/txn.owl#yearDescribed">
>         <rdfs:label
> rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#gYear">yearDescribed</rdfs:label>
>         <rdfs:comment>The year that the species was originally
> described</rdfs:comment>
>         <rdfs:isDefinedBy
> rdf:resource="http://lod.taxonconcept.org/ontology/txn.owl"/>
>         <rdfs:range rdf:resource="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#gYear"/>
>     </owl:DatatypeProperty>
> - Pete
> On Mon, Jul 4, 2011 at 5:35 PM, John Wieczorek <tuco at berkeley.edu> wrote:
>>
>> Darwin Core Issue 84: http://goo.gl/8WkJa
>>
>> This issue has not undergone public commentary.
>>
>> Open Issues:
>> Determine if there is a demand for this term. Though the term is
>> well-described in the issue tracker, there is no evidence of a
>> real-world need for it. There has to be a demonstrated need from more
>> than one "independent" source for a term to enter into consideration
>> for addition to the Darwin Core.
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