[tdwg-content] Not condemning DarwinCore, but trying to support my argument for the development of an additional LOD RDF format

Peter DeVries pete.devries at gmail.com
Sat Mar 12 00:01:00 CET 2011


I thought I should be clear that my point is not that there is something
wrong with the DarwinCore for what it is good for, it is that I think we
should develop some additional form that works well as LOD data.

Perhaps expressed after processing by GBIF?

Also the web applications just serve as a framework for exposing the data
structure.

I would *not* suggest that my occurrence example  web app is ideal for
showing / editing BioBlitz records.

The idea I am trying to get across is meshups and possibilities of
structured LOD data

For example this view from Sig.ma
http://sig.ma/search?pid=ba0db41b7772e1b06231a8975dcf903b

<http://sig.ma/search?pid=ba0db41b7772e1b06231a8975dcf903b>I recently
changed the occurrence RDF slightly and ID'd two previously unidentified
wasps.

http://ocs.taxonconcept.org/ocs/9f0fc9c7-a522-44d8-a0c3-327fea9351f0.html

http://ocs.taxonconcept.org/ocs/e08c6f06-ee59-4f2b-8f46-a3f66a65431e.html

In the listing of the occurrence records here
http://ocs.taxonconcept.org/ocs/index.html

The occurrence HTML and RDF are linked at the end of each row.

The species names on the table link to the species concepts (the most
interesting thing there is the RDF structure and LOD representations)

A new Pivot View should be online shortly.

The entire dataset is described with a void file and CKAN description
http://ckan.net/package/taxonconcept

I am sorry if some had problems with the earlier Pivot SPARQL query.

The bit.ly link runs a SPARQL query which feeds into MS Pivot for viewing.
For some people Pivot had problems parsing the results of the SPARQL query.

In the future the current working Pivot example will be available here:
http://www.delicious.com/taxonconcept.org

<http://www.delicious.com/taxonconcept.org>This and other Pivot example can
be found here: http://www.delicious.com/kidehen/pivot_collection_app

* The MS Pivot example require Silverlight, which you might already have if
you use netflix or similar apps, but they won't work on iPhone or iPad. :-(

Respectfully,

- Pete

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Pete DeVries
Department of Entomology
University of Wisconsin - Madison
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TaxonConcept Knowledge Base <http://www.taxonconcept.org/> / GeoSpecies
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