[tdwg-content] FW: Habitat classifications?

[Hilmar Lapp]

There are some in the Environment Ontology (EnvO) [1], but last time I  
checked it still had lots of gaps in that area. Nonetheless, it  
continues to be developed, and I suspect much welcome your suggestions  
for what should be added.

	-hilmar

[1] http://www.environmentontology.org/

On Mar 16, 2011, at 11:26 PM, <Tony.Rees at csiro.au>  
<Tony.Rees at csiro.au> wrote:

> Apologies for cross-posting - below is a message I just sent to the  
> TAXACOM list, but if there are TDWG persons not on TAXACOM who have  
> not seen it and may have useful information, I'd be happy to receive  
> it.
>
> Regards - Tony
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: taxacom-bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu [mailto:taxacom-
>> bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu] On Behalf Of Tony.Rees at csiro.au
>> Sent: Thursday, 17 March 2011 2:22 PM
>> To: Taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu
>> Subject: [ExternalEmail] [Taxacom] Habitat classifications?
>>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> I am interested in extending the habitat classification presently  
>> used in
>> my IRMNG genera and species database from the present "very basic"
>> (marine/nonmarine/both) to something a bit more detailed - maybe  
>> marine,
>> freshwater, terrestrial with up to perhaps a dozen or so  
>> subcategories of
>> each, as appropriate (e.g. end up with a little nested hierarchy of  
>> maybe
>> 30-50 terms total).
>>
>> So, I am looking for suggestions of such classifications as may  
>> already be
>> in use in order to either pick one up more or less unchanged, or  
>> develop
>> something with the best features of several. For example I am  
>> familiar
>> with the following off the top of my head:
>>
>> http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/SyntaxHabitat.htm - 23 terms, coverage a  
>> bit
>> uneven
>>
>> http://mave.tweakdsl.nl/tn/syntax.html - scroll down to the section  
>> headed
>> "% HABITAT"   -- 56 terms, looks quite useable.
>>
>> Something like the EUNIS classification e.g. as accessible via
>>
>> http://eunis.eea.europa.eu/habitats-code-browser.jsp   possibly  
>> gets too
>> detailed too quickly at this time for my needs, but you never know  
>> what
>> may end up being of value.
>>
>> If list persons can point me at any other resources worth looking  
>> at, or
>> comment on details of the above, I would be very appreciative. It  
>> also
>> occurs to me that some people may have been through this exercise
>> previously, e.g. for "species / structured descriptive data"  
>> purposes, so
>> any pointers to the results of those deliberations would also be  
>> useful.
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>>
>> Tony Rees
>> Manager, Divisional Data Centre,
>> CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research,
>> GPO Box 1538,
>> Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia
>> Ph: 0362 325318 (Int: +61 362 325318)
>> Fax: 0362 325000 (Int: +61 362 325000)
>> e-mail: Tony.Rees at csiro.au
>> Manager, OBIS Australia regional node, http://www.obis.org.au/
>> Biodiversity informatics research activities:
>> http://www.cmar.csiro.au/datacentre/biodiversity.htm
>> Personal info:
>> http://www.fishbase.org/collaborators/collaboratorsummary.cfm?id=1566
>>
>>
>>
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