[tdwg-content] FW: Habitat classifications?

[Markus Döring]

Tony,
we have encoded the IUCN habitat classification into a definition suitable for dwc archives & GBIF tools:
http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/iucn/habitat.xml

If you ever decide to go for some other, simpler classification please let me know. 
Id like to capture this as a "gbif" vocabulary.

Markus


On Mar 17, 2011, at 4:51, Bailly, Nicolas (WorldFish) wrote:

> Mark Costello published something for marine habitats.
> Also IUCN put in GBIF vocabularies.
> 
> But Tony, you will duplicate a lot of work made at GSD level ...
> 
> BW
> Nicolas.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> Tony.Rees at csiro.au
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> 
> 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)
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>> 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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