[tdwg-content] Proposed changes to Darwin Core Type term NomenclaturalChecklist

[Markus Döring]

Paul,
isn't the intend exactly to distinguish nomenclatural (act) records from taxonomic ones? 
I understand dwctype:Taxon and dwctype:Nomen to be just like the TaxonName and TaxonConcept classes in TCS.

Markus


PS: deeply sorry I am lacking time to contribute more to these massive conversations lately. Lots of interesting topics


On 30.09.2013, at 18:32, Paul J. Morris wrote:

> I'll concur with the intent of a term that describes a record rather
> than a dataset, but suggest that the name used be
> dwctype:ScientificName rather than dwctype:Nomen.  The definition
> explicitly states that it is about a scientific name, but the
> latinization to Nomen invites confusion with records that describe
> nomenclatural acts.  
> 
> -Paul
> 
> On Mon, 30 Sep 2013 18:13:56 +0200
> John Wieczorek <tuco at berkeley.edu> wrote:
> 
>> Dear all,
>> 
>> There is a proposal to change the Darwin Core Type vocabulary term
>> dwctype:NomenclaturalChecklist
>> (http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/type-vocabulary/index.htm#NomenclaturalChecklist).
>> 
>> The basic issue this proposal attempts to solve is that a
>> NomenclaturalChecklist is a data set, not a data record and Darwin
>> Core Type vocabulary is meant to designate the type of a record. The
>> types of records in a nomenclatural checklist data set would be
>> taxonomic names, hence "dwctype:Nomen".
>> 
>> As this is a substantive semantic change, we must follow the Darwin
>> Core Namespace Policy's Term Change Policy, section 3.3, Semantic
>> changes in Darwin Core terms, which includes a minimum 30-day public
>> comment period beginning today.
>> 
>> The issue is further described on the Darwin Core Project issue
>> tracker at https://code.google.com/p/darwincore/issues/detail?id=177.
>> The proposal would deprecate the current version of
>> dwctype:NomenclaturalChecklist in favor of a new version with the
>> following definition:
>> 
>> Term Name: Nomen
>> Identifier: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/dwctype/Nomen
>> Namespace: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/dwctype/
>> Label: Nomen
>> Definition: A resource describing a scientific name.
>> Comment: For discussion see
>> http://code.google.com/p/darwincore/wiki/DwCTypeVocabulary (there will
>> be no
>> further documentation here until the term is ratified)
>> Type of Term: http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#Class
>> Status: proposed
>> Date Issued: 2009-01-23
>> Date Modified: 2013-09-30
>> Has Domain:
>> Has Range:
>> Refines:
>> Version: Nomen-2013-09-30
>> Replaces: NomenclaturalChecklist-2009-01-23
>> IsReplaceBy:
>> Class:
>> ABCD 2.0.6: not in ABCD (someone please confirm or deny this)
>> 
>> If there are any objections to the changes proposed for this existing
>> term, or comments about its definition, please respond to this
>> message. If there are no objections or if consensus can be reached on
>> any amendments put forward, the proposal will go before the Executive
>> Committee for authorization to put these additions into effect after
>> the public commentary period.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> 
>> John
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> 
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