[tdwg-content] FW: domesticated species identifier in GBIF?

Mergen Patricia mergen.patricia at gmail.com
Fri Apr 10 19:16:36 CEST 2015


Dear Daniela

I forward your question to the TDWG-content list where experts can further
answer your questions.
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all the best

Patricia

On Fri, Apr 10, 2015 at 6:30 PM, Daniela Soleri <soleri at geog.ucsb.edu>
wrote:

>  Dear Patricia Mergen,
>
> I have been referred to the TDWG by the GBIF secretariat. I am very
> interested in pursuing the inclusion of the categories "domesticate" and
> "domesticate wild relative" as identifiers on the GBIF platform, which I
> believe will have wide utility for a diversity of users. Can you please
> tell me who I should contact, and/or the process of proposing and
> justifying such inclusions?
>
> Thank you for your assistance. Best wishes,
>
> Daniela Soleri
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> -------- Forwarded Message --------  Subject: FW: domesticated species
> identifier in GBIF?  Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2015 10:20:59 +0200  From: GBIF
> Helpdesk <helpdesk at gbif.org> <helpdesk at gbif.org>  To: soleri at geog.ucsb.edu  CC:
> Dmitry Schigel [GBIF] <dschigel at gbif.org> <dschigel at gbif.org>, 'GBIF
> Helpdesk' <helpdesk at gbif.org> <helpdesk at gbif.org>, portal at gbif.org
>
> Dear Daniela,
>
> We do not have an identifier for domesticated species and there is no such property on the horizon either. GBIF is employing the Darwin Core terms (http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/index.htm ) and you would need to engage with TDWG if you want to submit recommendations. You can sign up for the mailing list here:http://lists.tdwg.org/mailman/listinfo/tdwg-content
>
> If you have a list of the species of interest, I can generate a custom download for you.
>
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Jan K. Legind
> GBIF Secretariat
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Daniela Soleri [mailto:soleri at geog.ucsb.edu <soleri at geog.ucsb.edu>]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2015 6:20 PM
> To: info at gbif.org
> Subject: domesticated species identifier in GBIF?
>
> Is there a domesticated species identifier for GBIF entries so that it is possible to search exclusively for or within domesticated species only? Please let me know if any such identifier exists or is being planned.
>
> Thank you,
>
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> Daniela Soleri, PhD
> Associate Research Scientist
> Geography Department
> UC Santa Barbara
> Santa Barbara, CA 93106-4060
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