[tdwg-content] Status of Darwin Core Public Review

[John Wieczorek]

Dear all,

We are now almost 20 days into the minimum 30-day review period for the 40
changes to Darwin Core proposed on 2021-05-01 (see
https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/milestone/14). If this public review is new to
you, please refer to
https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/wiki/Darwin-Core-Maintenance-Frequently-Asked-Questions
.

Of the 40 proposals, one (biome - https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/38)
will certainly be deferred to a Task Group for further development. There
is currently consensus on 34 of the proposals, and each of these will be
recommended for ratification if no indication of dissent arises through the
rest of the review period. The status of two proposals
(identificationQualifier - https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/244, and the
nameUsageIDs - https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/105) is unclear until
verification that consensus has been reached. The remaining four proposals
(recordedByID - https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/102, occurrenceStatus -
https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/339 and its controlled vocabulary -
https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/342, and verbatimLabel -
https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/32) are controversial. If no evidence of
consensus can be reached by the 30-day minimum review period, the
controversial proposals will be deferred for later consideration. If it
appears that consensus can be reached on any of the controversial
proposals, the review period will be extended for an additional 30 days
from the time apparent consensus is established (everyone participating in
the discussion expresses their satisfaction with the proposed solution).
During any extension, all proposals will remain open for commentary. The
current status of proposals to date is shown in the table below.

Thank you on behalf of the Darwin Core Maintenance Group

Term Issue Action Nature Status
bibliographicCitation https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/336 change
non-normative consensus
references https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/335 change non-normative
consensus
recordedByID https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/102 new normative
controversial
individualCount https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/285 change non-normative
consensus
organismQuantity https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/338 change non-normative
consensus
lifeStage https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/321 change non-normative
consensus
occurrenceStatus https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/342 new vocabulary
normative controversial
occurrenceStatus https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/339 change normative
controversial
preparations https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/346
<https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/339> change non-normative consensus
disposition https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/347
<https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/339> change non-normative consensus
associatedMedia https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/337 change non-normative
consensus
associatedReferences https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/334 change
non-normative consensus
associatedSequences https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/332 change normative
consensus
associatedTaxa https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/331 change non-normative
consensus
associatedOccurrences https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/324 change
non-normative consensus
associatedOrganisms https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/330 change
non-normative consensus
verbatimLabel https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/32 new normative
controversial
samplingProtocol https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/322 change normative
consensus
biome https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/38 new normative task group
country https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/340 change non-normative
consensus
locality https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/315 change non-normative
consensus
verbatimLocality https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/323
<https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/329> change non-normative consensus
verticalDatum https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/246 new normative consensus
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/309 change
non-normative consensus
footprintSRS https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/122 change normative
consensus
georeferenceVerificationStatus https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/268 change
normative consensus
identificationQualifier https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/244
<https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/101> change non-normative unclear
verbatimIdentification https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/181
<https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/101> new normative consensus
identifiedByID https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/101 new normative
consensus
acceptedNameUsageID https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/105 change
non-normative unclear
parentNameUsageID https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/105 change
non-normative unclear
originalNameUsageID https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/105 change
non-normative unclear
subfamily https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/44 new normative consensus
genericName https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/29 new normative consensus
subgenus https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/320 change normative consensus
infragenericEpithet https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/30 new normative
consensus
infraspecificEpithet https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/241 change
non-normative consensus
cultivarEpithet https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/41 new normative
consensus
relationshipOfResourceID https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/283 new
normative consensus
retationshipOfResource https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/194 change
non-normative consensus
measurementValue https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/175 new normative
consensus
MaterialCitation https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/329 new normative
consensus
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