Collections contain things that do not map nicely to a single taxon name of any (or no) rank. It's not clear to me if this proposal will support those kinds of data or not. A few examples:<br><br>Uncertainty: <a href="http://arctos.database.museum/guid/KWP:Ento:1703">http://arctos.database.museum/guid/KWP:Ento:1703</a><br>
Composite specimens: <a href="http://arctos.database.museum/guid/UAM:Herb:12718">http://arctos.database.museum/guid/UAM:Herb:12718</a><br>Hybrids: <a href="http://arctos.database.museum/guid/UAM:Mamm:3517">http://arctos.database.museum/guid/UAM:Mamm:3517</a><br>
Things that aren't taxonomy at all: <a href="http://arctos.database.museum/guid/UAM:ES:3405">http://arctos.database.museum/guid/UAM:ES:3405</a><br><br>-D<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 10:07 PM, Peter DeVries <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:pete.devries@gmail.com">pete.devries@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"><br clear="all">What I would recommend is that you treat a specimen that is identified to an order (Perciformes) with something like the following.<div>
<br></div><div>Species => <font color="#006600">Order Perciformes species undetermined.</font></div>
<div><br></div><div>The individual is still an instance of a species, however that species has yet to be determined.</div><div><br></div><div>What would work best is to have some standard way of writing the green string above.</div>
<div><br></div><div>This would allow the occurrences that are of individuals identified only to the Order Perciformes, to be interpreted as a species that falls somewhere within the Order Perciformes.</div><div><br></div>
<div>- Pete</div><div><br><br>---------------------------------------------------------------<br>Pete DeVries<br>Department of Entomology<br>University of Wisconsin - Madison<br>445 Russell Laboratories<br>
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