I am still somewhat puzzled why TDWG seems so opposed to adopting anything that comes from outside a small click?<div><br></div><div><div>I was thinking that it would be best to create a separate class that can be used for populations of a species.</div>
<div><br></div><div>This would require adding an additional tag to the TaxonConcept Species Concept Model, which currently includes several tags like entities</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://lod.taxonconcept.org/ses/mCcSp#Species">http://lod.taxonconcept.org/ses/mCcSp#Species</a> <- The Species Concept for the Cougar</div>
<div><br></div><div><div>See <a href="http://lod.taxonconcept.org/ses/v6n7p.htm">http://lod.taxonconcept.org/ses/v6n7p.htm</a>l HTML</div><div> <a href="http://lod.taxonconcept.org/ses/v6n7p.rdf">http://lod.taxonconcept.org/ses/v6n7p.rdf</a> RDF</div>
<div> <a href="http://lsd.taxonconcept.org/describe/?url=http%3A%2F%2Flod.taxonconcept.org%2Fses%2Fv6n7p%23Species">http://lsd.taxonconcept.org/describe/?url=http%3A%2F%2Flod.taxonconcept.org%2Fses%2Fv6n7p%23Species</a> Knowledge Base View (<a href="http://bit.ly bit.ly/gMFqR1">http://bit.ly bit.ly/gMFqR1</a></div>
<div> </div></div><div>The model mints URI's for the following related entities. See RDF. or KB View</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://lod.taxonconcept.org/ses/mCcSp#Image">http://lod.taxonconcept.org/ses/mCcSp#Image</a> - An image of a Cougar</div>
<div><a href="http://lod.taxonconcept.org/ses/mCcSp#Occurrence">http://lod.taxonconcept.org/ses/mCcSp#Occurrence</a> - An occurrence of a Cougar</div><div><a href="http://lod.taxonconcept.org/ses/mCcSp#Individual">http://lod.taxonconcept.org/ses/mCcSp#Individual</a> - An individual Cougar</div>
<div><a href="http://lod.taxonconcept.org/ses/mCcSp#Taxonomy">http://lod.taxonconcept.org/ses/mCcSp#Taxonomy</a> - A Basic Taxonomy for the Cougar, one alternative among many potential classifications</div><div><a href="http://lod.taxonconcept.org/ses/mCcSp#NCBI_Taxonomy">http://lod.taxonconcept.org/ses/mCcSp#NCBI_Taxonomy</a> - The NCBI Taxonomy for Cougar, or starting at the lowest available clade</div>
<div><a href="http://lod.taxonconcept.org/ses/mCcSp#OriginalDescription">http://lod.taxonconcept.org/ses/mCcSp#OriginalDescription</a> - The Original Description of the Cougar, ideally with links to the PDF or BHL URI.</div>
<div> </div><div> </div><div>Here is how a subset of these would relate to the new #Population Tag and related semantic entities.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>This tag is used an individual organism that that is an instance of the species concept pecies concept RDF.</div>
</div><div><div>This allows you to refer to a individual cougar in a way that is separate from the concept of cougar and retains links to other data relating to that species concept.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>
<font class="Apple-style-span" face="tahoma, sans-serif"> <txn:SpeciesIndividualTag rdf:about="<a href="http://lod.taxonconcept.org/ses/v6n7p#Individual">http://lod.taxonconcept.org/ses/v6n7p#Individual</a>"></font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="tahoma, sans-serif"> <dcterms:title>A Tag for individuals of the species concept Puma concolor se:v6n7p</dcterms:title></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="tahoma, sans-serif"> <skos:prefLabel>A Tag-like resource that is used to label individuals of the species concept Puma concolor se:v6n7p</skos:prefLabel></font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="tahoma, sans-serif"> <dcterms:identifier><a href="http://lod.taxonconcept.org/ses/v6n7p#Individual">http://lod.taxonconcept.org/ses/v6n7p#Individual</a></dcterms:identifier></font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="tahoma, sans-serif"> <dcterms:description>A lightweight tag that can be used to label individuals of this species. These allow individual organisms to be modeled as instances of SpeciesIndividualTag</dcterms:description></font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="tahoma, sans-serif"> <dcterms:isPartOf rdf:resource="<a href="http://lod.taxonconcept.org/ses/v6n7p#Species">http://lod.taxonconcept.org/ses/v6n7p#Species</a>"/></font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="tahoma, sans-serif"> <wdrs:describedby rdf:resource="<a href="http://lod.taxonconcept.org/ses/v6n7p.rdf">http://lod.taxonconcept.org/ses/v6n7p.rdf</a>"/></font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="tahoma, sans-serif"> </txn:SpeciesIndividualTag></font></div><div><br></div><div>Add a tag for a species population to the species concept RDF.</div><div>This allows you to refer to a population of cougars in a way that is separate for an individual cougar and retains links to other data relating to that species concept.</div>
<div><br></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="tahoma, sans-serif"> <txn:SpeciesPopulationTag rdf:about="<a href="http://lod.taxonconcept.org/ses/v6n7p#Population">http://lod.taxonconcept.org/ses/v6n7p#Population</a>"></font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="tahoma, sans-serif"> <dcterms:title>A Tag for populations of the species concept Puma concolor se:v6n7p</dcterms:title></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="tahoma, sans-serif"> <skos:prefLabel>A Tag-like resource that is used to label populations of the species concept Puma concolor se:v6n7p</skos:prefLabel></font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="tahoma, sans-serif"> <dcterms:identifier><a href="http://lod.taxonconcept.org/ses/v6n7p#Population">http://lod.taxonconcept.org/ses/v6n7p#Population</a></dcterms:identifier></font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="tahoma, sans-serif"> <dcterms:description>A lightweight tag that can be used to label populations of this species. These allow populations of a species to be modeled as instances of SpeciesIndividualTag</dcterms:description></font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="tahoma, sans-serif"> <dcterms:isPartOf rdf:resource="<a href="http://lod.taxonconcept.org/ses/v6n7p#Species">http://lod.taxonconcept.org/ses/v6n7p#Species</a>"/></font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="tahoma, sans-serif"> <wdrs:describedby rdf:resource="<a href="http://lod.taxonconcept.org/ses/v6n7p.rdf">http://lod.taxonconcept.org/ses/v6n7p.rdf</a>"/></font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="tahoma, sans-serif"> </txn:SpeciesPopulationTag></font></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>This is the RDF for a population, it has as one of it's parts an individual organism.</div>
<div>It is typed to indicate that it refers to a population of Cougars.</div><div><br></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="tahoma, sans-serif"> <owl:Class rdf:about="<a href="http://lod.taxonconcept.org/pops/NorthAmericanCougarPopulation">http://lod.taxonconcept.org/pops/NorthAmericanCougarPopulation</a>"></font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="tahoma, sans-serif"> <rdf:type rdf:resource="<a href="http://lod.taxonconcept.org/ses/v6n7p#Population">http://lod.taxonconcept.org/ses/v6n7p#Population</a>"/></font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="tahoma, sans-serif"> <skos:prefLabel>The population of North American Cougars Puma concolor se:v6n7 </skos:prefLabel></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="tahoma, sans-serif"> <dcterms:hasPart rdf:resource="<a href="http://ocs.taxonconcept.org/ocs/51cd124d-78c5-40aa-a7ff-2e3f58ca6ade#Individual">http://ocs.taxonconcept.org/ocs/51cd124d-78c5-40aa-a7ff-2e3f58ca6ade#Individual</a>"/></font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="tahoma, sans-serif"> <wdrs:describedby rdf:resource="<a href="http://lod.taxonconcept.org/pops/NorthAmericanCougarPopulation.rdf">http://lod.taxonconcept.org/pops/NorthAmericanCougarPopulation.rdf</a>"/></font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="tahoma, sans-serif"> </owl:Class></font></div><div><br></div><div>Respectfully,</div><div><br></div><div>- Pete</div>
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