Hi Steve,<div><br></div><div>I thought I would follow up on something you wrote.</div><div><br></div><div>Yes for now all of these SpeciesConcepts are to some extent <i>sensu</i> DeVries.</div><div><br></div><div>But the goal is to have editors determine what specimens, images and related data should serve as guides to clarifying the species concepts.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Since the Concept URI's are easily trackable they could be added to publications easily and those editors would receive publication like credit for their efforts.</div><div><br></div><div>Since these are open and the editors are linked via URI's to the concepts they have contributed to the editor's contributions and citation rate can be easily tracked.</div>
<div><br></div><div>* The original description should also be included in the species concept RDF.</div><div><br></div><div><meta charset="utf-8"><div>* Ideally the BHL would expose URI's for publications so it would be easy to link to them.</div>
</div><div><br></div><div>Many have argued that the original descriptions should be cited when a reference to a species is made in a publication.</div><div><br></div><div>However in most cases this would be asking the authors to cite a publication that they have never read.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Also here is an example of one of the concepts that links to an etype page. (It would be nice if these etype URI's were cleaner and did not contain & that need to be escaped)</div><div><br></div>
<div>HTML <a href="http://lod.taxonconcept.org/ses/MYQMc.html">http://lod.taxonconcept.org/ses/MYQMc.html</a></div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://lod.taxonconcept.org/ses/MYQMc.html"></a>RDF <a href="http://lod.taxonconcept.org/ses/MYQMc.rdf">http://lod.taxonconcept.org/ses/MYQMc.rdf</a><br clear="all">
<br></div><div>The specific section of the RDF is </div><div><br></div><div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'courier new', monospace"> <txn:SpeciesOriginalDescription rdf:about="<a href="http://lod.taxonconcept.org/ses/MYQMc#OriginalDescription">http://lod.taxonconcept.org/ses/MYQMc#OriginalDescription</a>"></font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'courier new', monospace"> <!-- Ideally, this should link to a resource in the Biodiversity Heritage Library --></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'courier new', monospace"> <dcterms:title>Original Published Description of Species Concept Stereopalpus vestitus se:MYQMc</dcterms:title></font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'courier new', monospace"> <dcterms:identifier><a href="http://lod.taxonconcept.org/ses/MYQMc#OriginalDescription">http://lod.taxonconcept.org/ses/MYQMc#OriginalDescription</a></dcterms:identifier></font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'courier new', monospace"> <dcterms:description>LOD metadata about the original species description relating to Species Concept Stereopalpus vestitus se:MYQMc</dcterms:description></font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'courier new', monospace"> <dcterms:isPartOf rdf:resource="<a href="http://lod.taxonconcept.org/ses/MYQMc#Species">http://lod.taxonconcept.org/ses/MYQMc#Species</a>"/></font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'courier new', monospace"> <dcterms:creator rdf:resource="<a href="http://dbpedia.org/resource/Thomas_Say">http://dbpedia.org/resource/Thomas_Say</a>"/></font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'courier new', monospace"> <dcterms:created rdf:datatype="<a href="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#gYear">http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#gYear</a>">1824</dcterms:created></font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'courier new', monospace"> <!-- There should be a type specimen. Add link to GBIF via 'txn:sodHasTypeSpecimen' if they know about it. --></font></div><div>
<font class="Apple-style-span" face="'courier new', monospace"> <txn:hasEtypePage rdf:resource="<a href="http://mcz-28168.oeb.harvard.edu/mcz/FMPro?-DB=Image.fm&amp;-Lay=web&amp;-Format=images.htm&amp;Species_ID=4871&amp;-Find">http://mcz-28168.oeb.harvard.edu/mcz/FMPro?-DB=Image.fm&amp;-Lay=web&amp;-Format=images.htm&amp;Species_ID=4871&amp;-Find</a>"/></font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'courier new', monospace"> <wdrs:describedby rdf:resource="<a href="http://lod.taxonconcept.org/ses/MYQMc.rdf">http://lod.taxonconcept.org/ses/MYQMc.rdf</a>"/></font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'courier new', monospace"> </txn:SpeciesOriginalDescription></font></div></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'courier new', monospace"><br></font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">If I had a PDF to link (or a BHL URI) to then the RDF would had the additional statements seen in the Cougar example.</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'courier new', monospace"><br>
</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'courier new', monospace"><div> <txn:SpeciesOriginalDescription rdf:about="<a href="http://lod.taxonconcept.org/ses/v6n7p#OriginalDescription">http://lod.taxonconcept.org/ses/v6n7p#OriginalDescription</a>"></div>
<div> <!-- Ideally, this should link to a resource in the Biodiversity Heritage Library --></div><div> <dcterms:title>Original Published Description of Species Concept Puma concolor se:v6n7p</dcterms:title></div>
<div> <dcterms:identifier><a href="http://lod.taxonconcept.org/ses/v6n7p#OriginalDescription">http://lod.taxonconcept.org/ses/v6n7p#OriginalDescription</a></dcterms:identifier></div><div> <dcterms:description>LOD metadata about the original species description relating to Species Concept Puma concolor se:v6n7p</dcterms:description></div>
<div> <dcterms:isPartOf rdf:resource="<a href="http://lod.taxonconcept.org/ses/v6n7p#Species">http://lod.taxonconcept.org/ses/v6n7p#Species</a>"/></div><div> <dcterms:creator rdf:resource="<a href="http://dbpedia.org/resource/Carl_Linnaeus">http://dbpedia.org/resource/Carl_Linnaeus</a>"/></div>
<div> <txn:hasBasionymName>Felis concolor Linnaeus 1771</txn:hasBasionymName></div><div> <dcterms:created rdf:datatype="<a href="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#gYear">http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#gYear</a>">1771</dcterms:created></div>
<div> <dcterms:hasFormat rdf:resource="<a href="http://assets.geospecies.org/spec_concept_uuid/603bebac-cc44-4168-bbf7-b11b976f9d79/Felis_concolor_Linnaeus_1771.pdf">http://assets.geospecies.org/spec_concept_uuid/603bebac-cc44-4168-bbf7-b11b976f9d79/Felis_concolor_Linnaeus_1771.pdf</a>"/></div>
<div> <!-- There should be a type specimen. Add link to GBIF via 'txn:sodHasTypeSpecimen' if they know about it. --></div><div> <wdrs:describedby rdf:resource="<a href="http://lod.taxonconcept.org/ses/v6n7p.rdf">http://lod.taxonconcept.org/ses/v6n7p.rdf</a>"/></div>
<div> </txn:SpeciesOriginalDescription></div><div><br></div><div> <rdf:Description rdf:about="<a href="http://assets.geospecies.org/spec_concept_uuid/603bebac-cc44-4168-bbf7-b11b976f9d79/Felis_concolor_Linnaeus_1771.pdf">http://assets.geospecies.org/spec_concept_uuid/603bebac-cc44-4168-bbf7-b11b976f9d79/Felis_concolor_Linnaeus_1771.pdf</a>"></div>
<div> <dcterms:isPartOf rdf:resource="<a href="http://lod.taxonconcept.org/ses/v6n7p#Species">http://lod.taxonconcept.org/ses/v6n7p#Species</a>"/></div><div> <dcterms:format>application/pdf</dcterms:format></div>
<div> <wdrs:describedby rdf:resource="<a href="http://lod.taxonconcept.org/ses/v6n7p.rdf">http://lod.taxonconcept.org/ses/v6n7p.rdf</a>"/></div><div> </rdf:Description></div><div><br></div></font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'courier new', monospace"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'courier new', monospace"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Respectfully,</font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">- Pete</font></div><div><br>
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