I have something similar that I use for stating the year the species was described.<div><br></div><div>This is useful for sorting by year etc. So +1</div><div><br></div><div>Note the datatype <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'courier new', monospace; ">rdf:datatype="<a href="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#gYear">http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#gYear</a>"</span></div>
<meta charset="utf-8"><div><br></div><div><div> </div><div> From <a href="http://lod.taxonconcept.org/ses/v6n7p.html">http://lod.taxonconcept.org/ses/v6n7p.html</a> RDF <a href="http://10.10.10.122:3000/ses/v6n7p.rdf">http://10.10.10.122:3000/ses/v6n7p.rdf</a></div>
<div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'courier new', monospace"><div> <txn:yearDescribed rdf:datatype="<a href="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#gYear">http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#gYear</a>">1771</txn:yearDescribed></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"><b>Ontology</b> </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"> <!-- <a href="http://lod.taxonconcept.org/ontology/txn.owl#yearDescribed">http://lod.taxonconcept.org/ontology/txn.owl#yearDescribed</a> --></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"> <owl:DatatypeProperty rdf:about="<a href="http://lod.taxonconcept.org/ontology/txn.owl#yearDescribed">http://lod.taxonconcept.org/ontology/txn.owl#yearDescribed</a>"></font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'courier new', monospace"> <rdfs:label rdf:datatype="<a href="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#gYear">http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#gYear</a>">yearDescribed</rdfs:label></font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'courier new', monospace"> <rdfs:comment>The year that the species was originally described</rdfs:comment></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'courier new', monospace"> <rdfs:isDefinedBy rdf:resource="<a href="http://lod.taxonconcept.org/ontology/txn.owl">http://lod.taxonconcept.org/ontology/txn.owl</a>"/></font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'courier new', monospace"> <rdfs:range rdf:resource="<a href="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#gYear">http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#gYear</a>"/></font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'courier new', monospace"> </owl:DatatypeProperty></font></div><div><br></div><div><meta charset="utf-8">- Pete</div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jul 4, 2011 at 5:35 PM, John Wieczorek <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tuco@berkeley.edu">tuco@berkeley.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">Darwin Core Issue 84: <a href="http://goo.gl/8WkJa" target="_blank">http://goo.gl/8WkJa</a><br>
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This issue has not undergone public commentary.<br>
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Open Issues:<br>
Determine if there is a demand for this term. Though the term is<br>
well-described in the issue tracker, there is no evidence of a<br>
real-world need for it. There has to be a demonstrated need from more<br>
than one "independent" source for a term to enter into consideration<br>
for addition to the Darwin Core.<br>
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