<div>I thought these examples might help people get their head around this idea of &quot;Individual&quot;</div><div><br></div><div>For some email systems the long version of these URI&#39;s are escaped so have added <a href="http://bit.ly">bit.ly</a> links to should also work.</div>
<div><br></div><div>They are all collected into this <a href="http://bit.ly">bit.ly</a> bundle <a href="http://bitly.com/okM8h0">http://bitly.com/okM8h0</a></div><div><br></div><div>These are from records that can be browsed here <a href="http://ocs.taxonconcept.org/ocs/index.html">http://ocs.taxonconcept.org/ocs/index.html</a><br>
<br></div><div><a href="http://lod.taxonconcept.org/ses/ICmLC.html">http://lod.taxonconcept.org/ses/ICmLC.html</a><br></div><div><div><b>owl:Class</b></div><div><b>txn:SpeciesConcept</b></div><div><a href="http://lsd.taxonconcept.org/describe/?url=http%3A%2F%2Flod.taxonconcept.org%2Fses%2FICmLC%23Species">http://lsd.taxonconcept.org/describe/?url=http%3A%2F%2Flod.taxonconcept.org%2Fses%2FICmLC%23Species</a></div>
<div><a href="http://bitly.com/f9MUfe ">http://bitly.com/f9MUfe </a><br></div><div><br></div><div><b><a href="http://ocs.taxonconcept.org/ocs/f522444a-2dd9-400e-be59-47213ef38cb9.html">http://ocs.taxonconcept.org/ocs/f522444a-2dd9-400e-be59-47213ef38cb9.html</a><br>
</b></div><div><b>txn_se:ICmLC#Occurrence</b></div><div><b>txn:Occurrence</b></div><div><a href="http://lsd.taxonconcept.org/describe/?url=http://ocs.taxonconcept.org/ocs/f522444a-2dd9-400e-be59-47213ef38cb9%23Occurrence">http://lsd.taxonconcept.org/describe/?url=http://ocs.taxonconcept.org/ocs/f522444a-2dd9-400e-be59-47213ef38cb9%23Occurrence</a></div>
<div><meta charset="utf-8"><a href="http://bitly.com/h00Q9u ">http://bitly.com/h00Q9u </a><br></div><div><br></div><div><b>txn_se:ICmLC#Individual</b></div><div><b>txn:SpeciesIndividual</b></div><div><a href="http://lsd.taxonconcept.org/describe/?url=http%3A%2F%2Focs.taxonconcept.org%2Focs%2Ff522444a-2dd9-400e-be59-47213ef38cb9%23Individual">http://lsd.taxonconcept.org/describe/?url=http%3A%2F%2Focs.taxonconcept.org%2Focs%2Ff522444a-2dd9-400e-be59-47213ef38cb9%23Individual</a></div>
<div><meta charset="utf-8"><a href="http://bitly.com/hqaOyS ">http://bitly.com/hqaOyS </a><br></div><div><br></div><div><b>txn:SpeciesIndividualTag</b></div><div><a href="http://lsd.taxonconcept.org/describe/?url=http%3A%2F%2Flod.taxonconcept.org%2Fses%2FICmLC%23Individual">http://lsd.taxonconcept.org/describe/?url=http%3A%2F%2Flod.taxonconcept.org%2Fses%2FICmLC%23Individual</a></div>
<div><meta charset="utf-8"><a href="http://bitly.com/oM7X6Q ">http://bitly.com/oM7X6Q </a><br></div><div><br></div><div>  * Note </div><div>  <b>is type of txn_ocs</b>:f522444a-2dd9-400e-be59-47213ef38cb9#Individual</div>
</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>- Pete</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jul 4, 2011 at 4:48 PM, John Wieczorek <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:tuco@berkeley.edu">tuco@berkeley.edu</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">Darwin Core Issues 69 and 80: <a href="http://code.google.com/p/darwincore/issues/list" target="_blank">http://code.google.com/p/darwincore/issues/list</a><br>

<br>
This issue is related to the issue of Evidence (CollectionObject,<br>
Representation, Token, Unit) covered in a previous posting. In the<br>
Darwin Core there is currently no separate class to explicitly<br>
represent the biological entities involved in an Occurrence. This is<br>
problematic when trying to be explicit about the attributes of these<br>
entities in the semantic world. Various names have been given to this<br>
concept, including &quot;Individual&quot;, &quot;BiologicalIndividual&quot;,<br>
&quot;BiologicalEntity&quot;, &quot;Organism&quot;, and &quot;DataSets/DataSet/Units/Unit&quot; in<br>
ABCD.<br>
<br>
Open Issues:<br>
Determine if there is a general consensus on the need for new class<br>
for this concept.<br>
<br>
The best name for this class.<br>
<br>
Create a new Type Vocabulary term referring to this new class.<br>
<br>
Decide which properties currently organized under Occurrence should<br>
instead be organized under this new class.<br>
<br>
As a seed for further discussion, here is a complete proposal.<br>
==============<br>
Term Name: BiologicalEntity<br>
Identifier:     <a href="http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/BiologicalEntity" target="_blank">http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/BiologicalEntity</a><br>
Namespace:      <a href="http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/" target="_blank">http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/</a><br>
Label:  BiologicalEntity<br>
Definition:     The category of information pertaining to an individual organism or<br>
a group of organisms that can reliably be known to represent a single taxon.<br>
Comment:         For discussion see<br>
<a href="http://code.google.com/p/darwincore/wiki/BiologicalEntity" target="_blank">http://code.google.com/p/darwincore/wiki/BiologicalEntity</a><br>
Type of Term:   <a href="http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#Class" target="_blank">http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#Class</a><br>
Refines:<br>
Status: recommended<br>
Date Issued:    2011-07-04<br>
Date Modified:  2011-07-04<br>
Has Domain:<br>
Has Range:<br>
Version:        BiologicalEntity-2011-07-04<br>
Replaces:<br>
Is Replaced By:<br>
Class:<br>
ABCD 2.06:      {DataSets/DataSet/Units/Unit/CultureCollectionUnit or<br>
DataSets/DataSet/Units/Unit/MycologicalUnit or<br>
DataSets/DataSet/Units/Unit/HerbariumUnit or<br>
DataSets/DataSet/Units/Unit/BotanicalGardenUnit or<br>
DataSets/DataSet/Units/Unit/PlantGeneticResourceUnit or<br>
DataSets/DataSet/Units/Unit/ZoologicalUnit or<br>
DataSets/DataSet/Units/Unit/PalaeontologicalUnit or<br>
DataSets/DataSet/Units/Unit/MultimediaObjects/MultimediaObject}<br>
<br>
Term Name: BiologicalEntity<br>
Identifier:     <a href="http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/dwctype/BiologicalEntity" target="_blank">http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/dwctype/BiologicalEntity</a><br>
Namespace:      <a href="http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/dwctype/" target="_blank">http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/dwctype/</a><br>
Label:  BiologicalEntity<br>
Definition:     A resource describing an instance of the BiologicalEntity class.<br>
Comment:         For discussion see<br>
<a href="http://code.google.com/p/darwincore/wiki/DwCTypeVocabulary" target="_blank">http://code.google.com/p/darwincore/wiki/DwCTypeVocabulary</a><br>
Type of Term:   <a href="http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#Class" target="_blank">http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#Class</a><br>
Refines:<br>
Status: recommended<br>
Date Issued:    2011-07-04<br>
Date Modified:  2011-07-04<br>
Member Of:      <a href="http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/DwCType" target="_blank">http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/DwCType</a><br>
Has Domain:<br>
Has Range:<br>
Version:        BiologicalEntity-2011-07-04<br>
Replaces:<br>
Is Replaced By:<br>
Class:<br>
ABCD 2.06:      not in ABCD<br>
<br>
Term Name: biologicalEntityID<br>
Identifier:     <a href="http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/biologicalEntityID" target="_blank">http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/biologicalEntityID</a><br>
Namespace:      <a href="http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/" target="_blank">http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/</a><br>
Label:  biologicalEntityID<br>
Definition:     An identifier for the set of information associated with<br>
an BiologicalEntity. May be a global unique identifier or an<br>
identifier specific to the data set.<br>
Comment:        For discussion see<br>
<a href="http://code.google.com/p/darwincore/wiki/BiologicalEntity" target="_blank">http://code.google.com/p/darwincore/wiki/BiologicalEntity</a><br>
Type of Term:   <a href="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property" target="_blank">http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property</a><br>
Refines:        <a href="http://purl.org/dc/terms/identifier" target="_blank">http://purl.org/dc/terms/identifier</a><br>
Status: recommended<br>
Date Issued:    2011-07-04<br>
Date Modified:  2011-07-04<br>
Has Domain:<br>
Has Range:<br>
Version:        biologicalEntityID-2011-07-04<br>
Replaces:       individualID-2009-04-24<br>
Is Replaced By:<br>
Class:  <a href="http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/BiologicalEntity" target="_blank">http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/BiologicalEntity</a><br>
ABCD 2.06:      DataSets/DataSet/Units/Unit/<br>
<br>
Term Name: biologicalEntityRemarks<br>
Identifier:     <a href="http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/biologicalEntityRemarks" target="_blank">http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/biologicalEntityRemarks</a><br>
Namespace:      <a href="http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/" target="_blank">http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/</a><br>
Label:  biologicalEntityRemarks<br>
Definition:     Comments or notes about the BiologicalEntity.<br>
Comment:        Example: &quot;seen several times in Tilden Park before capture&quot;.<br>
For discussion see<br>
<a href="http://code.google.com/p/darwincore/wiki/CollectionObject" target="_blank">http://code.google.com/p/darwincore/wiki/CollectionObject</a><br>
Type of Term:   <a href="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property" target="_blank">http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property</a><br>
Refines:<br>
Status: recommended<br>
Date Issued:    2011-07-04<br>
Date Modified:  2009-07-04<br>
Has Domain:<br>
Has Range:<br>
Version:        biologicalEntityRemarks-2011-07-04<br>
Replaces:<br>
Is Replaced By:<br>
Class:  <a href="http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/BiologicalEntity" target="_blank">http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/BiologicalEntity</a><br>
ABCD 2.06:      DataSets/DataSet/Units/Unit/Notes<br>
<br>
Term Name: associatedBiologicalEntities<br>
Identifier:     <a href="http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/associatedBiologicalEntities" target="_blank">http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/associatedBiologicalEntities</a><br>
Namespace:      <a href="http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/" target="_blank">http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/</a><br>
Label:  associatedBiologicalEntities<br>
Definition:     A list (concatenated and separated) of identifiers of<br>
other BiologicalEntity records and their associations to this<br>
BiologicalEntity.<br>
Comment:        Example: &quot;sibling of MXA-231; sibling of MXA-232&quot;. For<br>
discussion see <a href="http://code.google.com/p/darwincore/wiki/BiologicalEntity" target="_blank">http://code.google.com/p/darwincore/wiki/BiologicalEntity</a><br>
Type of Term:   <a href="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property" target="_blank">http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property</a><br>
Refines:<br>
Status: recommended<br>
Date Issued:    2011-07-04<br>
Date Modified:  2011-07-04<br>
Has Domain:<br>
Has Range:<br>
Version:        associatedBiologicalEntities-2011-07-04<br>
Replaces:       associatedOccurrences-2009-04-24<br>
Is Replaced By:<br>
Class:  <a href="http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/BiologicalEntity" target="_blank">http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/BiologicalEntity</a><br>
ABCD 2.06:      DataSets/DataSet/Units/Unit/Associations/UnitAssociation/AssociatedUnitSourceInstitutionCode<br>
+ DataSets/DataSet/Units/Unit/Associations/UnitAssociation/AssociatedUnitSourceName<br>
+ DataSets/DataSet/Units/Unit/Associations/UnitAssociation/AssociatedUnitID<br>
<br>
Terms to be organized under biologicalEntity rather than Occurrence:<br>
previousIdentifications<br>
associatedMedia<br>
associatedReferences<br>
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