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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Dear All,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>GBIF is committed to exploring ways in which the IPT and Darwin Core Archive format can be extended for publishing sample-based data sets. In association with the EU BON project [1], a customised version of the IPT [2] has been deployed to test this using a special type of Darwin Core Archive in which the core is an “Event” with associated taxon occurrences in an “Occurrence” extension.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The Darwin Core vocabulary already provides a rich set of terms with many relevant for describing sample-based data. Synthesising several sources of input (GBIF organised workshop on sample data, May 2013 [3], discussions on the TDWG mailing list in late 2013; internal discussion among EU BON project partners), five new terms relating to sample data were identified as essential. The complete model including these new terms are fully described with examples in the online document “Publishing sample data using the GBIF IPT” [4].<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>As a first step towards ratification, we would like to register the new terms in the DwC Google Code tracker [5] if there are no major objections on this list. The five terms are:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>1.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]><b>quantity</b>: the number or enumeration value of the quantityType (e.g., individuals, biomass, biovolume, BraunBlanquetScale) per samplingUnit or a percentage measure recorded for the sample.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>2.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]><b>quantityType</b>: : the entity being referred to by quantity, e.g., individuals, biomass, %species, scale type.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>3.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]><b>samplingGeometry</b>: an indication of what kind of space was sampled; select from point, line, area or volume.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>4.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]><b>samplingUnit</b>: the unit of measurement used for reporting the quantity in the sample, e.g., minute, hour, day, metre, metre^2, metre^3. It is combined with quantity and quantityType to provide the complete measurement, e.g., 9 individuals per day, 4 biomass-gm per metre^2.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>5.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]><b>eventSeriesID</b>: an identifier for a set of events that are associated in some way, e.g., a monitoring series; may be a global unique identifier or an identifier specific to the series.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Best regards,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Éamonn<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>[1] <a href="http://eubon.eu">http://eubon.eu</a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>[2] <a href="http://eubon-ipt.gbif.org">http://eubon-ipt.gbif.org</a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>[3] <a href="http://www.standardsingenomics.org/index.php/sigen/article/view/sigs.4898640">http://www.standardsingenomics.org/index.php/sigen/article/view/sigs.4898640</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>[4]<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><span style='color:#1F497D'><a href="http://links.gbif.org/sample_data_model"><span style='color:purple'>http://links.gbif.org/sample_data_model</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>[5] <a href="https://code.google.com/p/darwincore/issues/list">https://code.google.com/p/darwincore/issues/list</a> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>____________________________________________________<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>Éamonn Ó Tuama, M.Sc., Ph.D. (eotuama@gbif.org), <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>Senior Programme Officer for Interoperability, <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>Global Biodiversity Information Facility Secretariat, <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>Universitetsparken 15, DK-2100, Copenhagen Ø, DENMARK<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>Phone: +45 3532 1494; Fax: +45 3532 1480<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>