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Getting caught up on this thread after a holiday. <br>
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Some previous discussion on dwc:establishmentMeans in 2010 was at:<br>
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The opinion expressed in that thread was that dwc:establishmentMeans
was a property of an organism at a particular place and time (i.e. an
Occurrence.): how did a particular organism come to be in that place at
that time. In that view, an organism might be at a location because it
was a representative of a native species, or because it was managed at
that location by humans. In that perspective, it would not make sense
to use the value "invasive" with dwc:establishmentMeans because that is
more of a property of a species at a location rather than an individual
organism at that location and time. <br>
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<div>I've been working on a proposal to improve Darwin Core for use
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<div>The proposal is for a new term "origin" and suggested
vocabularies for establishmentMeans and occurrenceStatus.</div>
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<div>I'd welcome your feedback on the proposal.</div>
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<div>From my perspective it provides some needed clarity on
the establishmentMeans and occurrenceStatus fields, but also adds the
origin that is needed for invasive species research and for
conservation assessments.</div>
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<div>I'm not sure of the best way to discuss this, but if you have
concrete proposals for changes you might raise them as issues on
GitHub, as well as mentioning them here.</div>
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<div>Regards</div>
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