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<p>Hi Steve, Matt, et al<br>
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On 2017-03-14 7:00 AM, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:tdwg-content-request@lists.tdwg.org">tdwg-content-request@lists.tdwg.org</a> wrote:<br>
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<pre wrap="">We are now midway through the 30 day public comment period on the SDS and so
far, that issue has not come up. I was recently listening to the recording
of John Wieczorek's nice Darwin Core Hour presentation on controlled
vocabularies and it was apparent to me that the creation of controlled
vocabularies is an issue of interest to many in the community. So I've
written a blog post
(<a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://baskauf.blogspot.com/2017/03/controlled-values-again.html">http://baskauf.blogspot.com/2017/03/controlled-values-again.html</a>) that
attempts to explain in non-technical terms how the SDS specifies that
controlled vocabularies should be expressed in machine-readable form. For
those who are interested in the gory details, I've also included at the end
a more detailed explanation of the rationale for specifying that controlled
vocabularies should, in most cases, be described as SKOS concept schemes
rather than ontologies.</pre>
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For those of you interested in the on-going controlled vocabularies
discussion, please do come to the next iDigBio Darwin Core Hour,
brought to you by the iDigBio Data Mgmt Interest Group. You'll
discover a bit more about what's found in some of these 23 fields
where dwc suggests use of a cv. Paula Zermoglio presents: <a
href="https://www.idigbio.org/content/darwin-core-hour-thousands-shades-%E2%80%9Ccontrolled%E2%80%9D-vocabularies">Darwin
Core Hour: Thousands of shades for “Controlled” Vocabularies</a>.
Having TDWG members present at dwc hours is invaluable - as the
broader community in the webinar strives to understand what the
related data quality issues are, and what they can do about them at
from their vantage point.
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<pre wrap="">If you care about the creation of controlled vocabularies, you should take a
look at this post and create an official comment if there are things you
don't like about the approach taken in the proposed specification. Our
review manager, Dag Endresen, has requested that issues be raised on the
issue tracker at <a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://github.com/tdwg/vocab/issues">https://github.com/tdwg/vocab/issues</a> . However,
historically back-and-forth discussion about proposed standards has also
taken place on this list, so I think that responding here for clarification
and discussion would be appropriate prior to submitting an official comment.</pre>
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I'd also like to suggest if you think of a topic for another dwc
hour / and you've someone in mind to present (yourself maybe?),
please send us your ideas - using the Darwin Core Hour Input Form:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://tinyurl.com/zja2muz">https://tinyurl.com/zja2muz</a><br>
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Best,<br>
Deb, et al in the iDigBio Data Mgmt Interest Group<br>
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