[tdwg-tag] darwin core terms inside tdwg ontology

[John R. WIECZOREK]

Anything I should do on the DwC side in anticipation of harmony?

http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/index.htm#theterms

On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 6:38 AM, Roger Hyam <rogerhyam at mac.com> wrote:
> Hi Markus,
>
> My plan is to produce an abstract model (a text description of the
> classes and properties) and a series of example concrete models. One
> would be the OWL ontology (perhaps this would be normative not sure
> yet) another would be a CSV file format and a third would be a simple
> (one namespace) XML file format. I will define mappings between all
> these (possibly XSLT to get from XML to CSV and OWL).
>
> I also plan to do a mapping from the IPT checklist format to one or
> all of these things.
>
> It would be good to write a couple of tools to do some auto conversion.
>
> If I cut out all the rubbish and only include what is actually used we
> are only talking two classes and < thirty properties so I should be
> able beat the thing into submission quiet quickly.
>
> All the best,
>
> Roger
>
> On 24 Apr 2009, at 12:07, Markus Döring (GBIF) wrote:
>
>> Roger,
>> if you are working on that already, what do you think are the chances
>> to have a one to one mapping from the taxonomic dwc terms to the names
>> & taxon classes in the ontology?
>>
>> We are using the dwc terms not only for occurrence records, but are
>> already encoding pure taxonomic or nomenclatural checklists with
>> simple dwc terms. Within ECAT and also the Global Names Index /
>> Architecture we have started sharing such checklists encoded as text
>> files which are far easier to handle than TCS-RDF, especially when
>> dealing with hundreds of thousands of names. The expressiveness is of
>> course limited, but it allows us to easily share all of the basic
>> taxonomic/nomenclatural information such as synonyms, basionyms,
>> taxonomic hierarchies, taxon concept reference, original publication,
>> nomenclatural code, nomenclatural & taxonomic status, rank, atomised
>> name parts and the classic higher dwc ranks for each name. I would be
>> super glad to see a convergence with the ontology here.
>>
>> Markus
>>
>>
>>
>> On Apr 24, 2009, at 11:54, Roger Hyam wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Peter,
>>>
>>> The TaxonOccurrence standard is not actually a standard. It is part
>>> of
>>> the vocabulary that was put together two years ago and maps well to
>>> DwC.
>>>
>>> Meanwhile, as Markus points out, DwC has gone its own way.
>>>
>>> The whole TDWG ontology needs some clarification and sorting out and
>>> as Bob points out this is now done on a voluntary basis.
>>>
>>> I am working on the TaxonName and TaxonConcept vocabularies because I
>>> need to use them. I hope I will provide what Markus requests (good
>>> return type definitions for GUIDs) but I will only do it for taxon
>>> names and concepts because that is all I am working on. I hope to
>>> take
>>> this to a stage where it is solid, documented and standardizable.
>>>
>>> This will entail doing some stuff on the way the TDWG ontology/
>>> vocabulary is presented but really it is not my department to do that
>>> alone.
>>>
>>> This is very important for TDWG (as Markus points out).
>>>
>>> What really needs to happen is for people who need things to happen
>>> in
>>> the ontology to role up their sleeves and make them happen.
>>>
>>> For occurrence stuff I recommend you join forces with John Wieczorek.
>>>
>>> All the best,
>>>
>>> Roger
>>>
>>>
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