Hi all, 
In preparation for our meeting this week. I will kindly ask you to
review the definition of the new term sumQuantities which allows the users to undertand
 if the dwc:organismQuantity should
 be summed or not to get final species counts (see below).
Also,
 we started the Implementation
 Experience Report,
based on the Audubon example shared by Steve.
Please start completing the sections with your experience or thoughts.  
Thank
 you and see you on Wednesday!
sumQuantities  Please
 suggest changes for current definition/comments below!
- 
Definition: The
 total detected quantity for a Taxon in an Event is the sum of all dwc:organismQuantity for the Taxon in the Event.
 - 
Comments: Recommended
 values are True and False. If True, the total detected quantity of organisms for a Taxon in an Event is the sum of all
dwc:organismQuantity for the Taxon in the Event and dwc:organismQuantity
 can be 
added to
 get the total detected quantity of organisms in an Event. If false, the total detected quantity
of
 organisms for a Taxon in an Event is the dwc:organismQuantity of the least specific category listed for the Taxon in the Event and dwc:organismQuantity
 can not be added to get the total detected quantity of organisms in an Event. 
 - 
Examples: "`true`,
 `false`"
 
For
 more context, see Humbold
 case study. Based on the example tables that John created I simplified below for easy interpretation of this term (PLEASE JOHN CORRECT IF ANYTHING IS WRONG): 
- 
ebird
 case where organismQuantity (for
 ebird_target_1 = species level) is
 the sum of organismQuantity
 for
that specific taxonomic level
 (only 2 organisms at the species level were detected not including the subspecies). Then, sumQuantities
 =TRUE because to
 get the total number of organisms detected in the Event without
 a taxon level distinction (15),
 the organismQuantity CAN
 be added (2+13=15).
IF there had been a target "Aves" with count 15 (ebird_target_0),
the
 total number of organisms detected would have been 30 (15 Aves unidentified to species and 2+13 Aves identified to species.
 - 
obis
 case where organismQuantity (for
 bw_target_3 = Electrona antarctica without lifestage distinction) is
 already the sum of organismQuantity
for
the more specific targets (lava and postmeta, 15=13 +2). Then, sumQuantities
 = FALSE because to
 get the total number of organisms detected in the Event without
 a lifestage distinction (15),
 the organismQuantity CANNOT
 be added (15+2+13=30).
IF the Electrona antarctica count without any lifeStage distinction (bw_target_3)
 had been 17, that means that there were 17 total E. antarctica and 2 of them were not larvae or postmetas.
 
 
| 
 
eventID 
 | 
 
targetID 
 | 
 
sumQuantities 
 | 
 
include 
Or 
Exclude 
 | 
 
targetTraitType 
 | 
 
targetTraitValue 
 | 
 
targetTraitUnit 
 | 
 
isReportingComplete 
 | 
| 
 
ebird_event_1 
 | 
 
ebird_target_1 
 | 
 
TRUE 
 | 
 
include 
 | 
 
taxon 
 | 
 
Aves 
 | 
 
 | 
 
TRUE 
 | 
| 
 
ebird_event_1 
 | 
 
ebird_target_1 
 | 
 
TRUE 
 | 
 
include 
 | 
 
taxonRank 
 | 
 
species 
 | 
 
 | 
 
TRUE 
 | 
| 
 
bw_event_3 
 | 
 
bw_target_3 
 | 
 
FALSE 
 | 
 
include 
 | 
 
taxon 
 | 
 
Electrona antarctica 
 | 
 
 | 
 
TRUE 
 | 
| 
 
bw_event_3 
 | 
 
bw_target_4 
 | 
 
FALSE 
 | 
 
include 
 | 
 
taxon 
 | 
 
Electrona antarctica 
 | 
 
 | 
 
TRUE 
 | 
| 
 
bw_event_3 
 | 
 
bw_target_4 
 | 
 
FALSE 
 | 
 
include 
 | 
 
lifeStage 
 | 
 
larva 
 | 
 
 | 
 
TRUE 
 | 
| 
 
bw_event_3 
 | 
 
bw_target_5 
 | 
 
FALSE 
 | 
 
include 
 | 
 
taxon 
 | 
 
Electrona antarctica 
 | 
 
 | 
 
TRUE 
 | 
| 
 
bw_event_3 
 | 
 
bw_target_5 
 | 
 
FALSE 
 | 
 
include 
 | 
 
lifeStage 
 | 
 
postmeta 
 | 
 
 | 
 
TRUE 
 | 
| 
 
targetID 
 | 
 
observedTaxon 
 | 
 
organismQuantity 
 | 
 
organismQuantityType 
 | 
| 
 
ebird_target_1 
 | 
 
Hirundo rustica 
 | 
 
2 
 | 
 
individuals 
 | 
| 
 
ebird_target_1 
 | 
 
Hirundo rustica rustica 
 | 
 
13 
 | 
 
individuals 
 | 
| 
 
bw_target_3 
 | 
 
Electrona antarctica 
 | 
 
15 
 | 
 
individuals 
 | 
| 
 
bw_target_4 
 | 
 
Electrona antarctica 
 | 
 
13 
 | 
 
individuals 
 | 
| 
 
bw_target_5 
 | 
 
Electrona antarctica 
 | 
 
2 
 | 
 
individuals 
 | 
 
 
 
 
Yanina V. Sica, PhD
Lead Data Team
Yale University
 
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