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iDigBio Train-the-Trainers Georeferencing Workshop Oct 8 - 12, 2012
by Deb Paul 09 Aug '13

09 Aug '13

** Hi Everyone, The Georeferencing Working Group at iDigBio is pleased to announce our first "Train-the-Trainers" Georeferencing Workshop for Thematic Collections Networks (TCNs) and others in engaged in the digitization of biological collections in the United States. See: https://www.idigbio.org/content/idigbios-first-train-trainers-georeferencin… for details. Three slots are still available in this workshop that is designed to focus on training participants to teach others to georeference. If you are interested, please send an application describing the reason(s) for your interest in the workshop, the current and future projects that will benefit from your attendance, and any previous experience you have with georeferencing to iDigBio's Program Assistant, Cathy Bester, cbester(a)flmnh.ufl.edu What: Train-the-Trainers -- Georeferencing Workshop Where: University of Florida, Gainesville, FL Who: Interested members of current TCNs and others in the biodiversity natural history collections community. When: October 8-12, 2012 Contact: Deborah Paul dpaul(a)fsu.edu for further information. Best, Deb and the iDigBio Georeferencing Working Group Deborah Paul User Services, iDigBio Institute for Digital Information, iDigInfo Florida State University Tallahassee, Florida 32308 850-644-6366

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Re: [tdwg-content] minimum/maximum elevation and depth - usage and priority?
by Aaike De Wever 09 Jul '12

09 Jul '12

Dear Markus, Dear all, Thanks a lot for your answers so far. I understand that both the use for specifying a range and for reflecting uncertainties on measurements can go in this field, in the later case / for point data I would also be in favor of having elevationInMeters and elevationUncertaintyInMeters. Given the use of min/max to represent uncertainty, I am again puzzled whether it's actually a good idea of having the same value for both fields if you have only one value at hand (as this could be interpreted as 0 uncertainty...) Regarding the location precision, I am also puzzled why there is both coordinateUncertaintyInMeters and coordinatePrecision... With best regards, Aaike De Wever On 3 Jul 2012, at 10:41, Markus Döring (GBIF) wrote: Hi, I always considered the min/max terms for elevation and depth to be useful to express uncertainties. But if that is the main or only use case wouldn't it be less confusing to treat uncertainty the same way across all geospatial terms? I would much prefer to work with elevationInMeters and elevationUncertaintyInMeters than min max. Markus PS: There are actually 4 terms for location precision right now: coordinateUncertaintyInMeters coordinatePrecision pointRadiusSpatialFit footprintSpatialFit

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InstitutionCode - InstitutionID
by Aaike De Wever 03 Jul '12

03 Jul '12

Dear all, While composing a template and recommendations for the Darwin Core fields to supply for the BioFresh project <http://www.freshwaterbiodiversity.eu/>, similar to what Peter Desmet did for herbaria in Apple Core <http://code.google.com/p/applecore/>, I came across a number of terms which I haven't yet completely understood and hope to get some feedback on from this community. Two of these terms are: InstitutionCode - InstitutionID http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/institutionCode - http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/institutionID The name (or acronym) in use by the institution having custody of the object(s) or information referred to in the record. / An identifier for the institution having custody of the object(s) or information referred to in the record. I guess that the latter term is supposed to be a DOI/GUID for the institute, but am wondering if there is such a thing or whether this field is rather for internal database purposes? Any advise would be appreciated! With best regards, -- Aaike De Wever BioFresh Science Officer Freshwater Laboratory, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences Vautierstraat 29, 1000 Brussels Belgium tel.: +32(0)2 627 43 90 mobile.: +32(0)486 28 05 93 email: <aaike.dewever(a)naturalsciences.be> skype: aaikew AIM: aaike(a)mac.com LinkedIn: <http://be.linkedin.com/in/aaikedewever> BioFresh: <http://www.freshwaterbiodiversity.eu/> and <http://data.freshwaterbiodiversity.eu/> Belgian Biodiversity Platform: <http://www.biodiversity.be>

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use of the terms dcterms:rightsHolder and dcterms:accessRights in existing databases
by Steve Baskauf 03 Jul '12

03 Jul '12

The terms dcterms:rightsHolder and dcterms:accessRights are "imported" from Dublin Core into the Darwin Core record-level vocabulary. I am interested in them for two reasons: there are several issues with the use of those terms as RDF predicates, and they differ from the terms suggested for use in rights management in the draft Audubon Core vocabulary. What I am wondering is how widely are they actually used in databases by our community? If you maintain a database, do you use them? Steve -- Steven J. Baskauf, Ph.D., Senior Lecturer Vanderbilt University Dept. of Biological Sciences postal mail address: VU Station B 351634 Nashville, TN 37235-1634, U.S.A. delivery address: 2125 Stevenson Center 1161 21st Ave., S. Nashville, TN 37235 office: 2128 Stevenson Center phone: (615) 343-4582, fax: (615) 343-6707 http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu

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Re: [tdwg-content] minimum/maximum elevation and depth - usage and priority?
by Aaike De Wever 03 Jul '12

03 Jul '12

Dear John, Dear all, Thanks a lot for the answers so far. I am still curious about a good example of the min/max use, at first I thought the trawl sampling was a good example as well, but I guess it rather applies if you sampled an area with a certain radius around the provided coordinates. As most data we will encounter will come from a single point/elevation/depth, I am just a little worried that it may puzzle data providers that they have to provide both min and max. With best regards, Aaike Hi Aaike, These values are indeed meant to capture the range of possible elevation/depth or the extent of them. If there upper and lower bounds are the same, then the values in the minimum and maximum should be the same. Cheers, John On Mon, Jul 2, 2012 at 8:38 AM, Aaike De Wever <aaike.dewever(a)naturalsciences.be> wrote: Dear all, Following on my previous email, I also had a question on the following terms: * minimumElevationInMeters - maximumElevationInMeters http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/minimumElevationInMeters - http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/maximumElevationInMeters The lower limit of the range of elevation (altitude, usually above sea level), in meters. * minimumDepthInMeters - maximumDepthInMeters http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/minimumDepthInMeters - http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/maximumDepthInMeters The lesser/greater depth of a range of depth below the local surface, in meters. Both for elevation and depth there are two terms representing the minimum and maximum, which I figure are meant to provide a range. As in most cases, for point data, there will be only one elevation and depth value, I was wondering what is the recommended best practice for these terms. Should one use minimum or maximum or provide the same value for both terms? Any advise on this would be appreciated! With best regards, -- Aaike De Wever BioFresh Science Officer Freshwater Laboratory, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences Vautierstraat 29, 1000 Brussels Belgium tel.: +32(0)2 627 43 90 mobile.: +32(0)486 28 05 93 email: <aaike.dewever(a)naturalsciences.be> skype: aaikew AIM: aaike(a)mac.com LinkedIn: <http://be.linkedin.com/in/aaikedewever> BioFresh: <http://www.freshwaterbiodiversity.eu/> and <http://data.freshwaterbiodiversity.eu/> Belgian Biodiversity Platform: <http://www.biodiversity.be> _______________________________________________ tdwg-content mailing list tdwg-content(a)lists.tdwg.org http://lists.tdwg.org/mailman/listinfo/tdwg-content

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minimum/maximum elevation and depth - usage and priority?
by Aaike De Wever 02 Jul '12

02 Jul '12

Dear all, While composing a template and recommendations for the Darwin Core fields to supply for the BioFresh project <http://www.freshwaterbiodiversity.eu/>, similar to what Peter Desmet did for herbaria in Apple Core <http://code.google.com/p/applecore/>, I came across a number of terms which I haven't yet completely understood and hope to get some feedback on from this community. The terms I am referring to are: * minimumElevationInMeters - maximumElevationInMeters http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/minimumElevationInMeters - http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/maximumElevationInMeters The lower limit of the range of elevation (altitude, usually above sea level), in meters. * minimumDepthInMeters - maximumDepthInMeters http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/minimumDepthInMeters - http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/maximumDepthInMeters The lesser/greater depth of a range of depth below the local surface, in meters. Both for elevation and depth there are two terms representing the minimum and maximum, which I figure are meant to provide a range. As in most cases, for point data, there will be only one elevation and depth value, I was wondering what is the recommended best practice for these terms. Should one use minimum or maximum or provide the same value for both terms? Any advise on this would be appreciated! With best regards, -- Aaike De Wever BioFresh Science Officer Freshwater Laboratory, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences Vautierstraat 29, 1000 Brussels Belgium tel.: +32(0)2 627 43 90 mobile.: +32(0)486 28 05 93 email: <aaike.dewever(a)naturalsciences.be> skype: aaikew AIM: aaike(a)mac.com LinkedIn: <http://be.linkedin.com/in/aaikedewever> BioFresh: <http://www.freshwaterbiodiversity.eu/> and <http://data.freshwaterbiodiversity.eu/> Belgian Biodiversity Platform: <http://www.biodiversity.be>

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minimum/maximum elevation and depth - usage and priority?
by Aaike De Wever 02 Jul '12

02 Jul '12

Dear all, Following on my previous email, I also had a question on the following terms: * minimumElevationInMeters - maximumElevationInMeters http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/minimumElevationInMeters - http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/maximumElevationInMeters The lower limit of the range of elevation (altitude, usually above sea level), in meters. * minimumDepthInMeters - maximumDepthInMeters http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/minimumDepthInMeters - http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/maximumDepthInMeters The lesser/greater depth of a range of depth below the local surface, in meters. Both for elevation and depth there are two terms representing the minimum and maximum, which I figure are meant to provide a range. As in most cases, for point data, there will be only one elevation and depth value, I was wondering what is the recommended best practice for these terms. Should one use minimum or maximum or provide the same value for both terms? Any advise on this would be appreciated! With best regards, -- Aaike De Wever BioFresh Science Officer Freshwater Laboratory, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences Vautierstraat 29, 1000 Brussels Belgium tel.: +32(0)2 627 43 90 mobile.: +32(0)486 28 05 93 email: <aaike.dewever(a)naturalsciences.be> skype: aaikew AIM: aaike(a)mac.com LinkedIn: <http://be.linkedin.com/in/aaikedewever> BioFresh: <http://www.freshwaterbiodiversity.eu/> and <http://data.freshwaterbiodiversity.eu/> Belgian Biodiversity Platform: <http://www.biodiversity.be>

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Beginner's Guide to RDF now available
by Steve Baskauf 01 Jul '12

01 Jul '12

The Beginner's Guide to RDF is now available at the TDWG-RDF Task Group's website via the RRL http://code.google.com/p/tdwg-rdf/wiki/Beginners The guide is intended to serve as an introduction for persons who are not already familiar with RDF and OWL, and as a reference for those who would like organized access to reference material on those topics. The information is presented with minimal formal language and includes functional examples from the biodiversity informatics community. Thanks to the members of the Task Group who provided clarification and examples during discussion prior to writing the guide and especially to Paul Murray and Bob Morris who provided helpful feedback on drafts of the guide. Steve Baskauf TDWG-RDF Task Group co-convener -- Steven J. Baskauf, Ph.D., Senior Lecturer Vanderbilt University Dept. of Biological Sciences postal mail address: VU Station B 351634 Nashville, TN 37235-1634, U.S.A. delivery address: 2125 Stevenson Center 1161 21st Ave., S. Nashville, TN 37235 office: 2128 Stevenson Center phone: (615) 343-4582, fax: (615) 343-6707 http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu

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