December 2013 - tdwg-content

New Term Request - typifiedName
by John Wieczorek 13 Jan '14

13 Jan '14

Dear all, This message is to open public commentary on a request for a new term, typifiedName, submitted by Markus Döring to the Darwin Core issue tracker at https://code.google.com/p/darwincore/issues/detail?id=197. The justification given for inclusion of the term is: "Clear separation of the type status and the typified scientific name that is typified by a type specimen, the subject. Looking at how dwc:typeStatus has been used in all of GBIFs specimen data one can see there is the need to express this, but it should better be handled with a term on its own and leave typeStatus for the status of the type only. The term name itself is also used by ABCD: http://wiki.tdwg.org/twiki/bin/view/ABCD/AbcdConcept0603." The proposal is as follows: Definition: The scientific name that is based on the type specimen. Comment: It is recommended to also indicate the typeStatus of the specimen. Refines: Has Domain: Has Range: Replaces: ABCD 2.06: DataSets/DataSet/Units/Unit/SpecimenUnit/NomenclaturalTypeDesignations/NomenclaturalTypeDesignation/TypifiedName

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dcterms:rights, dcterms:accessRights, and dcterms:license in Darwin Core
by John Wieczorek 29 Dec '13

29 Dec '13

Dear all, Bob Morris recently submitted an issue [1] to the Darwin Core code site showing a potential ambiguity in the inclusion from Dublin Core of both dcterms:rights and dcterms:accessRights in the Simple Darwin Core schema [2]. The ambiguity arises from the fact that dcterms:accessRights is actually a subclass of dcterms:rights. Looking at the Darwin Core documentation about the use of these terms, I noticed that dcterms:rights [3] suggests a license ("http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/") as an example. I think this example is an inappropriate use for the term and instead is an example of a dcterms:license. I think it would be a good idea to add dcterms:license to the list of terms promoted by Darwin Core, especially after reading Peter Desmet's blog posts [4, 5]. If license was indeed the intent for including dcterms:rights in the first place, then perhaps it can be deprecated, leaving only its subtype dcterms:accessRights. Discussion welcome, so that I know whether to submit an issue for these changes to the Darwin Core. Thanks, John [1] https://code.google.com/p/darwincore/issues/detail?id=196 [2] https://darwincore.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/xsd/tdwg_dwc_simple.xsd [3] http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/index.htm#dcterms:rights [4] http://peterdesmet.com/posts/illegal-bullfrogs.html [5] http://www.canadensys.net/2012/why-we-should-publish-our-data-under-cc0

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Re: [tdwg-content] New Term Request - typifiedName
by Richard Pyle 04 Dec '13

04 Dec '13

Yes, I understand that as I mentioned. But what about my question regarding the same specimen being used to typify multiple taxa? Rich From: Gregor Hagedorn [mailto:gregor.hagedorn@mfn-berlin.de] Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2013 7:16 PM To: Richard Pyle Cc: John R. Wieczorek; TDWG Content Mailing List Subject: Re: [tdwg-content] New Term Request - typifiedName I endorse Markus proposal enthusiastically. What Rich writes is appropriate if you use DwC in a structured way, with Identification instances that support a 1:n relation between specimen and identification instances. However, this cannot be assumed for all uses of DwC. Gregor On 4 December 2013 11:51, Richard Pyle <deepreef(a)bishopmuseum.org> wrote: Hmmm..... This is the reason that typeStatus was included in the Identification class -- so that it always is associated with both a specimen (manifest as an occurrence), and to a taxon (name) -- to which the specimen is Identified. This is in keeping with what the concept of a "type specimen" really is -- that is, a specimen is not a type inherently, but rather a specimen is *designated* as a type by someone at some time, via an Identification instance. Of course, because DwC classes are not really intended to be used in an ontological sense, and because most Museums put their "typeStatus" field in their specimen table (rather than in an Identification table), I can certainly understand the need for this proposed new term. I guess my main concern/question is: how to deal with specimens that represent types of more than one name? (not common, but not necessarily an Edge-case either) Aloha, Rich > -----Original Message----- > From: tdwg-content-bounces(a)lists.tdwg.org [mailto:tdwg-content- > bounces(a)lists.tdwg.org] On Behalf Of John Wieczorek > Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2013 4:13 AM > To: TDWG Content Mailing List > Subject: [tdwg-content] New Term Request - typifiedName > > Dear all, > > This message is to open public commentary on a request for a new term, > typifiedName, submitted by Markus Döring to the Darwin Core issue tracker > at https://code.google.com/p/darwincore/issues/detail?id=197. > The justification given for inclusion of the term is: > > "Clear separation of the type status and the typified scientific name that is > typified by a type specimen, the subject. Looking at how dwc:typeStatus has > been used in all of GBIFs specimen data one can see there is the need to > express this, but it should better be handled with a term on its own and > leave typeStatus for the status of the type only. The term name itself is also > used by ABCD: > http://wiki.tdwg.org/twiki/bin/view/ABCD/AbcdConcept0603." > > The proposal is as follows: > > Definition: > The scientific name that is based on the type specimen. > > Comment: > It is recommended to also indicate the typeStatus of the specimen. > > Refines: > > Has Domain: > > Has Range: > > Replaces: > > ABCD 2.06: > DataSets/DataSet/Units/Unit/SpecimenUnit/NomenclaturalTypeDesignation > s/NomenclaturalTypeDesignation/TypifiedName > _______________________________________________ > tdwg-content mailing list > tdwg-content(a)lists.tdwg.org > http://lists.tdwg.org/mailman/listinfo/tdwg-content _______________________________________________ tdwg-content mailing list tdwg-content(a)lists.tdwg.org http://lists.tdwg.org/mailman/listinfo/tdwg-content -- -- --------------------------------- Dr. Gregor Hagedorn Head of Digital World Museum für Naturkunde Leibniz-Institut für Evolutions- und Biodiversitätsforschung Invalidenstrasse 43, 10115 Berlin +49 (0)30 2093 8576 <tel:%2B49%20%280%2930%202093%208576> (work) +49-(0)30-831 5785 <tel:%2B49-%280%2930-831%205785> (private) gregor.hagedorn(a)mfn-berlin.de http://www.naturkundemuseum-berlin.de http://linkedin.com/in/gregorhagedorn This communication, together with any attachments, is intended only for the person(s) to whom it is addressed. Redistributing or publishing it without permission may be a violation of copyright or privacy rights.

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