On Mon, 1 Jul 2013, Steve Baskauf wrote:
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To illustrate this with Darwin Core, the single normative (Type 1) RDF document is http://code.google.com/p/darwincore/source/browse/trunk/rdf/dwctermshistory....
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Steve,
Are you sure that that document is *the* normative Darwin Core? Consider:
i. It is not included in the Download from the Darwin Core Cover Page, http://www.tdwg.org/standards/450/ (I admit that this is weak evidence, since every document that is included in the download is outdated. So whatever the normative standard is, it's not included in the Download from the Darwin Core Cover Page - strange but true.)
ii. It does not define any Darwin Core terms. For example, the document defines http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/dwctype/PreservedSpecimen-2008-11-19 and http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/dwctype/PreservedSpecimen-2011-10-16 but not http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/dwctype/PreservedSpecimen
I always assumed that the normative standard was defined by http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/rdf/dwcterms.rdf and http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/rdf/dwctype.rdf, and (perhaps) http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/ and http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/dwctype/
Could someone please clarify?
Many thanks, Joel.