On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 9:20 AM, Mark Wilden mark@mwilden.com wrote:
On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 7:28 AM, John Wieczorek tuco@berkeley.edu wrote:
Recommended best practice is to use a controlled vocabulary.
This sounds like an incorrect usage of the term "best practice," to me. It can't be a "best practice" to do something that is impossible, and if a controlled vocabulary doesn't exist... As you indicate, this has a requirement that hasn't yet been met.
It is not a requirement, it is a recommendation. It is not impossible, just make a vocabulary. Well, hopefully with some community buy-in and open access. GBIF's vocabulary registry (http://vocabularies.gbif.org/) comes to mind as a solution.
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