I was thinking that it would be best to create a separate class that can be used for populations of a species.

This would require adding an additional tag to the TaxonConcept Species Concept Model, which currently includes several tags like entities

http://lod.taxonconcept.org/ses/mCcSp#Species <- The Species Concept for the Cougar

See http://lod.taxonconcept.org/ses/v6n7p.html HTML

http://lod.taxonconcept.org/ses/v6n7p.rdf RDF

http://lsd.taxonconcept.org/describe/?url=http%3A%2F%2Flod.taxonconcept.org%2Fses%2Fv6n7p%23Species Knowledge Base View (http://bit.ly bit.ly/gMFqR1

The model mints URI's for the following related entities. See RDF. or KB View

http://lod.taxonconcept.org/ses/mCcSp#Image - An image of a Cougar

http://lod.taxonconcept.org/ses/mCcSp#Occurrence - An occurrence of a Cougar

http://lod.taxonconcept.org/ses/mCcSp#Individual - An individual Cougar

http://lod.taxonconcept.org/ses/mCcSp#Taxonomy - A Basic Taxonomy for the Cougar, one alternative among many potential classifications

http://lod.taxonconcept.org/ses/mCcSp#NCBI_Taxonomy - The NCBI Taxonomy for Cougar, or starting at the lowest available clade

http://lod.taxonconcept.org/ses/mCcSp#OriginalDescription - The Original Description of the Cougar, ideally with links to the PDF or BHL URI.

Here is how a subset of these would relate to the new #Population Tag and related semantic entities.

This tag is used an individual organism that that is an instance of the species concept pecies concept RDF.

This allows you to refer to a individual cougar in a way that is separate from the concept of cougar and retains links to other data relating to that species concept.

<txn:SpeciesIndividualTag rdf:about="http://lod.taxonconcept.org/ses/v6n7p#Individual">

<dcterms:title>A Tag for individuals of the species concept Puma concolor se:v6n7p</dcterms:title>

<skos:prefLabel>A Tag-like resource that is used to label individuals of the species concept Puma concolor se:v6n7p</skos:prefLabel>

<dcterms:identifier>http://lod.taxonconcept.org/ses/v6n7p#Individual</dcterms:identifier>

<dcterms:description>A lightweight tag that can be used to label individuals of this species. These allow individual organisms to be modeled as instances of SpeciesIndividualTag</dcterms:description>

<dcterms:isPartOf rdf:resource="http://lod.taxonconcept.org/ses/v6n7p#Species"/>

<wdrs:describedby rdf:resource="http://lod.taxonconcept.org/ses/v6n7p.rdf"/>

</txn:SpeciesIndividualTag>

Add a tag for a species population to the species concept RDF.

This allows you to refer to a population of cougars in a way that is separate for an individual cougar and retains links to other data relating to that species concept.

<txn:SpeciesPopulationTag rdf:about="http://lod.taxonconcept.org/ses/v6n7p#Population">

<dcterms:title>A Tag for populations of the species concept Puma concolor se:v6n7p</dcterms:title>

<skos:prefLabel>A Tag-like resource that is used to label populations of the species concept Puma concolor se:v6n7p</skos:prefLabel>

<dcterms:identifier>http://lod.taxonconcept.org/ses/v6n7p#Population</dcterms:identifier>

<dcterms:description>A lightweight tag that can be used to label populations of this species. These allow populations of a species to be modeled as instances of SpeciesIndividualTag</dcterms:description>

<dcterms:isPartOf rdf:resource="http://lod.taxonconcept.org/ses/v6n7p#Species"/>

<wdrs:describedby rdf:resource="http://lod.taxonconcept.org/ses/v6n7p.rdf"/>

</txn:SpeciesPopulationTag>

This is the RDF for a population, it has as one of it's parts an individual organism.

It is typed to indicate that it refers to a population of Cougars.

<owl:Class rdf:about="http://lod.taxonconcept.org/pops/NorthAmericanCougarPopulation">

<rdf:type rdf:resource="http://lod.taxonconcept.org/ses/v6n7p#Population"/>

<skos:prefLabel>The population of North American Cougars Puma concolor se:v6n7 </skos:prefLabel>

<dcterms:hasPart rdf:resource="http://ocs.taxonconcept.org/ocs/51cd124d-78c5-40aa-a7ff-2e3f58ca6ade#Individual"/>

<wdrs:describedby rdf:resource="http://lod.taxonconcept.org/pops/NorthAmericanCougarPopulation.rdf"/>

</owl:Class>

Respectfully,

- Pete

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Pete DeVries

Department of Entomology

University of Wisconsin - Madison

445 Russell Laboratories

1630 Linden Drive

Madison, WI 53706

Email: pdevries@wisc.edu

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