I have a new update to my data set. It is not in the cloud yet but you can download it or run queries on my server.<div><br></div><div>See <a href="http://www.taxonconcept.org/rdf_and_sitemap/">http://www.taxonconcept.org/rdf_and_sitemap/</a><br>
<div><br></div><div>The USDA Plants data set has lists of plants expected in each county and state.</div><div><br></div><div>I have marked up this data as triples for several states in the Midwest as well as Massachusetts and Texas.</div>
<div><br></div><div>I have also marked up the data for each Wisconsin County.</div><div><br></div><div>The USDA data set also has an attribute called &quot;GrowthForm&quot;</div><div><br></div><div>I have these attributes marked up in this vocabulary </div>
<div><br></div><div>OWL <a href="http://lod.taxonconcept.org/ontology/usda_plants.owl">http://lod.taxonconcept.org/ontology/usda_plants.owl</a></div><div><br></div><div>Doc <a href="http://lod.taxonconcept.org/ontology/usda_plants_doc/index.html">http://lod.taxonconcept.org/ontology/usda_plants_doc/index.html</a></div>
<div><br></div><div>Here are the Growth forms I have as triples.</div><div><br></div><div><div>usda_plant:Growth_Habit_Tree</div><div>usda_plant:Growth_Habit_Shrub</div><div>usda_plant:Growth_Habit_Subshrub</div><div>usda_plant:Growth_Habit_Forb_Herb</div>
<div>usda_plant:Growth_Habit_Graminoid</div></div><div><br></div><div>You can see this in this example from the Knowledge Base</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://lsd.taxonconcept.org/describe/?url=http%3A%2F%2Flod.taxonconcept.org%2Fses%2FHak3o%23Species">http://lsd.taxonconcept.org/describe/?url=http%3A%2F%2Flod.taxonconcept.org%2Fses%2FHak3o%23Species</a><br>
</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://bit.ly">bit.ly</a> <a href="http://bit.ly/locSNl">http://bit.ly/locSNl</a></div><div><br></div><div>You can now run the following kinds of queries:</div><div><br></div><div>What plants with the USDA Growth Form <meta charset="utf-8">Forb_Herb are expected in Door County WI.</div>
<div><br></div><div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="&#39;courier new&#39;, monospace">PREFIX txn:  &lt;<a href="http://lod.taxonconcept.org/ontology/txn.owl#">http://lod.taxonconcept.org/ontology/txn.owl#</a>&gt;</font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="&#39;courier new&#39;, monospace">PREFIX rdf:  &lt;<a href="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#">http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#</a>&gt;</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="&#39;courier new&#39;, monospace">PREFIX dcterms: &lt;<a href="http://purl.org/dc/terms/">http://purl.org/dc/terms/</a>&gt;</font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="&#39;courier new&#39;, monospace">PREFIX door_county_wi:  &lt;<a href="http://sws.geonames.org/5250768/">http://sws.geonames.org/5250768/</a>&gt;</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="&#39;courier new&#39;, monospace">PREFIX usda_plant:  &lt;<a href="http://lod.taxonconcept.org/ontology/usda_plants.owl#">http://lod.taxonconcept.org/ontology/usda_plants.owl#</a>&gt; </font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="&#39;courier new&#39;, monospace"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="&#39;courier new&#39;, monospace">select distinct ?s, ?o as ?image,  ?col_class, ?sciname where {</font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="&#39;courier new&#39;, monospace"> ?s rdf:type txn:SpeciesConcept.</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="&#39;courier new&#39;, monospace"> ?s rdf:type usda_plant:Growth_Habit_Forb_Herb.</font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="&#39;courier new&#39;, monospace"> ?s txn:isExpectedIn door_county_wi:.</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="&#39;courier new&#39;, monospace"> ?s txn:inCoLClass ?col_class.</font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="&#39;courier new&#39;, monospace"> ?s txn:hasScientificName   ?sciname.</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="&#39;courier new&#39;, monospace"> optional {?s  txn:thumbnail ?o.}.</font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="&#39;courier new&#39;, monospace"> }</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="&#39;courier new&#39;, monospace"> ORDER BY ASC(?col_class)</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="&#39;courier new&#39;, monospace"> </font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="&#39;courier new&#39;, monospace"> limit 650</font></div><div><br></div>This link is the query encoded in a URI </div><div>&lt;<a href="http://lsd.taxonconcept.org/isparql/view/?query=PREFIX%20txn%3A%20%20%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Flod.taxonconcept.org%2Fontology%2Ftxn.owl%23%3E%0APREFIX%20rdf%3A%20%20%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F1999%2F02%2F22-rdf-syntax-ns%23%3E%0APREFIX%20dcterms%3A%20%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fpurl.org%2Fdc%2Fterms%2F%3E%0APREFIX%20door_county_wi%3A%20%20%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fsws.geonames.org%2F5250768%2F%3E%0APREFIX%20usda_plant%3A%20%20%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Flod.taxonconcept.org%2Fontology%2Fusda_plants.owl%23%3E%20%0A%0Aselect%20distinct%20%3Fs%2C%20%3Fo%20as%20%3Fimage%2C%20%20%3Fcol_class%2C%20%3Fsciname%20where%20{%0A%20%3Fs%20rdf%3Atype%20txn%3ASpeciesConcept.%0A%20%3Fs%20rdf%3Atype%20usda_plant%3AGrowth_Habit_Forb_Herb.%0A%20%3Fs%20txn%3AisExpectedIn%20door_county_wi%3A.%0A%20%3Fs%20txn%3AinCoLClass%20%3Fcol_class.%0A%20%3Fs%20txn%3AhasScientificName%20%20%20%3Fsciname.%0A%20optional%20{%3Fs%20%20txn%3Athumbnail%20%3Fo.}.%0A%20}%0A%20ORDER%20BY%20ASC(%3Fcol_class)%0A%20%0A%20limit%20650%0A&amp;endpoint=/sparql&amp;maxrows=650&amp;default-graph-uri=&amp;view=1">http://lsd.taxonconcept.org/isparql/view/?query=PREFIX%20txn%3A%20%20%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Flod.taxonconcept.org%2Fontology%2Ftxn.owl%23%3E%0APREFIX%20rdf%3A%20%20%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F1999%2F02%2F22-rdf-syntax-ns%23%3E%0APREFIX%20dcterms%3A%20%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fpurl.org%2Fdc%2Fterms%2F%3E%0APREFIX%20door_county_wi%3A%20%20%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fsws.geonames.org%2F5250768%2F%3E%0APREFIX%20usda_plant%3A%20%20%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Flod.taxonconcept.org%2Fontology%2Fusda_plants.owl%23%3E%20%0A%0Aselect%20distinct%20%3Fs%2C%20%3Fo%20as%20%3Fimage%2C%20%20%3Fcol_class%2C%20%3Fsciname%20where%20{%0A%20%3Fs%20rdf%3Atype%20txn%3ASpeciesConcept.%0A%20%3Fs%20rdf%3Atype%20usda_plant%3AGrowth_Habit_Forb_Herb.%0A%20%3Fs%20txn%3AisExpectedIn%20door_county_wi%3A.%0A%20%3Fs%20txn%3AinCoLClass%20%3Fcol_class.%0A%20%3Fs%20txn%3AhasScientificName%20%20%20%3Fsciname.%0A%20optional%20{%3Fs%20%20txn%3Athumbnail%20%3Fo.}.%0A%20}%0A%20ORDER%20BY%20ASC(%3Fcol_class)%0A%20%0A%20limit%20650%0A&amp;endpoint=/sparql&amp;maxrows=650&amp;default-graph-uri=&amp;view=1</a>&gt;</div>
<div> </div><div>Since this does not always go though email, here is the <a href="http://bit.ly">bit.ly</a> link <a href="http://bit.ly/j5PLzH">http://bit.ly/j5PLzH</a></div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://bit.ly/j5PLzH"></a>Since the a number of the TDWG BioBlitz Species are included in the USDA Plants data set, those species concepts now have the USDA attributes attached.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Since many of these related and now linked data sets exist under different names, it would have been difficult for this to work without some identifier like my species concepts.</div><div><br></div><div>
Respectfully,</div><div><br></div><div>- Pete<br>







------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>Pete DeVries<br>Department of Entomology<br>University of Wisconsin - Madison<br>445 Russell Laboratories<br>1630 Linden Drive<br>Madison, WI 53706<br>
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