[tdwg-ncd] NCD version 0.50 mappings

5 Mar 2007


      Hi Barbara,
I think continuing in Excel will be fine. It shouldn't need to be translated into xsd, as far as I can see.
Good luck with it,
Neil
-----Original Message-----
From: Barbara Mathe [mailto:bmathe@amnh.org] 
Sent: 01 March 2007 22:19
To: 'Markus Döring'; Neil Thomson
Cc: tdwg-ncd@lists.tdwg.org
Subject: RE: [tdwg-ncd] NCD version 0.50
Neil and Markus,
OK guys.  I am on this now.  (this weekend, actually)
Any suggestions as the best way to formulate this?  My past mappings have been in Excel and I did not close out the expressions.
What would be the best file format for future use?  Could I continue in Excel and then you folks save in an xsd program?  
I would prefer to continue and edit the work I've done and concentrate on the conceptual mappings rather than get bogged down in formatting.
Apologies for my ignorance but I don't normally work with xsd or xml files.
Please advise as to the most efficient and useful way for me to proceed.
thanks
Barbara
Barbara Mathé
Museum Archivist and Head of Library Special Collections American Museum of Natural History Library Central Park West @ 79 Street New York, NY 10024
phone: 212 769-5419
fax: 212 769-5009
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[mailto:tdwg-ncd-bounces@lists.tdwg.org] On Behalf Of Markus Döring
Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2007 8:47 AM
To: Neil Thomson
Cc: tdwg-ncd@lists.tdwg.org
Subject: Re: [tdwg-ncd] NCD version 0.50
Hello,
I have added v0.50 to the tdwg resource directory.
The schema resource is now available at:
http://rs.tdwg.org/ncd/0.50/rddl-2007-02-27.html
If you want to refer to the schema, please use this URL:
http://rs.tdwg.org/ncd/0.50/NCDv0pt50.xsd
The latest development version of NCD is also update and available at http://rs.tdwg.org/ncd/dev
best wishes
--
Markus
On Feb 27, 2007, at 10:04 AM, Neil Thomson wrote:
...
Dear all,
Please find attached version 0.50 of NCD. The following changes from 
v0.40 have been made:
Version 0.40 to 0.50 -  (February 2007)
        Ensured all elements with a language attribute are repeatable 
(if not already)
                - AgentRole
                - Note (in Agents)
                - CollectionName
                - Abstract
                - DescriptionForSpecialists
                - Citation
                - Notes (in Descriptive Group)
                - AccessRestrictions
                - UsageRestrictions
                - CustodialHistory
                - InstitutionName
                - SubunitName
                - InstitutionalContactPost
                - Town
                - Region
                - CountryName
                - ExpeditionName
        Removed language attribute from <PostalAddressText> - assume 
native language
        Added <PhysicalAddressText> to cater for P.O.Boxes to 
Institution Group
        Added <SubUnitName> to Institution Group
I hope that no further changes will be required until we get more 
operational experience of working with NCD, but do please let me know 
as soon as possible if there is anything glaringly wrong or missing. I 
also hope that these changes should not have much of an impact on any 
implementations based on the previous version.
The intention is that this version remains as is for some time, so 
that the tasks we undertake this year can be based on a stable version 
of the standard. This includes the production of the NCD Toolkit by 
NLBIF, the conversion to RDF by Markus and the documentation and 
mappings being coordinated by Connie. A complete list of deliverables 
for the year is (or will be shortly) on the wikis.
I will be placing the updated file, with text-based and image-based 
derivations, on the NCD Website and on the RAVNS Basecamp in due 
course.
For those of you that are aiming to attend the NCD 2007 Workshop, the 
dates are almost confirmed as June 18th and 19th, with ETI in 
Amsterdam as the host institution. More information on this later.
With all best wishes,
Neil
<<NCDv0pt50.xsd>>
Neil Thomson
Head of Data & Digital Systems
The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD
Tel: +44 (0)20 7942 5294,
Fax: +44 (0)20 7942 5559,
Email: n.thomson@nhm.ac.uk
http://www.nhm.ac.uk
<NCDv0pt50.xsd>
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