Darwin Core (DwC) Hour #13 is almost here:The Problem of Time: Dealing with Paleontological and Zooarchaeological Specimens in Darwin Core https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.idigbio.org_content_darwin-2Dcore-2Dhour-2Dproblem-2Dtime-2Ddealing-2Dpaleontological-2Dand-2Dzooarchaeological-2Dspecimens-2Ddarwin&d=DwMFaQ&c=pZJPUDQ3SB9JplYbifm4nt2lEVG5pWx2KikqINpWlZM&r=Om8GNsl6xj2rfSXCmUf0E7QT-M4TNZsqrqrLLdAnJh0&m=edXeU-EzfUeRhVMQl3yEp5QDrgub3kKL7mbYgAP7q68&s=vgicUeYx12CelgzdBKzBU98kh01YhDDHfcMj0LL3B0c&e=!

/When/:*Tuesday, 24 April 2018* /Time/:*1pm Eastern / 5pm UTC* /Where/:https://idigbio.adobeconnect.com/room https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__idigbio.adobeconnect.com_room&d=DwMFaQ&c=pZJPUDQ3SB9JplYbifm4nt2lEVG5pWx2KikqINpWlZM&r=Om8GNsl6xj2rfSXCmUf0E7QT-M4TNZsqrqrLLdAnJh0&m=edXeU-EzfUeRhVMQl3yEp5QDrgub3kKL7mbYgAP7q68&s=pGi4z7nMKebjGZYUHkQ1bOpPUHM7o94EjdJ9yGtaLro&e=

The temporality of specimens is a quintessential piece of information that undeniably adds research value.  Part of what makes specimens so invaluable is the fact that they represent life in a certain form at a particular place and time.  However, there are some complications when it comes to reporting and comparing collection dates and the ages or chronology of ‘modern’ specimens to those from paleontological or zooarchaeological relevant time frames.  This Darwin Core Hour aims to take a deeper look at some of these complexities, to begin community discussions of how these important data should be portrayed in Darwin Core, and to provide a starting point for these discussions by introducing the Chronometric extension for Darwin Core that is currently under development.

However, there are some complications when it comes to reporting the collecting dates versus the ages or chronology of ‘modern’, paleontological, and zooarchaeological specimens, as well as making meaningful comparisons across represented time frames (e.g., modern, archaeological, paleontological).

/Presenter/: Laura Brenskelle, University of Florida/Florida Museum of Natural History

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EXTRAS:

* Explore the Darwin Core Questions & Answers wiki:https://github.com/tdwg/dwc-qa/wiki https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__github.com_tdwg_dwc-2Dqa_wiki&d=DwMFaQ&c=pZJPUDQ3SB9JplYbifm4nt2lEVG5pWx2KikqINpWlZM&r=Om8GNsl6xj2rfSXCmUf0E7QT-M4TNZsqrqrLLdAnJh0&m=edXeU-EzfUeRhVMQl3yEp5QDrgub3kKL7mbYgAP7q68&s=TYKCcKT6hcFbhJWeanuXrG-Tf28J1-ED7Qa2lZ78smo&e= * See which of your questions have been asked and answered so far:https://github.com/tdwg/dwc-qa/issues https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__github.com_tdwg_dwc-2Dqa_issues&d=DwMFaQ&c=pZJPUDQ3SB9JplYbifm4nt2lEVG5pWx2KikqINpWlZM&r=Om8GNsl6xj2rfSXCmUf0E7QT-M4TNZsqrqrLLdAnJh0&m=edXeU-EzfUeRhVMQl3yEp5QDrgub3kKL7mbYgAP7q68&s=ev-RwRIwkEbqq0ZXK_EcLpA9_Orkk6EKNuo6HwBdSTc&e= * Submit your question / volunteer (yourself or someone) to do a webinar on a DwC topic:https://tinyurl.com/zja2muz https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__tinyurl.com_zja2muz&d=DwMFaQ&c=pZJPUDQ3SB9JplYbifm4nt2lEVG5pWx2KikqINpWlZM&r=Om8GNsl6xj2rfSXCmUf0E7QT-M4TNZsqrqrLLdAnJh0&m=edXeU-EzfUeRhVMQl3yEp5QDrgub3kKL7mbYgAP7q68&s=9G2XyFlNIkaW2H6RUzSnFJ8Gh-seHz3mejh2WAq1nAk&e= * See what terms DwC recommends using a controlled vocabulary for:https://github.com/tdwg/dwc-qa/wiki/Controlled-Vocabularies https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__github.com_tdwg_dwc-2Dqa_wiki_Controlled-2DVocabularies&d=DwMFaQ&c=pZJPUDQ3SB9JplYbifm4nt2lEVG5pWx2KikqINpWlZM&r=Om8GNsl6xj2rfSXCmUf0E7QT-M4TNZsqrqrLLdAnJh0&m=edXeU-EzfUeRhVMQl3yEp5QDrgub3kKL7mbYgAP7q68&s=q7RmvNVkpq4cEoC6ESMDlDBCEtHMCC3w4axsC-V76D8&e= * Compare the above to what's actually inside some of the DwC fields that suggest using a controlled vocabulary (data from GBIF, iDigBio, VertNet, and soon ALA):https://github.com/tdwg/dwc-qa/tree/master/data https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__github.com_tdwg_dwc-2Dqa_tree_master_data&d=DwMFaQ&c=pZJPUDQ3SB9JplYbifm4nt2lEVG5pWx2KikqINpWlZM&r=Om8GNsl6xj2rfSXCmUf0E7QT-M4TNZsqrqrLLdAnJh0&m=edXeU-EzfUeRhVMQl3yEp5QDrgub3kKL7mbYgAP7q68&s=SPEsiOzdJutVyLeZIQ2VdLFi2h5kxrVI83HLzeRNR2c&e=

Happy Darwin Core and Data Quality, and hope to see you soon!

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