Hi everyone,

As Marküs informed me last time, I should post all my Darwin Core remarks on this list. Most of my remarks are about missing information in the complete historical record (see below), except the following:

1. Great work!! I haven't had time to read the full documentation yet, but I'm very glad everything is so well documented now. It answers a lot of questions and it will greatly facilitate the adoption of the standard. Over the last 2 years I have given several presentations about Darwin Core to data publishers, but with all the current improvements, it will be a blast to do this! Especially the use of classes (instead of core and extentions) makes it much easier to grasp conceptually.

2. Is Darwin Core now officially in public review? Will we receive an invitation email to review (which I could forward)?

3. What is the reasoning behind changing all the term names from UpperCamelCase to lowerCamelCase?

4. HABITAT http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/index.htm#habitat

I don't think I agree the best practice for this term is to use a controlled vocabulary. This field can contain plenty of text information that may be lost if one switches to a controlled vocabulary.

5. GEODETICDATUM http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/index.htm#geodeticDatum

So you need to use the same geodetic datum for the verbatim coordinates as for the decimal lat & long?

6. PREVIOUSIDENTIFICATIONS http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/history/index.htm#previousIdentifications-2009-...

Under the current definition (and examples) of previousIdentifications, this list can include person names and dates. This is significantly different from the previous definition: "A list (concatenated and separated) of previous ScientificNames to which the sample was identified". In my opinion this old definition should be kept in the complete historical record, with a "replaced by" link.

------------ MISSING/INCORRECT INFORMATION ------------

1. The following historical classes cannot be found (anymore) in the complete historical record. If added, they should have a "replaced by" link and the new term should have a "replaces link" (except if new term is part of Dublin Core).

Sample (now http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/history/index.htm#Occurrence-2009-04-24) SamplingEvent (now http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/history/index.htm#Event-2008-11-19) SamplingLocation (now http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/history/index.htm#Location-2009-04-24) SampleAttribute (now http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/history/index.htm#MeasurementOrFact-2009-04-24) EventAttribute (now http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/history/index.htm#MeasurementOrFact-2009-04-24) AccessConstraints (now http://dublincore.org/documents/dcmi-terms/#terms-accessRights) Generalizations (now http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/history/index.htm#dataGeneralizations-2009-04-2...) SampleRemarks (now http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/history/index.htm#occurrenceRemarks-2009-04-24) SamplingEventID (now http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/history/index.htm#eventID-2009-04-24) SamplingEventRemarks (now http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/history/index.htm#eventRemarks-2009-04-24) SamplingEventAttributes (now http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/history/index.htm#dynamicProperties-2009-04-24) SamplingLocationID (now http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/history/index.htm#locationID-2009-04-24) SamplingLocationRemarks (now http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/history/index.htm#locationRemarks-2009-04-24) SamplingAttributeID and EventAttributeID (now http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/history/index.htm#measurementID-2009-04-24) SamplingAttributeType and EventAttributeType (now http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/history/index.htm#measurementType-2009-04-24) SamplingAttributeValue and EventAttributeValue (now http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/history/index.htm#measurementValue-2009-04-24) SamplingAttributeAccuracy and EventAttributeAccuracy (now http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/history/index.htm#measurementAccuracy-2009-04-2...) SamplingAttributeUnit and EventAttributeUnit (now http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/history/index.htm#measurementUnit-2009-04-24) SamplingAttributeDeterminedDate and EventAttributeDeterminedDate (now http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/history/index.htm#measurementDeterminedDate-200...) SamplingAttributeDeterminedBy and EventAttributeDeterminedBy (now http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/history/index.htm#measurementDeterminedBy-2009-...) SamplingAttributeRemarks and EventAttributeRemarks (now http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/history/index.htm#measurementRemarks-2009-04-24)

2. There are plenty of missing discussion pages on the Google Code website. See attachment for full list.

3. See remarks per term.

OCCURENCE http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/index.htm#Occurrence

Details links to 2008-11-19, not to the more recent 2009-04-24.

http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/history/index.htm#Occurrence-2009-04-24

Date modified: 2008-11-19? No "replaces" link to 2008-11-19

http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/history/index.htm#Occurrence-2008-11-19

Date modified: 2008-04-24? Status: recommended? No "replaced by" link to 2008-04-24

----- LOCATION http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/history/index.htm#Location-2009-04-24

Status: recommended? No "replaced by" link to dcterms:Location

----- TAXON http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/index.htm#Taxon

Details link to 2008-11-19, not to the more recent 2009-01-23.

http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/history/index.htm#Taxon-2008-11-19

No "replaced by" link to 2009-01-23 Status: recommended?

http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/history/index.htm#Taxon-2009-01-23

No "replaces" link to 2008-11-19

----- INFORMATIONWITHHELD Some of the examples in http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/index.htm#informationWithheld are better placed in http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/index.htm#dataGeneralizations ----- RELATEDINFORMATION http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/history/index.htm#RelatedInformation-2007-04-17

No "replaces" link to http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/history/index.htm#RecordURL-2005-07-10

----- CONDITION http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/index.htm#reproductiveCondition

The reproductive condition of the biological individual(s): should include plural?

----- BEHAVIOR http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/history/index.htm#behavior-2009-04-24

The decision (http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/history/decisions/index.htm#Decision-2009-03-06...) mentions SamplingEvent and Sample, two now historical classes.

----- CATALOGNUMBERNUMERIC http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/history/index.htm#CatalogNumberNumeric-2003-06-... Is now historical, but there is no "replaced by" link (probably to: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/history/index.htm#otherCatalogNumbers-2009-04-2...) ----- EVENTDATE http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/history/index.htm#eventDate-2009-04-24

Split the replaces link in two: EarliestDateCollected & LatestDateCollected

----- EVENTTIME http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/history/index.htm#eventTime-2009-04-24

Split the replaces link in two: StartTimeOfDay & EndTimeOfDay

----- BINOMIAL http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/history/index.htm#binomial-2008-11-19

Is not used in the DwC terms, but has the status: recommended.

----- RELATEDRESOURCETYPE http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/history/index.htm#relatedResourceType-2009-04-2...

Is not used in the DwC terms, but has the status: recommended.

----- RELATEDBASISOFRECORD http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/history/index.htm#RelatedBasisOfRecord-2008-11-...

Is not used in the DwC terms, but has the status: recommended.

Regards,

Peter