Hi all,
In preparation for our meeting this week. I will kindly ask you to review the definition of the new term sumQuantities which allows the users to undertand if the dwc:organismQuantity should be summed or not to get final species counts (see below).
Also, we started the Implementation Experience Reporthttps://docs.google.com/document/d/1RFdSHoyzWCQk9qO6uup4xQjWOMzPyBb-A0mcjj98hbk/edit#, based on the Audubon example shared by Steve. Please start completing the sections with your experience or thoughts.
Thank you and see you on Wednesday!
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sumQuantities Please suggest changes for current definition/comments below!
1. Definition: The total detected quantity for a Taxon in an Event is the sum of all dwc:organismQuantity for the Taxon in the Event. 2. Comments: Recommended values are True and False. If True, the total detected quantity of organisms for a Taxon in an Event is the sum of all dwc:organismQuantity for the Taxon in the Event and dwc:organismQuantity can be added to get the total detected quantity of organisms in an Event. If false, the total detected quantity of organisms for a Taxon in an Event is the dwc:organismQuantity of the least specific category listed for the Taxon in the Event and dwc:organismQuantity can not be added to get the total detected quantity of organisms in an Event. 3. Examples: "`true`, `false`"
For more context, see Humbold case studyhttps://docs.google.com/document/d/1eGD69E-KzqdOcjh637iPrp1gv_J55CM2VPAjD1PSu_w/edit#. Based on the example tables that John created I simplified below for easy interpretation of this term (PLEASE JOHN CORRECT IF ANYTHING IS WRONG):
* ebird case where organismQuantity (for ebird_target_1 = species level) is the sum of organismQuantity for that specific taxonomic level (only 2 organisms at the species level were detected not including the subspecies). Then, sumQuantities =TRUE because to get the total number of organisms detected in the Event without a taxon level distinction (15), the organismQuantity CAN be added (2+13=15). IF there had been a target "Aves" with count 15 (ebird_target_0), the total number of organisms detected would have been 30 (15 Aves unidentified to species and 2+13 Aves identified to species. * obis case where organismQuantity (for bw_target_3 = Electrona antarctica without lifestage distinction) is already the sum of organismQuantity for the more specific targets (lava and postmeta, 15=13 +2). Then, sumQuantities = FALSE because to get the total number of organisms detected in the Event without a lifestage distinction (15), the organismQuantity CANNOT be added (15+2+13=30). IF the Electrona antarctica count without any lifeStage distinction (bw_target_3) had been 17, that means that there were 17 total E. antarctica and 2 of them were not larvae or postmetas.
eventID
targetID
sumQuantities
include
Or
Exclude
targetTraitType
targetTraitValue
targetTraitUnit
isReportingComplete
ebird_event_1
ebird_target_1
TRUE
include
taxon
Aves
TRUE
ebird_event_1
ebird_target_1
TRUE
include
taxonRank
species
TRUE
bw_event_3
bw_target_3
FALSE
include
taxon
Electrona antarctica
TRUE
bw_event_3
bw_target_4
FALSE
include
taxon
Electrona antarctica
TRUE
bw_event_3
bw_target_4
FALSE
include
lifeStage
larva
TRUE
bw_event_3
bw_target_5
FALSE
include
taxon
Electrona antarctica
TRUE
bw_event_3
bw_target_5
FALSE
include
lifeStage
postmeta
TRUE
targetID
observedTaxon
organismQuantity
organismQuantityType
ebird_target_1
Hirundo rustica
2
individuals
ebird_target_1
Hirundo rustica rustica
13
individuals
bw_target_3
Electrona antarctica
15
individuals
bw_target_4
Electrona antarctica
13
individuals
bw_target_5
Electrona antarctica
2
individuals
Yanina V. Sica, PhD Lead Data Team Map of Lifehttps://mol.org/ | Center for Biodiversity and Global Changehttps://bgc.yale.edu/ Yale University pronouns: she/her/hers If you are receiving this email outside of your working hours, I am not expecting you to read or respond.