[Tdwg-obs] Monitoring definition and protocol repository

[Steve Kelling]

All,
I really like Bob's rewording of the definition, and suggest that we all 
refer to this.

Steve

At 12:38 PM 11/20/2005 -0500, Robert K. Peet wrote:

>Hi Steve,
>
>Try the folllowing revision, which is in part an exercise to see whether I
>understand your definition.
>
>"An observation characterizes the occurrence of an organism or set of
>organisms through a data collection event using a defined protocol at a
>defined spatiotemporal location. Individual observations are not
>necessarily independent entities and potentially can be linked through
>common characteristics such as time, place, protocol, and individual
>organisms."
>
>Bob
>
> > Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2005 11:01:11 -0500
> > From: Steve Kelling <stk2 at cornell.edu>
>...
> > I suggest that we go with the definition of an observation as:
> >
> > An observation characterizes the occurrence of an organism (or a community
> > of organisms) through a collection event using a defined protocol and
> > spatiotemporal location. Individual observations are non-independent
> > entities that can be linked to each other through their common 
> characteristics.
> >
>
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Steve Kelling
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