[tdwg-content] Question about Simple Darwin Core

[John R. WIECZOREK]

Welcome Jaime,

This is the right place for your questions. It looks like you have the
right idea about the XML, but there are a few details that are wrong.
For reference, it may be useful for you to have a look at the Darwin
Core XML Guide (http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/guides/xml/index.htm),
which is accessible from the index at the left side of all of the
Darwin Core pages. The Guide explains some best practices and gives
some examples. Section 2.6 is specifically about the Simple Darwin
Core and has a link to a complete Simple Darwin Core XML document at
http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/examples/xml/example_simple.xml.

Answers to your questions:
1) almost - it should be Occurrence, but it should be for the term
dc:type, not dctype:type
2) Yes. Add as much information as makes sense for the type of record
you are sharing.

Now, some specific things I see in your example...

1) <dctype:type>Ocurrence</dc:type> should be  <dc:type>Ocurrence</dc:type>

2) <dcterms:modified>2009-08-03</dcterms:modified> should be
<dc:modified>2009-08-03</dc:modified> and so with all of the other
Dublin Core terms since your namesapce declaration for Dublin Core is
"dc", not "dcterms" in the line that says
xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/terms/"

3) The institutionID should be a persistent global unique identifier,
if possible.

4) dataGeneralizations  - nice!

5) occurrenceDetails - I know it's just an example, but localhost
isn't going to have the details except in a very special situation.
;-)

6) recordedBy - this is supposed to be the observer's name, you have
"510183 ". That trailing space probably shouldn't be there either.

7) <dwc:individualCount> </dwc:individualCount> should be
<dwc:individualCount  xsi:nil="true"/>

8) You have <dwc:disposition>photograph</dwc:disposition>, but this
term is meant to contain information about the status of an object
object with respect to a collection ("in collection", "lost", etc.).
You should use the dwc:preparations term instead.

9) localhost again

Hope this is helpful. Thanks for trying out the brand new Darwin Core!

John
On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 10:11 AM, Jaime Bosque <jaboto at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi list,
>
> this is my first e-mail in a list like this so hope I'm doing it right
> at the right place :)
>
> I'm developing a web application about orchids observations from users
> and would like to allow them to download the observation (or a group of
> them) in Simple Darwin Core formatted as XML.
>
> I've been reading a useful guide in
> http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/simple/index.htm and have written my PHP
> generator but I'm still having some questions regarding to the use of it.
>
> 1.- I guess I should use Occurrence in dc:type
> 2.- Can I add any taxonomical information even if its an Occurrence? I
> think I can and in fact I should, as in the guide says: "Support
> (provide data in) as many fields as you can.".
>
> So, with this facts, is this a correct Simple Darwin Core xml file?
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
> <SimpleDarwinRecordSet
>  xmlns="http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/dwcrecord/"
>  xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/terms/"
>  xmlns:dwc="http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/"
>  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
>  xsi:schemaLocation="http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/dwcrecord/
> http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/xsd/tdwg_dwc_simple.xsd">
>  <SimpleDarwinRecord>
>    <dctype:type>Ocurrence</dc:type>
>    <dcterms:modified>2009-08-03</dcterms:modified>
>    <dcterms:language>es</dcterms:language>
>    <dcterms:rights>Contenido bajo licencia Creative Commons
> 3.0</dcterms:rights>
>    <dcterms:rightsHolder>Asociación Ibérica de
> Orquideología</dcterms:rightsHolder>
>    <dcterms:accessRights>Para uso no comercial
> únicamente</dcterms:accessRights>
>    <dwc:institutionID>NIF AIO: XXXXXXX</dwc:institutionID>
>    <dwc:institutionCode>AIO</dwc:institutionCode>
>    <dwc:basisOfRecord>HumanObservation</dwc:basisOfRecord>
>    <dwc:informationWithheld>Consultar a la Asociación Ibérica de
> Orquideología para más detalles acerca de la
> observación</dwc:informationWithheld>
>    <dwc:dataGeneralizations>La información mostrada se muestra con una
> imprecisión variable de 11 metros a 11 kilómetros. Para una información
> más precisa consultar a la Asociación Ibérica de
> Orquideología</dwc:dataGeneralizations>
>    <dwc:catalogNumber>160</dwc:catalogNumber>
>
> <dwc:occurrenceDetails>http://localhost/pfc/app/base.php?contet=view_observation&id=160</dwc:occurrenceDetails>
>    <dwc:occurrenceRemarks>una apífera en jaca</dwc:occurrenceRemarks>
>    <dwc:recordedBy>510183 </dwc:recordedBy>
>    <dwc:individualCount> </dwc:individualCount>
>    <dwc:disposition>photograph</dwc:disposition>
>
> <dwc:associatedMedia>http://localhost/pfc/app/uploads/da77dc5ea69b06b66ce6cbb9f069ea2b.jpeg</dwc:associatedMedia>
>    <dwc:country>Spain</dwc:country>
>    <dwc:stateProvince>Huesca</dwc:stateProvince>
>    <dwc:county>Aragón</dwc:county>
>    <dwc:municipality>Borau</dwc:municipality>
>    <dwc:verbatimElevation>935 m</dwc:verbatimElevation>
>    <dwc:verbatimCoordinateSystem>decimal
> degrees</dwc:verbatimCoordinateSystem>
>    <dwc:verbatimSRS>WGS84</dwc:verbatimSRS>
>    <dwc:decimalLatitude>42.63500</dwc:decimalLatitude>
>    <dwc:decimalLongitude>-0.58500</dwc:decimalLongitude>
>    <dwc:geodeticDatum>WGS84</dwc:geodeticDatum>
>
> <dwc:coordinateUncertaintyInMeters>1111</dwc:coordinateUncertaintyInMeters>
>    <dwc:scientificName>Ophrys apifera</dwc:scientificName>
>    <dwc:kingdom>Plantae</dwc:kingdom>
>    <dwc:phylum>Magnoliophyta</dwc:phylum>
>    <dwc:class>Liliopsida</dwc:class>
>    <dwc:order>Orchidales</dwc:order>
>    <dwc:family>Orchidaceae</dwc:family>
>    <dwc:genus>Ophrys</dwc:genus>
>    <dwc:specificEpithet>apifera</dwc:specificEpithet>
>    <dwc:taxonRank>species</dwc:taxonRank>
>    </SimpleDarwinRecord>
> </SimpleDarwinRecordSet>
>
> Thanks in advance,
>    Jaime
>
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> tdwg-content mailing list
> tdwg-content at lists.tdwg.org
> http://lists.tdwg.org/mailman/listinfo/tdwg-content
>