[tdwg-content] Fwd: BasisOfrecord flavors; which one to choose

Wed Feb 10 00:45:55 CET 2010

I've updated the GBIF Vocabulary server - it now has the DCMI Type and DwC
Type vocabularies as two separate vocabularies:
http://vocabularies.gbif.org/vocabularies/type_vocabulary
and
http://vocabularies.gbif.org/vocabularies/dcmitype

would you recommend I rather combine them under a 'Basis of Record'
Vocabulary which contains the DwC Type Terms and the relevant DCMI Type
terms? (markus?)
Thanks,
Kehan

On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 5:09 PM, John R. WIECZOREK <tuco at berkeley.edu> wrote:

> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Francisco Pando <pando at gbif.es>
> Date: Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 8:57 AM
> Subject: RE: BasisOfrecord flavors; which one to choose
> To: "John R. WIECZOREK" <tuco at berkeley.edu>
> Cc: "dremsen at gbif.org" <dremsen at gbif.org>
>
> Hi John,
>
> Thanks a lot, I have a clearer picture now. Please go ahead  and post
> whatever you think could be useful of this on TDWG-Content.
>
> All the best,
>
> Paco
>
> Francisco Pando
>
> Responsable
>
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>
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>
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>
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>
>
>
> *From:* gtuco.btuco at gmail.com [mailto:gtuco.btuco at gmail.com] *On Behalf Of
> *John R. WIECZOREK
> *Sent:* martes, 09 de febrero de 2010 17:25
> *To:* Francisco Pando
> *Cc:* dremsen at gbif.org
> *Subject:* Re: BasisOfrecord flavors; which one to choose
>
>
>
> Hi Paco,
>
> The only difference between the first list (
> http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/type-vocabulary/index.htm) and the third list
> (http://code.google.com/p/darwincore/wiki/DwCTypeVocabulary) is the Event
> term. Actually I believe that the Event term shouldn't be on the first list,
> because it is a Dublin Core term and already a controlled vocabulary term
> for dcterms:type. I think you should go under that assumption. In any case,
> I doubt that people will want to share biodiversity records that are Events
> that are not one of the subtypes of Events on the third list. I updated the
> Google Code wiki page to be more explicit that the Event and PhysicalObject
> terms come from Dublin Core.
>
> There has been some discussion on the tdwg-content list about other
> possible basisOfRecord vocabulary to try to better distinguish digital
> media. The original argument for this is captured in an Issue on the Darwin
> Core Google Code site at
> http://code.google.com/p/darwincore/issues/detail?id=68. This is a good
> example of how the type vocabulary might be expanded to cover new cases.
>
> I don't know what to tell you about the GBIF vocabulary except that it was
> devised in April of last year before the type vocabularies for Darwin Core
> reached their current state of maturity.
>
> As this discussion may be useful to others, I'd like to request that you
> post it to tdwg-content as well, or give me permission to do so.
>
> Hope that helps,
>
> John
>
> On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 1:07 AM, Francisco Pando <pando at gbif.es> wrote:
>
> Dear David, dear John,
>
> We are in the process of updating some of our software to make it compliant
> with the approved DwC standard. We decided to start on something we thought
> it was easy, BasisOfrecord. However we found:
>
>
>
> http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/type-vocabulary/index.htm
>
>
>
> "The Type Vocabulary is a recommended set of values to use for the
> basisOfRecord term to categorize Darwin Core resources."
>
>
>
> *Vocabulary for basisOfRecord*
>
> Occurrence<http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/type-vocabulary/index.htm#Occurrence>
>
>
>
>  Event <http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/type-vocabulary/index.htm#Event>
>
>
>
>  Location<http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/type-vocabulary/index.htm#Location>
>
>
>
>  Taxon <http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/type-vocabulary/index.htm#Taxon>
>
>
>
>  PreservedSpecimen<http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/type-vocabulary/index.htm#PreservedSpecimen>
>
>
>
>  FossilSpecimen<http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/type-vocabulary/index.htm#FossilSpecimen>
>
>
>
>  LivingSpecimen<http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/type-vocabulary/index.htm#LivingSpecimen>
>
>
>
>  HumanObservation<http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/type-vocabulary/index.htm#HumanObservation>
>
>
>
>  MachineObservation<http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/type-vocabulary/index.htm#MachineObservation>
>
>
>
>  NomenclaturalChecklist<http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/type-vocabulary/index.htm#NomenclaturalChecklist>
>
>
>
> Date Modified:         2009-12-07
>
> http://vocabularies.gbif.org/vocabularies/basis_of_record
>
>
>
> Concepts in the *basisOfRecord* vocabulary
>
>
>
> FossilSpecimen<http://vocabularies.gbif.org/basis_of_record/FossilSpecimen>
>
> HumanObservation<http://vocabularies.gbif.org/basis_of_record/HumanObservation>
>
> LivingSpecimen<http://vocabularies.gbif.org/basis_of_record/LivingSpecimen>
>
> MachineObservation<http://vocabularies.gbif.org/basis_of_record/MachineObservation>
>
> MovingImage <http://vocabularies.gbif.org/basis_of_record/MovingImage>
>
> NomenclaturalAct<http://vocabularies.gbif.org/basis_of_record/NomenclaturalAct>
>
> PreservedSpecimen<http://vocabularies.gbif.org/basis_of_record/PreservedSpecimen>
>
> StillImage <http://vocabularies.gbif.org/basis_of_record/StillImage>
>
> TaxonDistribution<http://vocabularies.gbif.org/basis_of_record/TaxonDistribution>
>
> TaxonName <http://vocabularies.gbif.org/basis_of_record/TaxonName>
>
> TaxonNameUsage<http://vocabularies.gbif.org/basis_of_record/TaxonNameUsage>
>
> Submitted by admin <http://vocabularies.gbif.org/users/admin> on Tue,
> 2009-04-21 23:34
>
>
>
>
>
> http://code.google.com/p/darwincore/wiki/DwCTypeVocabulary
>
>
>
> The Type Vocabulary used in Darwin Core consists of two parts, vocabulary
> to describe the record in terms consistent with the Dublin Core Type
> vocabulary (using the dcterms:type term) and vocabulary to describe the
> specific biodiversity-related content for a record (using the basisOfRecord
> term).
>
>
>
> The list of valid values for the basisOfRecord include:
>
> *Term*
>
> *Subtype of*
>
> Occurrence
>
> Event
>
> PreservedSpecimen
>
> PhysicalObject
>
> FossilSpecimen
>
> PhysicalObject
>
> LivingSpecimen
>
> PhysicalObject
>
> HumanObservation
>
> Event
>
> MachineObservation
>
> Event
>
> Taxon
>
>
>
> Location
>
>
>
> NomenclaturalChecklist
>
>
>
>
>
> Updated Jan 17, 2010 by gtuco.btuco
>
>
>
>
>
> I seems safer to go for the Google Code option, but shouldn’t the three
> sources be coherent?
>
>
>
> Best wishes,
>
>
>
> Paco
>
>
>
>
>
> Francisco Pando
>
>
>
> Responsable
>
> GBIF.ES, Unidad de Coordinación            Tel.+34 91 420 3017 x 274
>
> Real Jardín Botánico - CSIC                Fax +34 91 429 2405
>
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>
> 28014 Madrid, Spain                        www.gbif.es
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