[tdwg-content] Proposal to Add a GeoSpatial "Area" to the DarwinCore

["Markus Döring (GBIF)"]

Peter,
dwc uses already dc:Location
http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/index.htm#locationindex

is your Area sth different?
Markus

On Nov 19, 2010, at 1:29, Peter DeVries wrote:

> I wrote about this earlier but I never heard anything back.
> 
> I have made something that uses the geo vocabulary but also allows pointRadiusSpatial fit measure that I call radius.
> 
> The advantage is that this adds a standard way to deal use something like an extent or pointRadiusSpatial while still benefiting from the widely used geo vocabulary.
> 
> It also allows these "Areas" to be referenced in a commonly understood urn way that using a ietf standard.
> 
> For example: "geo:44.86528100,-87.23147800;u=10"
> 
> There are still some things I need to fix and check with this vocabulary but I am wondering if there is any interest in incorporating this into the DarwinCore.
> 
> If not I will probably change the name of the ontology.
> 
> There are also things in the example below that are not part of my proposal.
> 
> I have what I call "Areas" that look like this:
> 
>   <dwc_area:Area rdf:about="geo:44.86528100,-87.23147800;u=10">
>     <dcterms:title>44.86528100, -87.23147800 Radius 10 meters</dcterms:title>
>     <dcterms:isPartOf rdf:resource="http://lod.taxonconcept.org/ontology/void#this"/>
>     <dcterms:identifier>geo:44.86528100,-87.23147800;u=10</dcterms:identifier>
>     <dcterms:created>2010-10-28T00:00:00-0500</dcterms:created>
>     <dcterms:modified>2010-11-09T16:33:34-0600</dcterms:modified>
>     <geo:lat>44.86528100</geo:lat>
>     <geo:long>-87.23147800</geo:long>
>     <dwc_area:radius>10</dwc_area:radius>
>     <txn:elevation>186.54</txn:elevation>
>     <txn:continent>North America</txn:continent>
>     <txn:countryCode>US</txn:countryCode>
>     <txn:country>United States</txn:country>
>     <txn:stateProvince>Wisconsin</txn:stateProvince>
>     <txn:county>Door</txn:county>
>     <txn:localityText>Town of Sevastopol</txn:localityText>
>     <txn:locationName>Shivering Sands Natural Area Woods</txn:locationName>
>     <txn:areaHasOccurrence rdf:resource="http://ocs.taxonconcept.org/ocs/f522444a-2dd9-400e-be59-47213ef38cb9#Occurrence"/>
>     <txn:areaHasObservedSpeciesConcept rdf:resource="http://lod.taxonconcept.org/ses/ICmLC#Species"/>
>     <txn:areaHasIndividual rdf:resource="http://ocs.taxonconcept.org/ocs/f522444a-2dd9-400e-be59-47213ef38cb9#Individual"/>
>     <txn:areaInStateProvince rdf:resource="http://sws.geonames.org/5279468/"/>
>     <txn:areaInCounty rdf:resource="http://sws.geonames.org/5250768/"/>
>     <wdrs:describedBy rdf:resource="http://ocs.taxonconcept.org/ocs/f522444a-2dd9-400e-be59-47213ef38cb9.rdf"/>
>   </dwc_area:Area>
> 
> I recently added the following predicates, but have not altered my RDF examples.
> 
> #featureContainsArea
> #areaWithInFeature
> 
> http://lod.taxonconcept.org/ontology/dwc_area.owl
> 
> OWL Doc http://lod.taxonconcept.org/ontology/dwc_area_doc/index.html
> 
> The predicates are a bit awkward, but I wanted to be clear that this was to link an "Area" like "geo:44.86528100,-87.23147800;u=10" to a Geonames "Feature".
> 
> I thought a different set of predicates could be created to deal with some other class of "SpatialThing" if needed.
> 
> Respectfully,
> 
> - Pete
> 
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> Pete DeVries
> Department of Entomology
> University of Wisconsin - Madison
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