[tdwg-content] New term resolution: dcterms:source

Gregor Hagedorn g.m.hagedorn at gmail.com
Thu Jul 7 21:23:03 CEST 2011 

I think the original scope of occurrenceDetails is contained in dcterms

http://purl.org/dc/terms/isReferencedBy

or more general perhaps

http://purl.org/dc/terms/relation

??

Gregor

On 7 July 2011 18:27, John Wieczorek <tuco at berkeley.edu> wrote:
> @Gregor - I didn't intend to remove dcterms:source from consideration, I
> just intended to keep dwc:occurrenceDetails.
> It sounds like there is still support for dcterms:source independent of
> issues surrounding occurrenceDetails.
> I like Markus' suggestion to generalize the term we have to something like
> the following, deprecating occurrenceDetails in favor of:
> Term Name: recordUri
> Identifier:     http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/recordUri
> Namespace:      http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/
> Label:  recordUri
> Definition:     A reference (publication, URI) to detailed information about
> the record.
> Comment:        Example:
> "http://mvzarctos.berkeley.edu/guid/MVZ:Mamm:165861". For discussion
> see http://code.google.com/p/darwincore/wiki/RecordLevelTerms.
> Type of Term:   http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property
> Refines:
> Status: recommended
> Date Issued:    2011-07-07
> Date Modified:  2011-07-07
> Has Domain:
> Has Range:
> Version:        recordUri-2011-07-07
> Replaces:       occurrenceDetails-2009-04-24
> Is Replaced By:
> Class:  all
> ABCD 2.06:      DataSets/DataSet/Units/Unit/RecordURI
> On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 9:08 AM, Markus Döring <m.doering at mac.com> wrote:
>>
>> the original intent of the dc:source issue was "A URI link or reference to
>> the source of this record. A link to a webpage or RESTful webservice is
>> recommended. URI is mandatory format. Allows to link to richer source data."
>> When writing this I had taxonomic dwc records in mind and I needed a way
>> to capture a link to a webpage or service that potentially contains richer
>> data. So originally the intent was exactly the same as occurrenceDetails -
>> just not limited to occurrences.
>>
>> how about a generic dwc:details(Uri) instead?
>>
>> Markus
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Jul 6, 2011, at 19:47, John Wieczorek wrote:
>>
>> > I see and agree with what you are saying. I retract the proposal to
>> > remove occurrenceDetails.
>> >
>> > On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 10:42 AM, Paul J. Morris <mole at morris.net> wrote:
>> > I'd concur with John except for that pesky little word in the
>> > definition of dcterms:source, "derived"
>> >
>> > "A related resource from which the described resource is derived."
>> >
>> > The history of recordURL, relatedInformation, and occurrenceDetails all
>> > have exactly the opposite meaning in my mind.  All three of those were
>> > places to find additional information that was derived from some set of
>> > primary objects (specimen, field notes, map, etc).  A publication that
>> > synthesises the most detailed information about an occurrence is derived
>> > from these primary sources of information.  Carrying such a publication as a
>> > dcterms:source seems exactly backwards.
>> >
>> > I wouldn't mind using dcterms:source to indicate that a specimen label
>> > is derived from field notes or that a specimen label is derived from a
>> > ledger entry.  However I would object to dcterms:source being used to
>> > indicate that a publication is the source of a specimen record, when the
>> > reality is almost certainly the other way around.
>> >
>> > I don't concur that the intent of dcterms:source is similar in
>> > definition or intent to occurrenceDetails.
>> >
>> > -Paul
>> >
>> > On Wed, 6 Jul 2011 10:09:02 -0700
>> > John Wieczorek <tuco at berkeley.edu> wrote:
>> >
>> > > I agree that the meaning of dcterms:source is different from the
>> > > stated meaning of dwc:occurrenceDetails. The latter term originated
>> > > with OBIS as
>> > >
>> > > recordURL - Gives the web address of the page where more information
>> > > on this particular record (not on the whole dataset) can be found.
>> > >
>> > > and was re-cast in Darwin Core 1.4 as
>> > >
>> > > relatedInformation - Free text references to information not
>> > > delivered via the conceptual schema, including URLs to specimen
>> > > details, publications, bibliographic references, etc.
>> > >
>> > > and is currently defined as
>> > >
>> > > occurrenceDetails - A reference (publication, URI) to the most
>> > > detailed information
>> > > available about the Occurrence.
>> > >
>> > > So, one could argue that the dcterms:source is not necessarily the
>> > > most detailed information available, and it would certainly not be
>> > > only about Occurrences.
>> > >
>> > > So, occurrenceDetails certainly is no substitute for dcterms:source,
>> > > and dcterms:source doesn't exactly circumscribe occurrenceDetails as
>> > > defined. Nevertheless, the concepts are so nearly the same in
>> > > definition, and certainly in intent, that I propose that adding
>> > > dcterms:source obviates the need for occurrenceDetails as it will
>> > > sufficiently cover the intended use of occurrenceDetails while
>> > > allowing the same for all record types.
>> > >
>> > > On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 1:12 AM, Gregor Hagedorn
>> > > <g.m.hagedorn at gmail.com>wrote:
>> > >
>> > > > I think the two terms are different.
>> > > >
>> > > > my understanding is that dcterms source expresses a relation
>> > > > between a (usually digital) record and another record, that is
>> > > > derived from the first.
>> > > >
>> > > > I think this is very useful in DwC in cases, where records are taken
>> > > > directly from a publication.
>> > > >
>> > > > However, it does not replace the fact that the source of the record
>> > > > is the digitization project of collection X and that the record is
>> > > > also cited in a recent publication.
>> > > >
>> > > > I have doubts whether occurrenceDetail is a good label for the
>> > > > latter concept, however.
>> > > >
>> > > > Gregor
>> > > >
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > Paul J. Morris
>> > Biodiversity Informatics Manager
>> > Harvard University Herbaria/Museum of Comparative Zoölogy
>> > mole at morris.net  AA3SD  PGP public key available
>> >
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