[tdwg-content] Delimiters for Darwin Core list-type terms

[joel sachs]

On Tue, 8 Oct 2013, John Wieczorek wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> There has been some momentum toward solutions to the problems as
> originally presented. I would like to summarize what I perceive as the
> middle ground between them and ask anyone with dissenting opinions to
> please express them in reply.
>
> a) Make all of the changes in the term definitions rather than in type
> 3 documentation.
>
> b) Retain unchanged the definitions of terms on the list I gave that
> are already described without reference to being a list
> (informationWitheld, dataGeneralizations, vernacularName).
>
> c) For terms that are designed to contain lists (dynamicProperties,
> recordedBy, preparations, otherCatalogNumbers,
> previousIdentifications, associatedMedia, associatedReferences,
> associatedOccurrences, associatedSequences, associatedTaxa,
> higherGeography, georeferencedBy, georeferenceSources, identifiedBy,
> identificationReferences, typeStatus, higherClassification,
> measurementDeterminedBy), recommend in the term definition that the
> list be delimited with a vertical bar '|' and no white space.

John,

I didn't see any objection to the suggestion made by Tim that the 
recommendation to use a concatenated list be moved from the term 
definitions to the Text Guide. Did I miss it?

Thanks,
Joel.







> Please
> note that I missed some terms from this category in my original list.
>
> Here is an example of what such a definition might look like:
>
> higherClassification: "A list (concatenated and separated) of taxa
> names terminating at the rank immediately superior to the taxon
> referenced in the taxon record. Recommended best practice is to order
> the list starting with the highest rank and separate the names for
> each rank with a vertical bar ('|')."
>
> d) For terms in the list in c), above, include one example with a
> single value (where appropriate) and one example with a list showing
> the concatenation with the delimiter.
>
> Here is an example of what such a comment might look like:
>
> georeferencedBy: "Example: "Brad Millen (ROM)", "Kristina Yamamoto
> (MVZ)|Janet Fang (MVZ)".
>
> e) For higherGeography, recommend an order for the terms in the list
> from least specific to most specific.
>
> f) For associatedTaxa, change the comment to use a format equivalent
> to that for dynamicProperties.
>
> g) Defer other concerns with specific terms. If these persists beyond
> the current conversation, I encourage you to submit a Term Definition
> issue in the issue tracker
> (https://code.google.com/p/darwincore/issues/list).
>
> Cheers,
>
> John
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