[tdwg-content] Public comment on the Darwin Core RDF Guide

[Steve Baskauf]

The Darwin Core standard contains several non-normative documents that 
describe how Darwin Core terms can be used in various contexts such as 
simple text [1] and XML [2].  Members of the RDF/OWL Task Group [3] have 
authored a guide describing how Darwin Core terms can be used in RDF.  
This guide has been subjected to extensive review by the Task Group and 
has been recommended by the Task Group as an addition to the Darwin Core 
standard under the Darwin Core Namespace Policy [4].  If ratified, the 
guide will be another non-normative document that is part of the 
standard, and a parallel guide to the existing text and RDF guides.  The 
purpose of this email is to initiate the required 30 day public comment 
period before the proposed addition advances to the Executive Committee 
for ratification. 

Before commenting on the proposal, please begin by reading the cover 
page at https://code.google.com/p/tdwg-rdf/wiki/DwcRdf .  The cover page 
includes the rationale for the guide, links to the proposed guide 
itself, supporting ancillary documents, and a history of the development 
of the guide.  To comment, post to the tdwg-content email list 
(tdwg-content at lists.tdwg.org).  Please use a descriptive subject line 
that differentiates your comment from other comments that deal with 
different aspects of the proposal.  Comments will be tracked on the 
RDF/OWL Task Group's issue tracker [5].  The comment period will 
continue through at least 2014-12-26, but may be extended if discussion 
is ongoing.

Steve Baskauf
TDWG RDF/OWL Task Group co-convener

[1] http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/guides/text/index.htm
[2] http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/guides/xml/index.htm
[3] https://code.google.com/p/tdwg-rdf/
[4] http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/namespace/index.htm
[5] https://code.google.com/p/tdwg-rdf/issues/list

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