The Darwin Core Maintenance Group is pleased to announce the opening of a
30 day review period (ending 30 September) and seek your feedback for the
following changes to Darwin Core that are of particular interest to those
documenting evidence of invasive and introduced species:
- Change the definition of establishmentMeans (
https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/235
<https://tdwg.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=50f3cc44307841383062ca0d6&id…>
)
- Add two new terms: pathway https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/236
<https://tdwg.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=50f3cc44307841383062ca0d6&id…>)
and degreeOfEstablishment (https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/237
<https://tdwg.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=50f3cc44307841383062ca0d6&id…>
)
- Add controlled vocabularies to use with these three terms (
https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/257
<https://tdwg.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=50f3cc44307841383062ca0d6&id…>
, https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/258
<https://tdwg.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=50f3cc44307841383062ca0d6&id…>
, https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/259
<https://tdwg.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=50f3cc44307841383062ca0d6&id…>
)
Please leave comments on the issues linked above. If you are unable or
prefer not to create GitHub comments, send them to the Maintenance Group
convenor at gtuco.btuco(a)gmail.com. They will be added to the issues on your
behalf, crediting you as the source.
About the Process:
Because the Vocabulary Maintenance process is being put into effect
publicly for only the second time, and the first time for Darwin Core, it
is worthwhile to call out from the TDWG Vocabulary Maintenance Specification
(http://rs.tdwg.org/vms/doc/specification/#33-changes-to-vocabulary-terms
<https://tdwg.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=50f3cc44307841383062ca0d6&id…>)
how this works and where we are in the process.
"*Because the primary purpose of TDWG vocabularies is to facilitate data
sharing, it is necessary to show that multiple parties will benefit from
the change. As such, it is a minimum requirement that two independent
entities indicate that they desire the change (the demand requirement).
Additionally, it is required that there is a consensus within the community
that the proposed change will accomplish the desired outcome (the efficacy
requirement), and that making the change will not adversely affect the
interoperability of existing implementations that depend on the stability
of the vocabulary (the stability requirement).*"
The *demand requirement* has already been met and documented in the issues.
We are now interested in finding consensus in confirming the
*efficacy* and *stability
requirements*. This brings us to the public review, commencing with this
announcement. The steps, from the Specification, are as follows:
"
*If the maintaining Interest Group determines that the proposed term change
is likely to meet the demand, efficacy, and stability requirements, it will
conduct a minimum 30 day comment period. The start of the comment period
will be announced on the TDWG email list [TDWG-CONTENT]. In an effort to
reach consensus, the proposal may be modified based on discussion during
the comment period. Consensus is indicated by no dissenting opinion
expressed publicly on the mailing list for 30 days from the most recent
modification of the proposal. The term change proposal may be modified by
its submitter or the Interest Group in an attempt to shape a proposal that
can achieve community consensus. A change in the official proposal will
trigger the start of a new 30 day period.If the Interest Group believes
that a consensus has been reached, the proposal will be presented by the
Interest Group to the Executive Committee for a decision.*"
We look forward to your participation in this community process.
The Audubon Core Maintenance Group is advancing six proposals to update terms in the Audubon Core. A 30 day period for public comment is now open. It closes at the end of September. Three of the proposals create controlled vocabularies that were envisioned during the initial formulation of the Audubon Core, but were incomplete when the vocabulary was ratified. Three proposals are for adding new terms to Audubon Core that are important for biodiversity sound descriptions (i.e., metadata for biodiversity sound files). To view the proposals, visit https://github.com/tdwg/ac/milestone/2<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftdwg.us9.…> and view the individual proposal issues and their associated documents. To comment on the proposals, leave comments on the relevant proposal issue. If you are unable to create GitHub comments, send them to the Maintenance Group convener at steve.baskauf(a)vanderbilt.edu <mailto:steve.baskauf@vanderbilt.edu?subject=Audubon%20Core%20Comment> .
Steve Baskauf
Audubon Core Maintenance Group convener on behalf of the group
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Steven J. Baskauf, Ph.D.
Data Science and Data Curation Specialist
Jean & Alexander Heard Libraries, Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN 37235, USA
Office: Eskind Biomedical Library, EMB 111
Phone: (615) 343-4582
https://my.vanderbilt.edu/baskauf/
