[tdwg-tag] georeferencedDate - Request for the addition of a new Darwin Core term

[John Wieczorek]

I completely agree with this proposal. It was an oversight not to have
included it with the rest of the georeferencing terms in DwC at the
outset. Now there are apps that need to include this, and it would be
nice if it was an official term.

On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 10:52 AM, Peter Desmet <peter.desmet at umontreal.ca> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Following the Darwin Core Term Change Policy
> (http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/namespace/index.htm#classesofchanges), I
> am hereby submitting a request for the addition of a new Darwin Core
> term: georeferencedDate.
> I've also submitted this request as an issue on the Darwin Core Google
> Code site: http://code.google.com/p/darwincore/issues/detail?id=104
>
> Term Name: georeferencedDate
> Identifier: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/georeferencedDate
> Namespace: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/
> Label: georeferencedDate
> Definition: The date on which the georeference of the Location was
> determined. Recommended best practice is to use an encoding scheme,
> such as ISO 8601:2004(E).
> Comment: Example: "2011-03-01T13:59-0500" is 1 Mar 2011 1:59pm in the
> time zone five hours earlier than UTC.
> Type of Term: http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property
> Refines: http://purl.org/dc/terms/date
> Status:
> Date Issued: 2011-06-01
> Date Modified:
> Member Of:
> Has Domain:
> Has Range:
> Decision:
> Version:
> Replaces:
> Is Replaced By:
> Class: http://purl.org/dc/terms/Location
> ABCD 2.06: not in ABCD
>
> Submitter: Peter Desmet
>
> Justification: A georeferencing date allows chronological sorting of
> multiple georeferences for one location, identification of the most
> recent georeference, etc. This term is already used at georeferencing
> workshops (based on the GBIF 2006 Guide to best practices for
> georeferencing) and in numerous collection databases. It will also
> become one of the outputs of the new BioGeomancer.
> It's justification is similar to the one for dateIdentified.
> The term could be called "dateGeoreferenced" (cf. "dateIdentified"),
> "georeferenceDate" (cf. "georeferenceProtocol" and "eventDate") or
> "georeferencedDate" (cf. "georeferencedBy").
>
> Thank you for reviewing this request.
>
>
> Peter
>
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