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

[Blum, Stan]

I support this, too.  (and I expect it will be uncontroversial)

Peter,  nice job with the proposal.  I'm sure John appreciates your effort
in completeness and detail!

-Stan


On 6/1/11 1:04 PM, "John Wieczorek" <tuco at berkeley.edu> wrote:

> 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
>> 
>> --
>> Peter Desmet
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