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

[John Wieczorek]

He does!

On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 12:05 PM, Blum, Stan <SBlum at calacademy.org> wrote:
> 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
>>> Biodiversity Informatics Manager / Directeur de l'informatique de la
>>> biodiversité
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