Public working draft of NatureServe Species Occurrence Schema,
comments invited
Lynn Kutner
Lynn_Kutner at NATURESERVE.ORG
Fri Feb 10 14:02:06 CET 2006
Please note that the NatureServe species occurrence data is typically at
a coarser scale than observation or collection data:
A Species Occurrence (SO) is an area of land and/or water in which a
species is, or was, present. A SO should have practical conservation
value for the species as evidenced by potential continued (or
historical) presence and/or regular recurrence at a given location. For
species Elements, the SO often corresponds with the local population,
but when appropriate may be a portion of a population (e.g., long
distance dispersers) or a group of nearby populations (e.g.,
metapopulation). A SO record has both spatial and tabular components
including a mappable feature and its supporting database attributes.
Thank you for your time. Instructions for providing comments can be
found at the bottom of this email.
Lynn
Lynn Kutner
NatureServe
Email: lynn_kutner at natureserve.org
Phone: (303) 541-0360
www.natureserve.org
________________________________
From: Douglas Sellers
Sent: Friday, February 10, 2006 11:39 AM
Cc: Bruce Stein; Lori Scott; Leslie Honey
Subject: Public working draft of NatureServe Species Occurrence Schema,
comments invited
NatureServe is pleased to announce the release of a public working draft
(version 0.3) of an XML schema to describe species occurrence-level data
as reflected in NatureServe's biodiversity data model. We are seeking
public review and comments on this version until March 3, 2006.
Comments received during the review period will be addressed in the next
release, version 1.0.
NatureServe is evolving its data delivery strategy to use XML-based, Web
services protocols. Last month the NatureServe Species Schema,
describing species profile-type information managed by NatureServe, and
familiar to many through our NatureServe Explorer website
(www.natureserve.org/explorer), was released for public review. The
Species Occurrence Schema that is the subject of this announcement is
complementary to that schema, and focuses on describing spatially
explicit species locality data as managed by the NatureServe network.
The data represented by this schema provides a new level of spatial
precision not currently available on NatureServe Explorer.
Our Web services strategy for sharing data among NatureServe network
members and with the broader community is dependent upon the usability
of these XML schemas. For this reason, we are seeking as wide a review
as possible among our colleagues within the biodiversity informatics
community, and especially from those organizations that regularly rely
on and interact with NatureServe data.
Reviewers are invited to submit comments on either the content or the
structure of the XML documents. Content reviewers will want to follow
the link for the human-readable documentation. We have also provided a
sample document for review, which contains example data in XML format
for one species occurrence record of Ardea herodias (Great Blue Heron).
Reviewers should also note that this schema incorporates mapped
occurrence location information, represented as polygon shapes. In
compliance with Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) standards for web map
and web feature services, the spatial elements of the species occurrence
schema are represented using Geography Markup Language (GML). In
addition to the human readable documentation, technical reviewers will
find useful the links to the XSD documents. Technical reviewer comments
may cover the names of the XML tags, the nesting of the XML document,
the structure of the XML schema, and the organization of the GML
components. Technical reviewer comments from organizations that may
develop applications to consume NatureServe data as expressed by these
XML schema are highly encouraged.
The NatureServe Species Occurrence Schema documentation can be found at:
http://services.natureserve.org/technical/speciesOccurrenceSchema.htm
Please submit comments using the feedback forms found at the same
location, or via email to:
services at natureserve.org
The complementary NatureServe Species Schema documentation can be found
at:
http://services.natureserve.org/technical/speciesSchema.htm
Reviewers may find it useful to compare the two documents. While the
public comment period for the species schema has closed, we will
consider new comments as time permits within the schedule for releasing
the next version.
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class=718455518-10022006>A Species Occurrence (SO) is an area of land and/or
water in which a species is, or was, present. A SO should have practical
conservation value for the species as evidenced by potential continued (or
historical) presence and/or regular recurrence at a given location. For species
Elements, the SO often corresponds with the local population, but when
appropriate may be a portion of a population (e.g., long distance
dispersers) or a group of nearby populations (e.g., metapopulation).
</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=718455518-10022006>A SO record has both spatial and tabular components
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> Douglas Sellers <BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday,
February 10, 2006 11:39 AM<BR><B>Cc:</B> Bruce Stein; Lori Scott; Leslie
Honey<BR><B>Subject:</B> Public working draft of NatureServe Species Occurrence
Schema, comments invited<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV class=Section1>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">NatureServe is pleased to announce
the release of a public working draft (version 0.3) of an XML schema to describe
species occurrence-level data as reflected in NatureServe’s biodiversity data
model. We are seeking public review and comments on this version until
<B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">March 3, 2006</SPAN></B>. Comments
received during the review period will be addressed in the next release, version
1.0. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">NatureServe is evolving its data
delivery strategy to use XML-based, Web services protocols. Last month the
NatureServe Species Schema, describing species profile-type information managed
by NatureServe, and familiar to many through our NatureServe Explorer website
(<A title=http://www.natureserve.org/explorer
href="http://www.natureserve.org/explorer">www.natureserve.org/explorer</A>),
was released for public review. The Species Occurrence Schema that is the
subject of this announcement is complementary to that schema, and focuses on
describing spatially explicit species locality data as managed by the
NatureServe network. The data represented by this schema provides a new
level of spatial precision not currently available on NatureServe Explorer.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Our Web services strategy for
sharing data among NatureServe network members and with the broader community is
dependent upon the usability of these XML schemas. For this reason, we are
seeking as wide a review as possible among our colleagues within the
biodiversity informatics community, and especially from those organizations that
regularly rely on and interact with NatureServe data.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Reviewers are invited to submit
comments on either the content or the structure of the XML documents.
Content reviewers will want to follow the link for the human-readable
documentation. We have also provided a sample document for review, which
contains example data in XML format for one species occurrence record of
<I><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Ardea herodias</SPAN></I> (Great Blue
Heron). <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Reviewers should also note that this
schema incorporates mapped occurrence location information, represented as
polygon shapes. In compliance with Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC)
standards for web map and web feature services, the spatial elements of the
species occurrence schema are represented using Geography Markup Language
(GML). In addition to the human readable documentation, technical
reviewers will find useful the links to the XSD documents. Technical
reviewer comments may cover the names of the XML tags, the nesting of the XML
document, the structure of the XML schema, and the organization of the GML
components. Technical reviewer comments from organizations that may
develop applications to consume NatureServe data as expressed by these XML
schema are highly encouraged.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The NatureServe Species Occurrence
Schema documentation can be found at: <A
href="http://services.natureserve.org/technical/speciesOccurrenceSchema.htm">http://services.natureserve.org/technical/speciesOccurrenceSchema.htm</A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Please submit comments using the
feedback forms found at the same location, or via email
to:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><A
title=mailto:services at natureserve.org
href="mailto:services at natureserve.org">services at natureserve.org</A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The complementary NatureServe
Species Schema documentation can be found at:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><A
title=http://services.natureserve.org/technical/speciesSchema.htm
href="http://services.natureserve.org/technical/speciesSchema.htm">http://services.natureserve.org/technical/speciesSchema.htm</A>
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Reviewers may find it useful to
compare the two documents. While the public comment period for the species
schema has closed, we will consider new comments as time permits within the
schedule for releasing the next version. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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