AgentDataModel New resources: Relevant internet sources are: xNAL Name and Address Standard (xNL, xAL) (http://xml.coverpages.org/xnal.html) http://www.jabber.org ...

AgentRoleEnum Provides codes for roles like author, editor, photographer, advisor, or copyright holder. This type is implemented as a union of all AgentRole enumerations ...

AgentRoleEnumXerces262Problem The agent role enumerations are structured into three fundamental enumerations: Creator roles Contributor roles Owner ...

AlexandriaCore The AlexandriaCore (previously also known as "GutenbergCore", originally proposed so in Christchurch 2004) is an attempt to agree on a relatively simple ...

AlexandriaCoreExamples Please help in collecting odd reference examples to help testing how well AlexandriaCore deals with them. A dated magazine/newspaper article ...

BestPractices I put this in UBIF for want of a better place, but it is cross cutting. TDWG needs to develop some Best Practices for schema definition to promote ease ...

CanonicalURI Both in a GBIF network and in document centric data Globally Unique Identifiers (GUIDs) are required for many purposes. URI/IRIs are globally unique identifiers ...

ClassHierarchy In the EFG project we are using !ClassHiearchies for a number of ecological relationships, e.g. LarvalHostPlants and NectarPlants for butterflies ...

ClosedTopicTopLevelStructureDiscussions (This was moved from SchemaDiscussion) Following from the meeting in Berlin, here is my attempt to document what we are trying ...

ComplexTypes CompositeDate (date where parts of the date may be missing, e.g. year and month but not day, only day, etc.) GregorHagedorn 13 Aug 2004

CompositeDate The date/time types defined in xml schema control completeness of a date. Although incomplete types like gMonthDay exist, no type in xml schema that ...

CompositeDateTypeTypes There is a distinct difference between SDD and ABCD's handling of dates with missing or ambiguous parts. Bob Morris asks: The ABCD Schema seems ...

ContentMetadata ProjectDefinition or perhaps ProjectMetadata, or DatasetMetadata (the name is still under discussion, please contribute) should be applicable to all ...

ContentMetadataSearchingName Whereas derivations record the online generation/transformations actions of providers and portals (see DerivationHistory), another element ...

DarwinCore !DarwinCore is a TDWG proposed standard for a simple, flat list of data elements for biological collection data. More information on DarwinCore can be found ...

DataModelMatrix At the TDWG meeting 2004 in Christchurch we had presentations of simple "core" standards: DarwinCore (S. Blum al.), LinneanCore (Jerry Cooper ...

DerivationHistory (This is a subtopic of SchemaDiscussion) 1. The SDD version discussed in Berlin had DataSets/DataSet/TransformationHistory/Transformation and ...

DesignPrinciples XML schema design principles This document is intended for xml experts. This Wiki page has been created for ongoing disussions. Considerably more ...

DesignWith2NamespacesDoesNotValidate To produce a common schema for SchemaDiscussion SDD tries to split the functionality into a common schema and into specific payload ...

EnumeratedValues Introductory material Please see also: EnumeratedValuesAndOwl (relationship between xml schema and OWL based vocabularies) SemiControlledEnumeratedValues ...

EnumeratedValuesAndOwl Certain enumerations are considered necessary to provide for data integration and application interoperability. There is some competition in ...

ExpertiseLevelEnum Restricted to integer values from 0 to 5. 0 is defined as unspecified level, and 1 to 5 indicates expertise from schoolchildren to taxonomic expert ...

ExtendLanguageWithNeutralAndUnknown Previous versions of this topic discussed whether it would be appropriate to add special values to the xml language type to deal ...

FormattedText Text formatting (italics, bold, super/subscript) and other publishing artifacts Problem First an apology: I (Gregor Hagedorn) was the main proponent ...

GloballyUniqueIDs (Note: this is written fast please correct the statements if you think they are inaccurate) Shirley Cohen asked by mail: "I heard that SDD was ...

GuidLinking This topic collects some comments on the "Link" part of the UBIF ObsoleteTopicProxyDataModel. 1. DOI I was thinking that the DOI as proposed for UBIF Link ...

IdentificationCertaintyEnum Identifications of an object/specimen/unit as belonging to a class concept may be uncertain. This is especially important in biology, where ...

IdentifierFunctionality My present thinking is that indentifiers should be classified by the activity they support. So this is a reinterpretation of r1.12 of ObjectTypePattern ...

InterfaceDiscussion One way to view the proxy model is to view them as interfaces to more complex data models. Whether a complex xml model exists (ABCD, TCS, SDD, ...

KeywordBasedDataExchange (Gregor Hagedorn: I moved this out from ObjectOntology (to which it is related, but I believe this has a different approach). Please rename ...

LCCanonicalAuthorshipDiscussion014 1 Probably an oversight: CanonicalAuthorship itself probably should not have the AuthorRelationship attribute on it, which is also ...

LCCanonicalAuthorshipDiscussion016 Similar to the discussion on canonical names in LCCanonicalNameDiscussion016, the discussion with Marc Geoffrey provided some rethinking ...

LCCanonicalNameDiscussion014 Discussion of Proposal 1 versus 2. Note: Proposal 1 is identical with the one uploaded by Sally Hinchcliffe in LinnaeanCoreV01 3.zip ...

LCCanonicalNameDiscussion016 Marc Geoffrey and I had a excellent in person discussion and studied the BGBM "Berlin Model". I have remodeled our name atomization approach ...

LCCurrentVersionDocumentation This page includes docmentation notes associated with each version of LC that is uploaded. Version 0.1.1 (Christchurch Version) Documentation ...

LCMonomialDiscussion Is it "Monomial" or "Mononomial"? Gregor: According to Encycl. Brittanica: "monomials, which are the terms of the polynomial" usage there however ...

LCNameAuthorshipConventions Here we need to document how authorships are used, and resolve some fundamental issues about authorships of names within the context of ...

LCNameCreationTypeDiscussion I believe two kind of nomenclatural relations among homotypic names exist: 1 Those detected at a later time (e.g. two names are based ...

LCNameLiteralDiscussion JMS: I introduced Name literal as an abstraction layer between UTF 8 string and name in general. It also covers variants. 31 Oct 2004 ...

LCNameStringDiscussion Discussion on Name string Note Gregor: I summarized the first part of the discussion to refocus; please go back on the wiki to version 1.14 ...

LCNameUnitDiscussion Discussion on Name unit Gregor: a multi part what ? Name string? Name string with authors? I think you mean words or terms in a name string ...

LCNewCombinationDiscussion Richard: Should we define this exactly as the Botanical Code defines it e.g., exclusive of novel placements within a different infrageneric ...

LCNomenNovumDiscussion About cases of botanical combination and nomen novum (replacement names): SCENARIO 1 Gregor: A validly published name Genus1 xyz Author1 ...

LCProtonymDiscussion Discussion on the definition of Protonym, Basionym, Replaced Synonym, and Original Name Summary of previous discussion by Gregor, Rich, and Sally ...

LCPublicationDiscussion Discussion on Publication Gregor: I do not think a Publication is a subclass of References. A Reference refers to an entire Publication ...

LCRankGroupDiscussion Gregor: For RankGroup I wonder why you discuss this term. I think since it can be derived from knowledge of the rank, it is not necessary in ...

LCReferenceDiscussion Discussion on Reference Gregor: I think this does not work. The instance of the author of this text is sitting in front of the screen in ...

LinkingRelEnum It is desirable to express some semantics of the Link href in another attribute "rel". In the current first version of UBIF, the list of values for ...

LinneanCore Discussion on LinneanCore, a schema to exchange taxonomic name strings. New Topics LinneanCoreCanonicalName (name without authors) LinneanCoreCanonicalAuthorship ...

LinneanCoreAfterChristchurch (I take this from a letter by Rich Pyle sent by email to those who participated in the discussion in Christchurch Gregor) First of ...

LinneanCoreCanonicalAuthorship Authorship should be normalized as much as possible. However, some redundant authorship information (like authors before "ex" and after ...

LinneanCoreCanonicalName Description of the type in the xml schema: "The name of a scientific organism under the various codes of nomenclature, normalized as much ...

LinneanCoreChoiceOfName The originally proposed name by Jerry Cooper with his initial proposal was LinnaeanCore. Karen Wilson proposed to simplify the spelling to ...

LinneanCoreConceptSuffixString My goal in LinneanCore is to provide for a structure that is cabable of storing linnean name as governed by the code as well as other ...

LinneanCoreContributions Because so many people contributed to the LinneanCore discussion off line through email input, or through personal discussions before I ...

LinneanCoreCurrentVersion (This should always contain an attached copy or link another place with the most recent version of LinneanCore) All comments and documentation ...

LinneanCoreDefinitions These are some definitions proposed for use in further discussion. Note that the word "name" is not on this list without some sort of qualification ...

LinneanCoreDisentangle (Of course only an attempt to disentangle some issues of name, concept, hierarchy! Please discuss, add, and feel free to insert short comments ...

LinneanCoreDomain I think this is one of the most fundamental points of discussion that we need to resolve: What is the "unit" or "basis of record" of a LinneanCore ...

LinneanCoreExampleNames (Here we can add examples of names at all levels, from all the kingdoms, so that we can try and place them into the proposed schemas and see ...

LinneanCoreHomoIsonym Homonym same name literal (without authors, within one code of nomenclature) published independently by the same authors in different publications ...

LinneanCoreHybridNothotaxa This page is for discussing issues about hybrid names as units of LC. There are two categories of hybrid name units: Nothotaxa (named ...

LinneanCoreMultipleStructuresForNames In discussion on the mailing list, RichardPyle expressed the desire that the Name element in a Taxon Concept that has type "Nominal ...

LinneanCoreNameIdentity As argued in LinneanCoreDisentangle, the issues of hierarchy and identity are entangled in the Linnean name system. Any redundant hierarchy ...

LinneanCoreNomenclaturalStatus What is the status of a name string under the rules of the code? Note: the enumerations below are an attempt to collect an organize ...

LinneanCoreOriginalIntent Jerry Cooper, who created the first LC draft writes: "I would like to remind everybody of a general point. The Linnaean Core, in my original ...

LinneanCoreResourceLinks BioCode is online at: http://www.rom.on.ca/biodiversity/biocode/ in HTML and PDF (Brian Tindall). model from 1995 still very useful ...

LinneanCoreSomePrivateConceptDefinitions Gregor: This is a rough attempt to express my thinking about the different kind of taxon concepts used in biological taxonomy ...

LinneanCoreTCSDiscussion The TCS team at Napier has posted pages on the TCSWIKI where we look at the LinneanCore from the TCS perspective, and provide a worked example ...

LinneanCoreTCSInteraction This page is for discussions of LC as a sub set of TCS. The TCS team at Napier has posted pages on the TCSWIKI where we look at the LinneanCore ...

LinneanCoreTCSRelationshipTypes I am aware that the proposed LCNameCreationTypeDiscussion and LinneanCoreNomenclaturalStatus each cover some part of what in TCS 0 ...

LinneanCoreTcsNameExamples Napier TCS team has started looking at these Botanical Name examples from Sally to see if we can represent the Nomenclatural relations in ...

LinneanCoreUrgency From email by Chris Lyal, 24 Oct. 2004 "... a plea for some speed in our work. GBIF is in urgent need of a names standard. It is already a severe ...

LinneanCoreUseCases LinneanCoreUseCasesGregor LinneanCoreUseCasesOnlineFloraFauna LinneanCoreUseCasesAMNH LinneanCoreUseCases... (your name here!) ...

LinneanCoreUseCasesAMNH Our project here at AMNH is dealing with the marking up legacy taxonomic literature (AMNH Novitates) We've been analyzing all the various ...

LinneanCoreUseCasesGregor My use case scenarios where I see LinneanCore to be used are 1) Form the scientific name representation of future taxon concept exchange ...

LinneanCoreUseCasesOnlineFloraFauna To create taxonomic/nomenclatural monographs online on the internet some name atomization standard is desirable. Notable, this ...

MultilingualDesignPattern Please do read this and advise on your preferred pattern. Every vote counts! : ) Introduction The general schema design guidelines used ...

NameForProxyOrInterfaceSection At the SDD meeting in Christchurch we discussed possible names for the section containing proxy objects (with minimal Label/Link or ...

NomenclaturalCodesEnum This is very rough, improved documentation will follow as soon as some feedback on this arrived. The values attempt to follow ABCD over Jerry ...

NomenclaturalTypeStatusOfSpecimensDiscussion (This is an appendix to the enumeration of type terms proposed in NomenclaturalTypeStatusOfUnitsEum) Note: to add specific ...

NomenclaturalTypeStatusOfSpecimensEnum The following is based on the information contained in the UBIF schema (UBIF EnumLib.xsd). Please note, that substantial discussion ...

ObjectIdentifierPattern Note March 2005: Although the proposed solutions may not be ideal, there have been no comments on this since December 2004. I therefore plan ...

ObjectOntology This topic is about attempting to subdivide the totality of biodiversity informatics into separate knowledge domains, for which object types may be ...

ObjectTypePattern Introduction This topic discusses the various forms in which an object type (such as taxon concept, geographical area, publication, etc.) may occur ...

ObsoleteProxyListsInAllTdwgGbifStandards (This relates to ObsoleteTopicObsoleteTopicProxyDataModel and TopLevelStructure, please also check there!) At the SDD meeting ...

ObsoleteTopicProxyDataModel (This is part of the SchemaDiscussion discussion. See also InterfaceDiscussion. The name for the section contain Agent, Publication, etc ...

ProtocolIssues (The following is an answer by Gregor Hagedorn to an email by Donald, advocating a kind of protocol incompatible with UBIF.) Dear all, Markus, Renato ...

ProxyDataMediaResource About Proxy Objects, this seems a fine concept for taxonomic names etc. However, I wonder what the practical implications are for using images ...

ProxyDataPublication I propose to use the PublicationProxy type derived from the ProxyBaseType as an example to evaluate the proxy architecture proposed for SDD (see ...

ProxyDataPublicationMODS The following is a fully expanded xml schema diagram showing all elements of MODS (Version 3.0 December 5, 2003). Many elements carry rich ...

ProxyDataPublicationNotesOnLinnCoreSimpleCitation This refers to the structure proposed by Jerry Cooper in his first draft of LinneanCore (a proposed standard for ...

ProxyDataSpecimen This is about representing specimens / ABCD units / objects in non biological museums like musical instruments or archeology items when they are ...

ProxyLinkByWebservice Until version UBIF 1.0 beta 14, the ProxyBaseType in UBIF contained an attempt to model linking using fully definable web service links. This ...

PublicationRepresentation Consider the Library of Congress Metadata Object Schema (mods) for the description of publications. It is, I am told, widely used in the ...

ResolvedTopicAttributesLowerOrUpperCase Currently in SDD and ABCD the element names are capitalized to allow running multiple words together in a readable way (e. ...

ResolvedTopicCommonSchemaSearchingName SDD, ABCD, TaxonNames attempt to standardize a number of fundamental principles and make this a shared schema module (imported ...

ResolvedTopicDatasetCapitalization Rather an esthetic issue: I find DataSets/DataSet odd looking. I realize that you can write "data set" or "dataset". Googling "dataset ...

ResourceTypeEnum See enumeration info for a tabular overview of values. Gregor Hagedorn 25 Aug 2004

RevisionStatusEnum See enumeration info for a tabular overview of values. Revision Status may be applied to the entire data collection as well as to individual objects ...

SchemaDiscussion I propose the following features, please discuss specifics under the following topics: TopLevelStructure DerivationHistory ContentMetadata ...

SemiControlledEnumeratedValues Many UBIF features are controlled through enumerated values (i.e. a controlled vocabulary). Enumerated values are used in two cases ...

SexStatusEnum See enumeration info for a tabular overview of values. Gregor Hagedorn 25 Aug 2004 Walter Berendsohn proposes additional X Mixed N Not applicable ...

TaxonomicRankDiscussion (This is an appendix to the enumeration of type terms proposed in TaxonomicRankEnum) Note: to add specific comments, please add a second level ...

TaxonomicRankEnum The following is based on the information contained in the UBIF schema (UBIF TypeLib.xsd). Please note, that additional discussion material (questions ...

TaxonomicRankRareRanks Sally Hinchcliffe sent a summary of ranks used in IPNI, and after removing ranks already in the rank enumeration, Notho ranks (assuming they ...

TextPublishingArtifacts In addition to the inline formatting of text (formatting characters with bold, italic, subscript within a block level element, see FormattedText ...

TopLevelStructure (An older discussion was moved to ClosedTopicTopLevelStructureDiscussions, because most of the structures referred there do not correspond with the ...

UBIFDesignRequirements General requirements ... something should be added here, currently only technical requirements and problems with that are discussed below! ...

UnivarStatMeasureMethodClassEnum Broad classification of the univariate statistical methods, used in "UnivariateStatisticalMeasureEnum": //xs:enumeration/xs:annotation ...

UnivarStatMeasureReportingClassEnum Broad classification of the univariate statistical methods, used in "UnivariateStatisticalMeasureEnum": //xs:enumeration/xs:annotation ...

UriAndUrnAndTag See UriAndUrnAndUrl for the context of this topic. The of the proposed http://www.taguri.org tag URI scheme does, in fact, provide only for a mail ...

UriAndUrnAndUrl Proposal: there is a single attribute type !ObjectIdentifierType, whose value is xs:anyURI. When a provider wishes an idiosyncratic URI, they use the ...

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