tdwg/dwc-qa

Public question and answer site for discussions about Darwin Core

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Controlled Vocabularies - Darwin Core Hour Input Form 2/14/2017 11:44:56

A user submitted this information via the Darwin Core Hour webform:
Timestamp: 2/14/2017 11:44:56
Please provide a topic of interest: controlled vocabularies. Please explain how these come into being. Also, how can folks share a term they'd like to see in a given controlled vocab. Highlight which terms now could have controlled vocab (that don't). And / or fields that do - but the controlled vocab not adhered to...
Are you capable of and interested in participating: Yes
Who else would you recommend to participate in the presentation:
What resources can you point to:
Your name: Deborah Paul
Your email: [email protected]

Georeferencing Terms Webinar - Darwin Core Hour Input Form 2/12/2017 15:01:31

A user submitted this information via the Darwin Core Hour webform:
Timestamp: 2/12/2017 15:01:31
Please provide a topic of interest: 3. A content suggestion ... and one in which I would be willing to help. A presentation on the overwhelming / critical nature of CoordinatePrecisionInMeters as an enabling field. This is little understood by the user community, and indeed that field was not even SERVED by GBIF until last year! Bridging between the informatics side and the user side in a single presentation could be very informative. Just a thought.
Are you capable of and interested in participating: Yes
Who else would you recommend to participate in the presentation: John Wieczorek, of course
What resources can you point to:
Your name: Town Peterson
Your email: [email protected]

Data Entry Setup - Darwin Core Hour Input Form 2/7/2017 14:02:23

A user submitted this information via the Darwin Core Hour webform:
Timestamp: 2/7/2017 14:02:23
Please provide a topic of interest: How should my database data entry page best be setup. I realize this might be a silly question as each institution will obviously have its own preference, but in a skeletal sense, what is the minimum information required?
Are you capable of and interested in participating: No
Who else would you recommend to participate in the presentation:
What resources can you point to:
Your name:
Your email:

collectionCode - Darwin Core Hour Input Form 2/14/2017 11:48:24

A user submitted this information via the Darwin Core Hour webform:
Timestamp: 2/14/2017 11:48:24
Please provide a topic of interest: How is the term "collectionCode" supposed to be used? Are there any existing standards recommendations?
Are you capable of and interested in participating: No
Who else would you recommend to participate in the presentation:
What resources can you point to:
Your name:
Your email:

Possibility to have a "title" box in the Darwin Core Hour Input Form

Maybe it can curated or maybe add a "title" field to the form simply to avoid a giant list of "Darwin Core Hour Input Form 2/7/2017 ..." on https://github.com/tdwg/dwc-qa/issues/

coordinatePrecision - Darwin Core Hour Input Form 2/8/2017 3:10:55

A user submitted this information via the Darwin Core Hour webform:
Timestamp: 2/8/2017 3:10:55
Please provide a topic of interest: Acceptable values for coordinatePrecision
Are you capable of and interested in participating: No
Who else would you recommend to participate in the presentation: @tucotuco @ArthurChapman @dagendresen
What resources can you point to: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/index.htm#coordinatePrecision
Your name: @cgendreau
Your email:

3D Object Metadata - Darwin Core Hour Input Form 2/16/2017 16:07:38

A user submitted this information via the Darwin Core Hour webform:
Timestamp: 2/16/2017 16:07:38
Please provide a topic of interest: 3D object metadata description in DwC or an extension
Are you capable of and interested in participating: Yes
Who else would you recommend to participate in the presentation: Doug Boyer, Pat Holroyd, Adam Rountrey, Laura Vietti, Bruce McFadden, Heather Prestridge
What resources can you point to:
Your name: Gary Motz
Your email: [email protected]
Your GitHub username: @garymotz

georeferenceVerificationStatus - Darwin Core Hour Input Form 2/14/2017 10:35:02

A user submitted this information via the Darwin Core Hour webform:
Timestamp: 2/14/2017 10:35:02
Please provide a topic of interest: Do you use the georeferenceVerificationStatus field? Do you know if or how researchers have used this field?
Are you capable of and interested in participating: Yes
Who else would you recommend to participate in the presentation: John Wieczorek
What resources can you point to: http://arctos.database.museum/info/ctDocumentation.cfm?table=ctverificationstatus
Your name: Erica Clites
Your email: [email protected]

test - Darwin Core Hour Input Form 2/7/2017 10:52:02

A user submitted this information via the Darwin Core Hour webform:
___Timestamp: 2/7/2017 10:52:02
Please provide a topic of interest: Test
Are you capable of and interested in participating: Yes
Who else would you recommend to participate in the presentation: no one
What resources can you point to:
Your name: John Wieczorek
Your email: [email protected]

coordinatePrecision - Darwin Core Hour Input Form 2/14/2017 10:10:52

A user submitted this information via the Darwin Core Hour webform:
Timestamp: 2/14/2017 10:10:52
Please provide a topic of interest: Does anyone record or serve coordinatePrecision? If so, can you explain how researchers might find this information useful?
Are you capable of and interested in participating: No
Who else would you recommend to participate in the presentation: John Wieczorek
What resources can you point to:
Your name: Erica Clites
Your email:

Darwin Core Hour Input Form 2/16/2017 15:59:11

A user submitted this information via the Darwin Core Hour webform:
Timestamp: 2/16/2017 15:59:11
Please provide a topic of interest:
Are you capable of and interested in participating: Yes
Who else would you recommend to participate in the presentation:
What resources can you point to:
Your name:
Your email:
Your GitHub username:

Verbatim Fields - Darwin Core Hour Input Form 2/7/2017 14:04:33

A user submitted this information via the Darwin Core Hour webform:
Timestamp: 2/7/2017 14:04:33
Please provide a topic of interest: Is it ok to use verbatim fields? ex. eventDate vs verbatimEventDate
Are you capable of and interested in participating: No
Who else would you recommend to participate in the presentation:
What resources can you point to:
Your name:
Your email:

establishmentMeans - Darwin Core Hour Input Form 2/14/2017 11:47:06

A user submitted this information via the Darwin Core Hour webform:
Timestamp: 2/14/2017 11:47:06
Please provide a topic of interest: Usage of dwc:establishmentMeans
Are you capable of and interested in participating: No
Who else would you recommend to participate in the presentation: Quentin Groom
What resources can you point to: "Quentin Groom's notes on the topic, discussed during TDWG Meeting 2016:
https://github.com/qgroom/ias-dwc-proposal/wiki/Notes-from-the-TDWG-2016-Meeting-in-Santa-Clara,-Costa-Rica"
Your name: Paula Zermoglio
Your email: [email protected]

pointRadiusSpatialFit - Darwin Core Hour Input Form 2/14/2017 10:27:49

A user submitted this information via the Darwin Core Hour webform:
Timestamp: 2/14/2017 10:27:49
Please provide a topic of interest: Does anyone record or serve pointRadiusSpatialFit? If so, can you explain how researchers might find this information useful?
Are you capable of and interested in participating: No
Who else would you recommend to participate in the presentation: John Wieczorek
What resources can you point to:
Your name: Erica Clites
Your email:

Photos with Data Set - Darwin Core Hour Input Form 2/7/2017 14:18:52

A user submitted this information via the Darwin Core Hour webform:
Timestamp: 2/7/2017 14:18:52
Please provide a topic of interest: how to I get photos to be part of my datasets?
Are you capable of and interested in participating: No
Who else would you recommend to participate in the presentation:
What resources can you point to:
Your name:
Your email:

Event Core - Darwin Core Hour Input Form 2/7/2017 18:09:35

A user submitted this information via the Darwin Core Hour webform:
Timestamp: 2/7/2017 18:09:35
Please provide a topic of interest: I would like to learn more about Event Core, who is using it, and how to align data with it.
Are you capable of and interested in participating: No
Who else would you recommend to participate in the presentation:
What resources can you point to:
Your name:
Your email:

Darwin Core Documentation Webinar - Darwin Core Hour Input Form 2/7/2017 11:21:44

A user submitted this information via the Darwin Core Hour webform:
___Timestamp: 2/7/2017 11:21:44
Please provide a topic of interest: Topic: “Darwin Core Documentation: More (would be) Better” edited for presentation to a general (as compared to TDWG) audience. Purpose: to reveal to everyone (not just aggregators - who are essentially "insiders") - what the data looks like for key fields. Please show the broader community what the issues are for given fields. Increase their awareness of the scope of the issues across collection-type/discipline. Engage them in solving them. Help manage their expectations by doing this.
Are you capable of and interested in participating: Yes
Who else would you recommend to participate in the presentation: Paula Zermolgio, data aggregators, some folks from key institutions that are actively involved in mobilizing data
What resources can you point to: Start with Paula Zermolgio's talk “Darwin Core Documentation: More (would be) Better” as done at TDWG 2016
Your name: Deborah Paul
Your email: [email protected]

Link to museum specimen web page - Darwin Core Hour Input Form 2/8/2017 14:09:51

A user submitted this information via the Darwin Core Hour webform:
Timestamp: 2/8/2017 14:09:51
Please provide a topic of interest: For dcterms:references is this the best place to serve a weblink to a specimen on a museum's own database? Or is there an alternative field better suited to serving that type of data?
Are you capable of and interested in participating: No
Who else would you recommend to participate in the presentation:
What resources can you point to:
Your name: Erica Clites
Your email: [email protected]

test - Darwin Core Hour Input Form 2/16/2017 11:20:23

A user submitted this information via the Darwin Core Hour webform:
Timestamp: 2/16/2017 11:20:23
Please provide a topic of interest: test
Are you capable of and interested in participating: Yes
Who else would you recommend to participate in the presentation:
What resources can you point to:
Your name:
Your email:
Your GitHub username: @tucotuco @pzermoglio

Create a Webinars page

This should be an index to webinar announcements and captured videos.

Darwin Core Hour Introduction Presentation

Create a presentation to kick off the Darwin Core Hour series (https://www.idigbio.org/content/darwin-core-hour-webinar-series). The presentation should cover:

What inspired this series?
What are we trying to accomplish with this series?
What are some examples of topics?
Where can I send topics for discussion?
What will happen with these submissions?

Trait Data - Darwin Core Hour Input Form 2/7/2017 14:07:22

A user submitted this information via the Darwin Core Hour webform:
Timestamp: 2/7/2017 14:07:22
Please provide a topic of interest: Anything to do with trait data. I am coming from the point of view of a PhD student and I may be able to use DwC to tag information I want to extract from the biodiversity literature about trophic interactions between species. Below I have put no as at the moment I don't really have any experience but I would be willing to participate if I find out I could use it and if I get enough expertise in the area.
Are you capable of and interested in participating: No
Who else would you recommend to participate in the presentation:
What resources can you point to:
Your name: Sandra
Your email: [email protected]

test - Darwin Core Hour Input Form 2/16/2017 10:46:47

A user submitted this information via the Darwin Core Hour webform:
Timestamp: 2/16/2017 10:46:47
Please provide a topic of interest: test
Are you capable of and interested in participating: Yes
Who else would you recommend to participate in the presentation: John Wieczorek
What resources can you point to:
Your name:
Your email:

MeasurementOrFacts - Darwin Core Hour Input Form 2/7/2017 18:10:28

A user submitted this information via the Darwin Core Hour webform:
Timestamp: 2/7/2017 18:10:28
Please provide a topic of interest: I would like to learn more about MeasurementOrFact. What the terms are. How best to use it. Who is using it. If it's utilized by GBIF.
Are you capable of and interested in participating: No
Who else would you recommend to participate in the presentation:
What resources can you point to:
Your name:
Your email:

Isotope Data - Darwin Core Hour Input Form 2/7/2017 11:59:58

A user submitted this information via the Darwin Core Hour webform:
___Timestamp: 2/7/2017 11:59:58
Please provide a topic of interest: How do I add stable isotope data to vouchered museum specimens?
Are you capable of and interested in participating: Yes
Who else would you recommend to participate in the presentation: My graduate student Sean Moran
What resources can you point to: Not much so far. Although there is an opinion piece to be published on IsoBank soon in PNAS.
Your name: Bruce MacFadden
Your email: [email protected]

Taxonomy fields - Darwin Core Hour Input Form 2/16/2017 16:22:16

A user submitted this information via the Darwin Core Hour webform:
Timestamp: 2/16/2017 16:22:16
Please provide a topic of interest: Best practices for handling the taxonomy fields when meshing paleo- and neontological data creates weirdnesses due to the Linnaean ranking system. How do we optimize searchability without making things overly complicated or scrapping ranks entirely (since that would be a nightmare)?
Are you capable of and interested in participating:
Who else would you recommend to participate in the presentation:
What resources can you point to:
Your name: [email protected]
Your email: [email protected]
Your GitHub username:

Issues submitted via Google Form, how to get responses back to the submitter

Seems like we have discussions forming already here in the issue queue, but we need to make sure the original submitter is able to participate. Do we need to add a mechanism for this? How should this work?

Darwin Core Hour Input Form 2/7/2017 13:09:51

A user submitted this information via the Darwin Core Hour webform:
Timestamp: 2/7/2017 13:09:51
Please provide a topic of interest:
Are you capable of and interested in participating: Yes
Who else would you recommend to participate in the presentation: Tried to get into the meeting 7 Feb. but there was not enough space. Please make more connections available!!
What resources can you point to:
Your name: Steve Heydon
Your email: [email protected]

Earliest and Latest Epochs - Darwin Core Hour Input Form 2/8/2017 14:08:13

A user submitted this information via the Darwin Core Hour webform:
Timestamp: 2/8/2017 14:08:13
Please provide a topic of interest: Is there a best practice for earliestEpoch, latestEpoch and similar geological age terms if there is only one geological age? For example, if the fossil is from the Pliocene Epoch, should both earliestEpoch and latestEpoch contain "Pliocene"? Or should just earliestEpoch or latestEpoch contain Pliocene?
Are you capable of and interested in participating: Yes
Who else would you recommend to participate in the presentation: Edward Davis (University of Oregon)
What resources can you point to:
Your name: Erica Clites
Your email: [email protected]

Data Entry Setup - Darwin Core Hour Input Form 2/7/2017 14:03:58

A user submitted this information via the Darwin Core Hour webform:
Timestamp: 2/7/2017 14:03:58
Please provide a topic of interest: How should my database data entry page best be setup for my specialization. I realize this might be a silly question as each institution will obviously have its own preference, but in a skeletal sense, what is the minimum information required?
Are you capable of and interested in participating:
Who else would you recommend to participate in the presentation:
What resources can you point to:
Your name:
Your email:

test- Darwin Core Hour Input Form 2/17/2017 13:36:50

A user submitted this information via the Darwin Core Hour webform:
Timestamp: 2/17/2017 13:36:50
Please provide a topic of interest: test submission form label
Are you capable of and interested in participating:
Who else would you recommend to participate in the presentation:
What resources can you point to:
Your name:
Your email:
Your GitHub username:

Data Aggregation - Darwin Core Hour Input Form 2/14/2017 11:42:40

A user submitted this information via the Darwin Core Hour webform:
Timestamp: 2/14/2017 11:42:40
Please provide a topic of interest: these are the things I think people might like to know as well as what I'd like them to know: 1) identifiers 2) how to manage changing identifiers 3) fields useful for research/searchers: scientificName, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species, specificEpithet, infraspecificEpithet, higherClassification, taxonRank, nomenclaturalCode 4) decimal lat/lon - you can add the other fields that make lat/lon really useful 5) vernacularName 6) continent, country, countryCode 7) bonus points for associatedSequences have to have: in occurrence file: occurrence ID, institutionCode (and usefully collectionCode), basisOfRecord in multimedia files: id, identifier, format, accessURI rights, rightHolder, accessRights - the basics of attribution Funders like it when the grant number is included in the metadata in IPT (ml.xml), it goes in the project block. That's all from me off the top of my head. Documented here: https://www.idigbio.org/wiki/index.php/Data_Ingestion_Guidance​ Extra reading about data tics, and avoiding them.
Are you capable of and interested in participating: Yes
Who else would you recommend to participate in the presentation: Laura Russell
What resources can you point to: Request endorsement from GBIF: http://www.gbif.org/publishing-data/request-endorsement#/intro
Your name: Joanna McCaffrey
Your email: [email protected]

Participation Limit - Darwin Core Hour Input Form 2/7/2017 13:26:23

A user submitted this information via the Darwin Core Hour webform:
Timestamp: 2/7/2017 13:26:23
Please provide a topic of interest: How to raise the participant limit for future webinars :(
Are you capable of and interested in participating:
Who else would you recommend to participate in the presentation:
What resources can you point to:
Your name:
Your email:

Project Information - Darwin Core Hour Input Form 2/14/2017 11:46:27

A user submitted this information via the Darwin Core Hour webform:
Timestamp: 2/14/2017 11:46:27
Please provide a topic of interest: grant numbers. I need a field to share that a particular specimen was handled / touched / imaged / etc as a result of a given grant. EML has a field - but I may have a mixed dataset, and I may have (going forward) more than one grant number for a given specimen. Funders (as stakeholders) want to be able to tell which specimen records resulted from their backing.
Are you capable of and interested in participating: No
Who else would you recommend to participate in the presentation: Aggregators (VertNet, GBIF, iDigBio, Symbiota,...), TDWG NCD group,
What resources can you point to:
Your name: Deborah Paul
Your email: [email protected]

Ethnobiological Data - Darwin Core Hour Input Form 2/7/2017 13:16:35

A user submitted this information via the Darwin Core Hour webform:
Timestamp: 2/7/2017 13:16:35
Please provide a topic of interest: I am working on comparative nomencalture and classification (Indigenous languages) of flora and fauna. I am working on a data structure and have started a Symbiota based website (demca.sites.gettysburg.edu). But DwC does not have a good way to enter linguistic data in a way that is conducive to research
Are you capable of and interested in participating: Yes
Who else would you recommend to participate in the presentation:
What resources can you point to: None to date
Your name: Jonathan D. Amith
Your email: [email protected]

Darwin Core Hour Input Form 2/7/2017 14:04:03

A user submitted this information via the Darwin Core Hour webform:
Timestamp: 2/7/2017 14:04:03
Please provide a topic of interest: Use of Darwin Core with Museum Collections
Are you capable of and interested in participating: No
Who else would you recommend to participate in the presentation:
What resources can you point to:
Your name:
Your email:

Darwin Core Introduction Presentation

Create a Introduction to Darwin Core presentation for the Darwin Core Hour webinar series (https://www.idigbio.org/content/darwin-core-hour-webinar-series). The presentation should cover:

What is Darwin Core?
How does Darwin Core relate to other standards?
Who manages Darwin Core?
Where did Darwin Core come from?
What are Darwin Core terms?
What is Simple Darwin Core?
What do I put in Darwin Core fields?
What are Darwin Core extensions?
Why is my term missing?
Where do I put my field?
What are the principles behind Darwin Core?
How does Darwin Core evolve?
Where can I go for help?

And potentially a Darwin Core Sightseeing Tour if time permits.

iDigBio distinctValues 6 files missing count

6 files in iDigBiodistinctValues https://github.com/tdwg/dwc-qa/tree/master/data/idigbioDistinctValues
missing the count. These are:

1. basisOfRecord
2. behavior
3. establishmentMeans
4. geodeticDatum
5. license
6. occurrenceStatus

Files I cannot check (too large to View, and can't wait for dwnload): preparations, reproductiveCondition, typeStatus

Looking good overall - thanks for making these happen!

Camera Trap and Telemetry Data - Darwin Core Hour Input Form 2/14/2017 11:43:49

A user submitted this information via the Darwin Core Hour webform:
Timestamp: 2/14/2017 11:43:49
Please provide a topic of interest: Strategies for handling camera trap and telemetry data in Darwin Core
Are you capable of and interested in participating: Yes
Who else would you recommend to participate in the presentation: Peggy Newman, John Wieczorek, Antonio Saraiva, someone from Movebank
What resources can you point to: http://zoatrack.org, www.movebank.org
Your name: Lee Belbin
Your email: [email protected]

Create New Term Process - Darwin Core Hour Input Form 2/10/2017 17:19:19

A user submitted this information via the Darwin Core Hour webform:
Timestamp: 2/10/2017 17:19:19
Please provide a topic of interest: If a Darwin Core field is not available in existing extensions (for example, I have an attribute for species' conservation ranking in IUCN), is there a standard protocol for creating a field name (in the interim)?
Are you capable of and interested in participating:
Who else would you recommend to participate in the presentation:
What resources can you point to:
Your name:
Your email:

Darwin Core Hour Input Form 2/16/2017 15:48:36

A user submitted this information via the Darwin Core Hour webform:
Timestamp: 2/16/2017 15:48:36
Please provide a topic of interest: Best practices for digital collections
Are you capable of and interested in participating: Yes
Who else would you recommend to participate in the presentation:
What resources can you point to: We did some workflow studies at GSA two years ago for a SESAR workshop - I think these presentations could incorporate more of that (if they aren't already)
Your name: Lydia Tackett
Your email: [email protected]
Your GitHub username:

Controlled Vocabularies - Darwin Core Hour Input Form 2/10/2017 17:15:53

A user submitted this information via the Darwin Core Hour webform:
Timestamp: 2/10/2017 17:15:53
Please provide a topic of interest: We are interested in the recommended vocabularies for data values. We work with occurrence records for multiple species and would like to populate our fields in a standardized way. We have not been able to find detailed lists of terms.
Are you capable of and interested in participating: No
Who else would you recommend to participate in the presentation:
What resources can you point to:
Your name:
Your email:

Darwin Core Hour Input Form 2/16/2017 16:05:08

A user submitted this information via the Darwin Core Hour webform:
Timestamp: 2/16/2017 16:05:08
Please provide a topic of interest: Digitization
Are you capable of and interested in participating: Yes
Who else would you recommend to participate in the presentation:
What resources can you point to:
Your name:
Your email:
Your GitHub username:

Multiple Counties - Darwin Core Hour Input Form 2/14/2017 11:47:46

A user submitted this information via the Darwin Core Hour webform:
Timestamp: 2/14/2017 11:47:46
Please provide a topic of interest: dwc:county What do I do if I have multiple counties in the county field in my database? How do I use the dwc:county field in this case? Is there another (better) way to convey this information?
Are you capable of and interested in participating: No
Who else would you recommend to participate in the presentation: DwC standards team (on github) and software developers from Specify, Symbiota, Arctos, etc.
What resources can you point to: Database searches at iDigBio, VertNet, GBIF - to show community what the data in the county field looks like.
Your name: Deborah Paul
Your email: [email protected]

Create a Wiki Home page

test - Darwin Core Hour Input Form 2/16/2017 10:56:47

A user submitted this information via the Darwin Core Hour webform:
Timestamp: 2/16/2017 10:56:47
Please provide a topic of interest: test
Are you capable of and interested in participating: Yes
Who else would you recommend to participate in the presentation:
What resources can you point to:
Your name:
Your email:

test - Darwin Core Hour Input Form 2/17/2017 10:35:21

A user submitted this information via the Darwin Core Hour webform:
Timestamp: 2/17/2017 10:35:21
Please provide a topic of interest: tags test
Are you capable of and interested in participating:
Who else would you recommend to participate in the presentation:
What resources can you point to:
Your name:
Your email:
Your GitHub username:

sex uncertainty - Darwin Core Hour Input Form 2/14/2017 11:45:45

A user submitted this information via the Darwin Core Hour webform:
Timestamp: 2/14/2017 11:45:45
Please provide a topic of interest: dwc:sex What if I need to express uncertainty for this value, as in ?male. Do I use the dwc:sex field at all? Make an dwc:occurrenceRemarks instead? Where / how do I express doubt?
Are you capable of and interested in participating:
Who else would you recommend to participate in the presentation: Anyone who can clarify for the community that this is a process (getting software updated to have the fields we need, getting standards to reflect the new data).
What resources can you point to:
Your name: Deborah Paul
Your email: [email protected]

Bulk Data Cleaning - Darwin Core Hour Input Form 2/8/2017 12:44:55

A user submitted this information via the Darwin Core Hour webform:
Timestamp: 2/8/2017 12:44:55
Please provide a topic of interest: How to clean/reformat data efficiently and en-masse. EG: Depth measurements in many formats- convert all to meters
Are you capable of and interested in participating: No
Who else would you recommend to participate in the presentation: John or David Bloom
What resources can you point to: OpenRefine?
Your name: Ben Frable
Your email:

Review README.md for completeness