Xrefs and new terms for CMECS

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We have a need of ENVO terms for the following in GloBI

CMECS:AQUATIC_SETTING_1,Marine
CMECS:AQUATIC_SETTING_2,Estuarine
CMECS:AQUATIC_SETTING_3,Lacustrine
CMECS:AQUATIC_SETTING_4,Marine Nearshore
CMECS:AQUATIC_SETTING_5,Marine Offshore
CMECS:AQUATIC_SETTING_6,Marine Oceanic
CMECS:AQUATIC_SETTING_7,Estuarine Coastal
CMECS:AQUATIC_SETTING_8,Estuarine Open Water
CMECS:AQUATIC_SETTING_9,Estuarine Tidal Riverine Coastal
CMECS:AQUATIC_SETTING_10,Estuarine Tidal Riverine Open Water
CMECS:AQUATIC_SETTING_11,Lacustrine Limnetic
CMECS:AQUATIC_SETTING_12,Lacustrine Littoral
CMECS:AQUATIC_SETTING_13,Marine Nearshore Subtidal
CMECS:AQUATIC_SETTING_14,Marine Nearshore Intertidal
CMECS:AQUATIC_SETTING_15,Marine Nearshore Supratidal
CMECS:AQUATIC_SETTING_16,Marine Offshore Subtidal
CMECS:AQUATIC_SETTING_17,Marine Oceanic Subtidal
CMECS:AQUATIC_SETTING_18,Estuarine Coastal Subtidal
CMECS:AQUATIC_SETTING_19,Estuarine Coastal Intertidal
CMECS:AQUATIC_SETTING_20,Estuarine Coastal Supratidal
CMECS:AQUATIC_SETTING_21,Estuarine Open Water Subtidal
CMECS:AQUATIC_SETTING_23,Estuarine Tidal Riverine Coastal Subtidal
CMECS:AQUATIC_SETTING_24,Estuarine Tidal Riverine Coastal Intertidal
CMECS:AQUATIC_SETTING_26,Estuarine Tidal Riverine Open Water Subtidal

We could be persuaded to post compose, rather than needing precoordinated, so 
this may be more of a model question. Would 'subtidal' be a quality? Or can we 
pin this to a specific... feature?

Original issue reported on code.google.com by cmung...@gmail.com on 16 Mar 2015 at 11:32

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These concepts could probably be modelled as qualities (or perhaps an 
environmental conditions*), which would give us more flexibility in creating 
logical definitions across ENVO.  

"Nearshore"/"Offshore" are very fuzzy - if this is meant as "neritic" (i.e. 
above a continental shelf) and "oceanic" (no continental shelf underneath) then 
we can move easily, otherwise we'll need defs from the CMECS community. We 
could then model "neritic" or "oceanic" as qualities.

* We've discussed the relation between conditions and qualities in the thoughts 
on ENVO's top levels, but perhaps we should revisit this to see if we strictly 
need "condition". The main need is a way to express that there are defined 
(although with fuzzy thresholds) ranges of one or more determinate qualities in 
effect over an environmental system.

Original comment by p.buttig...@gmail.com on 17 Mar 2015 at 4:16

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[pbuttigieg]

Rather than conditions/qualities, perhaps the best route here is to use the "determined by" relation between the features (estuaries, coasts, rivers) and the ecosystems. This would underscore that we're referring to an ecosystem-level entity, but tie it to the components and processes involving the key entities that define it.

[cmungall]

+1