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Workbench for biodiversity informatics.
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Data: Repositories needs location information #690

Open anadm opened 5 years ago

anadm commented 5 years ago

The form for repositories needs to include location information, and when a repository is created and there is no location information an error message should be produced. See ICZN 16.4.2: if TW is used in the future as a content manager to output descriptions or to facilitate producing a paper, the absence of this information makes the description invalid:

16.4.2. where the holotype or syntypes are extant specimens, by a statement of intent that they will be (or are) deposited in a collection and a statement indicating the name and location of that collection (see Recommendation 16C). Recommendation 16C. Preservation and deposition of type specimens. Recognizing that name-bearing types are international standards of reference (see Article 72.10) authors should deposit type specimens in an institution that maintains a research collection, with proper facilities for preserving them and making them accessible for study (i.e. one which meets the criteria in Recommendation 72F).

Note also it seems the import file from GRSciColl seems to be lacking this info.

debpaul commented 2 years ago

@mjy does this fit with the requested changes that @LordFlashmeow is asking for regarding repository information (where the specimen resides vs where the data are served from).