skeletalElementName or skeletalElementPortion

[jdeck88]

This issue has to do with terms detailing skeletalElementName or skeletalElementPortion:

from Kitty:

Where in the template would I put the following information - (eg "proximal half only, greatest length not possible, eroded epiphysis edge, measurement might be inaccurate" - sometimes captured under dwc:measurementRemarks and including things like "antlers removed prior to carcass weight capture" which impacts weight)

Another comment:

Kitty term for the portion of the skeletal element being measured / alterations to the element that might affect measurements / etc. - packaged under dwc:preparations

From Meghan:

great question....perhaps comments?

From Kitty:

Great, is there a particular comments term I should use to label that info? This is something that we put in "preparations", see below.

[jdeck88]

Current definition is "condition of the specimen". I think we need something more descriptive here, especially as we don't have it tied to a community standard data property. @emerykf can you help?

[meghalithic]

Kitty def: portion of the element represented, can be descriptive of proportions (e.g., measurement of how much of the shaft they have).

[jdeck88]

Can we defer both of these terms to measurementRemarks? esp. since there is no other community standard terms for skeletalElementName and Portion.
We can even make measurementRemarks a suggested field :)

[jdeck88]

From Kitty: "Sure, whatever suits the template is fine by me from here on in. I trust y'all!"

[meghalithic]

Can we discuss on Thurs?

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[ramonawalls]

measurementRemarks seems like a good place for this information.

[jdeck88]

From our discussion this morning (Ray, Edward, Meghan, Neeka, and John): John filled this out a bit more following the call.

Proposal is to use the following fields in place of all of the skeletalElement Fields:

• measurementRemarks (any remarks about the measurement.). This is pretty close the same as skeletalElement. This is already in our template. so we just drop "skeletalElement"

• materialSampleType (a controlled vocabulary containing : 1) whole organism, or 2) part organism, 3) gutted, 4) skinned, 5) part organism - whole element, 4) part organism - part element). these fields can later be parsed and mapped to ontology class names (we do this in the plant phenology ontology for part and whole plants). This term would replace skeletalElementPortion but would only have two options in the CV (whole or part). I would argue that we make this a GEOME network level term and CV so it can apply to all animals, plants for all projects. pretty useful. This is a new data property term, not in DwC.

• materialSampleCondition (more detailed remarks about the condition of the material sample Remarks about the condition and portion of the materialSample represented. This can be descriptive (e.g., distal epiphysis) or proportional (e.g., 75% of diaphysis).) "materialSampleCondition" is essentially the same as skeletalElementCondition but would have much broader application. This is a new data property term, not in DwC.

[meghalithic]

materialSampleType: whole or part, and then types of parts and whole (hierarchical) e.g., whole organism; part organism - whole bone, whole skeleton; etc.

• controlled vocabulary

measurementRemarks: e.g., 75% of epiphysis

• free text

materialSampleCondition: burned, calcified

• free text

[jdeck88]

This issue has been resolved... all terms suggested above are added.