Closed tucotuco closed 3 years ago
In the beta version of MIxS V6, that @wdduncan linked to in issue #11, the unique MIxS ID for alt
is given as MIXS:0000094 (IRIs reserved but not yet live), which we can use for future mappings.
IRIs reserved but not yet live
Can you please explain what this means? Reserved where and how, please?
@timrobertson100 The IRIs listed for the terms listed in the MIxS 6 spreadsheet
E.g. The term alt (row 9 on the MIxS6 Core - to edit tab) has the IRI MIXS:0000094 in column AD. However, the IRI has not been registered with w3id.org. So, it will not resolve in a web browser.
Does that answer your question?
Thanks @wdduncan
w3id.org was the bit that was missing for us. If I understand this correctly, they aren't IRIs yet but will be when prefixed by the resolving infrastructure they provide.
Update:
I run a report to verify that definitions for the same term (as identified by the IRI) are the same across packages. I am waiting until MIxS 6 has been finalized before running this report again.
How do we handle that the definitions of dwc:verbatimElevation, dwc:minimumElevationInMeters, dwc:maximumElevationInMeters also refer to altitude?
[...] elevation (altitude, usually above sea level) [...]
Should this be captured in the mapping?
The Darwin Core is in accord with the Georeferencing Quick Reference Guide where the definitions of the two terms are:
Elevation - A measurement of the vertical distance of a land or water surface above a vertical datum. On maps, the reference datum is generally some interpretation of mean sea level or the geoid, while in devices using GPS/GNSS, the reference datum is the ellipsoid of the geodetic datum to which the GPS unit is configured, though the device may make corrections to report the elevation above mean sea level or the geoid. Elevations that are above a reference point should be expressed as positive numbers, while those below should be negative. Compare depth, distance above surface, and altitude.
Altitude - A measurement of the vertical distance above a vertical datum, usually mean sea level or geoid. For points on the surface of the Earth, altitude is synonymous with elevation.
The relationships between the three vertical distance concepts is explained in detail at
https://docs.gbif.org/georeferencing-best-practices/1.0/en/#elements-distance-above-surface
Suggested syntax predicates for the mappings above https://github.com/tdwg/gbwg/issues/14#issue-805153888
Field | Value |
---|---|
subject_id | http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/minimumDistanceAboveSurfaceInMeters |
subject_value_syntax - expected_value - unit | {float} / {float} {unit}- measurement value - meter |
syntax_predicate_id | skos:narrowMatch |
object_id | None given (alt) |
object_value_syntax - expected_value - unit | {float} {unit} - measurement value - meter |
syntax_comment | Not sure, MIxS expects {float} {unit}, DwC gives examples for both - {float} and {float} {unit} |
and
Field | Value |
---|---|
subject_id | http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/maximumDistanceAboveSurfaceInMeters |
subject_value_syntax - expected_value - unit | {float} / {float} {unit}- measurement value - meter |
syntax_predicate_id | skos:narrowMatch |
object_id | None given (alt) |
object_value_syntax - expected_value - unit | {float} {unit} - measurement value - meter |
syntax_comment | Not sure, MIxS expects {float} {unit}, DwC gives examples for both - {float} and {float} {unit} |
-1.5
(below the surface).4.2
(above the surface). For a 1.5 meter sediment core from the bottom of a lake (at depth 20m) at 300m elevation: verbatimElevation:300m
minimumElevationInMeters:300
, maximumElevationInMeters:300
, verbatimDepth:20m
, minimumDepthInMeters:20
, maximumDepthInMeters:20
, minimumDistanceAboveSurfaceInMeters:0
, maximumDistanceAboveSurfaceInMeters:-1.5
.and
-1.5
(below the surface).4.2
(above the surface). For a 1.5 meter sediment core from the bottom of a lake (at depth 20m) at 300m elevation: verbatimElevation:300m
minimumElevationInMeters:300
, maximumElevationInMeters:300
, verbatimDepth:20m
, minimumDepthInMeters:20
, maximumDepthInMeters:20
, minimumDistanceAboveSurfaceInMeters:0
, maximumDistanceAboveSurfaceInMeters:-1.5
.