Open kingenloff opened 8 months ago
@kingenloff Can this issue be closed?
I don't recall if we came to a definitive decision about whether or not a verbatimEventDuration term would be a useful addition to the vocabulary.
If it is to remain in consideration as an addition, the demand justification for a new term will have to be met as the Humboldt vocabulary is now in the maintenance state.
Our ALA colleagues recommend the addition of an verbatimEventDuration term.
KI notes that the extension already includes eco:eventDuration and eco:eventDurationUnit (https://github.com/tdwg/hc/issues/38, https://github.com/tdwg/hc/issues/39). It could be useful to add a ‘eco:verbatimEventDuration’ following the idea of the dwc:verbatimEventDate.
It is important here to note that the definition for dwc:verbatimEventDate is: 'The verbatim original representation of the date and time information for a dwc:Event but the examples only include date information' which is very broad and would appear to encompass what is being recommended in a verbatimEventDuration term. The question becomes this, do we (1) create a new ‘eco:verbatimEventDuration term, or (2) rather than adding a new term, expand the examples/comments for dwc:verbatimEventDate to include date and time ranges as would be applicable in a range of inventory scenarios?