paleonet Paleontology extension to DarwinCore 2

[Jessica Theodor <jtheodor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

My apologies for the cross-posting. 

For those interested in the use of distributed database technology in natural
history collections, you are no doubt aware of the Darwin Core schema
(http://darwincore.calacademy.org) and associated DiGIR protocol
(http://digir.net/). The original DiGIR protocol did not provide element
definitions for querying geological time attributes of collections objects, a
clear obstacle to use of the protocol by paleontology collections. The
PaleoPortal group are using a modified version of DiGIR in their portal for
paleontology collections. 
In order to promote the use of standards, a new extension to the Darwin Core 2
schema has been proposed to formalize the element definitions for use with
paleontological collections objects, following a discussion at a database
workshop held recently at the Illinois State Museum. The proposed Paleontology
Extension can be found at
http://darwincore.calacademy.org/PendingIssues/Extensions/PaleoExtension/,
where
it can be downloaded as an XML schema or reviewed as a table of element
definitions. Comments and suggestions for improving the extension are
welcomed,
and can be made using the comments button at the bottom of 
http://darwincore.calacademy.org/PendingIssues/Extensions/PaleoExtension/Pal
eoElementDefs . 

Thanks,
Jessica Theodor 
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Jessica Theodor, Assistant Curator
Dept. of Geology
Illinois State Museum
1011 E. Ash St.
Springfield, IL
62703

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