<html><head><base href="x-msg://362/"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Dear Dimitri, <div><div><div><br></div><div>The message displayed during mapping is just a warning, and the values with the wrong data type will still be published. </div><div><br></div><div>We have seen cases where invalid dates in source data read from MySQL cause publication to fail though - see this <a href="https://code.google.com/p/gbif-providertoolkit/wiki/FAQ#DwC-A_file_doesn't_include_all_records">FAQ</a>. </div><div><br></div><div>Please be aware, there are often verbatim terms intended to store data not conforming to the recommended data type. For example <a href="http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/#verbatimEventDate">verbatimEventDate</a> could store the vague eventDate "Winter 1921".</div><div><br></div><div>Best regards,</div><div><br></div><div>Kyle</div><div><br><div><div>On Sep 13, 2013, at 11:22 AM, BROSENS, Dimitri wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="direction: ltr; font-family: Tahoma; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 10pt; "><ul class="warnMessage" style="border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-color: initial; margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 15px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 25px; font-size: 0.85em; list-style-type: none; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; color: rgb(159, 96, 0); background-color: rgb(254, 239, 179); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, 'Liberation Sans', FreeSans, sans-serif; "><li style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 30px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 13px; "><span style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">modified is mapped to values with the wrong data type.</span></li><li style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 30px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 13px; "><span style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">eventDate is mapped to values with the wrong data type.</span></li><li style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 30px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 13px; "><span style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">individualCount is mapped to values with the wrong data type.</span></li></ul><div><font color="#9f6000" face="Helvetica Neue, Arial, Liberation Sans, FreeSans, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font color="#9f6000" face="Helvetica Neue, Arial, Liberation Sans, FreeSans, sans-serif">Dear,</font></div><div><font color="#9f6000" face="Helvetica Neue, Arial, Liberation Sans, FreeSans, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font color="#9f6000" face="Helvetica Neue, Arial, Liberation Sans, FreeSans, sans-serif">Here, we have chosen the wrong data type on purpose. For the terms eventDate and modified, the reason is that we sometimes have very vague dates. (ex: Winter 1921) and for individualCount we would like to use "unknown". (As the field is empty in the original data) Would this create any problems during the indexing? Can we just leave it like that?</font></div><div><font color="#9f6000" face="Helvetica Neue, Arial, Liberation Sans, FreeSans, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font color="#9f6000" face="Helvetica Neue, Arial, Liberation Sans, FreeSans, sans-serif">In the standard it is not specified which type the data has to be... only "best practices".</font></div><div><font color="#9f6000" face="Helvetica Neue, Arial, Liberation Sans, FreeSans, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font color="#9f6000" face="Helvetica Neue, Arial, Liberation Sans, FreeSans, sans-serif">Kind regards,</font></div><div><font color="#9f6000" face="Helvetica Neue, Arial, Liberation Sans, FreeSans, sans-serif">Dimi</font></div></div>* * * * * * * * * * * * * D I S C L A I M E R * * * * * * * * * * * * *<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>Dit bericht en eventuele bijlagen geven enkel de visie van de schrijver weer en binden het INBO onder geen enkel beding, zolang dit bericht niet bevestigd is door een geldig ondertekend document.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>The views expressed in this message and any annex are purely those of the writer and may not be regarded as stating an official position of INBO, as long as the message is not confirmed by a duly signed document. _______________________________________________<br>IPT mailing list<br><a href="mailto:IPT@lists.gbif.org">IPT@lists.gbif.org</a><br><a href="http://lists.gbif.org/mailman/listinfo/ipt">http://lists.gbif.org/mailman/listinfo/ipt</a><br></div></blockquote></div><br></div></div></div></body></html>