[API-users] recordedByID, identifiedByID, IPTs, and API

Shorthouse, David davidpshorthouse at gmail.com
Fri Jan 28 17:42:22 UTC 2022


Super! Thanks Matt & Nikolay for maintaining backward compatibility.

David

On Fri, Jan 28, 2022 at 12:31 PM Matthew Blissett <mblissett at gbif.org> wrote:
>
> Hi David,
>
> Either the old GBIF namespace or the replacement Darwin Core namespace
> may be used.
>
> Example: https://www.gbif-uat.org/occurrence/3018193458 (using the old
> namespace in the DwC-A).
>
> Cheers,
>
> Matt
>
> On 28/01/2022 17:10, Shorthouse, David wrote:
> > Folks,
> >
> > I note this new change:
> >
> > ****************
> > 3) The terms Recorded By ID, Identified By ID and Subgenus are now part
> > of Darwin Core, and move from a GBIF namespace to the TDWG namespace.
> > (The change is visible in meta.xml files of Darwin Core Archive
> > downloads, and on verbatim occurrence records.)
> > ****************
> >
> > What happens if a data provider has either not updated the
> > core/extensions in their IPT or are producing a DwC-A on their own? If
> > their meta.xml continues to use the GBIF namespace for what will soon
> > be a DwC namespace for their mapped recordedByID or identifiedByID
> > terms, will the content in these be silently ignored when processed at
> > GBIF's end? If this is the case, does GBIF have a mechanism to fan out
> > communications to all affected data providers such that they can
> > immediately update their IPTs &/or adjust how their meta.xml files are
> > produced & then republish their datasets?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > David Shorthouse
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