Erica Krimmel

Would it be possible to amend the suggested new definition to be "The number of individuals sharing the properties of an Occurrence"? I.e., remove the word "organisms" from the definition?...

I agree with your comments above, @Jegelewicz. Also, I was talking to @ljwalker the other day about ideas for **how to recommend a controlled vocabulary for the geologic time fields...

>John, speaking: If you take a tissue sample out of a whole organism and then the tissue sample takes on a life of it’s own this could be captured in...

people interested in this topic: https://github.com/VertNet/dwc-qa-manage/issues/23

Here are controlled values from Arctos for preservation method: http://arctos.database.museum/info/ctDocumentation.cfm?table=CTPART_PRESERVATION

Is the Dublin Core 'item type' too broad? Since it is similar to and uses the same suggested controlled vocabulary as DC 'type' which is [used in DwC](https://dwc.tdwg.org/terms/#dcterms:type) to indicate...

I can see why it's important to provide controlled vocabulary for this property and why this is a crucial property to define well in order to collate metrics across individual...

I think merging Class:Collector and Class:CollectionContact into a single Class:Person is a good idea and will allow for future flexibility in the implementation of the standard

wouldn't @mtrekels suggestion to create a property for role within the class person solve this concern? A collector or collections could be identified by role=collector, vs. a collection contact by...

*discussion from [DwC Hour 4: Evolution of Darwin Core Terms and Extensions](https://github.com/tdwg/dwc-qa/wiki/Webinars#chapter4), included here just for completeness' sake...* **Amanda Millhouse (NMNH Paleo):** In regards to developing a preparations extension that...