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(These questions were posed during the second chapter of the DwC Hour, 7 Mar 2017). Does GBIF pre-process datasets to conform to the used vocabulary? Is that the recommended procedure?...

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*discussion from [DwC Hour #4: Evolution of Darwin Core Terms and Extensions](https://github.com/tdwg/dwc-qa/wiki/Webinars#chapter4)...* **Jess Miller-Camp (UCR):** Might be worth it to have a field specifically for hazardous substances so people can...

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*discussion from [DwC Hour #7: Aggregators - a Darwin Core View](https://github.com/tdwg/dwc-qa/wiki/Webinars#chapter7)...* **Wouter Addink (Naturalis):** Should data providers provide their dataset to as many aggregators as possible in order to benefit...

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(These questions were posed during the second chapter of the DwC Hour, 7 Mar 2017). Do we need a subcategory for basisOfRecord to capture the type of Physical Specimen? or...

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Stack Exchange became quite robust in exposing/permeating/deduping/curating questions/answers. There is an existing 'Biology' site https://biology.stackexchange.com/. May be we can start use it forTDWG/DarwinCore questions with the corresponsing tags.

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