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Once someone (or a group) makes a DwC extension, what's the process for sharing it so it gets adopted by others? #DwCHour #tdwg17
cc @peterdesmet Perhaps something for new @tdwg website. Note "Usage guides" link on github.com/tdwg/dwc returns 404
@dshorthouse: Broken links fixed in https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/commit/64311240eeb15c0016c858846f9adbfb91bd515d
@balbertini: the de facto one out there is http://rs.gbif.org/extension/ managed by GBIF. The repo for that one is https://github.com/gbif/rs.gbif.org/tree/master/extension Need larger discussion to see how that one can be managed by community. /cc @mdoering @gbif
GBIF accepts any contributions to the repository, both via pull requests and most often personally emailed contributions. It is important to have some review process for adding and changing extensions, sth GBIF is currently doing. But that could well happen by the community if a process for that is in place.
It has been very valuable to be able to distinguish for each extension between a sandbox and a production state, which currently requires at least one implementation actually using the extension.
But that could well happen by the community if a process for that is in place.
There is a new TDWG task group lead by @pzermoglio that will do just that (I'll be involved as well). I hope to reuse/build upon/learn from the rs.gbif.org as a central registry.
Are there any notes online yet about this group? I am curious why it had been created
@mdoering the charter is in the process of being submitted. The aims are (from @pzermoglio's presentation):
To create a framework within which to build biodiversity data vocabularies, particularly by developing a standard format for building TDWG vocabularies concerning the values used under Darwin Core
I'm interested to be involved, because: we need a better mechanism for the community to maintain vocabularies, we can adopt some of the structure/code/lessons learned in complying DwC with SDS (basically making a cookie cutter template for maintaining a vocabulary), it would be nice if vocabs at https://rs.gbif.org were publicly vetted (and versioned!), and I'm involved in adopting 3 vocabs for invasive species (https://github.com/qgroom/ias-dwc-proposal) /cc @qgroom