A Proposed Metadata Standard for Recording and Sharing Attribution Information in Biodiversity

Thessen, Anne; Shorthouse, David; Paul, Deborah; Conlon, Michael; Woodburn, Matt; Koureas, Dimitris; Ramdeen, Sarah; Haak, Laurel; Cornwell, Peter

doi:10.3897/biss.3.35169

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Article: A Proposed Metadata Standard for Recording and Sharing Attribution Information in Biodiversity

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A Proposed Metadata Standard for Recording and Sharing Attribution Information in Biodiversity

By

Thessen, Anne
Shorthouse, David
Paul, Deborah
Conlon, Michael
Woodburn, Matt
Koureas, Dimitris
Ramdeen, Sarah
Haak, Laurel
Cornwell, Peter

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2019-6-18

Original Publication

Metabarcoding and metagenomics

Volume

Pages

1--2

Subjects

attribution , curation , metadata , RDA

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Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers 2017-

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/biss.3.35169

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Research collections are an important tool for understanding the Earth, its systems, and human interaction. Despite the importance of collections, many are not maintained or curated as thoroughly as we would like. Part of the reason for this is the lack of professional reward for collection, curation, or maintenance. To address this gap in attribution metadata, the Research Data Alliance (RDA) and the Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG) organization co-endorsed a Working Group to create recommendations for the representation of attribution metadata. After 18 months, this Working Group recommended a very simple data exchange standard to link people, the curatorial actions they perform, and the digital or physical objects they are curating. These recommendations are discussed in the context of community-developed use cases. Future work includes: exploration of a Darwin Core extension, best practices on how to best adopt these recommendations, and possible solutions to help accelerate the process of connecting people and their activities in legacy and future data. exploration of a Darwin Core extension, best practices on how to best adopt these recommendations, and possible solutions to help accelerate the process of connecting people and their activities in legacy and future data. To explore options for making collections work more visible and citable, we tested the use of digital annotation tools and person identifiers in curation workflows. The results from this pilot project in collaboration with ORCID and Data Futures to display specimens on an ORCID profile will be presented.