[Taxacom] Re; Inappropriate accuracy of locality data

Richard Pyle deepreef at bishopmuseum.org
Tue Nov 30 17:46:56 CST 2010


Thanks to Arthur for the reply.  It all sounds very good!

Bob wrote:

> I guess when you refer to 'standard' you mean 'for use in museum
> databases, GBIF-style aggregations, etc'.

Yes -- that's exactly what I meant.

> So how do we get locality data from publications like these into more
widely
> usable form? I'm thinking here of *current*, not legacy publications.

Very good question!  I'm wrestling with the same issues in the context of
taxon names and concepts.

Aloha,
Rich






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