[Taxacom] Catalogue of life distribution abbreviations

[Mike Sadka]

Hi all

Just wondering how widely used the TDWG Geographic Region standard is, and how useful people find it?

Bringing order to the chaos of site recording in historical biological collections is never going to be straightforward, and I would welcome any comments on what standards are available and how effective they may be.

Thanks, Mike







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From: Taxacom [mailto:taxacom-bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu] On Behalf Of Geoff Read
Sent: 17 May 2015 23:38
To: Taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu
Subject: Re: [Taxacom] Catalogue of life distribution abbreviations


As if Catalogue of Life or Kew did not have the screen real estate to display the actual names for users.

Afghanistan, Pakistan, West Himalaya, etc,  or the subdivisions thereof if any.

Silly, silly, historic relic, obfuscating, timewasting practice as just demonstrated.

Geoff


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From: Taxacom <taxacom-bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu> on behalf of John Grehan <calabar.john at gmail.com>
Sent: 18 May 2015 02:05
To: taxacom
Subject: Re: [Taxacom] Catalogue of life distribution abbreviations

My thanks to everyone who provided the code information! Problem solved.
John

On Sat, May 16, 2015 at 7:19 PM, Tony Rees <tonyrees49 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi John,
>
> I think you will find the answer and full list here (TDWG Region Codes):
>
> http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/GeographicRegion
>
> Regards - Tony
>
> On Sun, May 17, 2015 at 3:44 AM, John Grehan <calabar.john at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> If anyone out there is familiar with the catalogue of life web site 
>> and can tell me where the key to distribution abbreviations can be 
>> found I would be most grateful. For example, the record below refers 
>> to AFG; PAK; WHM.
>> Probably with more effort I could locate the information (and its 
>> probably obvious), but I am hoping someone  will be able to tell me 
>> more immediately.
>>
>> http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/details/species/id/19336463
>>


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