property: microReference

[nielsklazenga]

microReference (property)

Identifier	http://rs.tdwg.org/tcs/terms/microreference
Type	http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property
Label	Microreference
	required: No — repeatable: No
Definition	Specifies any minor reference parts, e.g. page number.
Usage	microreference is a string literal; a Taxon Name can have only one microreference and only when namePublishedIn is used as well.

Comments

In taxonomic works it is convention to cite the exact location in a work where a new name is published. The microreference property lets one do that on the Taxon Name object, so that the namePublishedIn reference can be reused.

Mapping

TCS 1	DataSet/TaxonConcepts/TaxonConcept/AccordingTo/AccordingToDetailed/MicroReference | DataSet/TaxonNames/TaxonName/MicroReference | DataSet/TaxonNames/TaxonName/Typification/TypeVouchers/TypeVoucher/LectotypeMicroReference | DataSet/TaxonNames/TaxonName/Typification/TypeName/LectotypeMicroReference | //element(*,NomenclaturalNoteType)/MicroReference

[afuchs1]

Should microreference also be a property of taxonConcept to allow accordingTo of the concept to cite a page range?

[nielsklazenga]

It is not in TCS 1 and it is conventionally used only for taxon names. I have no problem if people use it elsewhere, but I think in the standard we should say that it is used only in the TaxonName object alongside publishedIn. If we want it on TaxonConcept, that requires a new property, I think. I think though that the raison d'etre of microReference is that it is only used for the one thing, taxon names. If people want to use it more generally, they should look at more granular references.

[nielsklazenga]

Now that we are going to add TaxonomicTreatment (#214) and TaxonNameUsage (#51), I have no problem with having a microReference property on those classes. How about we make this a record level property (cf. Darwin Core)?