<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Antonio,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">
I am glad to hear that EU BON is interested in EML. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">ILTER is a partner with GEO-Bon. I would like to coordinate with you so that we can take maximum advantage of synergies.</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">In particular, we will serve as the sites database for GEO-Bon.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">
You can look at our site: <a href="http://data.lter-europe.net/deims">http://data.lter-europe.net/deims</a></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">
Are you working with Ricardo Diaz?</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">There is not a specific tag in EML for <span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px">basisOfRecord</span>, however, EML can be extended with custom metadata tags. There are places where this information could be placed, for example, as a methodStep like:</div>
<p style="margin:0px;font-size:12px;font-family:Helvetica"><span style="color:rgb(2,29,167)"><methods</span><span style="color:rgb(249,151,94)"> xmlns</span><span style="color:rgb(255,148,80)">=</span><span style="color:rgb(171,69,0)">""</span><span style="color:rgb(2,29,167)">></span><br>
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<span style="color:rgb(2,29,167)"><para></span>HumanObservation<span style="color:rgb(2,29,167)"></para></span><br>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">but it might be better to create a custom metadata tag that would mirror the DarwinCore structure. Something like:</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><pre class="" style="color:rgb(0,51,102);padding:10px;text-align:-webkit-left"><additionalMetadata>
<describes>Method Of Observation</describes>
<metadata>
<methodOfObservation>
HumanObservation
</<span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">methodOfObservation </span><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">></span><br> </metadata>
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<span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:12px">Chair, ILTER Information Management Committee</span><br><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:12px">Director, Information Management, Israel LTER</span><br><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:12px"></span><br>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 2:55 PM, Antonio García Camacho <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:antonio.garcia.camacho@csic.es" target="_blank">antonio.garcia.camacho@csic.es</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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Dear EML developer team:<br>
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I am working for EU BON project, which aims to build a common
network between biodiversity platforms. We are strongly interested
in using EML as main ecological metadata definition, rather than
DarwinCore.<br>
Regarding biological observations, we want to differentiate if an
observation comes from a sensor or from a human being. DarwinCore
has the "basisOfRecord" term, which indicates the specific nature
of a data record (e.g. <i>HumanObservation</i>, <i>MachineObservation</i>).
Is there any equivalent tag in EML? <br>
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Thank you for your support. <br>
Kind regards,<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
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<strong>Antonio García Camacho</strong><br>
Estacion Biologica de Doñana (CSIC)<br>
Americo Vespucio s/n Isla de la Cartuja<br>
41092 Sevilla, España<br>
Tel. <a href="tel:%2B34%20954232340" value="+34954232340" target="_blank">+34 954232340</a> / Fax. <a href="tel:%2B34%20954621125" value="+34954621125" target="_blank">+34 954621125</a><br>
<a href="mailto:antonio.garcia.camacho@csic.es" target="_blank">antonio.garcia.camacho@csic.es</a><br>
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