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=== Terminology Wiki ===
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=== Terminology Platform===
  
This is a '''PROTOTYPE''' Semantic Wiki intended for the evaluation by the [http://community.gbif.org/pg/groups/21382/ Vocabulary Management Task Group (VoMaG)]. An overview of the KOS tools is available at [http://kos.gbif.org kos.gbif.org]. The ''terminology wiki'' is under consideration for collaborative development, public discussion, and as a service for discovery of biodiversity terminology. The wiki approach is based on voluntarily contributions to maintain the term descriptions. The approval of user accounts to this wiki is moderated - please [[Special:RequestAccount|request a user account]] if your are willing to contribute!
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This is a '''PROTOTYPE''' [http://www.semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Semantic_MediaWiki Semantic Wiki] intended for the evaluation by the [http://community.gbif.org/pg/groups/21382/ GBIF Vocabulary Management Task Group (VoMaG)] in collaboration with [http://vbrant.eu/content/wp4-standardisation WP 4 of the Virtual Biodiversity Research and Access Network for Taxonomy (ViBRANT)]. It is under consideration for a user-friendly and easy to use platform for the definition of basic terms, collaborative development oof vocabularies and ontologies, public discussion, and as a service for discovery of biodiversity terminology.  
  
Each term is described by separate wiki pages. Terms are identified by their original and normative identifier (URI) and can be organized into one or more term vocabularies maintained by a formally designated expert group.
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Each term is described by separate pages that define a concept. Concepts may be classes or properties or yet undefined. Terms can be organized into one or more term vocabularies maintained by a formally designated expert group. When the definitions for terms are consolidated they can be included into one of the term vocabularies and published at the [http://rs.gbif.org GBIF Resources Repository]. The wiki approach is based on voluntarily contributions to maintain the term descriptions. The approval of user accounts to this wiki is moderated - please [[Special:RequestAccount|request a user account]] if your are willing to contribute!
  
The [http://www.semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Semantic_MediaWiki Semantic MediaWiki] is one of the software tools evaluated by the [http://community.gbif.org/pg/groups/21382/vocabulary-management/ Vocabulary Management Task Group (VoMaG)]. The Semantic MediaWiki platform has been proposed by the [http://vbrant.eu/content/wp4-standardisation Virtual Biodiversity Research and Access Network for Taxonomy (ViBRANT)] as a user-friendly and easy to use platform for the collaborative development and definition of basic terms. When the definitions for terms are consolidated they can be included into one of the term vocabularies and published at the [http://rs.gbif.org GBIF Resources Repository].
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* The '''term vocabularies''' described using this Wiki are accessible under '''[[Vocabularies]]''' and in the respective '''[[:Category:Vocabulary_of_Terms|category]]'''.
 
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* Some links to get started and guidelines on how to use the terminology Wiki are provided under [[KOS Wiki introduction]].
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* The [[Vocabularies|overview]] of the '''term vocabularies''' described using this Wiki is provided under '''[[Vocabularies]]''' and in the respective '''[[:Category:Vocabulary_of_Terms|category]]'''.
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* An [[KOS_tools|overview]] of [[GBIF_KOS|KOS]] software tools such as this ''[[Vocabulary_Wiki|terminology Wiki]]'', is provided [[KOS_tools|here]] and [http://kos.gbif.org/ here]].
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* Some links to get started and guidelines on how to use the terminology Wiki is provided [[KOS_Wiki_intro|here]].
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=== Resources ===
 
=== Resources ===
 
* GBIF Vocabulary Management Task Group (VoMaG), http://community.gbif.org/pg/groups/21382/
 
* GBIF Vocabulary Management Task Group (VoMaG), http://community.gbif.org/pg/groups/21382/
 
* TDWG RDF task group [http://code.google.com/p/tdwg-rdf/ main page], [https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!forum/tdwg-rdf forum]
 
* TDWG RDF task group [http://code.google.com/p/tdwg-rdf/ main page], [https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!forum/tdwg-rdf forum]
* GBIF KOS tools, http://kos.gbif.org/
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* An overview of the KOS tools is available at [http://kos.gbif.org kos.gbif.org].
 
* [[Semantic vocabularies overview]]
 
* [[Semantic vocabularies overview]]
 
* [[W3C RDF Vocabulary Guidelines]] ([http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-rdf-schema-20040210/ W3C 2004]; [http://www.w3.org/2006/07/SWD/Vocab/principles W3C 2008]; [http://www.w3.org/TR/skos-reference/ W3C 2009])
 
* [[W3C RDF Vocabulary Guidelines]] ([http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-rdf-schema-20040210/ W3C 2004]; [http://www.w3.org/2006/07/SWD/Vocab/principles W3C 2008]; [http://www.w3.org/TR/skos-reference/ W3C 2009])

Revision as of 09:55, 10 August 2012

Terminology Platform

This is a PROTOTYPE Semantic Wiki intended for the evaluation by the GBIF Vocabulary Management Task Group (VoMaG) in collaboration with WP 4 of the Virtual Biodiversity Research and Access Network for Taxonomy (ViBRANT). It is under consideration for a user-friendly and easy to use platform for the definition of basic terms, collaborative development oof vocabularies and ontologies, public discussion, and as a service for discovery of biodiversity terminology.

Each term is described by separate pages that define a concept. Concepts may be classes or properties or yet undefined. Terms can be organized into one or more term vocabularies maintained by a formally designated expert group. When the definitions for terms are consolidated they can be included into one of the term vocabularies and published at the GBIF Resources Repository. The wiki approach is based on voluntarily contributions to maintain the term descriptions. The approval of user accounts to this wiki is moderated - please request a user account if your are willing to contribute!

  • The term vocabularies described using this Wiki are accessible under Vocabularies and in the respective category.
  • Some links to get started and guidelines on how to use the terminology Wiki are provided under KOS Wiki introduction.

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