Germplasm
The Darwin Core extension for genebanks (DwC-germplasm) was developed to provide a bridge between the established standards in use by the genebank community for plant genetic resources for food and agriculture (PGRFA) and the standards maintained by the Biodiversity Information Standards/Taxonomic Databases Working Group (TDWG). The DwC germplasm provides an extension to the Darwin Core standard of the TDWG for occurrences. Darwin Core can be seen as an extension to the Dublin Core Metadata Data Initiative (DCMI) terms.
The primary objective for creating the DwC-germplasm was to describe the additional terminology required for the exchange of genebank datasets using the GBIF Integrated Publishing Toolkit (IPT). The terms included in the DwC germplasm are from the Multi-Crop Passport Descriptors (MCPD) and the proposed descriptors for germplasm characterization and evaluation data (C&E) (see: [1] and [2]) from the EPGRIS3 group of the European Cooperative Programme for Plant Genetic Resources (ECPGR). Version 0.1 (http://rs.nordgen.org/dwc/germplasm/0.1/terms/) of the DwC germplasm was developed by the Nordic Genetic Resources Center (NordGen) and Bioversity International (CGIAR) in 2009 (2009-08-24). It is licensed as CC0 (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/).
Namespace URI: http://purl.org/germplasm/terms# with preferred namespace prefix “germplasm”.
Contents
- 1 Collection of Terms (skos:Collection)
- 2 Germplasm Terms
- 2.1 dcmitype:Dataset [3] [4]
- 2.2 dwc:Taxon [5] [6]
- 2.3 GermplasmAccession (see also: dsw:Specimen) [7]
- 2.4 CollectingEvent (see also: dwc:Event) [8]
- 2.5 BreedingEvent [13]
- 2.6 AcquisitionEvent [14]
- 2.7 SafetyDuplication [15]
- 2.8 TreatyOrRegulation [16]
- 2.9 MeasurementMethod [17]
- 2.10 MeasurementExperiment [18]
- 2.11 MeasurementScore [23] (dwc:MeasurementOrFact)
- 2.12 In situ conservation (PROPOSED) [24]
- 3 Controlled vocabularies of codes (TESTING)
- 4 Import/Export RDF
Collection of Terms (skos:Collection)
Overview of the groups for organizing the Germplasm Terms (groups are of rdf:type = skos:Collection). These can be seen as classes (rdfs:Class, owl:Class) or the typical types of entities supported by the Darwin Core extension for genebanks. In a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A) these terms can be used to indicate the row-type for an DwC-A extension.
- Dataset :: dcmitype:Dataset
- Taxon name :: dwc:Taxon
- Germplasm accession :: (see also: dsw:Specimen, dsw:LivingSpecimen)
- Collecting event :: (see also: dwc:Event)
- Breeding event
- Acquisition event
- Safety duplication
- Treaty or regulation
- Measurement method
- Measurement experiment
- Measurement score :: dwc:MeasurementOrFact
- In situ conservation :: (PROPOSED)
Controlled vocabularies of codes (controlled values)
Germplasm Terms
Minting the individual Terms here (terms are of rdf:type = skos:Concept). The germplasm terms can be seen as describing the relationship between entities, individuals, resources (comparable to owl:ObjectProperty, owl:DatatypeProperty, rdfs:Property).
dcmitype:Dataset [3] [4]
dwc:datasetID, dwc:datasetName, dwc:collectionID, dwc:collectionCode, dwc:institutionID, dwc:institutionCode (mcpd:INSTCODE)
dwc:Taxon [5] [6]
dwc:taxonID, dwc:scientificNameID, dwc:scientificName, dwc:genus (mcpd:GENUS), dwc:specificEpithet (mcpd:SPECIES), dwc:scientificNameAuthorship (mcpd:SPAUTHOR, mcpd:SUBTAUTHOR), dwc:vernacularName (mcpd:CROPNAME)
GermplasmAccession (see also: dsw:Specimen) [7]
dwc:occurrenceID, dwc:catalogNumber (mcpd:ACCENUMB), germplasmID, germplasmIdentifier (mcpd:ACCENAME), biologicalStatus (mcpd:SAMPSTAT), storageCondition (mcpd:STORAGE), dwc:otherCatalogNumbers (mcpd:OTHERNUMB), dwc:occurrenceDetails (eurisco:ACCEURL), dwc:occurrenceRemarks
CollectingEvent (see also: dwc:Event) [8]
dwc:eventID, dwc:recordNumber (mcpd:COLLNUMB), [[9]], [[10]], [[11]], [[12]], dwc:decimalLatitude, dwc:decimalLongitude, dwc:geodeticDatum, dwc:minimumElevationInMeters (mcpd:ELEVATION), dwc:eventDate (mcpd:COLLDATE), dwc:locality (mcpd:COLLSITE), dwc:countryCode (mcpd:ORIGCTY), dwc:verbatimLatitude (mcpd:LATITUDE), dwc:verbatimLongitude (mcpd:LONGITUDE), dwc:verbatimCoordinateSystem, collectingInstituteID (mcpd:COLLCODE), dwc:recordedBy, dwc:eventRemarks
BreedingEvent [13]
breedingID, breedingIdentifier (mcpd:ACCENAME), breedingYear, breedingCountry, breedingCountryCode, breedingInstituteID (mcpd:BREDCODE), breedingInstitute (eurisco:BREDDESCR), breedingPerson, ancestralData (mcpd:ANCEST), purdyPedigree, breedingRemarks
AcquisitionEvent [14]
acquisitionID, donorsID, donorsIdentifier (mcpd:DONORNUMB), donorInstituteID (mcpd:DONORCODE), donorInstitute (eurisco:DONORDESCR), acquisitionDate (mcpd:ACQDATE), acquisitionSource (mcpd:COLLSRC), acquisitionRemarks
SafetyDuplication [15]
safetyDuplicationID, safetyDuplicationDate, safetyDuplicationInstituteID (mcpd:DUPLSITE) safetyDuplicationInstitute, safetyDuplicationRemarks
TreatyOrRegulation [16]
treatyOrRegulationID, treatyOrRegulationName, treatyOrRegulationGoverningBody, mlsStatus
MeasurementMethod [17]
measurementMethodID (epgris3:TRAIT_NUMBER), measurementMethodName (epgris3:TRAIT_NAME), measurementMethodCategory, measurementMethodScale, measurementMethodSource, measurementMethodRemarks (epgris3:TRAIT_REMARK) dwc:measurementType, dwc:measurementMethod
MeasurementExperiment [18]
measurementExperimentID, measurementExperimentIdentifier, measurementExperimentYear, [[19]], [[20]], [[21]], [[22]], measurementExperimentReport, measurementExperimentRemarks
MeasurementScore [23] (dwc:MeasurementOrFact)
dwc:measurementID, dwc:measurementValue, dwc:measurementUnit, dwc:measurementAccuracy, dwc:measurementDeterminedDate, dwc:measurementDeterminedBy, measurementByInstituteID, measurementGrowthStage, germplasmID, germplasmIdentifier, measurementExperimentID, measurementExperimentIdentifier, measurementMethodID, measurementMethodIdentifier
In situ conservation (PROPOSED) [24]
These terms are not yet included in the germplasm vocabulary. You may help providing the appropriate description of the proposed terms, and to open the discussion in the germplasm community.
IUCNCategory, NumberOfSeeds, BioRegion, InSituCountry, InSituRecoveryDateStarted, InSituRecoveryInstitute, InSituRecoveryRemarks
Controlled vocabularies of codes (TESTING)
Biological status type
wild (100) | natural (110) | semiNaturalWild (120) | semiNaturalSown (130) | weedy (200) | landrace (300) | breedingResearchMaterial (400) | breedersLine (410) | syntheticPopulation (411) | hybrid (412) | founderStock (413) | inbredLine (414) | segregatingPopulation (415) | clonalSelection (416) | geneticStock (420) | mutant (421) | cytogeneticStock (422) otherGeneticStock (423) | advancedCultivar (500) | GMO (600) | otherBiologicalStatus (999)
Acquisition type
Most of these could be replaced by their term in the Environmental Ontology (EnvO) before included into the Germplasm Vocabulary of Terms.
wildHabitat (10) | forest (11) | shrubland (12) | grassland (13) | desertOrTundra (14) | aquaticHabitat (15) | cultivatedHabitat (20) | field (21) | orchard (22) | backyard (23) | fallowLand (24) | pasture (25) | farmStore (26) | threshingFloor (27) | park (28) | marketOrShop (30) | instituteOrGenebank (40) | seedCompany (50) | ruderalHabitat (60) | roadside (61) | fieldMargin (62) | otherAcquisition (99)
Storage type
seedCollection (10) | shortTerm (11) | mediumTerm (12) | longTerm (13) | fieldCollection (20) | inVitro (30) | cryopreserved (40) | DNA (50) | otherStorage (99)
Darwin Core extension for genebanks (germplasm)
Description | The Darwin Core extension for genebanks is based on the Darwin Core vocabulary and is designed as an extension to this vocabulary. |
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Comment | The base URI of the Darwin Core extension for genebanks is "http://purl.org/germplasm/terms#". Please make sure that you are only using element identifiers in this namespace, e.g. "http://purl.org/germplasm/terms#CollectingInstituteCode". There may be copies of the ontology file on the Web which can be retrieved from other locations, but those locations should not be used as the basis of identifiers. |
Links
- Project home page: http://code.google.com/p/darwincore-germplasm/
- Discussion forum: http://kos.gbif.org/wiki/Germplasm
- Namespace: http://rs.nordgen.org/dwc/germplasm/0.1/
- Namespace (version 0.1): http://rs.nordgen.org/dwc/germplasm/0.1/ (deprecated)
- EPGRIS3 wiki: http://www.nordgen.org/epgris3/wiki/index.php/DwC_Germplasm (deprecated)
- Darwin Core terms: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms
- Dublin Core terms: http://dublincore.org/documents/dcmi-terms/
References
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- Alercia A., S. Diulgheroff, and M. Mackay (2012). FAO/Bioversity Multi-crop passport descriptors v.2 [MCPD v.2]. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), and Bioversity International, Rome, Italy. 11 pp. Available at [25].
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Import/Export RDF
- Import URI identifiers for the Germplasm terms
- Export RDF description for this Vocabulary
- Export an RDF overview list of Germplasm Terms
- Export an RDF overview list of all Germplasm Terms and Properties declared here
For the germplasm terms we use: MediaWiki:Smw_import_germplasm.