From documents to datasets: A MediaWiki-based method of annotating and extracting species observations in century-old field notebooks

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Latest version published on 4 April 2017
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Description

This record set is derived from the Field Notebooks (1-3) of Junius Henderson and is published as companion to the paper, "From documents to datasets: A MediaWiki-based method of annotating and extracting species observations in century-old field notebooks." The result of the work described in the paper is the identification and mobilization of 1068 observations that have been vetted, specifically to provide valid taxon names where possible, via a process we call “taxonomic referencing.”

Data Records

The data in this occurrence resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 1,068 records.

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How to cite

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

Thomer, A, G. Vaidya, R. Guralnick, D. Bloom and L. Russell [submitted]. From documents to datasets: A MediaWiki-based method of annotating and extracting species observations in century-old field notebooks. Zookeys.

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To the extent possible under law, the publisher has waived all rights to these data and has dedicated them to the Public Domain (CC0 1.0). Users may copy, modify, distribute and use the work, including for commercial purposes, without restriction.

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Contacts

Gaurav Vaidya
  • Author ●
  • Originator
University of Colorado, Boulder; University of Colorado Museum of Natural History
Andrea Thomer
  • Metadata Provider ●
  • Author
Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Rob Guralnick
  • Author ●
  • Point Of Contact
University of Colorado, Boulder; University of Colorado Museum of Natural History
David Bloom
  • Author
University of California, Berkeley, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology
Laura Russell
  • Author
University of Kansas, KU Biodiversity Institute

Geographic Coverage

Taxon occurrences extracted from field notes of Junius Henderson as he traveled through Colorado.

Bounding Coordinates South West [30.57, -109.49], North East [41.14, -101.62]

Temporal Coverage

Living Time Period All observations in Henderson Field Notebooks 1-3 occur from 1905-1909

Additional Metadata