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Use unknown instead of undetermined for sex vocabulary #94

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peterdesmet opened this issue Aug 9, 2022 · 3 comments
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Use unknown instead of undetermined for sex vocabulary #94

peterdesmet opened this issue Aug 9, 2022 · 3 comments

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@peterdesmet
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https://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/sex.xml has the values:

male (alt: ♂)
female (alt: ♀)
hermaphrodite (alt: Zwitter)
undetermined (alt: unbestimmt)

I recognize that there is a semantic difference between undetermined and unknown, but the unknown is already used in other controlled vocabularies:

Would it therefor be possible to either:

  • Add unknown as the recommended term (cf. LifeStage), with undetermined as alternative
  • Or add unknown as alternative label for undetermined
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In addition, would it be possible to move this vocabulary to https://registry.gbif.org/vocabulary/search?

@timrobertson100
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In addition, would it be possible to move this vocabulary to https://registry.gbif.org/vocabulary/search?

GBIF is working through all the vocabs now, led by new GBIF member @CecSve. Suggest we pick this up with gbif/vocabulary#83

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Great, I notice UNKNOWN is suggested as a concept there. 👍

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