TDWG Person LSID Ontology
Roger Hyam
TDWG Biodiversity Information Standards
2006-11-27
2015-07-01
Ontology describing the metadata returned for LSIDs that are used for People.
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This ontology makes a basic split between people, their
names and contact details. Note that there are no regular contact details here like
telephone, mobile, skype name, zip code, postcode, PO Box number, Street address. The
vocabulary does not try to represent information that is handled better by vCard or FOAF
implementations. AACR2 rules on von, van de la and other compund names recommended.
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This ontology is no longer under development and is no longer recommended for use. See https://github.com/tdwg/ontology for information about recommended replacements.
Person
A representation of a human being, living or dead.
Lifespan
The period for which this person was alive represented as a string. the form
birthdate - deathdate (XXXX - YYYY; XXXX - or - YYYY as appropriate) is prefered, or as simple
flourished date (fl. XXXX) may be given where that is all that is known.
Birth date
The date of birth of this person as an ISO date string.
Death date
The date of death of this person as an ISO date string - if appropriate.
Flourished date
A single date on which this person was known to be alive, as an ISO date string.
If multiple dates are available then the property may be repeated.
Subject scope
Subject skill keyword. e.g. Entomology or Botany. May be repeated for multiple subjects.
Geographic scope
The geographic area this person's work was/is concerned with. e.g. 'Africa' or 'Alpine'. May be repeated for multiple areas / countries.
Author of
The person has 'authored' this resource. 'Authored' here is taken in the broad
sense. The resource may be any kind of object not just a PublicationCitation.
Alias
Another name this person is known by. May include nicknames, formal abbreviations or
standard forms along with the context for use if appropriate.
Contact details
A link to contact information (such as postal address, email address and phone number) for this person.
Person Name Alias
The respresentation of a name a person is known by and the context in which it
should be or has been used.
Context
The context in which this name form is used or has been used in the past. e.g.
'Publications in German' or 'Prior to Marriage in 1964'. May include indication of formal
standardisation system that may be represented by the ratifiedBy property. e.g. 'IPNI
Authors'.
Standard Form
The standardised, possibly abbreviated, form of the person's name in this
context.
Surname
A hereditary name common to all members of a family, as distinct from a given
name or forename. Where (for a double barrelled or two word name) the delimitation between
surname and forename is not clear, name variations may be supplied with the different
delimitations. Eg 'Tom Parker Bowles' could be handled as 'Parker Bowles, Tom' and as
'Bowles, Tom Parker' using different PersonNameAlias objects for the same person.
Forenames
All other names not included in the surname. May be just initials, all forenames
in full or a combination of expanded names and initials.
Is Preferred
Indicates that this is the preferred name alias for the preson.