Protocol Method as Linked Data

The tern:Method class describes how survey monitoring protocols are structured.

Example - Module: Plot Description

Property

Result

Property

Result

skos:prefLabel

Plot Description (title)

tern:purpose

Section 1.2 Rationale

tern:scope

Section 1 Introduction

skos:definition

Section 1.1 Key definitions and terminology

tern:equipment

Unordered list of instruments, tools and software

tern:timeRequired

Section 3.4 Time requirements

tern:instructions

Ordered list of work instructions

skos:note

Section 3.3 Additional guidelines

dcterms:source

Section 7 References

tern:hasParameter

Link to the parameter concept measured in this method.

tern:hasCategoricalCollection

Link to the collection of concepts used to classify an observation.

Sections of the protocol not captured by the tern:Method class

The follow sections need to be reviewed/discussed.

  • Section 2 Module overview - this sections looks to be stating some modules which depend on the Plot Description module?

  • Section 4 Post-field survey tasks - probably can be appended to the ordered list of work instructions in tern:instructions.

  • Section 5 Data curation - not sure if this is relevant.

  • Section 6.1 Data use to date and section 6.2 Future use of the data - can be appended to tern:purpose.

  • Text, sections and tables after Section 7 References is not captured. Not sure if they are working notes or appendices. Are the images going to be moved into one of the core properties of the method?

Comments

Section 7 References

The HTML output format spits out the entire section as a paragraph without preserving the tabbed and newline formatting. Would it be possible to use an unordered list or something here so pandoc understands how to structure it with HTML?

Tables after Section 7 References

These tables are the categorical values which will be recorded as controlled vocabularies. They can be linked by relationship from the method to the categorical value collection.

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