Standards Documentation Standard
Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG)
The TDWG Standards Documentation Standard consists of a single document: the Standards Documentation Specification.
Standards Documentation Standard (2017-04-25 release)
Standards Documentation Specification
Steven J. Baskauf (TDWG Vocabulary Maintenance Specification Task Group)
Roger Hyam (TDWG Infrastructure Project)
Stanley Blum (TDWG Process Interest Group)
Robert A. Morris (UMASS-Boston, TDWG Imaging Interest Group)
Greg Whitbread (TDWG Technical Architecture Group)
John Wieczorek (TDWG Darwin Core Task Group)
Dag Endresen (GBIF Norway/NHM University of Oslo; review editor)
TDWG Vocabulary Maintenance Specification Task Group
This document defines how TDWG standards are to be presented. It provides details about the hierarchical structure of standards and versioning of standards components. It specifies how the properties of standards and their components are to be described in human-readable and machine-readable terms.
Vocabulary Maintenance Specification Task Group. 2017. Standards Documentation Specification. Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG) http://www.tdwg.org/standards/147 (accessed on [date]).
Standards Documentation Specification (2017-04-25 version)
Robert A. Morris (TDWG Imaging Interest Group)
TDWG Standards Documentation Specification
This document defines how TDWG standards should be presented. Each standard is a logical directory or folder containing two or more files - a cover page outlining basic metadata for the standard and one or more normative files specifying the standard itself. Rules are specified for the naming of standards and files. Human readable files should be in English, follow basic layout principles and be marked up in XHTML. The legal statements that all documents must contain are defined.