class: TaxonConcept
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TaxonConcept (class)
| Label | Taxon Concept |
| Definition | An identifiable taxonomic position, a conception about the delimitation of a taxonomic group, that can be aligned to other such positions through TCS Taxon Concept Relationships. |
| Comments | A Taxon Concept is identifiable, because it combines a label – taxonName in TCS – with a source – accordingTo. Both these properties are required. When mentioning a taxon concept, the label and the source are also combined, separated by 'sec.' (from, 'secundus', meaning 'according to') or 'sensu' (meaning the same). Because of the context provided by the source, taxon concepts are in principle also alignable to other Taxon Concepts using the TCS Taxon Concept Relationship statements. The TCS Taxon Concept is a data object and is applied more broadly than the term is used in science (e.g. Franz & Peet 2009). On the one hand, things that are not generally considered to be biological taxa, e.g. hybrids and cultivars, can be casted as TCS Taxon Concepts. Also Operational Taxonomic Units (OTUs, cf. Sokal & Sneath 1963) can be exchanged as Taxon Concepts, if there is a reason to do so, e.g. if one wants to align them with other Taxon Concepts later. On the other hand, entries from treatments that are considered to cite concepts from other treatments can be formulated as Taxon Concepts. Every taxon concept from a treatment that is likely to be referenced as the source of taxonomic context, for example a field guide for a determination of a specimen or a national census for an ecological study, can – and it would be very nice if they would – be stated as a Taxon Concept, so they can be aligned with other Taxon Concepts that may provide more or different taxonomic context. |
Mapping
| TCS 1 | DataSet/TaxonConcepts/TaxonConcept |
| TDWG Ontology | http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/TaxonConcept#TaxonConcept |
| Darwin Core | — |
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