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A community-curated controlled vocabulary for fossil collections using dwc:materialEntityType
A granular, community-derived vocabulary for dwc:materialEntityType would let users filter fossil records by what the material actually is, which basisOfRecord cannot do.
Holly Little ↗
Improving access to Earth science collections data via GeoCASe and the European Open Science Cloud (GeoDARA)
Linking specimen-rich GeoCASe records to dataset-level DCAT descriptions could let deep-time collection data feed modern environmental observation infrastructures.
Laura Tilley ↗
A framework for aligning collections data with the global data ecosystem from data creation to extension in the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History Department of Paleobiology
Making paleo collections work in the global data ecosystem needs an iterative, full life-cycle framework, not one-off digitisation.
Holly Little ↗
Artificial Intelligence Amplifies Paleontology's Reproducibility Problem
AI can make uncertain paleontological data look clean and authoritative, so AI-ready data must also be verifiable back to evidence and interpretation.
Brooke Long-Fox ↗
Mobilizing rich, interoperable, and secure fossil data from underserved collections using Symbiota
Targeted Symbiota enhancements around geological context, taxonomy and relationships make a low-barrier CMS viable for under-resourced fossil collections.
Erica Krimmel ↗