From 74d6b5fdb04586f4ce8000539abd972e7bd731c5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: tucotuco Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2014 16:51:28 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Added citation recommendations. --- README.md | 10 ++++++++-- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 801d291..f53708f 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -12,9 +12,15 @@ Darwin Core (c) by the Darwin Core Task Group, Biodiversity Informatics Standard ### How to attribute and cite Darwin Core -Use the recommended citation format where possible. For applied uses, referencing `http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/` suffices. The recommended citation format is (substitute the parenthetical date accessed with today's date): +Use the recommended citation format where possible. For applied uses, referencing `http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/` suffices. When specifically citing the current Darwin Core Standard documentation, the recommended citation format is (substitute the parenthetical date accessed with today's date): ``` Darwin Core Task Group, Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG). 2009. Darwin Core. -http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/ (accessed on 2014-10-29). +http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/ (accessed on 2014-10-31). ``` + +For scholarly citations, consider reading and citing the seminal peer-reviewed article on Darwin Core: + +``` +Wieczorek J, Bloom D, Guralnick R, Blum S, Döring M, et al. (2012) Darwin Core: An Evolving Community-Developed Biodiversity Data Standard. PLoS ONE 7(1): e29715. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0029715 (accessed on 2014-10-31). +``` \ No newline at end of file