{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/periodo/periodo-data/issues/18","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/periodo/periodo-data/issues/18/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/periodo/periodo-data/issues/18/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/periodo/periodo-data/issues/18/events","html_url":"https://github.com/periodo/periodo-data/issues/18","id":60840421,"number":18,"title":"Should spatialCoverageDescription be required?","user":{"login":"ptgolden","id":376031,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/376031?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/ptgolden","html_url":"https://github.com/ptgolden","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ptgolden/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ptgolden/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ptgolden/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ptgolden/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ptgolden/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ptgolden/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ptgolden/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ptgolden/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ptgolden/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":5,"created_at":"2015-03-12T15:48:35Z","updated_at":"2015-03-12T18:03:50Z","closed_at":null,"body":"Some entries in the dataset do not currently have a value for `spatialCoverageDescription`, which (if I understand correctly) is the spatial coverage explicitly defined within the source (ie not added by the curator)"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/periodo/periodo-data/issues/comments/78549578","html_url":"https://github.com/periodo/periodo-data/issues/18#issuecomment-78549578","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/periodo/periodo-data/issues/18","id":78549578,"user":{"login":"atomrab","id":4740995,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/4740995?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/atomrab","html_url":"https://github.com/atomrab","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/atomrab/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/atomrab/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/atomrab/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/atomrab/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/atomrab/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/atomrab/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/atomrab/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/atomrab/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/atomrab/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-03-12T18:03:50Z","updated_at":"2015-03-12T18:03:50Z","body":"Yes, I think this is more or less what we've already been doing, but\nwithout the clear and explicit rationale. Thanks!\n\nOn Thu, Mar 12, 2015 at 1:00 PM, Patrick Golden <notifications@github.com>\nwrote:\n\n> Here's my proposed answer to my provacatively-posed question, combining\n> both of your comments\n>\n>    1. A spatial coverage description should be the actual description\n>    included in the source\n>    2. The value of spatial coverage is a curatorially-derived group of\n>    linked data entities that have associated shapes.\n>    3. If the source did not include a description, but its spatial\n>    coverage is obvious, the spatial coverage description field will remain\n>    blank, but the spatial coverage will be appropriately filled\n>\n> (2) applies even when (1) can be mapped to a modern nation state. So, if\n> the source says a time period covers \"Spain\", the spatial coverage will\n> still have an entry for \"Spain\" in geonames (or dbpedia, or whatever).\n>\n> This is similar to our approach with start/stop dates: a textual label\n> directly from the source, and derived structured data that estimates the\n> natural language for use in a computer interface.\n>\n> —\n> Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub\n> <https://github.com/periodo/periodo-data/issues/18#issuecomment-78548950>.\n>\n"}}