Category:Chronologies Working Group

Overview

Credit: Julien Emile-Geay (Own work)

In the Linked Earth context, a working group (WG) is a self-organized coalition of knowledgeable experts, whose activities are governed herewith. This page is dedicated to the discussion of data and metadata standards for chronologies, and aims to formulate a set of recommendations for such a standard.

This WG needs to work closely with other WGs, as constraints will vary by archive. Nevertheless, some aspects are common enough that it is worth pursuing some general recommendations, and devise ad hoc adjustments for individual archives if need be. It is recommended that every WG coordinator join this WG to keep track of discussions.

Specific tasks

We recommend that discussions focus on the following techniques, and explore potential commonalities.

For each chronology type, we recommend:

• listing essential, recommended, and optional information
• provide an ideal chronology table, so the community knows what to report and how to report it.
• provide separate recommendations for new and legacy datasets

While re recognize that most real-word chronologies are of mixed types (e.g. a Holocene lake sediment chronology may blend radiocarbon dates, PbTemplate:Su

Tie-point chronologies

Radiocarbon

Polls

Here are polls that the group might want to consider:

For NEW DATASETS: (this is a dummy poll; please update)

For LEGACY DATASETS: