Various suggested enhancements, additional synonyms and French translations

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Suggested enhancement (e.g. improved definition, new synonyms, etc.):


I have attached an OWL file with my suggested enhancements to EnvO. The French 
translations are all straight forward. I am not fluent in French, but had a 
native speaker available to help me and I often work with French botanical 
literature.

Rationale:

Suggested additional classes
fallow
There is a class for cultivated land, but not for land that was formally in 
cultivation. Traditional land management practises often include a period of 
fallow and this is an important habitat for some species.

primary and secondary forest
I have placed this as subclasses of forest, which is probably not correct. 
Perhaps this should be an attribute of forest.

Termite mound
I added Termite mound under 'physiographic feature', but now I see there is 
already 'Nest of Termite' under 'animal habitation'. This is perhaps a better 
place for it. However, 'Nest of Termite' is probably not the best name for it. 
I wonder if there shouldn't be a distinction between the small nests some 
species create and the massive mounds created by others.

Open and dense forest
Forests vary considerably in the density of their trees. There needs to be a 
way of distinguishing forests where the trees are widely spaced or densely 
packed.

seasonally flooded forest
This is an important habitat for many species. It is not the same as a wet 
forest, mangrove or swamp.

gallery forest
similar to the above. They are peculiar to savannah where the forests are only 
found in ribbons alongside the rivers. 

sandy soil
various categories of soil are mentioned in the ontology and I think sandy 
soils compliments the other classes, even though it is a rather non-specific 
term.

Relevant sources (e.g. provenance of synonyms):
French terms come either from the Flore d'Afrique Centrale or wiktionnaire.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by quenting...@gmail.com on 24 Mar 2014 at 3:42

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• envoExtended.owl