Idea: Apple Core Gold standard of excellence

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The discussion in Issue 19 
(http://code.google.com/p/applecore/issues/detail?id=29) makes me realize that 
we'll have many cases where "what data users would like" and "what data 
publishers can provide" are very different. The Apple Core guidelines do have 
to cater to the lowest common denominator, so everyone can publish data.

But I'm thinking that it might be useful (and fun!) to have one or more 
"standards of excellence" or "certificates" for published data. For example: my 
data is published according to APPLE CORE GOLD!

The "Apple Core Gold" standard would be assigned only to data that were 
published following the most strict guidelines in Apple Core, for example 
eventDates are formatted according to ISO 8601:2004(E). I've created a page 
where we can list the conditions for this standard at: 
http://code.google.com/p/applecore/wiki/AppleCoreGold

That way, we don't alienate collections who cannot follow the most strict 
guidelines AND there's an incentive for publishers who can, improving the 
overall quality and usefulness of the data.

To keep things simple, I'm also thinking the following:

1) The standard is be self-assigned: in the open sharing environment of the web 
it is rather easy to debunk it (followed by eternal shame for the publisher, 
unless they step things up). We could also do it peer reviewed or done by a 
trusted registry, but that's a bit too complicated. 

2) You need to comply with ALL the conditions of Apple Core Gold to obtain it. 
That way it can be referenced: a URL to the Apple Core Gold page informs the 
data user what he/she can expect. An Apple Core Gold 88% seems to complicated.

Things I haven't figured out yet (this idea is still rather new):

1) Where in the metadata (DarwinCore or EML) do we record this? Preferably we 
record the URL of the Apple Core Page. If we need to create a new field, it's 
similar in function to georeferenceProtocol.

2) Do we need Apple Core Silver, Apple Core Bronze, Apple Core and maybe an 
Apple Core Rotten?

Let me know what you think!

Original issue reported on code.google.com by peter.de...@gmail.com on 10 Jun 2011 at 4:32

• Blocking: eventDate vs verbatimEventDate : How to record the collection date? #29

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Original comment by peter.de...@gmail.com on 10 Jun 2011 at 4:33

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Following the most strict guidelines in Apple Core, we could also call it Apple 
Core Spartan. :-) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spartan_%28apple%29

Original comment by peter.de...@gmail.com on 11 Jun 2011 at 3:40

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Although a golden apple is not bad either: 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_apple

Original comment by peter.de...@gmail.com on 11 Jun 2011 at 3:43

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How about Golden Delicious ;-)  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_delicious

Original comment by James.Ma...@gmail.com on 12 Jun 2011 at 2:44