Arctos: Code Table Request - Need a Geology Specimen Part

[mbprondzinski]

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Goal
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Need to add specimen part "thin section slide" and "core sample"
Context
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Table
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Value
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Definition
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Collection type
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Attribute data type
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Attribute value
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Attribute units
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Part tissue flag
For new parts, is the part a tissue?

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[dustymc]

Hard to say without definitions, but I think those are probably preservation and not parts.

[Jegelewicz]

Need to add specimen part "thin section slide"

slide, thin section is a part preservation
For these items use part name = geosample, preservation = slide, thin section

and "core sample"

I think this should be handled similarly, but we need a new preservation

core - a cylindrical section obtained by drilling with a core drill. - Wikipedia

Then you would use part name = geosample, preservation = core

[Jegelewicz]

@Nicole-Ridgwell-NMMNHS your thoughts are appreciated too!

[Nicole-Ridgwell-NMMNHS]

Agree that core should be part preservation. I would encourage using rock or something more specific than geosample as part name.

[mbprondzinski]

All I know is that I have a thin section of a core sample of a meteorite (rock)

[Nicole-Ridgwell-NMMNHS]

Once core is added as a part preservation, then you can do part = meteorite with part preservation = thin section and part preservation = core

[mbprondzinski]

That will work...thanks!

[mbprondzinski]

One more thing: the part "preservation" has its own identifier separate from the meteorite. Can I add an identifier to a part preservation?

[Jegelewicz]

Nope - but for this I suggest that you have two parts - one is NOT preserved as a core and one is, correct?

[Jegelewicz]

Then you can add the part attribute Other ID to the part that IS a core.

[mbprondzinski]

Okay, thanks. Just waiting for the core.

[mbprondzinski]

After much thought on this, I cannot justify calling a "core" preservation when a "tree core" is considered a part in the code table. I would like to have it changed to a part so I can assign it the preservation attribute "slide, thin section" and be able to sleep on it. We have the meteorite and we have a slice of the core sample. To my way of thinking, the core is a part or piece of the meteorite.

[Jegelewicz]

I cannot justify calling a "core" preservation when a "tree core" is considered a part in the code table.

Tree core should be changed, not the other way around.

We have the meteorite and we have a slice of the core sample. To my way of thinking, the core is a part or piece of the meteorite.

Yes, so you have two parts for this record:

part name | part preservation 1 | part preservation 2
--- | --- | ---
meteorite | |
meteorite (subsample) | core | slide, thin section

[mbprondzinski]

All right. Where did you get "meteorite (subsample)"?

[Jegelewicz]

create that part by subsampling the first

https://handbook.arctosdb.org/documentation/parts.html#sampled-from

I don't know if this can be done without creating a loan and I can't go research it right now, but in reality a loan should have been made at some point in order for the core to be taken and that was when the subsample (core) was created.

[Jegelewicz]

Had a minute.

Load the original part, then edit and use this:

to create the subsample and it's related attributes.

[mbprondzinski]

Okay, let me see what I can do. The loan occurred back in the 80's I believe. I will have to wait until I go into my office tomorrow. Thanks Teresa!

[mbprondzinski]

Aha, that did work! I had no idea... however, it doesn't say (subsample) it just says "meteorite" with an indent.

[campmlc]

Yes, it would be useful if it said subsample.

On Mon, Apr 19, 2021, 2:07 PM Mary Beth @.*> wrote:

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Aha, that did work! I had no idea... however, it doesn't say (subsample)
it just says "meteorite" with an indent.

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[Jegelewicz]

it doesn't say (subsample) it just says "meteorite" with an indent.

Create an issue!

[dustymc]

https://github.com/ArctosDB/arctos/issues/2848