How could we connect a discovered/named species to a specific research expedition?

[SiobhanLeachman]

One of the issues raised during previous meetings of the WikiProject research expeditions group is how we connect a discovered/named species to a specific research expedition?

[SiobhanLeachman]

I've had a think about this and I'm of the opinion that this comes down to the linking between items. So using the example the Kyoto Botanical Expedition to Sumatra Q124315857, this expedition item is linked to the article item Q43194253 by the described by source (P1343).

The article Q43194253 item can also have a statement on it that links to the expedition item ie main subject (P921) as this the "main subject" property also relates to key words for the publication and the article gives information about the expedition. So I would argue the expedition is an appropriate key word for this paper.

For the species item Q15461629, I would then link that to the article by using the article as a reference to support the taxon name statement using the stated in (P248) as well as reference has role (P6184) with the statement "first valid description" Q1361864. For more information on this latter part of linking see Rod Page's advice here.

I think it is also possible to add a significant event (P793) statement to the original species item linking the species to the Expedition item. My reasoning for this is that the species description is based on the holotype or types collected during the expedition so I would regard the expedition as a significant event for that species concept item. I think you could use either the holotype specimen collected on the expedition to give the point in time date and use the url or DOI etc for the holotype specimen as the reference supporting this statement or alternatively use the first description article for the citation.