Digital Media Quick Reference Guide (In Progress)

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Requirements

The tables below provides a summary of the required classes and terms. Term requirements are subject to the use of the parent class where a term that belongs to an optional class are required if and only if, their parent class is in use.

Required Classes
Class Label Required
ods:DigitalMedia Digital Media True
Required Terms
Term Label Class Required
ods:agentName Agent Name Agent True
ods:agentType Agent Type Agent True
ods:agentRole Agent Role Agent True
dcterms:identifier Identifier Citation True
dcterms:title Title Citation True
ods:ID Id DigitalMedia True
ods:version Version DigitalMedia True
ac:accessURI Access Uri DigitalMedia True
ods:created Created DigitalMedia True
dwc:relationshipOfResource Relationship Of Resource EntityRelationship True
dwc:relatedResourceID Related Resource Id EntityRelationship True

Open Digital Specimen

Agent

ods:Agent ods:agentRole ods:agentType ods:agentID ods:agentName ods:agentRoleBegan ods:agentRoleEnded ods:agentRoleOrder ods:hasIdentifier
ods:Agent Class
Qualified Term ods:Agent
Label Agent
Definition The Agent of the digital specimen
ods:agentRole Property
Qualified Term ods:agentRole
Label Agent Role
Definition Indicates the role of the agent
Examples
  • ['collector', 'preparer', 'identifier', 'recorder']
ods:agentType Property
Qualified Term ods:agentType
Label Agent Type
Definition Indicates the type of agent
Examples
  • ['machine', 'human', 'organisation']
ods:agentID Property
Qualified Term ods:agentID
Label Agent Id
Definition Primary identifier of the agent, additional identifiers can go in the identifiers array
Examples
  • ['https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1825-0097']
ods:agentName Property
Qualified Term ods:agentName
Label Agent Name
Definition Full name of the agent
Examples
  • ['John Smith']
ods:agentRoleBegan Property
Qualified Term ods:agentRoleBegan
Label Agent Role Began
Definition Date the agent began the role
Examples
  • ['2023-10-02T12:31:34.806Z']
ods:agentRoleEnded Property
Qualified Term ods:agentRoleEnded
Label Agent Role Ended
Definition Date the agent ended the role
Examples
  • ['2023-09-02T12:31:34.806Z']
ods:agentRoleOrder Property
Qualified Term ods:agentRoleOrder
Label Agent Role Order
Definition Order of the agent in the role. Can be used to indicate the order of importance
Examples
  • [1, 2]
ods:hasIdentifier Property
Qualified Term ods:hasIdentifier
Label Has Identifier
Definition Contains zero or more ods:Identifier objects

Assertion

ods:Assertion dwc:measurementID dwc:parentMeasurementID dwc:measurementType dwciri:measurementType dwc:measurementDeterminedDate dwc:measurementValue dwciri:measurementValue dwc:measurementAccuracy dwc:measurementUnit dwciri:measurementUnit ods:assertionByAgentName ods:assertionByAgentID ods:assertionProtocol ods:assertionProtocolID ods:assertionRemarks
ods:Assertion Class
Qualified Term ods:Assertion
Label Assertion
Definition The Assertion of the digital specimen
dwc:measurementID Property
Qualified Term dwc:measurementID
Label Measurement Id
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/measurementID
Examples
  • ['9c752d22-b09a-11e8-96f8-529269fb1459']
dwc:parentMeasurementID Property
Qualified Term dwc:parentMeasurementID
Label Parent Measurement Id
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/parentMeasurementID
Examples
  • ['E1_E1_O1_M1']
dwc:measurementType Property
Qualified Term dwc:measurementType
Label Measurement Type
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/measurementType
Examples
  • ['length']
dwciri:measurementType Property
Qualified Term dwciri:measurementType
Label Measurement Type
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/iri/measurementType
Examples
  • ['https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P01/current/ODRYBM01/']
dwc:measurementDeterminedDate Property
Qualified Term dwc:measurementDeterminedDate
Label Measurement Determined Date
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/measurementDeterminedDate
Examples
  • ['2024-05-30T15:16:00.000Z']
dwc:measurementValue Property
Qualified Term dwc:measurementValue
Label Measurement Value
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/measurementValue
Examples
  • ['10.0']
dwciri:measurementValue Property
Qualified Term dwciri:measurementValue
Label Measurement Value
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/measurementValue
Examples
  • ['http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L22/current/TOOL0960/']
dwc:measurementAccuracy Property
Qualified Term dwc:measurementAccuracy
Label Measurement Accuracy
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/measurementAccuracy
Examples
  • ['0.1', 'normal distribution with variation of 2 m']
dwc:measurementUnit Property
Qualified Term dwc:measurementUnit
Label Measurement Unit
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/measurementUnit
Examples
  • ['m', 'cm']
dwciri:measurementUnit Property
Qualified Term dwciri:measurementUnit
Label Measurement Unit
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/iri/measurementUnit
Examples
  • ['http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P06/current/UMSQ/']
ods:assertionByAgentName Property
Qualified Term ods:assertionByAgentName
Label Assertion By Agent Name
Definition Name of the agent who made the assertion
ods:assertionByAgentID Property
Qualified Term ods:assertionByAgentID
Label Assertion By Agent Id
Definition ID of the agent who made the assertion, recommended to be a ORCID or Wikidata identifier
ods:assertionProtocol Property
Qualified Term ods:assertionProtocol
Label Assertion Protocol
Definition The protocol used to make the assertion
ods:assertionProtocolID Property
Qualified Term ods:assertionProtocolID
Label Assertion Protocol Id
Definition The ID of the protocol used to make the assertion
ods:assertionRemarks Property
Qualified Term ods:assertionRemarks
Label Assertion Remarks
Definition Remarks about the assertion

Citation

ods:Citation dcterms:identifier dcterms:type dcterms:date dcterms:title dcterms:creator ods:citationPageNumber ods:citationRemarks ods:referenceType dcterms:bibliographicCitation ods:referenceYear ods:referenceIRI ods:isPeerReviewed
ods:Citation Class
Qualified Term ods:Citation
Label Citation
Definition The Citation of the digital specimen
dcterms:identifier Property
Qualified Term dcterms:identifier
Label Identifier
Definition https://purl.org/dc/terms/identifier
dcterms:type Property
Qualified Term dcterms:type
Label Type
Definition https://purl.org/dc/terms/type
dcterms:date Property
Qualified Term dcterms:date
Label Date
Definition https://purl.org/dc/terms/date
dcterms:title Property
Qualified Term dcterms:title
Label Title
Definition https://purl.org/dc/terms/title
dcterms:creator Property
Qualified Term dcterms:creator
Label Creator
Definition https://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/creator
ods:citationPageNumber Property
Qualified Term ods:citationPageNumber
Label Citation Page Number
Definition Page number of the citation
ods:citationRemarks Property
Qualified Term ods:citationRemarks
Label Citation Remarks
Definition Any further remarks about the citation
ods:referenceType Property
Qualified Term ods:referenceType
Label Reference Type
Definition The type of reference
dcterms:bibliographicCitation Property
Qualified Term dcterms:bibliographicCitation
Label Bibliographic Citation
Definition https://dublincore.org/usage/terms/history/#bibliographicCitation-002
Examples
  • ['https://www.gbif.org/species/2439608 Source: GBIF Taxonomic Backbone']
ods:referenceYear Property
Qualified Term ods:referenceYear
Label Reference Year
Definition The year the reference was published
Examples
  • [2021]
ods:referenceIRI Property
Qualified Term ods:referenceIRI
Label Reference Iri
Definition Reference to the web source of this citation
ods:isPeerReviewed Property
Qualified Term ods:isPeerReviewed
Label Is Peer Reviewed
Definition Is the citation peer reviewed?

DigitalMedia

ods:DigitalMedia ods:ID ods:version ods:created ods:type dcterms:type ac:accessURI dwc:institutionID ods:institutionName dcterms:format dcterms:license dcterms:description dcterms:rights dcterms:accessRights dcterms:rightsHolder dcterms:source dcterms:creator dcterms:created dcterms:modified ods:hasAssertion ods:hasCitation ods:hasIdentifier ods:hasEntityRelationship ods:hasAgent
ods:DigitalMedia Class
Qualified Term ods:DigitalMedia
Label Digital Media
Definition A digital representation of an media object such as a Image or Sound Recording
ods:ID Property
Qualified Term ods:ID
Label Id
Definition The unique digital identifier of the object
Examples
  • ['https://hdl.handle.net.org/20.5000.1025/XXX-XXX-XXX']
ods:version Property
Qualified Term ods:version
Label Version
Definition The version of the object, each change generates a new version
Examples
  • [1]
ods:created Property
Qualified Term ods:created
Label Created
Definition The timestamp that the object version was created in DiSSCo
Examples
  • []
ods:type Property
Qualified Term ods:type
Label Type
Definition The DOI to the FDO type of the object
Examples
  • ['https://doi.org/10.15468/1a2b3c']
dcterms:type Property
Qualified Term dcterms:type
Label Type
Definition https://purl.org/dc/terms/type
ac:accessURI Property
Qualified Term ac:accessURI
Label Access Uri
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/ac/terms/accessURI
Examples
  • []
dwc:institutionID Property
Qualified Term dwc:institutionID
Label Institution Id
Definition ROR or Wikidata identifier, based on https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/institutionID
Examples
  • ['https://ror.org/015hz7p22']
ods:institutionName Property
Qualified Term ods:institutionName
Label Institution Name
Definition Full museum name according to ROR or Wikidata
Examples
  • ['National Museum of Natural History']
dcterms:format Property
Qualified Term dcterms:format
Label Format
Definition https://purl.org/dc/terms/format
dcterms:license Property
Qualified Term dcterms:license
Label License
Definition https://purl.org/dc/terms/license
dcterms:description Property
Qualified Term dcterms:description
Label Description
Definition https://purl.org/dc/terms/description
dcterms:rights Property
Qualified Term dcterms:rights
Label Rights
Definition https://purl.org/dc/terms/rights
dcterms:accessRights Property
Qualified Term dcterms:accessRights
Label Access Rights
Definition https://purl.org/dc/terms/accessRights
dcterms:rightsHolder Property
Qualified Term dcterms:rightsHolder
Label Rights Holder
Definition https://purl.org/dc/terms/rightsHolder
dcterms:source Property
Qualified Term dcterms:source
Label Source
Definition https://purl.org/dc/terms/source
dcterms:creator Property
Qualified Term dcterms:creator
Label Creator
Definition https://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/creator
dcterms:created Property
Qualified Term dcterms:created
Label Created
Definition https://purl.org/dc/terms/created
dcterms:modified Property
Qualified Term dcterms:modified
Label Modified
Definition https://purl.org/dc/terms/modified
ods:hasAssertion Property
Qualified Term ods:hasAssertion
Label Has Assertion
Definition Contains zero or more ods:Assertion objects
ods:hasCitation Property
Qualified Term ods:hasCitation
Label Has Citation
Definition Contains zero or more ods:Citation objects
ods:hasIdentifier Property
Qualified Term ods:hasIdentifier
Label Has Identifier
Definition Contains zero or more ods:Identifier objects
ods:hasEntityRelationship Property
Qualified Term ods:hasEntityRelationship
Label Has Entity Relationship
Definition Contains zero or more ods:EntityRelationship objects
ods:hasAgent Property
Qualified Term ods:hasAgent
Label Has Agent
Definition Contains zero or more ods:Agent objects

EntityRelationship

ods:EntityRelationship dwc:relationshipOfResource dwc:relationshipOfResourceID dwc:relatedResourceID ods:relatedResourceURI dwc:relationshipEstablishedDate ods:entityRelationshipOrder dwc:relationshipAccordingTo ods:relationshipAccordingToID dwc:relationshipRemarks
ods:EntityRelationship Class
Qualified Term ods:EntityRelationship
Label Entity Relationship
Definition The Entity Relationship of the digital specimen
dwc:relationshipOfResource Property
Qualified Term dwc:relationshipOfResource
Label Relationship Of Resource
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/relationshipOfResource
Examples
  • ['hasGBIFID']
dwc:relationshipOfResourceID Property
Qualified Term dwc:relationshipOfResourceID
Label Relationship Of Resource Id
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/relationshipOfResourceID
Examples
  • ['https://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002456']
dwc:relatedResourceID Property
Qualified Term dwc:relatedResourceID
Label Related Resource Id
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/relatedResourceID
Examples
  • ['3024470157']
ods:relatedResourceURI Property
Qualified Term ods:relatedResourceURI
Label Related Resource Uri
Definition The URI of the related resource
Examples
  • ['https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/3024470157']
dwc:relationshipEstablishedDate Property
Qualified Term dwc:relationshipEstablishedDate
Label Relationship Established Date
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/relationshipEstablishedDate
Examples
  • ['2024-05-30T09:46:20.120Z']
ods:entityRelationshipOrder Property
Qualified Term ods:entityRelationshipOrder
Label Entity Relationship Order
Definition When multiple relationships are added an order can be defined
Examples
  • [1]
dwc:relationshipAccordingTo Property
Qualified Term dwc:relationshipAccordingTo
Label Relationship According To
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/relationshipAccordingTo
Examples
  • ['Sam Leeflang']
ods:relationshipAccordingToID Property
Qualified Term ods:relationshipAccordingToID
Label Relationship According To Id
Definition The PID of the creator, this could be a Orcid(user), PID(machine) or ROR(organisation)
Examples
  • ['https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5669-2769']
dwc:relationshipRemarks Property
Qualified Term dwc:relationshipRemarks
Label Relationship Remarks
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/relationshipRemarks
Examples
  • ['Mother and offspring collected from the same nest']

Identifier

ods:Identifier dcterms:title ods:localTitle dcterms:identifier dcterms:format dcterms:subject ods:isPartOfLabel ods:isBarcodeOrNFC ods:isIDPersistent
ods:Identifier Class
Qualified Term ods:Identifier
Label Identifier
Definition The Identifier of the digital specimen
dcterms:title Property
Qualified Term dcterms:title
Label Title
Definition The type of the identifier, https://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/title
Examples
  • ['dwc:catalogueNumber', 'dwca:id']
ods:localTitle Property
Qualified Term ods:localTitle
Label Local Title
Definition The local title of the identifier
Examples
  • ['Registratie nummer']
dcterms:identifier Property
Qualified Term dcterms:identifier
Label Identifier
Definition The value for the identifier, https://purl.org/dc/terms/identifier
Examples
  • ['BMNH(E)1902475', 'RGM.800315']
dcterms:format Property
Qualified Term dcterms:format
Label Format
Definition Mime type of content returned by identifier in case the identifier is resolvable. https://purl.org/dc/terms/format
Examples
  • ['application/json']
dcterms:subject Property
Qualified Term dcterms:subject
Label Subject
Definition Keywords qualifying the identifier https://purl.org/dc/terms/subject
Examples
  • ['erecolnat']
ods:isPartOfLabel Property
Qualified Term ods:isPartOfLabel
Label Is Part Of Label
Definition Indicates whether the identifier is part of the physical label
ods:isBarcodeOrNFC Property
Qualified Term ods:isBarcodeOrNFC
Label Is Barcode Or Nfc
Definition Indicates whether the identifier is part of the barcode or nfc chip
ods:isIDPersistent Property
Qualified Term ods:isIDPersistent
Label Is Idpersistent
Definition Indicates whether the identifier is a persistent identifier