Digital Specimen 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:DigitalSpecimen Digital Specimen True
Required Terms
Term Label Class Required
ods:agentRole Agent Role Agent True
ods:agentType Agent Type Agent True
ods:agentName Agent Name Agent True
dcterms:identifier Identifier Citation True
dcterms:title Title Citation True
dwc:institutionID Institution Id DigitalSpecimen True
ods:ID Id DigitalSpecimen True
ods:version Version DigitalSpecimen True
ods:created Created DigitalSpecimen True
ods:type Type DigitalSpecimen True
ods:midsLevel Mids Level DigitalSpecimen True
ods:normalisedPhysicalSpecimenID Normalised Physical Specimen Id DigitalSpecimen True
ods:physicalSpecimenID Physical Specimen Id DigitalSpecimen True
ods:physicalSpecimenIDType Physical Specimen Idtype DigitalSpecimen True
ods:sourceSystemID Source System Id DigitalSpecimen True
dwc:relationshipOfResource Relationship Of Resource EntityRelationship True
dwc:relatedResourceID Related Resource Id EntityRelationship True
ods:isVerifiedIdentification Is Verified Identification Identification 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

ChronometricAge

ods:ChronometricAge chrono:chronometricAgeID chrono:verbatimChronometricAge ods:verbatimChronometricAgeProtocol chrono:uncalibratedChronometricAge chrono:chronometricAgeConversionProtocol chrono:earliestChronometricAge chrono:earliestChronometricAgeReferenceSystem chrono:latestChronometricAge chrono:latestChronometricAgeReferenceSystem chrono:chronometricAgeUncertaintyInYears chrono:chronometricAgeUncertaintyMethod chrono:materialDated chrono:materialDatedID chrono:materialDatedRelationship chrono:chronometricAgeDeterminedBy chrono:chronometricAgeDeterminedDate chrono:chronometricAgeReferences chrono:chronometricAgeRemarks
ods:ChronometricAge Class
Qualified Term ods:ChronometricAge
Label Chronometric Age
Definition The Chronometric Age of the digital specimen
chrono:chronometricAgeID Property
Qualified Term chrono:chronometricAgeID
Label Chronometric Age Id
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/chrono/terms/chronometricAgeID
Examples
  • ['https://www.canadianarchaeology.ca/samples/70673']
chrono:verbatimChronometricAge Property
Qualified Term chrono:verbatimChronometricAge
Label Verbatim Chronometric Age
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/chrono/terms/verbatimChronometricAge
Examples
  • ['27 BC to 14 AD']
ods:verbatimChronometricAgeProtocol Property
Qualified Term ods:verbatimChronometricAgeProtocol
Label Verbatim Chronometric Age Protocol
Definition The verbatim name of the protocol used to determine the chronometric age.
chrono:uncalibratedChronometricAge Property
Qualified Term chrono:uncalibratedChronometricAge
Label Uncalibrated Chronometric Age
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/chrono/terms/uncalibratedChronometricAge
Examples
  • ['1510 +/- 25 14C yr BP']
chrono:chronometricAgeConversionProtocol Property
Qualified Term chrono:chronometricAgeConversionProtocol
Label Chronometric Age Conversion Protocol
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/chrono/terms/chronometricAgeConversionProtocol
Examples
  • ['INTCAL13']
chrono:earliestChronometricAge Property
Qualified Term chrono:earliestChronometricAge
Label Earliest Chronometric Age
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/chrono/terms/earliestChronometricAge
Examples
  • [100]
chrono:earliestChronometricAgeReferenceSystem Property
Qualified Term chrono:earliestChronometricAgeReferenceSystem
Label Earliest Chronometric Age Reference System
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/chrono/terms/earliestChronometricAgeReferenceSystem
Examples
  • ['BP']
chrono:latestChronometricAge Property
Qualified Term chrono:latestChronometricAge
Label Latest Chronometric Age
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/chrono/terms/latestChronometricAge
Examples
  • [12]
chrono:latestChronometricAgeReferenceSystem Property
Qualified Term chrono:latestChronometricAgeReferenceSystem
Label Latest Chronometric Age Reference System
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/chrono/terms/latestChronometricAgeReferenceSystem
Examples
  • ['BCE']
chrono:chronometricAgeUncertaintyInYears Property
Qualified Term chrono:chronometricAgeUncertaintyInYears
Label Chronometric Age Uncertainty In Years
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/chrono/terms/chronometricAgeUncertaintyInYears
Examples
  • [100]
chrono:chronometricAgeUncertaintyMethod Property
Qualified Term chrono:chronometricAgeUncertaintyMethod
Label Chronometric Age Uncertainty Method
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/chrono/terms/chronometricAgeUncertaintyMethod
Examples
  • ['Half of 95% confidence interval']
chrono:materialDated Property
Qualified Term chrono:materialDated
Label Material Dated
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/chrono/terms/materialDated
Examples
  • ['charred wood']
chrono:materialDatedID Property
Qualified Term chrono:materialDatedID
Label Material Dated Id
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/chrono/terms/materialDatedID
Examples
  • ['https://doi.org/10.22/XXX-XXX-XXX']
chrono:materialDatedRelationship Property
Qualified Term chrono:materialDatedRelationship
Label Material Dated Relationship
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/chrono/terms/materialDatedRelationship
Examples
  • ['sameAs']
chrono:chronometricAgeDeterminedBy Property
Qualified Term chrono:chronometricAgeDeterminedBy
Label Chronometric Age Determined By
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/chrono/terms/chronometricAgeDeterminedBy
Examples
  • ['Michelle LeFebvre']
chrono:chronometricAgeDeterminedDate Property
Qualified Term chrono:chronometricAgeDeterminedDate
Label Chronometric Age Determined Date
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/chrono/terms/chronometricAgeDeterminedDate
Examples
  • ['2018-11-13T20:20:39+00:00']
chrono:chronometricAgeReferences Property
Qualified Term chrono:chronometricAgeReferences
Label Chronometric Age References
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/chrono/terms/chronometricAgeReferences
Examples
  • ['https://doi.org/10.1007/s10814-019-09140-x']
chrono:chronometricAgeRemarks Property
Qualified Term chrono:chronometricAgeRemarks
Label Chronometric Age Remarks
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/chrono/terms/chronometricAgeRemarks
Examples
  • ['Beta Analytic number: 323913']

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?

DigitalSpecimen

ods:DigitalSpecimen ods:ID ods:version ods:created ods:type ods:midsLevel ods:normalisedPhysicalSpecimenID ods:physicalSpecimenID ods:physicalSpecimenIDType ods:topicOrigin ods:topicDomain ods:topicDiscipline ods:isMarkedAsType ods:isKnownToContainMedia ods:specimenName ods:sourceSystemID ods:livingOrPreserved ods:language dcterms:license dcterms:modified dwc:basisOfRecord dwc:preparations dwc:disposition dwc:institutionCode dwc:institutionID ods:institutionName dwc:collectionCode dwc:collectionID dwc:informationWithheld dwc:dataGeneralizations dwc:ownerInstitutionCode dwc:recordedBy dwc:recordedByID dwc:datasetName dwc:datasetID dcterms:accessRights dcterms:rightsHolder dwc:verbatimLabel dwc:organismID dwc:organismName dwc:organismScope dwc:associatedOrganisms dwc:organismRemarks dwc:dynamicProperties ods:hasMaterialEntity ods:hasIdentification ods:hasAssertion ods:hasEvent ods:hasEntityRelationship ods:hasCitation ods:hasIdentifier ods:hasChronometricAge ods:hasAgent
ods:DigitalSpecimen Class
Qualified Term ods:DigitalSpecimen
Label Digital Specimen
Definition A digital representation of a physical specimen
ods:ID Property
Qualified Term ods:ID
Label Id
Definition The unique identifier of the object
Examples
  • ['https://doi.org/10.22/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
  • ['2023-10-02T12:31:34.806Z']
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']
ods:midsLevel Property
Qualified Term ods:midsLevel
Label Mids Level
Definition The MIDS level of the object, see https://www.tdwg.org/community/cd/mids/
ods:normalisedPhysicalSpecimenID Property
Qualified Term ods:normalisedPhysicalSpecimenID
Label Normalised Physical Specimen Id
Definition The physical specimen identifier of the object. When locally unique this is a combination between source-system-id and the local identifier
ods:physicalSpecimenID Property
Qualified Term ods:physicalSpecimenID
Label Physical Specimen Id
Definition The physical specimen identifier of the object. Taken over as-is
ods:physicalSpecimenIDType Property
Qualified Term ods:physicalSpecimenIDType
Label Physical Specimen Idtype
Definition To indicate if the physical identifier is globally unique or locally unique
ods:topicOrigin Property
Qualified Term ods:topicOrigin
Label Topic Origin
Definition The topic origin of the specimen
Examples
  • ['Natural']
ods:topicDomain Property
Qualified Term ods:topicDomain
Label Topic Domain
Definition The topic domain of the specimen
Examples
  • ['Life']
ods:topicDiscipline Property
Qualified Term ods:topicDiscipline
Label Topic Discipline
Definition The topic discipline of the specimen
Examples
  • ['Botany']
ods:isMarkedAsType Property
Qualified Term ods:isMarkedAsType
Label Is Marked As Type
Definition The specimen is marked as a type specimen
ods:isKnownToContainMedia Property
Qualified Term ods:isKnownToContainMedia
Label Is Known To Contain Media
Definition Indicates if there are any media objects attached to this specimen
ods:specimenName Property
Qualified Term ods:specimenName
Label Specimen Name
Definition The accepted specimen name of the digital specimen
Examples
  • ['Roptrocerus typographi (Györfi, 1952)']
ods:sourceSystemID Property
Qualified Term ods:sourceSystemID
Label Source System Id
Definition The handle to the source system object which retrieved the data from the CMS
ods:livingOrPreserved Property
Qualified Term ods:livingOrPreserved
Label Living Or Preserved
Definition Whether the specimen is living or preserved
ods:language Property
Qualified Term ods:language
Label Language
Definition The language of the Digital Specimen metadata. Only indicate, not enforced. Recommended to use ISO 639-1 codes
Examples
  • [['en', 'fr', 'de']]
dcterms:license Property
Qualified Term dcterms:license
Label License
Definition https://purl.org/dc/terms/license
Examples
  • ['https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/']
dcterms:modified Property
Qualified Term dcterms:modified
Label Modified
Definition https://purl.org/dc/terms/modified
Examples
  • ['2023-10-02T12:31:34.806Z']
dwc:basisOfRecord Property
Qualified Term dwc:basisOfRecord
Label Basis Of Record
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/basisOfRecord
Examples
  • ['PreservedSpecimen']
dwc:preparations Property
Qualified Term dwc:preparations
Label Preparations
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/preparations
Examples
  • ['fossil']
dwc:disposition Property
Qualified Term dwc:disposition
Label Disposition
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/disposition
Examples
  • ['in collection']
dwc:institutionCode Property
Qualified Term dwc:institutionCode
Label Institution Code
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/institutionCode
Examples
  • ['MNF']
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']
dwc:collectionCode Property
Qualified Term dwc:collectionCode
Label Collection Code
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/collectionCode
Examples
  • ['EBIRD']
dwc:collectionID Property
Qualified Term dwc:collectionID
Label Collection Id
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/collectionID
Examples
  • ['https://www.gbif.org/grscicoll/collection/fbd3ed74-5a21-4e01-b86a-33d36f032d9c']
dwc:informationWithheld Property
Qualified Term dwc:informationWithheld
Label Information Withheld
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/informationWithheld
Examples
  • ['location information not given for endangered species']
dwc:dataGeneralizations Property
Qualified Term dwc:dataGeneralizations
Label Data Generalizations
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/dataGeneralizations
Examples
  • ['Coordinates generalized from original GPS coordinates to the nearest half degree grid cell.']
dwc:ownerInstitutionCode Property
Qualified Term dwc:ownerInstitutionCode
Label Owner Institution Code
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/ownerInstitutionCode
Examples
  • ['InBio']
dwc:recordedBy Property
Qualified Term dwc:recordedBy
Label Recorded By
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/recordedBy
Examples
  • ['José E. Crespo']
dwc:recordedByID Property
Qualified Term dwc:recordedByID
Label Recorded By Id
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/recordedByID
Examples
  • ['https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1825-0097']
dwc:datasetName Property
Qualified Term dwc:datasetName
Label Dataset Name
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/datasetName
Examples
  • ['Hummingbirds']
dwc:datasetID Property
Qualified Term dwc:datasetID
Label Dataset Id
Definition http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/datasetID
Examples
  • ['b15d4952-7d20-46f1-8a3e-556a512b04c5']
dcterms:accessRights Property
Qualified Term dcterms:accessRights
Label Access Rights
Definition https://purl.org/dc/terms/accessRights
Examples
  • ['not-for-profit use only']
dcterms:rightsHolder Property
Qualified Term dcterms:rightsHolder
Label Rights Holder
Definition https://purl.org/dc/terms/rightsHolder
Examples
  • ['Museu de História Natural e da Ciência da Universidade do Porto']
dwc:verbatimLabel Property
Qualified Term dwc:verbatimLabel
Label Verbatim Label
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/verbatimLabel
Examples
  • ['ILL: Union Co. Wolf Lake by Powder Plant Bridge. 1 March 1975 Coll. S. Ketzler, S. Herbert\n\nMonotoma longicollis 4 â\x99\x82 Det TC McElrath 2018\n\nINHS Insect Collection 456782']
dwc:organismID Property
Qualified Term dwc:organismID
Label Organism Id
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/organismID
Examples
  • ['http://arctos.database.museum/guid/WNMU:Mamm:1249']
dwc:organismName Property
Qualified Term dwc:organismName
Label Organism Name
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/organismName
Examples
  • ['Boab Prison Tree']
dwc:organismScope Property
Qualified Term dwc:organismScope
Label Organism Scope
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/organismScope
Examples
  • ['colony']
dwc:associatedOrganisms Property
Qualified Term dwc:associatedOrganisms
Label Associated Organisms
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/associatedOrganisms
Examples
  • ['sibling of http://arctos.database.museum/guid/DMNS:Mamm:14171']
dwc:organismRemarks Property
Qualified Term dwc:organismRemarks
Label Organism Remarks
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/organismRemarks
Examples
  • ['One of a litter of six']
dwc:dynamicProperties Property
Qualified Term dwc:dynamicProperties
Label Dynamic Properties
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/dynamicProperties
Examples
  • [{'relativeHumidity': 28, 'airTemperatureInCelsius': 22}]
ods:hasMaterialEntity Property
Qualified Term ods:hasMaterialEntity
Label Has Material Entity
Definition Contains zero or more ods:MaterialEntity objects
ods:hasIdentification Property
Qualified Term ods:hasIdentification
Label Has Identification
Definition Contains zero or more ods:Identification objects
ods:hasAssertion Property
Qualified Term ods:hasAssertion
Label Has Assertion
Definition Contains zero or more ods:Assertion objects
ods:hasEvent Property
Qualified Term ods:hasEvent
Label Has Event
Definition Contains zero or more ods:Event objects
ods:hasEntityRelationship Property
Qualified Term ods:hasEntityRelationship
Label Has Entity Relationship
Definition Contains zero or more ods:EntityRelationship 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:hasChronometricAge Property
Qualified Term ods:hasChronometricAge
Label Has Chronometric Age
Definition Contains zero or more ods:ChronometricAge 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']

Event

ods:Event dwc:organismQuantity dwc:organismQuantityType dwc:sex dwc:lifeStage dwc:reproductiveCondition dwc:behavior dwc:caste dwc:vitality dwc:establishmentMeans dwc:occurrenceStatus dwc:pathway dwc:degreeOfEstablishment dwc:georeferenceVerificationStatus dwc:occurrenceRemarks ods:eventName dwc:fieldNumber dwc:recordNumber dwc:eventType dwc:eventDate dwc:eventTime dwc:endDayOfYear dwc:startDayOfYear dwc:verbatimEventDate dwc:year dwc:month dwc:day dwc:habitat eco:protocolDescriptions dwc:sampleSizeValue dwc:sampleSizeUnit dwc:samplingProtocol dwc:samplingEffort dwc:fieldNotes dwc:eventRemarks ods:collectorName ods:collectorID ods:hasAssertion ods:Location
ods:Event Class
Qualified Term ods:Event
Label Event
Definition The Event that occurred at a particular time and place
dwc:organismQuantity Property
Qualified Term dwc:organismQuantity
Label Organism Quantity
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/organismQuantity
Examples
  • ['27']
dwc:organismQuantityType Property
Qualified Term dwc:organismQuantityType
Label Organism Quantity Type
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/organismQuantityType
Examples
  • ['individuals']
dwc:sex Property
Qualified Term dwc:sex
Label Sex
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/sex
Examples
  • ['female']
dwc:lifeStage Property
Qualified Term dwc:lifeStage
Label Life Stage
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/lifeStage
Examples
  • ['adult']
dwc:reproductiveCondition Property
Qualified Term dwc:reproductiveCondition
Label Reproductive Condition
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/reproductiveCondition
Examples
  • ['pregnant']
dwc:behavior Property
Qualified Term dwc:behavior
Label Behavior
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/behavior
Examples
  • ['running']
dwc:caste Property
Qualified Term dwc:caste
Label Caste
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/caste
Examples
  • ['queen', 'ergatoid']
dwc:vitality Property
Qualified Term dwc:vitality
Label Vitality
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/vitality
Examples
  • ['alive', 'dead']
dwc:establishmentMeans Property
Qualified Term dwc:establishmentMeans
Label Establishment Means
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/establishmentMeans
Examples
  • ['introduced']
dwc:occurrenceStatus Property
Qualified Term dwc:occurrenceStatus
Label Occurrence Status
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/occurrenceStatus
dwc:pathway Property
Qualified Term dwc:pathway
Label Pathway
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/pathway
Examples
  • ['releasedForUse']
dwc:degreeOfEstablishment Property
Qualified Term dwc:degreeOfEstablishment
Label Degree Of Establishment
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/degreeOfEstablishment
Examples
  • ['captive']
dwc:georeferenceVerificationStatus Property
Qualified Term dwc:georeferenceVerificationStatus
Label Georeference Verification Status
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/georeferenceVerificationStatus
Examples
  • ['verified by data custodian']
dwc:occurrenceRemarks Property
Qualified Term dwc:occurrenceRemarks
Label Occurrence Remarks
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/occurrenceRemarks
Examples
  • ['found dead on road']
ods:eventName Property
Qualified Term ods:eventName
Label Event Name
Definition The name of the event
dwc:fieldNumber Property
Qualified Term dwc:fieldNumber
Label Field Number
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/fieldNumber
Examples
  • ['RV Sol 87-03-08']
dwc:recordNumber Property
Qualified Term dwc:recordNumber
Label Record Number
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/recordNumber
Examples
  • ['OPP 7101']
dwc:eventType Property
Qualified Term dwc:eventType
Label Event Type
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/eventType
Examples
  • ['Observation']
dwc:eventDate Property
Qualified Term dwc:eventDate
Label Event Date
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/eventDate
Examples
  • ['1963-03-08T14:07-0600']
dwc:eventTime Property
Qualified Term dwc:eventTime
Label Event Time
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/eventTime
Examples
  • ['14:07-0600']
dwc:endDayOfYear Property
Qualified Term dwc:endDayOfYear
Label End Day Of Year
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/endDayOfYear
Examples
  • [68]
dwc:startDayOfYear Property
Qualified Term dwc:startDayOfYear
Label Start Day Of Year
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/startDayOfYear
Examples
  • [68]
dwc:verbatimEventDate Property
Qualified Term dwc:verbatimEventDate
Label Verbatim Event Date
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/verbatimEventDate
Examples
  • ['Marzo 2002']
dwc:year Property
Qualified Term dwc:year
Label Year
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/year
Examples
  • [2008]
dwc:month Property
Qualified Term dwc:month
Label Month
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/month
Examples
  • [12]
dwc:day Property
Qualified Term dwc:day
Label Day
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/day
Examples
  • [29]
dwc:habitat Property
Qualified Term dwc:habitat
Label Habitat
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/habitat
Examples
  • ['savanna']
eco:protocolDescriptions Property
Qualified Term eco:protocolDescriptions
Label Protocol Descriptions
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/eco/terms/protocolDescriptions
Examples
  • ['Three conventional harp traps (3.2m ht x 2.2m w) were established in flight path zones for a period of 4 hrs at dawn and dusk for a total of 10 trap nights. Traps were visited on an hourly basis during each deployment period and the trap catch recorded for species, size, weight, sex, age and maternal status.']
dwc:sampleSizeValue Property
Qualified Term dwc:sampleSizeValue
Label Sample Size Value
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/sampleSizeValue
Examples
  • [5, 4.23]
dwc:sampleSizeUnit Property
Qualified Term dwc:sampleSizeUnit
Label Sample Size Unit
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/sampleSizeUnit
Examples
  • ['meters']
dwc:samplingProtocol Property
Qualified Term dwc:samplingProtocol
Label Sampling Protocol
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/samplingProtocol
Examples
  • ['collected directly from the wild']
dwc:samplingEffort Property
Qualified Term dwc:samplingEffort
Label Sampling Effort
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/samplingEffort
Examples
  • ['2 hours']
dwc:fieldNotes Property
Qualified Term dwc:fieldNotes
Label Field Notes
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/fieldNotes
Examples
  • ['Notes available in the Grinnell-Miller Library']
dwc:eventRemarks Property
Qualified Term dwc:eventRemarks
Label Event Remarks
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/eventRemarks
Examples
  • ['After the recent rains the river is nearly at flood stage']
ods:collectorName Property
Qualified Term ods:collectorName
Label Collector Name
Definition The full name of the collector
ods:collectorID Property
Qualified Term ods:collectorID
Label Collector Id
Definition The identifier of the collector, recommended would be a ORCID or Wikidata ID
ods:hasAssertion Property
Qualified Term ods:hasAssertion
Label Has Assertion
Definition Contains zero or more ods:Assertion objects
ods:Location Property
Qualified Term ods:Location
Label Location
Definition Contains an object of type ods:Location

GeoReference

dwc:verbatimCoordinates dwc:decimalLatitude dwc:verbatimLatitude dwc:decimalLongitude dwc:verbatimLongitude dwc:verbatimCoordinateSystem dwc:geodeticDatum dwc:coordinateUncertaintyInMeters dwc:coordinatePrecision dwc:pointRadiusSpatialFit dwc:footprintWKT dwc:footprintSRS dwc:verbatimSRS dwc:footprintSpatialFit dwc:georeferencedBy dwc:georeferencedDate dwc:georeferenceProtocol dwc:georeferenceSources dwc:georeferenceRemarks
dwc:verbatimCoordinates Property
Qualified Term dwc:verbatimCoordinates
Label Verbatim Coordinates
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/verbatimCoordinates
Examples
  • ['41 05 54S 121 05 34W']
dwc:decimalLatitude Property
Qualified Term dwc:decimalLatitude
Label Decimal Latitude
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/decimalLatitude
Examples
  • [-41.0983423]
dwc:verbatimLatitude Property
Qualified Term dwc:verbatimLatitude
Label Verbatim Latitude
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/verbatimLatitude
Examples
  • ['41 05 54.03S']
dwc:decimalLongitude Property
Qualified Term dwc:decimalLongitude
Label Decimal Longitude
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/decimalLongitude
Examples
  • [-121.1761111]
dwc:verbatimLongitude Property
Qualified Term dwc:verbatimLongitude
Label Verbatim Longitude
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/verbatimLongitude
Examples
  • ['121d 10\' 34 W']
dwc:verbatimCoordinateSystem Property
Qualified Term dwc:verbatimCoordinateSystem
Label Verbatim Coordinate System
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/verbatimCoordinateSystem
Examples
  • ['degrees decimal minutes']
dwc:geodeticDatum Property
Qualified Term dwc:geodeticDatum
Label Geodetic Datum
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/geodeticDatum
Examples
  • ['WGS84']
dwc:coordinateUncertaintyInMeters Property
Qualified Term dwc:coordinateUncertaintyInMeters
Label Coordinate Uncertainty In Meters
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/coordinateUncertaintyInMeters
Examples
  • [100]
dwc:coordinatePrecision Property
Qualified Term dwc:coordinatePrecision
Label Coordinate Precision
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/coordinatePrecision
Examples
  • [0.01667]
dwc:pointRadiusSpatialFit Property
Qualified Term dwc:pointRadiusSpatialFit
Label Point Radius Spatial Fit
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/pointRadiusSpatialFit
Examples
  • [1.5708]
dwc:footprintWKT Property
Qualified Term dwc:footprintWKT
Label Footprint Wkt
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/footprintWKT
Examples
  • ['POLYGON ((10 20, 11 20, 11 21, 10 21, 10 20))']
dwc:footprintSRS Property
Qualified Term dwc:footprintSRS
Label Footprint Srs
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/footprintSRS
Examples
  • ['epsg:4326']
dwc:verbatimSRS Property
Qualified Term dwc:verbatimSRS
Label Verbatim Srs
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/verbatimSRS
Examples
  • ['NAD27']
dwc:footprintSpatialFit Property
Qualified Term dwc:footprintSpatialFit
Label Footprint Spatial Fit
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/footprintSpatialFit
Examples
  • [1.5708]
dwc:georeferencedBy Property
Qualified Term dwc:georeferencedBy
Label Georeferenced By
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/georeferencedBy
Examples
  • ['Janet Fang']
dwc:georeferencedDate Property
Qualified Term dwc:georeferencedDate
Label Georeferenced Date
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/georeferencedDate
Examples
  • ['1963-03-08T14:07-0600']
dwc:georeferenceProtocol Property
Qualified Term dwc:georeferenceProtocol
Label Georeference Protocol
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/georeferenceProtocol
Examples
  • ['https://doi.org/10.35035/e09p-h128']
dwc:georeferenceSources Property
Qualified Term dwc:georeferenceSources
Label Georeference Sources
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/georeferenceSources
Examples
  • ['https://www.geonames.org/']
dwc:georeferenceRemarks Property
Qualified Term dwc:georeferenceRemarks
Label Georeference Remarks
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/georeferenceRemarks
Examples
  • ['Assumed distance by road (Hwy. 101)']

GeologicalContext

dwc:earliestEonOrLowestEonothem dwc:latestEonOrHighestEonothem dwc:earliestEraOrLowestErathem dwc:latestEraOrHighestErathem dwc:earliestPeriodOrLowestSystem dwc:latestPeriodOrHighestSystem dwc:earliestEpochOrLowestSeries dwc:latestEpochOrHighestSeries dwc:earliestAgeOrLowestStage dwc:latestAgeOrHighestStage dwc:lowestBiostratigraphicZone dwc:highestBiostratigraphicZone dwc:lithostratigraphicTerms dwc:group dwc:formation dwc:member dwc:bed
dwc:earliestEonOrLowestEonothem Property
Qualified Term dwc:earliestEonOrLowestEonothem
Label Earliest Eon Or Lowest Eonothem
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/earliestEonOrLowestEonothem
Examples
  • ['Phanerozoic']
dwc:latestEonOrHighestEonothem Property
Qualified Term dwc:latestEonOrHighestEonothem
Label Latest Eon Or Highest Eonothem
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/latestEonOrHighestEonothem
Examples
  • ['Proterozoic']
dwc:earliestEraOrLowestErathem Property
Qualified Term dwc:earliestEraOrLowestErathem
Label Earliest Era Or Lowest Erathem
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/earliestEraOrLowestErathem
Examples
  • ['Cenozoic']
dwc:latestEraOrHighestErathem Property
Qualified Term dwc:latestEraOrHighestErathem
Label Latest Era Or Highest Erathem
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/latestEraOrHighestErathem
Examples
  • ['Mesozoic']
dwc:earliestPeriodOrLowestSystem Property
Qualified Term dwc:earliestPeriodOrLowestSystem
Label Earliest Period Or Lowest System
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/earliestPeriodOrLowestSystem
Examples
  • ['Tertiary']
dwc:latestPeriodOrHighestSystem Property
Qualified Term dwc:latestPeriodOrHighestSystem
Label Latest Period Or Highest System
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/latestPeriodOrHighestSystem
Examples
  • ['Quaternary']
dwc:earliestEpochOrLowestSeries Property
Qualified Term dwc:earliestEpochOrLowestSeries
Label Earliest Epoch Or Lowest Series
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/earliestEpochOrLowestSeries
Examples
  • ['Holocene']
dwc:latestEpochOrHighestSeries Property
Qualified Term dwc:latestEpochOrHighestSeries
Label Latest Epoch Or Highest Series
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/latestEpochOrHighestSeries
Examples
  • ['Pleistocene']
dwc:earliestAgeOrLowestStage Property
Qualified Term dwc:earliestAgeOrLowestStage
Label Earliest Age Or Lowest Stage
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/earliestAgeOrLowestStage
Examples
  • ['Atlantic']
dwc:latestAgeOrHighestStage Property
Qualified Term dwc:latestAgeOrHighestStage
Label Latest Age Or Highest Stage
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/latestAgeOrHighestStage
Examples
  • ['Boreal']
dwc:lowestBiostratigraphicZone Property
Qualified Term dwc:lowestBiostratigraphicZone
Label Lowest Biostratigraphic Zone
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/lowestBiostratigraphicZone
Examples
  • ['Maastrichtian']
dwc:highestBiostratigraphicZone Property
Qualified Term dwc:highestBiostratigraphicZone
Label Highest Biostratigraphic Zone
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/highestBiostratigraphicZone
Examples
  • ['Blancan']
dwc:lithostratigraphicTerms Property
Qualified Term dwc:lithostratigraphicTerms
Label Lithostratigraphic Terms
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/lithostratigraphicTerms
Examples
  • ['Pleistocene-Weichselien']
dwc:group Property
Qualified Term dwc:group
Label Group
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/group
Examples
  • ['Bathurst']
dwc:formation Property
Qualified Term dwc:formation
Label Formation
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/formation
Examples
  • ['House Limestone']
dwc:member Property
Qualified Term dwc:member
Label Member
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/member
Examples
  • ['Lava Dam Member']
dwc:bed Property
Qualified Term dwc:bed
Label Bed
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/bed
Examples
  • ['Harlem coal']

Identification

ods:Identification dwc:identificationID ods:identificationType ods:taxonFormula dwc:verbatimIdentification dwc:typeStatus dwc:identifiedBy dwc:identifiedByID dwc:dateIdentified dwc:identificationReferences ods:isVerifiedIdentification dwc:identificationRemarks dwc:identificationQualifier ods:hasCitation ods:hasTaxonIdentification
ods:Identification Class
Qualified Term ods:Identification
Label Identification
Definition The Identification of a specimen
dwc:identificationID Property
Qualified Term dwc:identificationID
Label Identification Id
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/identificationID
Examples
  • ['9992']
ods:identificationType Property
Qualified Term ods:identificationType
Label Identification Type
Definition The type of identification
ods:taxonFormula Property
Qualified Term ods:taxonFormula
Label Taxon Formula
Definition The full formula of the taxonomic identification
dwc:verbatimIdentification Property
Qualified Term dwc:verbatimIdentification
Label Verbatim Identification
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/verbatimIdentification
Examples
  • ['Peromyscus sp.']
dwc:typeStatus Property
Qualified Term dwc:typeStatus
Label Type Status
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/typeStatus
Examples
  • ['holotype']
dwc:identifiedBy Property
Qualified Term dwc:identifiedBy
Label Identified By
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/identifiedBy
Examples
  • ['James L. Patton']
dwc:identifiedByID Property
Qualified Term dwc:identifiedByID
Label Identified By Id
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/identifiedByID
Examples
  • ['https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1825-0097']
dwc:dateIdentified Property
Qualified Term dwc:dateIdentified
Label Date Identified
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/dateIdentified
Examples
  • ['2009-02-20T08:40Z']
dwc:identificationReferences Property
Qualified Term dwc:identificationReferences
Label Identification References
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/identificationReferences
Examples
  • ['Aves del Noroeste Patagonico. Christie et al. 2004.']
ods:isVerifiedIdentification Property
Qualified Term ods:isVerifiedIdentification
Label Is Verified Identification
Definition If this is the accepted identification, based on https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/identificationVerificationStatus
dwc:identificationRemarks Property
Qualified Term dwc:identificationRemarks
Label Identification Remarks
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/identificationRemarks
Examples
  • ['Distinguished between Anthus correndera and Anthus hellmayri based on the comparative lengths of the uñas.']
dwc:identificationQualifier Property
Qualified Term dwc:identificationQualifier
Label Identification Qualifier
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/identificationQualifier
Examples
  • ['cf. var. oxyadenia']
ods:hasCitation Property
Qualified Term ods:hasCitation
Label Has Citation
Definition Can contain zero to more ods:Citation objects
ods:hasTaxonIdentification Property
Qualified Term ods:hasTaxonIdentification
Label Has Taxon Identification
Definition Can contain zero to more ods:TaxonIdentification objects

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

Location

ods:Location dwc:locationID dwc:continent dwc:waterBody dwc:islandGroup dwc:island dwc:country dwc:countryCode dwc:stateProvince dwc:county dwc:municipality dwc:locality dwc:verbatimLocality dwc:minimumElevationInMeters dwc:higherGeographyID dwc:higherGeography dwc:maximumElevationInMeters dwc:verbatimElevation dwc:minimumDistanceAboveSurfaceInMeters dwc:maximumDistanceAboveSurfaceInMeters dwc:minimumDepthInMeters dwc:maximumDepthInMeters dwc:verbatimDepth dwc:verticalDatum dwc:locationAccordingTo dwc:locationRemarks ods:GeoReference ods:GeologicalContext
ods:Location Class
Qualified Term ods:Location
Label Location
Definition The Location of the digital specimen
dwc:locationID Property
Qualified Term dwc:locationID
Label Location Id
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/locationID
Examples
  • ['https://opencontext.org/subjects/768A875F-E205-4D0B-DE55-BAB7598D0FD1']
dwc:continent Property
Qualified Term dwc:continent
Label Continent
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/continent
Examples
  • ['Africa']
dwc:waterBody Property
Qualified Term dwc:waterBody
Label Water Body
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/waterBody
Examples
  • ['Baltic Sea']
dwc:islandGroup Property
Qualified Term dwc:islandGroup
Label Island Group
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/islandGroup
Examples
  • ['Seychelles']
dwc:island Property
Qualified Term dwc:island
Label Island
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/island
Examples
  • ['Vancouver']
dwc:country Property
Qualified Term dwc:country
Label Country
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/country
Examples
  • ['Colombia']
dwc:countryCode Property
Qualified Term dwc:countryCode
Label Country Code
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/countryCode
Examples
  • ['SV']
dwc:stateProvince Property
Qualified Term dwc:stateProvince
Label State Province
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/stateProvince
Examples
  • ['Montana']
dwc:county Property
Qualified Term dwc:county
Label County
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/county
Examples
  • ['Los Lagos']
dwc:municipality Property
Qualified Term dwc:municipality
Label Municipality
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/municipality
Examples
  • ['Holzminden']
dwc:locality Property
Qualified Term dwc:locality
Label Locality
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/locality
Examples
  • ['Zeeuws-Vlaanderen, Hulst, Braakman']
dwc:verbatimLocality Property
Qualified Term dwc:verbatimLocality
Label Verbatim Locality
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/verbatimLocality
Examples
  • ['25 km NNE Bariloche por R. Nac. 237']
dwc:minimumElevationInMeters Property
Qualified Term dwc:minimumElevationInMeters
Label Minimum Elevation In Meters
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/minimumElevationInMeters
Examples
  • [-100]
dwc:higherGeographyID Property
Qualified Term dwc:higherGeographyID
Label Higher Geography Id
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/higherGeographyID
Examples
  • ['http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/1002002 ']
dwc:higherGeography Property
Qualified Term dwc:higherGeography
Label Higher Geography
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/higherGeography
Examples
  • ['Britain and Ireland']
dwc:maximumElevationInMeters Property
Qualified Term dwc:maximumElevationInMeters
Label Maximum Elevation In Meters
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/maximumElevationInMeters
Examples
  • [205]
dwc:verbatimElevation Property
Qualified Term dwc:verbatimElevation
Label Verbatim Elevation
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/verbatimElevation
Examples
  • ['100 - 200 m']
dwc:minimumDistanceAboveSurfaceInMeters Property
Qualified Term dwc:minimumDistanceAboveSurfaceInMeters
Label Minimum Distance Above Surface In Meters
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/minimumDistanceAboveSurfaceInMeters
Examples
  • [-1, 5]
dwc:maximumDistanceAboveSurfaceInMeters Property
Qualified Term dwc:maximumDistanceAboveSurfaceInMeters
Label Maximum Distance Above Surface In Meters
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/maximumDistanceAboveSurfaceInMeters
Examples
  • [4.2]
dwc:minimumDepthInMeters Property
Qualified Term dwc:minimumDepthInMeters
Label Minimum Depth In Meters
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/minimumDepthInMeters
Examples
  • [50]
dwc:maximumDepthInMeters Property
Qualified Term dwc:maximumDepthInMeters
Label Maximum Depth In Meters
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/maximumDepthInMeters
Examples
  • [340]
dwc:verbatimDepth Property
Qualified Term dwc:verbatimDepth
Label Verbatim Depth
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/verbatimDepth
Examples
  • ['100-200 m']
dwc:verticalDatum Property
Qualified Term dwc:verticalDatum
Label Vertical Datum
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/verticalDatum
Examples
  • ['EGM84']
dwc:locationAccordingTo Property
Qualified Term dwc:locationAccordingTo
Label Location According To
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/locationAccordingTo
Examples
  • ['GADM']
dwc:locationRemarks Property
Qualified Term dwc:locationRemarks
Label Location Remarks
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/locationRemarks
Examples
  • ['under water since 2005']
ods:GeoReference Class
Qualified Term ods:GeoReference
Label Geo Reference
Definition An object which describes the geographical reference of the location of the specimen.
ods:GeologicalContext Class
Qualified Term ods:GeologicalContext
Label Geological Context
Definition An object which describes the geological context of th location of the specimen.

MaterialEntity

ods:MaterialEntity dwc:materialEntityID ods:materialEntityType dwc:preparations dwc:disposition dwc:institutionCode dwc:institutionID ods:institutionName dwc:collectionCode dwc:collectionID dwc:ownerInstitutionCode dwc:recordedBy dwc:recordedByID dwc:verbatimLabel ods:hasIdentification ods:hasAssertion ods:hasEntityRelationship ods:hasCitation ods:hasIdentifier ods:hasEvent ods:hasAgent
ods:MaterialEntity Class
Qualified Term ods:MaterialEntity
Label Material Entity
Definition Material Entities that are part of the Digital Specimen
dwc:materialEntityID Property
Qualified Term dwc:materialEntityID
Label Material Entity Id
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/materialEntityID
Examples
  • ['06809dc5-f143-459a-be1a-6f03e63fc083']
ods:materialEntityType Property
Qualified Term ods:materialEntityType
Label Material Entity Type
Definition Type of material entity
Examples
  • ['organism']
dwc:preparations Property
Qualified Term dwc:preparations
Label Preparations
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/preparations
Examples
  • ['fossil']
dwc:disposition Property
Qualified Term dwc:disposition
Label Disposition
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/disposition
Examples
  • ['in collection']
dwc:institutionCode Property
Qualified Term dwc:institutionCode
Label Institution Code
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/institutionCode
Examples
  • ['MNF']
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']
dwc:collectionCode Property
Qualified Term dwc:collectionCode
Label Collection Code
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/collectionCode
Examples
  • ['EBIRD']
dwc:collectionID Property
Qualified Term dwc:collectionID
Label Collection Id
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/collectionID
Examples
  • ['https://www.gbif.org/grscicoll/collection/fbd3ed74-5a21-4e01-b86a-33d36f032d9c']
dwc:ownerInstitutionCode Property
Qualified Term dwc:ownerInstitutionCode
Label Owner Institution Code
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/ownerInstitutionCode
Examples
  • ['InBio']
dwc:recordedBy Property
Qualified Term dwc:recordedBy
Label Recorded By
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/recordedBy
Examples
  • ['José E. Crespo']
dwc:recordedByID Property
Qualified Term dwc:recordedByID
Label Recorded By Id
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/recordedByID
Examples
  • ['https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1825-0097']
dwc:verbatimLabel Property
Qualified Term dwc:verbatimLabel
Label Verbatim Label
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/verbatimLabel
Examples
  • ['ILL: Union Co. Wolf Lake by Powder Plant Bridge. 1 March 1975 Coll. S. Ketzler, S. Herbert\n\nMonotoma longicollis 4 â\x99\x82 Det TC McElrath 2018\n\nINHS Insect Collection 456782']
ods:hasIdentification Property
Qualified Term ods:hasIdentification
Label Has Identification
Definition Contains zero or more ods:Identification objects
ods:hasAssertion Property
Qualified Term ods:hasAssertion
Label Has Assertion
Definition Contains zero or more ods:Assertion objects
ods:hasEntityRelationship Property
Qualified Term ods:hasEntityRelationship
Label Has Entity Relationship
Definition Contains zero or more ods:EntityRelationship 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:hasEvent Property
Qualified Term ods:hasEvent
Label Has Event
Definition Contains zero or more ods:Event objects
ods:hasAgent Property
Qualified Term ods:hasAgent
Label Has Agent
Definition Contains zero or more ods:Agent objects

TaxonIdentification

ods:TaxonIdentification dwc:taxonID dwc:scientificName dwc:scientificNameID ods:scientificNameHtmlLabel dwc:scientificNameAuthorship dwc:nameAccordingTo dwc:namePublishedInYear dwc:taxonRank dwc:verbatimTaxonRank ods:taxonSource dwc:taxonRemarks dwc:kingdom dwc:phylum dwc:class dwc:order dwc:family dwc:subfamily dwc:genus dwc:specificEpithet dwc:taxonomicStatus dwc:nomenclaturalCode dwc:vernacularName dwc:subgenus dwc:acceptedNameUsage dwc:acceptedNameUsageID dwc:cultivarEpithet dwc:genericName dwc:infragenericEpithet dwc:infraspecificEpithet dwc:nomenclaturalStatus dwc:originalNameUsage dwc:subtribe dwc:superfamily dwc:tribe
ods:TaxonIdentification Class
Qualified Term ods:TaxonIdentification
Label Taxon Identification
Definition A taxonomic identification of the specimen
dwc:taxonID Property
Qualified Term dwc:taxonID
Label Taxon Id
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/taxonID
Examples
  • ['https://www.gbif.org/species/212']
dwc:scientificName Property
Qualified Term dwc:scientificName
Label Scientific Name
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/scientificName
Examples
  • ['Roptrocerus typographi (Györfi, 1952)']
dwc:scientificNameID Property
Qualified Term dwc:scientificNameID
Label Scientific Name Id
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/scientificNameID
Examples
  • ['urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:37829-1:1.3']
ods:scientificNameHtmlLabel Property
Qualified Term ods:scientificNameHtmlLabel
Label Scientific Name Html Label
Definition A Hyper Text Markup Language (HTML) representation of the scientific name. Includes correct formatting of the name.
Examples
  • ['<i>Absidia ginsan</i> Komin. et al., 1952']
dwc:scientificNameAuthorship Property
Qualified Term dwc:scientificNameAuthorship
Label Scientific Name Authorship
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/scientificNameAuthorship
Examples
  • ['(Torr.) J.T. Howell']
dwc:nameAccordingTo Property
Qualified Term dwc:nameAccordingTo
Label Name According To
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/nameAccordingTo
Examples
  • ['Plants of the World Online']
dwc:namePublishedInYear Property
Qualified Term dwc:namePublishedInYear
Label Name Published In Year
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/namePublishedInYear
Examples
  • ['2022']
dwc:taxonRank Property
Qualified Term dwc:taxonRank
Label Taxon Rank
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/taxonRank
Examples
  • ['species']
dwc:verbatimTaxonRank Property
Qualified Term dwc:verbatimTaxonRank
Label Verbatim Taxon Rank
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/verbatimTaxonRank
Examples
  • ['Agamospecies']
ods:taxonSource Property
Qualified Term ods:taxonSource
Label Taxon Source
Definition The source of the taxonomic concept
dwc:taxonRemarks Property
Qualified Term dwc:taxonRemarks
Label Taxon Remarks
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/taxonRemarks
Examples
  • ['this name is a misspelling in common use']
dwc:kingdom Property
Qualified Term dwc:kingdom
Label Kingdom
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/kingdom
Examples
  • ['animalia']
dwc:phylum Property
Qualified Term dwc:phylum
Label Phylum
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/phylum
Examples
  • ['Chordata']
dwc:class Property
Qualified Term dwc:class
Label Class
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/class
Examples
  • ['Hepaticopsida']
dwc:order Property
Qualified Term dwc:order
Label Order
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/order
Examples
  • ['Carnivora']
dwc:family Property
Qualified Term dwc:family
Label Family
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/family
Examples
  • ['Felidae']
dwc:subfamily Property
Qualified Term dwc:subfamily
Label Subfamily
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/subfamily
Examples
  • ['Orchidoideae']
dwc:genus Property
Qualified Term dwc:genus
Label Genus
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/genus
Examples
  • ['Puma']
dwc:specificEpithet Property
Qualified Term dwc:specificEpithet
Label Specific Epithet
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/specificEpithet
Examples
  • ['concolor']
dwc:taxonomicStatus Property
Qualified Term dwc:taxonomicStatus
Label Taxonomic Status
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/taxonomicStatus
Examples
  • ['accepted']
dwc:nomenclaturalCode Property
Qualified Term dwc:nomenclaturalCode
Label Nomenclatural Code
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/nomenclaturalCode
Examples
  • ['ICBN']
dwc:vernacularName Property
Qualified Term dwc:vernacularName
Label Vernacular Name
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/vernacularName
Examples
  • ['Meerval | Wels | Catfish | Silure glane | Wels | Waller | Siluro | Malle']
dwc:subgenus Property
Qualified Term dwc:subgenus
Label Subgenus
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/subgenus
Examples
  • ['Strobus']
dwc:acceptedNameUsage Property
Qualified Term dwc:acceptedNameUsage
Label Accepted Name Usage
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/acceptedNameUsage
Examples
  • ['Tamias minimus']
dwc:acceptedNameUsageID Property
Qualified Term dwc:acceptedNameUsageID
Label Accepted Name Usage Id
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/acceptedNameUsageID
Examples
  • ['6W3C4']
dwc:cultivarEpithet Property
Qualified Term dwc:cultivarEpithet
Label Cultivar Epithet
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/cultivarEpithet
Examples
  • ['King Edward']
dwc:genericName Property
Qualified Term dwc:genericName
Label Generic Name
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/genericName
Examples
  • ['Felis']
dwc:infragenericEpithet Property
Qualified Term dwc:infragenericEpithet
Label Infrageneric Epithet
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/infragenericEpithet
Examples
  • ['Abacetillus']
dwc:infraspecificEpithet Property
Qualified Term dwc:infraspecificEpithet
Label Infraspecific Epithet
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/infraspecificEpithet
Examples
  • ['oxyadenia']
dwc:nomenclaturalStatus Property
Qualified Term dwc:nomenclaturalStatus
Label Nomenclatural Status
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/nomenclaturalStatus
Examples
  • ['nom. illeg.']
dwc:originalNameUsage Property
Qualified Term dwc:originalNameUsage
Label Original Name Usage
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/originalNameUsage
Examples
  • ['Pinus abies']
dwc:subtribe Property
Qualified Term dwc:subtribe
Label Subtribe
Definition http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/subtribe
Examples
  • ['Plotinini']
dwc:superfamily Property
Qualified Term dwc:superfamily
Label Superfamily
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/superfamily
Examples
  • ['Cerithioidea']
dwc:tribe Property
Qualified Term dwc:tribe
Label Tribe
Definition https://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/tribe
Examples
  • ['Arethuseae']