Overview

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
dcterms:title	Title	ods:Citation	True
dcterms:bibliographicCitation	Bibliographic Citation	ods:Citation	True
ods:hasAgents	Has Agents	ods:DigitalSpecimen	True
dcterms:identifier	Identifier	ods:DigitalSpecimen	True
ods:version	Version	ods:DigitalSpecimen	True
dcterms:modified	Modified	ods:DigitalSpecimen	True
dcterms:created	Created	ods:DigitalSpecimen	True
ods:fdoType	Fdo Type	ods:DigitalSpecimen	True
ods:midsLevel	MIDS Level	ods:DigitalSpecimen	True
ods:normalisedPhysicalSpecimenID	Normalised Physical Specimen ID	ods:DigitalSpecimen	True
ods:physicalSpecimenID	Physical Specimen ID	ods:DigitalSpecimen	True
ods:physicalSpecimenIDType	Physical Specimen ID Type	ods:DigitalSpecimen	True
ods:organisationID	Organisation ID	ods:DigitalSpecimen	True
ods:sourceSystemID	Source System ID	ods:DigitalSpecimen	True
dwc:relationshipOfResource	Relationship Of Resource	ods:EntityRelationship	True
dwc:relatedResourceID	Related Resource ID	ods:EntityRelationship	True
ods:isVerifiedIdentification	Is Verified Identification	ods:Identification	True
dwc:scientificName	Scientific Name	ods:TaxonIdentification	True
ods:tombstoneDate	Tombstone Date	ods:TombstoneMetadata	True
ods:tombstoneText	Tombstone Text	ods:TombstoneMetadata	True

Open Digital Specimen

ods:Agent

Agent schema:identifier schema:name ods:hasRoles schema:email schema:url ods:hasIdentifiers

ods:Agent Class
Qualified Term	Agent
Label	Agent
Definition	A generic agent class, containing information about the actor who performed an activity. This could be a person, an organization or a machine.

schema:identifier Property
Qualified Term	schema:identifier
Label	Identifier
Definition	The primary unique identifier of the Agent object. All identifiers will also be added to the ods:hasIdentifiers array
Examples	http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q66581882 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1825-0097 https://hdl.handle.net/20.5000.1025/XXX-XXX-XXX

schema:name Property
Qualified Term	schema:name
Label	Name
Definition	Full name of the agent
Examples	John Smith Sam Leeflang

ods:hasRoles Property
Qualified Term	ods:hasRoles
Label	Has Roles
Definition	Contains all roles associated with the agent in the context of the Digital Object. Should always contain at least one role

schema:email Property
Qualified Term	schema:email
Label	Email
Definition	Email of the agent
Examples	dissco@dissco.eu

schema:url Property
Qualified Term	schema:url
Label	URL
Definition	URL to a website of the agent
Examples	https://dissco.eu

ods:hasIdentifiers Property
Qualified Term	ods:hasIdentifiers
Label	Has Identifiers
Definition	Contains all identifiers associated with the agent

ods:Assertion

Assertion dwc:measurementID dwc:parentMeasurementID dwc:measurementType dwciri:measurementType dwc:measurementDeterminedDate dwc:measurementValue dwciri:measurementValue dwc:measurementAccuracy dwc:measurementUnit dwciri:measurementUnit dwc:measurementMethod dwciri:measurementMethod dwc:measurementRemarks ods:hasAgents ods:hasCitations

ods:Assertion Class
Qualified Term	Assertion
Label	Assertion
Definition	A generic assertion class, containing information about a statement that is made about a digital object. An example is the measurement of the leaf or the wingspan of a specimen.

dwc:measurementID Property
Qualified Term	dwc:measurementID
Label	Measurement ID
Definition	An identifier for the dwc:MeasurementOrFact (information pertaining to measurements, facts, characteristics, or assertions). May be a global unique identifier or an identifier specific to the data set
Examples	9c752d22-b09a-11e8-96f8-529269fb1459

dwc:parentMeasurementID Property
Qualified Term	dwc:parentMeasurementID
Label	Parent Measurement ID
Definition	An identifier for a broader dwc:MeasurementOrFact that groups this and potentially other ods:Assertions
Examples	E1_E1_O1_M1

dwc:measurementType Property
Qualified Term	dwc:measurementType
Label	Measurement Type
Definition	The nature of the assertion
Examples	length

dwciri:measurementType Property
Qualified Term	dwciri:measurementType
Label	Measurement Type
Definition	The nature of the assertion
Examples	http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/S10/current/

dwc:measurementDeterminedDate Property
Qualified Term	dwc:measurementDeterminedDate
Label	Measurement Determined Date
Definition	The date on which the dwc:MeasurementOrFact was made
Examples	2024-05-30T15:16:00.000Z

dwc:measurementValue Property
Qualified Term	dwc:measurementValue
Label	Measurement Value
Definition	The value of the assertion
Examples	10.0

dwciri:measurementValue Property
Qualified Term	dwciri:measurementValue
Label	Measurement Value
Definition	The value of the assertion
Examples	http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/S10/current/S103/

dwc:measurementAccuracy Property
Qualified Term	dwc:measurementAccuracy
Label	Measurement Accuracy
Definition	The description of the potential error associated with the dwc:measurementValue
Examples	0.1 normal distribution with variation of 2 m

dwc:measurementUnit Property
Qualified Term	dwc:measurementUnit
Label	Measurement Unit
Definition	The units associated with the dwc:measurementValue
Examples	m cm °C

dwciri:measurementUnit Property
Qualified Term	dwciri:measurementUnit
Label	Measurement Unit
Definition	The units associated with the dwc:measurementValue
Examples	http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P06/current/UMSQ/

dwc:measurementMethod Property
Qualified Term	dwc:measurementMethod
Label	Measurement Method
Definition	A description of or reference to (publication, URI) the method or protocol used to determine the measurement, fact, characteristic, or assertion
Examples	measured with a ruler barometric altimeter

dwciri:measurementMethod Property
Qualified Term	dwciri:measurementMethod
Label	Measurement Method
Definition	A description of or reference to (publication, URI) the method or protocol used to determine the measurement, fact, characteristic, or assertion

dwc:measurementRemarks Property
Qualified Term	dwc:measurementRemarks
Label	Measurement Remarks
Definition	Comments or notes accompanying the dwc:MeasurementOrFact
Examples	The length was measured from the tip of the nose to the end of the tail

ods:hasAgents Property
Qualified Term	ods:hasAgents
Label	Has Agents
Definition	The agent(s) who made the assertion, contains an ods:Agent object

ods:hasCitations Property
Qualified Term	ods:hasCitations
Label	Has Citations
Definition	Contains the publication citation(s) that support the assertion

ods:ChronometricAge

ChronometricAge chrono:chronometricAgeID chrono:verbatimChronometricAge chrono:uncalibratedChronometricAge chrono:chronometricAgeConversionProtocol chrono:earliestChronometricAge chrono:earliestChronometricAgeReferenceSystem chrono:latestChronometricAge chrono:latestChronometricAgeReferenceSystem chrono:chronometricAgeUncertaintyInYears chrono:chronometricAgeUncertaintyMethod chrono:materialDated chrono:materialDatedID chrono:materialDatedRelationship chrono:chronometricAgeDeterminedDate chrono:chronometricAgeReferences chrono:chronometricAgeRemarks

ods:ChronometricAge Class
Qualified Term	ChronometricAge
Label	Chronometric Age
Definition	An approximation of a temporal position (in the sense conveyed by https://www.w3.org/TR/owl-time/#time:TemporalPosition) that is supported via evidence.

chrono:chronometricAgeID Property
Qualified Term	chrono:chronometricAgeID
Label	Chronometric Age ID
Definition	An identifier for the set of information associated with a ChronometricAge
Examples	https://www.canadianarchaeology.ca/samples/70673

chrono:verbatimChronometricAge Property
Qualified Term	chrono:verbatimChronometricAge
Label	Verbatim Chronometric Age
Definition	The verbatim age for a specimen, whether reported by a dating assay, associated references, or legacy information
Examples	27 BC to 14 AD 250 AD

chrono:uncalibratedChronometricAge Property
Qualified Term	chrono:uncalibratedChronometricAge
Label	Uncalibrated Chronometric Age
Definition	The output of a dating assay before it is calibrated into an age using a specific conversion protocol.
Examples	1510 +/- 25 14C yr BP 16.26 Ma +/- 0.016

chrono:chronometricAgeConversionProtocol Property
Qualified Term	chrono:chronometricAgeConversionProtocol
Label	Chronometric Age Conversion Protocol
Definition	The method used for converting the uncalibratedChronometricAge into a chronometric age in years, as captured in the earliestChronometricAge, earliestChronometricAgeReferenceSystem, latestChronometricAge, and latestChronometricAgeReferenceSystem fields.
Examples	INTCAL13 sequential 6 phase Bayesian model and IntCal13 calibration

chrono:earliestChronometricAge Property
Qualified Term	chrono:earliestChronometricAge
Label	Earliest Chronometric Age
Definition	The maximum/earliest/oldest possible age of a specimen as determined by a dating method
Examples	100 1200

chrono:earliestChronometricAgeReferenceSystem Property
Qualified Term	chrono:earliestChronometricAgeReferenceSystem
Label	Earliest Chronometric Age Reference System
Definition	The reference system associated with the earliestChronometricAge
Examples	BP AD

chrono:latestChronometricAge Property
Qualified Term	chrono:latestChronometricAge
Label	Latest Chronometric Age
Definition	The minimum/latest/youngest possible age of a specimen as determined by a dating method
Examples	12 540

chrono:latestChronometricAgeReferenceSystem Property
Qualified Term	chrono:latestChronometricAgeReferenceSystem
Label	Latest Chronometric Age Reference System
Definition	The reference system associated with the latestChronometricAge
Examples	BCE BP

chrono:chronometricAgeUncertaintyInYears Property
Qualified Term	chrono:chronometricAgeUncertaintyInYears
Label	Chronometric Age Uncertainty In Years
Definition	The temporal uncertainty of the earliestChronometricAge and latestChronometicAge in years
Examples	100 1200

chrono:chronometricAgeUncertaintyMethod Property
Qualified Term	chrono:chronometricAgeUncertaintyMethod
Label	Chronometric Age Uncertainty Method
Definition	The method used to generate the value of chronometricAgeUncertaintyInYears
Examples	2-sigma calibrated range Half of 95% confidence interval

chrono:materialDated Property
Qualified Term	chrono:materialDated
Label	Material Dated
Definition	A description of the material on which the chronometricAgeProtocol was actually performed, if known.
Examples	Charred wood Tooth

chrono:materialDatedID Property
Qualified Term	chrono:materialDatedID
Label	Material Dated ID
Definition	An identifier for the MaterialSample on which the chronometricAgeProtocol was performed, if applicable
Examples	https://doi.org/10.22/XXX-XXX-XXX https://www.ebi.ac.uk/metagenomics/samples/SRS1930158

chrono:materialDatedRelationship Property
Qualified Term	chrono:materialDatedRelationship
Label	Material Dated Relationship
Definition	The relationship of the materialDated to the subject of the ChronometricAge record, from which the ChronometricAge of the subject is inferred
Examples	sameAs inContextWith

chrono:chronometricAgeDeterminedDate Property
Qualified Term	chrono:chronometricAgeDeterminedDate
Label	Chronometric Age Determined Date
Definition	The date on which the ChronometricAge was determined
Examples	2018-11-13T20:20:39+00:00 1906-06

chrono:chronometricAgeReferences Property
Qualified Term	chrono:chronometricAgeReferences
Label	Chronometric Age References
Definition	A list (concatenated and separated) of identifiers (publication, bibliographic reference, global unique identifier, URI) of literature associated with the ChronometricAge.
Examples	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10814-019-09140-x

chrono:chronometricAgeRemarks Property
Qualified Term	chrono:chronometricAgeRemarks
Label	Chronometric Age Remarks
Definition	Notes or comments about the ChronometricAge
Examples	Beta Analytic number: 323913

ods:Citation

Citation dcterms:identifier dcterms:type dcterms:date dcterms:title ods:pageNumber dcterms:description dcterms:bibliographicCitation ods:isPeerReviewed ods:hasAgents

ods:Citation Class
Qualified Term	Citation
Label	Citation
Definition	A generic class containing the information about a citation in which the Digital Object is mentioned or which had influence on the Digital Object.

dcterms:identifier Property
Qualified Term	dcterms:identifier
Label	Identifier
Definition	The main identifier of the citation, preferably a DOI, ISBN, URI, etc referring to the reference
Examples	https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.107.1608 http://www.nature.com/ng/journal/v41/n6/pdf/ng0609-637.pdf

dcterms:type Property
Qualified Term	dcterms:type
Label	Type
Definition	The category that best matches the nature of a reference
Examples	book journal article field notes

dcterms:date Property
Qualified Term	dcterms:date
Label	Date
Definition	Date of publication
Examples	2010-01-01 1963-03-08T14:07-0600

dcterms:title Property
Qualified Term	dcterms:title
Label	Title
Definition	Title of publication
Examples	Field Guide to Moths of Eastern North America The Origin of Species

ods:pageNumber Property
Qualified Term	ods:pageNumber
Label	Page Number
Definition	Page number of the citation
Examples	123 23-25

dcterms:description Property
Qualified Term	dcterms:description
Label	Description
Definition	Abstracts, remarks, notes
Examples	Describes the treatments of a new species of the genus

dcterms:bibliographicCitation Property
Qualified Term	dcterms:bibliographicCitation
Label	Bibliographic Citation
Definition	A bibliographic reference for the resource
Examples	https://www.gbif.org/species/2439608 Source: GBIF Taxonomic Backbone Hartge, P., Genetics of reproductive lifespan. Nature Genetics 41, 637 - 638 (2009)

ods:isPeerReviewed Property
Qualified Term	ods:isPeerReviewed
Label	Is Peer Reviewed
Definition	Is the citation peer reviewed?

ods:hasAgents Property
Qualified Term	ods:hasAgents
Label	Has Agents
Definition	The agent(s) who made the publication, contains an ods:Agent object

DigitalSpecimen dcterms:identifier ods:version ods:status dcterms:modified dcterms:created ods:fdoType ods:midsLevel ods:normalisedPhysicalSpecimenID ods:physicalSpecimenID ods:physicalSpecimenIDType ods:isKnownToContainMedia ods:sourceSystemID ods:sourceSystemName ods:metadataLanguages dcterms:license dwc:basisOfRecord ods:organisationCode ods:organisationID ods:organisationName dwc:collectionCode dwc:collectionID ods:topicOrigin ods:topicDomain ods:topicDiscipline ods:topicCategory ods:specimenName dwc:informationWithheld dwc:preparations dwc:disposition ods:isMarkedAsType dwc:dataGeneralizations ods:ownerOrganisationCode dwc:datasetName dwc:datasetID dcterms:accessRights dcterms:rightsHolder dwc:organismID dwc:organismName dwc:organismScope dwc:organismRemarks dwc:organismQuantity dwc:organismQuantityType dwc:dynamicProperties ods:hasSpecimenParts ods:hasAssertions ods:hasEntityRelationships ods:hasIdentifications ods:hasIdentifiers ods:hasCitations ods:hasAgents ods:hasEvents ods:hasTombstoneMetadata

ods:DigitalSpecimen Class
Qualified Term	DigitalSpecimen
Label	Digital Specimen
Definition	A digital representation of a physical specimen, following the concept of the FAIR Digital Object (FDO). Each physical specimen that has been administrated as a separate entity will be a Digital Specimen.

dcterms:identifier Property
Qualified Term	dcterms:identifier
Label	Identifier
Definition	The unique identifier of the Digital Specimen object, follows the Digital Object Identifier (DOI) standard.
Examples	https://doi.org/10.3535/XXX-XXX-XXX

ods:version Property
Qualified Term	ods:version
Label	Version
Definition	The version of the object, each change generates a new version. The version starts at 1 and each change will increment the version number with 1
Examples	1

ods:status Property
Qualified Term	ods:status
Label	Status
Definition	The status of the Digital Object. A digital object can be in Draft, when it is not published yet. Active when it is published and the object is active and Tombstone which means the object has been archived.

dcterms:modified Property
Qualified Term	dcterms:modified
Label	Modified
Definition	The timestamp that the object was last changed, which resulted in a new version of the object. Following the ISO Date Time Format yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSXXX
Examples	2023-10-02T12:31:34.806Z

dcterms:created Property
Qualified Term	dcterms:created
Label	Created
Definition	The timestamp that the object was created in DiSSCo. following the ISO Date Time Format yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSXXX
Examples	2023-10-02T12:31:34.806Z

ods:fdoType Property
Qualified Term	ods:fdoType
Label	Fdo Type
Definition	The DOI to the FDO type of the object
Examples	https://doi.org/21.T11148/bbad8c4e101e8af01115 https://doi.org/21.T11148/894b1e6cad57e921764e

ods:midsLevel Property
Qualified Term	ods:midsLevel
Label	MIDS Level
Definition	The level of the Minimum Information about a Digital Specimen of the object, for the full specification 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. This identifier is used to check if an object exists in the DiSSCo infrastructure when the DOI is not available.
Examples	NHMD193630:040ck2b86 https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RGM.234626

ods:physicalSpecimenID Property
Qualified Term	ods:physicalSpecimenID
Label	Physical Specimen ID
Definition	The physical specimen identifier of the object. The main identifier of the object is used (which can be indicated by the user through the DataMapping). If the ods:physicalSpecimenIDType is Resolvable or Global, this identifier is the same as the `ods:normalisedPhysicalSpecimenID`
Examples	https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12000/1 NHMD193630 https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RGM.234626

ods:physicalSpecimenIDType Property
Qualified Term	ods:physicalSpecimenIDType
Label	Physical Specimen ID Type
Definition	To indicate if type of the physical identifier, Resolvable means a resolvable identifier over the internet such as a PURL, Global means a globally unique identifier such as a UUID, Local means a locally identifier unique only within the dataset.

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
Examples	True

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
Examples	https://hdl.handle.net/20.5000.1025/0Z6-P2P-VR5 https://hdl.handle.net/20.5000.1025/24P-6R9-JQ5

ods:sourceSystemName Property
Qualified Term	ods:sourceSystemName
Label	Source System Name
Definition	The name of the source system as provided to DiSSCo
Examples	Naturalis Biodiversity Center (NL) - Vermes Chelicerata collection (TSZCh) The Arctic University Museum of Norway

ods:metadataLanguages Property
Qualified Term	ods:metadataLanguages
Label	Metadata Languages
Definition	The language of the Digital Specimen metadata. Only indicate, not enforced. Recommended to use three letter code from ISO 639-2 codes found on https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2.html
Examples	['eng', 'fra', 'deu'] ['dut']

dcterms:license Property
Qualified Term	dcterms:license
Label	License
Definition	A legal document giving official permission to do something with the resource.
Examples	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/

dwc:basisOfRecord Property
Qualified Term	dwc:basisOfRecord
Label	Basis Of Record
Definition	The specific nature of the data record
Examples	PreservedSpecimen FossilSpecimen

ods:organisationCode Property
Qualified Term	ods:organisationCode
Label	Organisation Code
Definition	The name (or acronym) in use by the institution having custody of the object(s) or information referred to in the record.
Examples	MNF MNHN

ods:organisationID Property
Qualified Term	ods:organisationID
Label	Organisation ID
Definition	ROR or Wikidata identifier of the organisation
Examples	https://ror.org/015hz7p22 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q641676 https://ror.org/03wkt5x30

ods:organisationName Property
Qualified Term	ods:organisationName
Label	Organisation Name
Definition	Primary organisation name according to ROR or Wikidata
Examples	National Museum of Natural History Tallinn University of Technology Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle

dwc:collectionCode Property
Qualified Term	dwc:collectionCode
Label	Collection Code
Definition	The name, acronym, coden, or initialism identifying the collection or data set from which the record was derived
Examples	Mammals EBIRD

dwc:collectionID Property
Qualified Term	dwc:collectionID
Label	Collection ID
Definition	An identifier for the collection or dataset from which the record was derived
Examples	https://www.gbif.org/grscicoll/collection/fbd3ed74-5a21-4e01-b86a-33d36f032d9c

ods:topicOrigin Property
Qualified Term	ods:topicOrigin
Label	Topic Origin
Definition	Highest-level terms identifying the fundamentals of the activities, in which context the objects in the collection were collected
Examples	Natural

ods:topicDomain Property
Qualified Term	ods:topicDomain
Label	Topic Domain
Definition	High-level terms providing general domain information with which the objects are associated
Examples	Life

ods:topicDiscipline Property
Qualified Term	ods:topicDiscipline
Label	Topic Discipline
Definition	Overarching classification of the scientific discipline to which the objects within the collection belong or are related
Examples	Botany

ods:topicCategory Property
Qualified Term	ods:topicCategory
Label	Topic Category
Definition	Countable things (objects) served as a more detailed classification of each of the disciplines
Examples	Protozoa Bryophytes Water-ice sample

ods:specimenName Property
Qualified Term	ods:specimenName
Label	Specimen Name
Definition	The accepted specimen name of the digital specimen
Examples	Roptrocerus typographi (Györfi, 1952)

dwc:informationWithheld Property
Qualified Term	dwc:informationWithheld
Label	Information Withheld
Definition	Additional information that exists, but that has not been shared in the given record
Examples	location information not given for endangered species

dwc:preparations Property
Qualified Term	dwc:preparations
Label	Preparations
Definition	A list (concatenated and separated) of preparations and preservation methods for a ods:SpecimenPart
Examples	fossil herbrarium sheet

dwc:disposition Property
Qualified Term	dwc:disposition
Label	Disposition
Definition	The current state of a specimen with respect to a collection
Examples	in collection destroyed

ods:isMarkedAsType Property
Qualified Term	ods:isMarkedAsType
Label	Is Marked As Type
Definition	The material entity is marked as a type specimen

dwc:dataGeneralizations Property
Qualified Term	dwc:dataGeneralizations
Label	Data Generalizations
Definition	Actions taken to make the shared data less specific or complete than in its original form. Suggests that alternative data of higher quality may be available on request
Examples	Coordinates generalized from original GPS coordinates to the nearest half degree grid cell.

ods:ownerOrganisationCode Property
Qualified Term	ods:ownerOrganisationCode
Label	Owner Organisation Code
Definition	The name (or acronym) in use by the institution having ownership of the object(s) or information referred to in the record
Examples	APN InBio

dwc:datasetName Property
Qualified Term	dwc:datasetName
Label	Dataset Name
Definition	The name identifying the data set from which the record was derived
Examples	Hummingbirds Naturalis Biodiversity Center (NL) - Paleontology

dwc:datasetID Property
Qualified Term	dwc:datasetID
Label	Dataset ID
Definition	An identifier for the set of data. May be a global unique identifier or an identifier specific to a collection or institution
Examples	b15d4952-7d20-46f1-8a3e-556a512b04c5

dcterms:accessRights Property
Qualified Term	dcterms:accessRights
Label	Access Rights
Definition	Information about who access the resource or an indication of its security status. Access Rights may include information regarding access or restrictions based on privacy, security, or other policies
Examples	not-for-profit use only

dcterms:rightsHolder Property
Qualified Term	dcterms:rightsHolder
Label	Rights Holder
Definition	A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource
Examples	Museu de História Natural e da Ciência da Universidade do Porto

dwc:organismID Property
Qualified Term	dwc:organismID
Label	Organism ID
Definition	An identifier for the organism instance. May be a globally unique identifier or an identifier specific to the data set
Examples	http://arctos.database.museum/guid/WNMU:Mamm:1249

dwc:organismName Property
Qualified Term	dwc:organismName
Label	Organism Name
Definition	A textual name or label assigned to an organism instance
Examples	Boab Prison Tree J pod

dwc:organismScope Property
Qualified Term	dwc:organismScope
Label	Organism Scope
Definition	A description of the kind of organism instance. Can be used to indicate whether the organism instance represents a discrete organism or if it represents a particular type of aggregation
Examples	colony pack

dwc:organismRemarks Property
Qualified Term	dwc:organismRemarks
Label	Organism Remarks
Definition	Comments or notes about the organism
Examples	One of a litter of six Organism has been split up into multiple specimen, some of which are in different institutions

dwc:organismQuantity Property
Qualified Term	dwc:organismQuantity
Label	Organism Quantity
Definition	A number or enumeration value for the quantity of organisms
Examples	27 12.5

dwc:organismQuantityType Property
Qualified Term	dwc:organismQuantityType
Label	Organism Quantity Type
Definition	A dwc:organismQuantityType must have a corresponding dwc:organismQuantity
Examples	individuals % biomass

dwc:dynamicProperties Property
Qualified Term	dwc:dynamicProperties
Label	Dynamic Properties
Definition	A list of additional measurements, facts, characteristics, or assertions about the record. Meant to provide a mechanism for structured content
Examples	{relativeHumidity: 28,airTemperatureInCelsius: 22}

ods:hasSpecimenParts Property
Qualified Term	ods:hasSpecimenParts
Label	Has Specimen Parts
Definition	Contains all specimen parts that are part of this Digital Specimen based on for example a shared registration number

ods:hasAssertions Property
Qualified Term	ods:hasAssertions
Label	Has Assertions
Definition	Contains any assertions that can be made about the specimen, such as measurements

ods:hasEntityRelationships Property
Qualified Term	ods:hasEntityRelationships
Label	Has Entity Relationships
Definition	Contains relationships to external resources that provide further information about the specimen, for example about the taxonomy or the organisation

ods:hasIdentifications Property
Qualified Term	ods:hasIdentifications
Label	Has Identifications
Definition	Contains all identification that have been made on the specimen

ods:hasIdentifiers Property
Qualified Term	ods:hasIdentifiers
Label	Has Identifiers
Definition	Contains all identifiers that are connected to the specimen, either about the physical or digital specimen

ods:hasCitations Property
Qualified Term	ods:hasCitations
Label	Has Citations
Definition	Contains information about any publication in which this specimen is mentioned

ods:hasAgents Property
Qualified Term	ods:hasAgents
Label	Has Agents
Definition	Contains all agents that have are connected to the specimen

ods:hasEvents Property
Qualified Term	ods:hasEvents
Label	Has Events
Definition	Contains information about any events that occurred specifically on the specimen part, for example a sampling event

ods:hasTombstoneMetadata Property
Qualified Term	ods:hasTombstoneMetadata
Label	Has Tombstone Metadata
Definition	Object containing the tombstone metadata of the object. Only present when ods:status is ods:Tombstone

EntityRelationship dwc:relationshipOfResource dwc:relationshipOfResourceID dwc:relatedResourceID ods:relatedResourceURI dwc:relationshipEstablishedDate dwc:relationshipRemarks ods:hasAgents

ods:EntityRelationship Class
Qualified Term	EntityRelationship
Label	Entity Relationship
Definition	Describes relationships between digital object and any external resources. An example could be a relationship to the Sequence record of the specimen in a DNA database.

dwc:relationshipOfResource Property
Qualified Term	dwc:relationshipOfResource
Label	Relationship Of Resource
Definition	The relationship of the subject (identified by dwc:resourceID) to the object (identified by dwc:relatedResourceID)
Examples	hasGBIFID hasCOLID hasCollectorID

dwc:relationshipOfResourceID Property
Qualified Term	dwc:relationshipOfResourceID
Label	Relationship Of Resource ID
Definition	An identifier for the relationship type (predicate) that connects the subject identified by dwc:resourceID to its object identified by dwc:relatedResourceID
Examples	https://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002456

dwc:relatedResourceID Property
Qualified Term	dwc:relatedResourceID
Label	Related Resource ID
Definition	An identifier for a related resource (the object, rather than the subject of the relationship)
Examples	3024470157 5TXLM 00bv4cx53

ods:relatedResourceURI Property
Qualified Term	ods:relatedResourceURI
Label	Related Resource URI
Definition	The full resolvable URI to the related resource
Examples	https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/3024470157 https://ror.org/00bv4cx53 https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/5TXLM

dwc:relationshipEstablishedDate Property
Qualified Term	dwc:relationshipEstablishedDate
Label	Relationship Established Date
Definition	The date-time on which the relationship between the two resources was established, following the ISO Date Time Format yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSXXX
Examples	2024-05-30T09:46:20.120Z 2024-10-10T12:12:21.310Z

dwc:relationshipRemarks Property
Qualified Term	dwc:relationshipRemarks
Label	Relationship Remarks
Definition	Comments or notes about the relationship between the two resources
Examples	Mother and offspring collected from the same nest

ods:hasAgents Property
Qualified Term	ods:hasAgents
Label	Has Agents
Definition	The agent(s) who created the entityRelationship, contains an ods:Agent object

ods:Event

Event dwc:behavior dwc:sex dwc:lifeStage dwc:reproductiveCondition dwc:caste dwc:vitality dwc:establishmentMeans dwc:pathway dwc:degreeOfEstablishment dwc:georeferenceVerificationStatus dwc:fieldNumber 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:hasAssertions ods:hasLocation

ods:Event Class
Qualified Term	Event
Label	Event
Definition	A generic event class containing information about a particular activity at a certain place an time. An example is the collecting event.

dwc:behavior Property
Qualified Term	dwc:behavior
Label	Behavior
Definition	The behavior shown by the subject at the time the event was recorded
Examples	running

dwc:sex Property
Qualified Term	dwc:sex
Label	Sex
Definition	The sex of the biological individual(s) represented in the dwc:Event
Examples	female male

dwc:lifeStage Property
Qualified Term	dwc:lifeStage
Label	Life Stage
Definition	The age class or life stage at the time the ods:Event was recorded
Examples	adult juvenile

dwc:reproductiveCondition Property
Qualified Term	dwc:reproductiveCondition
Label	Reproductive Condition
Definition	The reproductive condition of the biological individual(s) represented in the ods:Event.
Examples	pregnant in bloom

dwc:caste Property
Qualified Term	dwc:caste
Label	Caste
Definition	Categorisation of individuals for eusocial species (including some mammals and arthropods)
Examples	queen ergatoid

dwc:vitality Property
Qualified Term	dwc:vitality
Label	Vitality
Definition	An indication of whether the specimen was alive or dead at the time of collection or observation
Examples	alive dead

dwc:establishmentMeans Property
Qualified Term	dwc:establishmentMeans
Label	Establishment Means
Definition	Statement about whether a organism has been introduced to a given place and time through the direct or indirect activity of modern humans
Examples	introduced

dwc:pathway Property
Qualified Term	dwc:pathway
Label	Pathway
Definition	The process by which an organism came to be in a given place at a given time
Examples	releasedForUse

dwc:degreeOfEstablishment Property
Qualified Term	dwc:degreeOfEstablishment
Label	Degree Of Establishment
Definition	The degree to which an organism survives, reproduces, and expands its range at the given place and time
Examples	captive

dwc:georeferenceVerificationStatus Property
Qualified Term	dwc:georeferenceVerificationStatus
Label	Georeference Verification Status
Definition	A categorical description of the extent to which the georeference has been verified to represent the best possible spatial description for the ods:Location of the ods:Event
Examples	verified by data custodian

dwc:fieldNumber Property
Qualified Term	dwc:fieldNumber
Label	Field Number
Definition	An identifier given to the ods:Event in the field. Often serves as a link between field notes and the ods:Event
Examples	RV Sol 87-03-08

dwc:eventType Property
Qualified Term	dwc:eventType
Label	Event Type
Definition	The nature of the ods:Event
Examples	Collecting Observation

dwc:eventDate Property
Qualified Term	dwc:eventDate
Label	Event Date
Definition	The date-time or interval during which a ods:Event occurred. For occurrences, this is the date-time when the ods:Event was recorded. Not suitable for a time in a geological context
Examples	1963-03-08T14:07-0600

dwc:eventTime Property
Qualified Term	dwc:eventTime
Label	Event Time
Definition	The time or interval during which a ods:Event occurred
Examples	14:07-0600

dwc:endDayOfYear Property
Qualified Term	dwc:endDayOfYear
Label	End Day Of Year
Definition	The latest integer day of the year on which the ods:Event occurred (1 for January 1, 365 for December 31, except in a leap year, in which case it is 366)
Examples	68

dwc:startDayOfYear Property
Qualified Term	dwc:startDayOfYear
Label	Start Day Of Year
Definition	The earliest integer day of the year on which the ods:Event occurred (1 for January 1, 365 for December 31, except in a leap year, in which case it is 366)
Examples	68

dwc:verbatimEventDate Property
Qualified Term	dwc:verbatimEventDate
Label	Verbatim Event Date
Definition	The verbatim original representation of the date and time information for a ods:Event
Examples	Marzo 2002

dwc:year Property
Qualified Term	dwc:year
Label	Year
Definition	The four-digit year in which the ods:Event occurred, according to the Common Era Calendar
Examples	2008

dwc:month Property
Qualified Term	dwc:month
Label	Month
Definition	The integer month in which the ods:Event occurred
Examples	12

dwc:day Property
Qualified Term	dwc:day
Label	Day
Definition	The integer day of the month on which the ods:Event occurred
Examples	29

dwc:habitat Property
Qualified Term	dwc:habitat
Label	Habitat
Definition	A category or description of the habitat in which the ods:Event occurred
Examples	savanna

eco:protocolDescriptions Property
Qualified Term	eco:protocolDescriptions
Label	Protocol Descriptions
Definition	A detailed description of the methods used during the ods:Event
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	A numeric value for a measurement of the size (time duration, length, area, or volume) of a sample in a sampling ods:Event
Examples	5 4.23

dwc:sampleSizeUnit Property
Qualified Term	dwc:sampleSizeUnit
Label	Sample Size Unit
Definition	The unit of measurement of the size (time duration, length, area, or volume) of a sample in a sampling ods:Event
Examples	meters

dwc:samplingProtocol Property
Qualified Term	dwc:samplingProtocol
Label	Sampling Protocol
Definition	The names of, references to, or descriptions of the methods or protocols used during a ods:Event
Examples	bottom trawl collected directly from the wild

dwc:samplingEffort Property
Qualified Term	dwc:samplingEffort
Label	Sampling Effort
Definition	The amount of effort expended during a ods:Event
Examples	2 hours

dwc:fieldNotes Property
Qualified Term	dwc:fieldNotes
Label	Field Notes
Definition	One of a) an indicator of the existence of, b) a reference to (publication, URI), or c) the text of notes taken in the field about the ods:Event
Examples	Notes available in the Grinnell-Miller Library

dwc:eventRemarks Property
Qualified Term	dwc:eventRemarks
Label	Event Remarks
Definition	Comments or notes about the ods:Event
Examples	After the recent rains the river is nearly at flood stage

ods:hasAssertions Property
Qualified Term	ods:hasAssertions
Label	Has Assertions
Definition	Contains additional information about the ods:Event in the form of assertions

ods:hasLocation Property
Qualified Term	ods:hasLocation
Label	Has Location
Definition	Contains the spatial region or named place of where the ods:Event took place

ods:GeologicalContext

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

ods:GeologicalContext Class
Qualified Term	GeologicalContext
Label	Geological Context
Definition	Contains the geological context of the specimen, based on the Geological Context terms of Darwin Core

dwc:earliestEonOrLowestEonothem Property
Qualified Term	dwc:earliestEonOrLowestEonothem
Label	Earliest Eon Or Lowest Eonothem
Definition	The full name of the earliest possible geochronologic eon or lowest chrono-stratigraphic eonothem or the informal name (Precambrian) attributable to the stratigraphic horizon from which the specimen was collected
Examples	Phanerozoic

dwc:latestEonOrHighestEonothem Property
Qualified Term	dwc:latestEonOrHighestEonothem
Label	Latest Eon Or Highest Eonothem
Definition	The full name of the latest possible geochronologic eon or highest chrono-stratigraphic eonothem or the informal name (Precambrian) attributable to the stratigraphic horizon from which the specimen was collected
Examples	Proterozoic

dwc:earliestEraOrLowestErathem Property
Qualified Term	dwc:earliestEraOrLowestErathem
Label	Earliest Era Or Lowest Erathem
Definition	The full name of the earliest possible geochronologic era or lowest chronostratigraphic erathem attributable to the stratigraphic horizon from which the specimen was collected
Examples	Cenozoic

dwc:latestEraOrHighestErathem Property
Qualified Term	dwc:latestEraOrHighestErathem
Label	Latest Era Or Highest Erathem
Definition	The full name of the latest possible geochronologic era or highest chronostratigraphic erathem attributable to the stratigraphic horizon from which the specimen was collected
Examples	Mesozoic

dwc:earliestPeriodOrLowestSystem Property
Qualified Term	dwc:earliestPeriodOrLowestSystem
Label	Earliest Period Or Lowest System
Definition	The full name of the earliest possible geochronologic period or lowest chronostratigraphic system attributable to the stratigraphic horizon from which the specimen was collected
Examples	Tertiary

dwc:latestPeriodOrHighestSystem Property
Qualified Term	dwc:latestPeriodOrHighestSystem
Label	Latest Period Or Highest System
Definition	The full name of the latest possible geochronologic period or highest chronostratigraphic system attributable to the stratigraphic horizon from which the specimen was collected
Examples	Quaternary

dwc:earliestEpochOrLowestSeries Property
Qualified Term	dwc:earliestEpochOrLowestSeries
Label	Earliest Epoch Or Lowest Series
Definition	The full name of the earliest possible geochronologic epoch or lowest chronostratigraphic series attributable to the stratigraphic horizon from which the specimen was collected
Examples	Holocene

dwc:latestEpochOrHighestSeries Property
Qualified Term	dwc:latestEpochOrHighestSeries
Label	Latest Epoch Or Highest Series
Definition	The full name of the latest possible geochronologic epoch or highest chronostratigraphic series attributable to the stratigraphic horizon from which the specimen was collected
Examples	Pleistocene

dwc:earliestAgeOrLowestStage Property
Qualified Term	dwc:earliestAgeOrLowestStage
Label	Earliest Age Or Lowest Stage
Definition	The full name of the earliest possible geochronologic age or lowest chronostratigraphic stage attributable to the stratigraphic horizon from which the specimen was collected
Examples	Atlantic

dwc:latestAgeOrHighestStage Property
Qualified Term	dwc:latestAgeOrHighestStage
Label	Latest Age Or Highest Stage
Definition	The full name of the latest possible geochronologic age or highest chronostratigraphic stage attributable to the stratigraphic horizon from which the specimen was collected
Examples	Boreal

dwc:lowestBiostratigraphicZone Property
Qualified Term	dwc:lowestBiostratigraphicZone
Label	Lowest Biostratigraphic Zone
Definition	The full name of the lowest possible geological biostratigraphic zone of the stratigraphic horizon from which the specimen was collected
Examples	Maastrichtian

dwc:highestBiostratigraphicZone Property
Qualified Term	dwc:highestBiostratigraphicZone
Label	Highest Biostratigraphic Zone
Definition	The full name of the highest possible geological biostratigraphic zone of the stratigraphic horizon from which the specimen was collected
Examples	Blancan

dwc:lithostratigraphicTerms Property
Qualified Term	dwc:lithostratigraphicTerms
Label	Lithostratigraphic Terms
Definition	The combination of all litho-stratigraphic names for the rock from which the specimen was collected
Examples	Pleistocene-Weichselien

dwc:group Property
Qualified Term	dwc:group
Label	Group
Definition	The full name of the lithostratigraphic group from which the specimen was collected
Examples	Bathurst

dwc:formation Property
Qualified Term	dwc:formation
Label	Formation
Definition	The full name of the lithostratigraphic formation from which the specimen was collected
Examples	House Limestone

dwc:member Property
Qualified Term	dwc:member
Label	Member
Definition	The full name of the lithostratigraphic member from which the specimen was collected
Examples	Lava Dam Member

dwc:bed Property
Qualified Term	dwc:bed
Label	Bed
Definition	The full name of the lithostratigraphic bed from which the specimen was collected
Examples	Harlem coal

ods:Georeference

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:georeferencedDate dwc:georeferenceProtocol dwc:georeferenceSources dwc:georeferenceRemarks ods:hasAgents

ods:Georeference Class
Qualified Term	Georeference
Label	Georeference
Definition	Contains all the information about the georeference of the specimen, based on the Georeference terms of Darwin Core

dwc:verbatimCoordinates Property
Qualified Term	dwc:verbatimCoordinates
Label	Verbatim Coordinates
Definition	The verbatim original spatial coordinates of the ods:Location. The coordinate ellipsoid, geodeticDatum, or full Spatial Reference System (SRS) for these coordinates should be stored in dwc:verbatimSRS and the coordinate system should be stored in dwc:verbatimCoordinateSystem
Examples	41 05 54S 121 05 34W

dwc:decimalLatitude Property
Qualified Term	dwc:decimalLatitude
Label	Decimal Latitude
Definition	The geographic latitude (in decimal degrees, using the spatial reference system given in dwc:geodeticDatum) of the geographic center of a ods:Location. Positive values are north of the Equator, negative values are south of it. Legal values lie between -90 and 90, inclusive
Examples	-41.0983423

dwc:verbatimLatitude Property
Qualified Term	dwc:verbatimLatitude
Label	Verbatim Latitude
Definition	The verbatim original latitude of the ods:Location. The coordinate ellipsoid, geodeticDatum, or full Spatial Reference System (SRS) for these coordinates should be stored in dwc:verbatimSRS and the coordinate system should be stored in dwc:verbatimCoordinateSystem
Examples	41 05 54.03S

dwc:decimalLongitude Property
Qualified Term	dwc:decimalLongitude
Label	Decimal Longitude
Definition	The geographic longitude (in decimal degrees, using the spatial reference system given in dwc:geodeticDatum) of the geographic center of a ods:Location. Positive values are east of the Greenwich Meridian, negative values are west of it. Legal values lie between -180 and 180, inclusive
Examples	-121.1761111

dwc:verbatimLongitude Property
Qualified Term	dwc:verbatimLongitude
Label	Verbatim Longitude
Definition	The verbatim original longitude of the ods:Location. The coordinate ellipsoid, geodeticDatum, or full Spatial Reference System (SRS) for these coordinates should be stored in dwc:verbatimSRS and the coordinate system should be stored in dwc:verbatimCoordinateSystem
Examples	121d 10' 34 W

dwc:verbatimCoordinateSystem Property
Qualified Term	dwc:verbatimCoordinateSystem
Label	Verbatim Coordinate System
Definition	The coordinate format for the dwc:verbatimLatitude and dwc:verbatimLongitude or the dwc:verbatimCoordinates of the ods:Location
Examples	degrees decimal minutes

dwc:geodeticDatum Property
Qualified Term	dwc:geodeticDatum
Label	Geodetic Datum
Definition	The ellipsoid, geodetic datum, or spatial reference system (SRS) upon which the geographic coordinates given in dwc:decimalLatitude and dwc:decimalLongitude are based
Examples	WGS84

dwc:coordinateUncertaintyInMeters Property
Qualified Term	dwc:coordinateUncertaintyInMeters
Label	Coordinate Uncertainty In Meters
Definition	The horizontal distance (in meters) from the given dwc:decimalLatitude and dwc:decimalLongitude describing the smallest circle containing the whole of the ods:Location. Leave the value empty if the uncertainty is unknown, cannot be estimated, or is not applicable (because there are no coordinates). Zero is not a valid value for this term
Examples	100

dwc:coordinatePrecision Property
Qualified Term	dwc:coordinatePrecision
Label	Coordinate Precision
Definition	A decimal representation of the precision of the coordinates given in the dwc:decimalLatitude and dwc:decimalLongitude
Examples	0.01667

dwc:pointRadiusSpatialFit Property
Qualified Term	dwc:pointRadiusSpatialFit
Label	Point Radius Spatial Fit
Definition	The ratio of the area of the point-radius (dwc:decimalLatitude, dwc:decimalLongitude, dwc:coordinateUncertaintyInMeters) to the area of the true (original, or most specific) spatial representation of the ods:Location. Legal values are 0, greater than or equal to 1, or undefined. A value of 1 is an exact match or 100% overlap. A value of 0 should be used if the given point-radius does not completely contain the original representation. The dwc:pointRadiusSpatialFit is undefined (and should be left empty) if the original representation is any geometry without area (e.g., a point or polyline) and without uncertainty and the given georeference is not that same geometry (without uncertainty). If both the original and the given georeference are the same point, the dwc:pointRadiusSpatialFit is 1
Examples	1.5708

dwc:footprintWKT Property
Qualified Term	dwc:footprintWKT
Label	Footprint WKT
Definition	A Well-Known Text (WKT) representation of the shape (footprint, geometry) that defines the ods:Location. A ods:Location may have both a point-radius representation (see dwc:decimalLatitude) and a footprint representation, and they may differ from each other
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	The ellipsoid, geodetic datum, or spatial reference system (SRS) upon which the geometry given in dwc:footprintWKT is based
Examples	NAD27

dwc:footprintSpatialFit Property
Qualified Term	dwc:footprintSpatialFit
Label	Footprint Spatial Fit
Definition	The ratio of the area of the dwc:footprintWKT to the area of the true (original, or most specific) spatial representation of the ods:Location. Legal values are 0, greater than or equal to 1, or undefined. A value of 1 is an exact match or 100% overlap. A value of 0 should be used if the given dwc:footprintWKT does not completely contain the original representation. The dwc:footprintSpatialFit is undefined (and should be left empty) if the original representation is any geometry without area (e.g., a point or polyline) and without uncertainty and the given georeference is not that same geometry (without uncertainty). If both the original and the given georeference are the same point, the dwc:footprintSpatialFit is 1
Examples	1.5708

dwc:georeferencedDate Property
Qualified Term	dwc:georeferencedDate
Label	Georeferenced Date
Definition	The date on which the ods:Location was georeferenced
Examples	1963-03-08T14:07-0600

dwc:georeferenceProtocol Property
Qualified Term	dwc:georeferenceProtocol
Label	Georeference Protocol
Definition	A description or reference to the methods used to determine the spatial footprint, coordinates, and uncertainties
Examples	https://doi.org/10.35035/e09p-h128

dwc:georeferenceSources Property
Qualified Term	dwc:georeferenceSources
Label	Georeference Sources
Definition	A list (concatenated and separated) of maps, gazetteers, or other resources used to georeference the ods:Location, described specifically enough to allow anyone in the future to use the same resources
Examples	https://www.geonames.org/ GeoPick v2

dwc:georeferenceRemarks Property
Qualified Term	dwc:georeferenceRemarks
Label	Georeference Remarks
Definition	Notes or comments about the spatial description determination, explaining assumptions made in addition or opposition to the those formalized in the method referred to in dwc:georeferenceProtocol
Examples	Assumed distance by road (Hwy. 101)

ods:hasAgents Property
Qualified Term	ods:hasAgents
Label	Has Agents
Definition	The agent(s) involved in the georeferencing of this location, uses `ods:Agent`

ods:Identification

Identification dwc:identificationID ods:identificationType dwc:verbatimIdentification dwc:typeStatus dwc:dateIdentified ods:isVerifiedIdentification dwc:identificationRemarks dwc:identificationQualifier ods:hasAgents ods:hasCitations ods:hasTaxonIdentifications

ods:Identification Class
Qualified Term	Identification
Label	Identification
Definition	A generic identification class, containing information about who and when the identification was made, including the status of the identification.

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	Indicates the type of identification. At the moment only ods:TaxonIdentification is supports. Expected to be extend with identification types for Geological or Mineral Identifications

dwc:verbatimIdentification Property
Qualified Term	dwc:verbatimIdentification
Label	Verbatim Identification
Definition	A string representing the identification as it appeared in the original record
Examples	Peromyscus sp. Anser anser × Branta canadensis Rock sediment

dwc:typeStatus Property
Qualified Term	dwc:typeStatus
Label	Type Status
Definition	A list (concatenated and separated) of nomenclatural types (type status, typified scientific name, publication) applied to the subject
Examples	holotype paratype

dwc:dateIdentified Property
Qualified Term	dwc:dateIdentified
Label	Date Identified
Definition	The date on which the subject was determined
Examples	2009-02-20T08:40Z

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	Comments or notes about the ods:Identification
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	A brief phrase or a standard term (cf., aff.) to express the determiner's doubts about the dwc:Identification
Examples	cf. var. oxyadenia

ods:hasAgents Property
Qualified Term	ods:hasAgents
Label	Has Agents
Definition	The agent(s) involved in the identification, uses `ods:Agent`

ods:hasCitations Property
Qualified Term	ods:hasCitations
Label	Has Citations
Definition	Any citations associated with the identification

ods:hasTaxonIdentifications Property
Qualified Term	ods:hasTaxonIdentifications
Label	Has Taxon Identifications
Definition	Contains the Taxonomic Identifications of the object

ods:Identifier

Identifier dcterms:title dcterms:type dcterms:identifier dcterms:format dcterms:subject ods:isPartOfLabel ods:gupriLevel ods:identifierStatus

ods:Identifier Class
Qualified Term	Identifier
Label	Identifier
Definition	A generic Identifier class which can be attached to multiple classes. It captures information about any identifier of the class.

dcterms:title Property
Qualified Term	dcterms:title
Label	Title
Definition	A name for the identifier
Examples	abcd:UnitID dwc:occurrenceID ORCID wikidata ROR cetaf stable identifier

dcterms:type Property
Qualified Term	dcterms:type
Label	Type
Definition	The type of the value in the `dcterms:identifier` field
Examples	DOI

dcterms:identifier Property
Qualified Term	dcterms:identifier
Label	Identifier
Definition	The value for the identifier
Examples	BMNH(E)1902475 RGM.800315 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5669-2769 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q66581882 https://ror.org/00bv4cx53

dcterms:format Property
Qualified Term	dcterms:format
Label	Format
Definition	All possible mime types of content that can be returned by identifier in case the identifier is resolvable. Plain UUIDs for example do not have a dc:format return type, as they are not resolvable on their own. For a list of MIME types see the list maintained by IANA: http://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/index.html, in particular the text http://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/text/ and application http://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/application/ types. Frequently used values are text/html, text/xml, application/rdf+xml, application/json
Examples	['application/json', 'text/html'] ['application/rdf+xml', 'application/ld+json']

dcterms:subject Property
Qualified Term	dcterms:subject
Label	Subject
Definition	Additional keywords that the publisher may prefer to be attached to the identifier
Examples	['erecolnat', 'As available on label'] ['Registratie nummer', 'RMNH identifier']

ods:isPartOfLabel Property
Qualified Term	ods:isPartOfLabel
Label	Is Part Of Label
Definition	Indicates whether the identifier is part of the physical label

ods:gupriLevel Property
Qualified Term	ods:gupriLevel
Label	GUPRI Level
Definition	Indicates whether the identifier is a persistent identifier

ods:identifierStatus Property
Qualified Term	ods:identifierStatus
Label	Identifier Status
Definition	Indicates the status of the identifier

ods:Location

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:hasGeoreference ods:hasGeologicalContext

ods:Location Class
Qualified Term	Location
Label	Location
Definition	A generic location class containing information about a where a specific event took place.

dwc:locationID Property
Qualified Term	dwc:locationID
Label	Location ID
Definition	An identifier for the set of ods:Location information. May be a global unique identifier or an identifier specific to the data set
Examples	https://opencontext.org/subjects/768A875F-E205-4D0B-DE55-BAB7598D0FD1 https://geopick.gbif.org/?locationid=geopick-v2.1.0-2024-10-02T10-08-15.257Z-506

dwc:continent Property
Qualified Term	dwc:continent
Label	Continent
Definition	The name of the continent in which the ods:Location occurs
Examples	Africa

dwc:waterBody Property
Qualified Term	dwc:waterBody
Label	Water Body
Definition	The name of the water body in which the ods:Location occurs
Examples	Baltic Sea

dwc:islandGroup Property
Qualified Term	dwc:islandGroup
Label	Island Group
Definition	The name of the island group in which the ods:Location occurs
Examples	Seychelles

dwc:island Property
Qualified Term	dwc:island
Label	Island
Definition	The name of the island on or near which the ods:Location occurs
Examples	Vancouver

dwc:country Property
Qualified Term	dwc:country
Label	Country
Definition	The name of the country or major administrative unit in which the ods:Location occurs
Examples	Colombia

dwc:countryCode Property
Qualified Term	dwc:countryCode
Label	Country Code
Definition	The standard code for the country in which the ods:Location occurs
Examples	SV

dwc:stateProvince Property
Qualified Term	dwc:stateProvince
Label	State Province
Definition	The name of the next smaller administrative region than country (state, province, canton, department, region, etc.) in which the ods:Location occurs
Examples	Montana

dwc:county Property
Qualified Term	dwc:county
Label	County
Definition	The full, unabbreviated name of the next smaller administrative region than stateProvince (county, shire, department, etc.) in which the ods:Location occurs
Examples	Los Lagos

dwc:municipality Property
Qualified Term	dwc:municipality
Label	Municipality
Definition	The full, unabbreviated name of the next smaller administrative region than county (city, municipality, etc.) in which the ods:Location occurs. Do not use this term for a nearby named place that does not contain the actual ods:Location
Examples	Holzminden

dwc:locality Property
Qualified Term	dwc:locality
Label	Locality
Definition	The specific description of the place
Examples	Zeeuws-Vlaanderen, Hulst, Braakman

dwc:verbatimLocality Property
Qualified Term	dwc:verbatimLocality
Label	Verbatim Locality
Definition	The original textual description of the place
Examples	25 km NNE Bariloche por R. Nac. 237

dwc:minimumElevationInMeters Property
Qualified Term	dwc:minimumElevationInMeters
Label	Minimum Elevation In Meters
Definition	The lower limit of the range of elevation (altitude, usually above sea level), in meters
Examples	-100

dwc:higherGeographyID Property
Qualified Term	dwc:higherGeographyID
Label	Higher Geography ID
Definition	An identifier for the geographic region within which the ods:Location occurred
Examples	http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/1002002

dwc:higherGeography Property
Qualified Term	dwc:higherGeography
Label	Higher Geography
Definition	A list (concatenated and separated) of geographic names less specific than the information captured in the dwc:locality term
Examples	Britain and Ireland

dwc:maximumElevationInMeters Property
Qualified Term	dwc:maximumElevationInMeters
Label	Maximum Elevation In Meters
Definition	The upper limit of the range of elevation (altitude, usually above sea level), in meters
Examples	205

dwc:verbatimElevation Property
Qualified Term	dwc:verbatimElevation
Label	Verbatim Elevation
Definition	The original description of the elevation (altitude, usually above sea level) of the ods:Location
Examples	100 - 200 m

dwc:minimumDistanceAboveSurfaceInMeters Property
Qualified Term	dwc:minimumDistanceAboveSurfaceInMeters
Label	Minimum Distance Above Surface In Meters
Definition	The lesser distance in a range of distance from a reference surface in the vertical direction, in meters. Use positive values for locations above the surface, negative values for locations below. If depth measures are given, the reference surface is the location given by the depth, otherwise the reference surface is the location given by the elevation
Examples	-1 5

dwc:maximumDistanceAboveSurfaceInMeters Property
Qualified Term	dwc:maximumDistanceAboveSurfaceInMeters
Label	Maximum Distance Above Surface In Meters
Definition	The greater distance in a range of distance from a reference surface in the vertical direction, in meters. Use positive values for locations above the surface, negative values for locations below. If depth measures are given, the reference surface is the location given by the depth, otherwise the reference surface is the location given by the elevation
Examples	4.2 -1.5

dwc:minimumDepthInMeters Property
Qualified Term	dwc:minimumDepthInMeters
Label	Minimum Depth In Meters
Definition	The lesser depth of a range of depth below the local surface, in meters
Examples	0 50

dwc:maximumDepthInMeters Property
Qualified Term	dwc:maximumDepthInMeters
Label	Maximum Depth In Meters
Definition	The greater depth of a range of depth below the local surface, in meters
Examples	100 340

dwc:verbatimDepth Property
Qualified Term	dwc:verbatimDepth
Label	Verbatim Depth
Definition	The original description of the depth below the local surface
Examples	100-200 m 3500 m

dwc:verticalDatum Property
Qualified Term	dwc:verticalDatum
Label	Vertical Datum
Definition	The vertical datum used as the reference upon which the values in the elevation terms are based
Examples	EGM84

dwc:locationAccordingTo Property
Qualified Term	dwc:locationAccordingTo
Label	Location According To
Definition	Information about the source of this ods:Location information. Could be a publication (gazetteer), institution, or team of individuals
Examples	GADM epsg:7030

dwc:locationRemarks Property
Qualified Term	dwc:locationRemarks
Label	Location Remarks
Definition	Comments or notes about the ods:Location
Examples	under water since 2005 in the shade of a tree

ods:hasGeoreference Property
Qualified Term	ods:hasGeoreference
Label	Has Georeference
Definition	An object which describes the geographical reference of the location of the specimen

ods:hasGeologicalContext Property
Qualified Term	ods:hasGeologicalContext
Label	Has Geological Context
Definition	An object which describes the geological context of th location of the specimen.

RelatedPID dcterms:identifier schema:identifier ods:relationshipType

ods:RelatedPID Class
Qualified Term	RelatedPID
Label	Related PID
Definition	Indicates to which other Digital Object the tombstoned record is related to. This can be used when a digital object has been split or merged into other Digital Objects.

dcterms:identifier Property
Qualified Term	dcterms:identifier
Label	Identifier
Definition	The PID of the related object, used in cases of `ods:Annotation`, `ods:DigitalMedia` and `ods:DigitalSpecimen`
Examples	https://doi.org/10.22/XXX-XXX-XXX

schema:identifier Property
Qualified Term	schema:identifier
Label	Identifier
Definition	The PID of the related object, used in cases of `ods:DataMapping`, `ods:SourceSystem` and `ods:MachineAnnotationService`
Examples	https://hdl.handle.net/20.5000.1025/XXX-XXX-XXX

ods:relationshipType Property
Qualified Term	ods:relationshipType
Label	Relationship Type
Definition	The type of relationship between the tombstoned object and the related object
Examples	RelatedTo IsDuplicateOf IsReplacedWith

ods:Role

Role schema:roleName schema:startDate schema:endDate schema:position

ods:Role Class
Qualified Term	Role
Label	Role
Definition	A role is a named entity that can be assigned to an agent. It is used to describe the function of an agent in a specific context.

schema:roleName Property
Qualified Term	schema:roleName
Label	Role Name
Definition	The category that best matches the nature of a role of an Agent
Examples	collector preparer identifier recorder

schema:startDate Property
Qualified Term	schema:startDate
Label	Start Date
Definition	Date the agent began the role
Examples	2023-10-02T12:31:34.806Z

schema:endDate Property
Qualified Term	schema:endDate
Label	End Date
Definition	Date the agent ended the role
Examples	2023-09-02T12:31:34.806Z

schema:position Property
Qualified Term	schema:position
Label	Position
Definition	Can be used to indicate the order of importance when there are multiple agents with the same role. Lower order means higher importance.
Examples	1 2 3

SpecimenPart dwc:materialEntityID dwc:recordNumber dwc:preparations ods:isMarkedAsType ods:topicOrigin ods:topicDomain ods:topicDiscipline ods:topicCategory ods:specimenName dwc:organismID dwc:organismName dwc:organismScope dwc:organismRemarks dwc:organismQuantity dwc:organismQuantityType ods:hasIdentifications ods:hasAssertions ods:hasIdentifiers ods:hasEvents ods:hasAgents ods:hasChronometricAges

ods:SpecimenPart Class
Qualified Term	SpecimenPart
Label	Specimen Part
Definition	Contains the information about a specific Specimen part of the Digital Specimen. Specimen Parts are only present when the specimen contains one or more parts that need to be described separately but don't have their own physical identifier (for example catalogue number).

dwc:materialEntityID Property
Qualified Term	dwc:materialEntityID
Label	Material Entity ID
Definition	An identifier for a particular instance of a ods:SpecimenPart. Note that if this is a registration number the suggested approach is to create a separate Digital Specimen for the entity
Examples	06809dc5-f143-459a-be1a-6f03e63fc083

dwc:recordNumber Property
Qualified Term	dwc:recordNumber
Label	Record Number
Definition	An identifier given to a ods:SpecimenPart at the time it was recorded. Often serves as a link between field notes and a specimen record, such as a specimen collector's number
Examples	OPP 7101

dwc:preparations Property
Qualified Term	dwc:preparations
Label	Preparations
Definition	A list (concatenated and separated) of preparations and preservation methods for a ods:SpecimenPart
Examples	fossil herbrarium sheet

ods:isMarkedAsType Property
Qualified Term	ods:isMarkedAsType
Label	Is Marked As Type
Definition	The material entity is marked as a type specimen

ods:topicOrigin Property
Qualified Term	ods:topicOrigin
Label	Topic Origin
Definition	Highest-level terms identifying the fundamentals of the activities, in which context the objects in the collection were collected
Examples	Natural

ods:topicDomain Property
Qualified Term	ods:topicDomain
Label	Topic Domain
Definition	High-level terms providing general domain information with which the objects are associated
Examples	Life

ods:topicDiscipline Property
Qualified Term	ods:topicDiscipline
Label	Topic Discipline
Definition	Overarching classification of the scientific discipline to which the objects within the collection belong or are related
Examples	Botany

ods:topicCategory Property
Qualified Term	ods:topicCategory
Label	Topic Category
Definition	Countable things (objects) served as a more detailed classification of each of the disciplines
Examples	Protozoa Bryophytes Water-ice sample

ods:specimenName Property
Qualified Term	ods:specimenName
Label	Specimen Name
Definition	The accepted specimen name of the digital specimen
Examples	Roptrocerus typographi (Györfi, 1952)

dwc:organismID Property
Qualified Term	dwc:organismID
Label	Organism ID
Definition	An identifier for the organism instance. May be a globally unique identifier or an identifier specific to the data set
Examples	http://arctos.database.museum/guid/WNMU:Mamm:1249

dwc:organismName Property
Qualified Term	dwc:organismName
Label	Organism Name
Definition	A textual name or label assigned to an organism instance
Examples	Boab Prison Tree J pod

dwc:organismScope Property
Qualified Term	dwc:organismScope
Label	Organism Scope
Definition	A description of the kind of organism instance. Can be used to indicate whether the organism instance represents a discrete organism or if it represents a particular type of aggregation
Examples	colony pack

dwc:organismRemarks Property
Qualified Term	dwc:organismRemarks
Label	Organism Remarks
Definition	Comments or notes about the organism
Examples	One of a litter of six Organism has been split up into multiple specimen, some of which are in different institutions

dwc:organismQuantity Property
Qualified Term	dwc:organismQuantity
Label	Organism Quantity
Definition	A number or enumeration value for the quantity of organisms
Examples	27 12.5

dwc:organismQuantityType Property
Qualified Term	dwc:organismQuantityType
Label	Organism Quantity Type
Definition	A dwc:organismQuantityType must have a corresponding dwc:organismQuantity
Examples	individuals % biomass

ods:hasIdentifications Property
Qualified Term	ods:hasIdentifications
Label	Has Identifications
Definition	Contains the identifications made for the specimen part

ods:hasAssertions Property
Qualified Term	ods:hasAssertions
Label	Has Assertions
Definition	Contains assertions that are specific to the specimen part, such as measurements

ods:hasIdentifiers Property
Qualified Term	ods:hasIdentifiers
Label	Has Identifiers
Definition	Contains identifiers that are specific to the specimen part

ods:hasEvents Property
Qualified Term	ods:hasEvents
Label	Has Events
Definition	Contains information about any events that occurred specifically on the specimen part, for example a sampling event

ods:hasAgents Property
Qualified Term	ods:hasAgents
Label	Has Agents
Definition	Contains agents that are specifically connect to the specimen part

ods:hasChronometricAges Property
Qualified Term	ods:hasChronometricAges
Label	Has Chronometric Ages
Definition	Contains information about the chronometric age of the specimen part

TaxonIdentification dwc:taxonID dwc:scientificName dwc:scientificNameID ods:scientificNameHTMLLabel dwc:scientificNameAuthorship dwc:namePublishedInYear dwc:taxonRank dwc:verbatimTaxonRank 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	TaxonIdentification
Label	Taxon Identification
Definition	The full taxonomic identification of a biological specimen

dwc:taxonID Property
Qualified Term	dwc:taxonID
Label	Taxon ID
Definition	An identifier for the set of dwc:Taxon information. May be a global unique identifier or an identifier specific to the data set
Examples	https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/5TXLM https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/6J6FX

dwc:scientificName Property
Qualified Term	dwc:scientificName
Label	Scientific Name
Definition	The full scientific name, with authorship and date information if known. This should be the name in lowest level taxonomic rank that can be determined. This term should not contain identification qualifications, which should instead be supplied in the dwc:identificationQualifier term
Examples	Roptrocerus typographi (Györfi, 1952) Alyssum strigosum Banks & Sol.

dwc:scientificNameID Property
Qualified Term	dwc:scientificNameID
Label	Scientific Name ID
Definition	An identifier for the nomenclatural (not taxonomic) details of a scientific name
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 <i>Alyssum strigosum</i> Banks & Sol.

dwc:scientificNameAuthorship Property
Qualified Term	dwc:scientificNameAuthorship
Label	Scientific Name Authorship
Definition	The authorship information for the dwc:scientificName formatted according to the conventions of the applicable dwc:nomenclaturalCode
Examples	(Torr.) J.T. Howell

dwc:namePublishedInYear Property
Qualified Term	dwc:namePublishedInYear
Label	Name Published In Year
Definition	The four-digit year in which the dwc:scientificName was published
Examples	1992 2022

dwc:taxonRank Property
Qualified Term	dwc:taxonRank
Label	Taxon Rank
Definition	The taxonomic rank of the most specific name in the dwc:scientificName
Examples	species genus

dwc:verbatimTaxonRank Property
Qualified Term	dwc:verbatimTaxonRank
Label	Verbatim Taxon Rank
Definition	The taxonomic rank of the most specific name in the dwc:scientificName as it appears in the original record
Examples	Agamospecies apomict

dwc:taxonRemarks Property
Qualified Term	dwc:taxonRemarks
Label	Taxon Remarks
Definition	Comments or notes about the taxon or name
Examples	This name is a misspelling in common use

dwc:kingdom Property
Qualified Term	dwc:kingdom
Label	Kingdom
Definition	The full scientific name of the kingdom in which the ods:TaxonIdentification is classified
Examples	animalia

dwc:phylum Property
Qualified Term	dwc:phylum
Label	Phylum
Definition	The full scientific name of the phylum or division in which the ods:TaxonIdentification is classified
Examples	Chordata

dwc:class Property
Qualified Term	dwc:class
Label	Class
Definition	The full scientific name of the class in which the ods:TaxonIdentification is classified
Examples	Hepaticopsida

dwc:order Property
Qualified Term	dwc:order
Label	Order
Definition	The full scientific name of the order in which the ods:TaxonIdentification is classified
Examples	Carnivora

dwc:family Property
Qualified Term	dwc:family
Label	Family
Definition	The full scientific name of the family in which the ods:TaxonIdentification is classified
Examples	Felidae

dwc:subfamily Property
Qualified Term	dwc:subfamily
Label	Subfamily
Definition	The full scientific name of the subfamily in which the ods:TaxonIdentification is classified
Examples	Orchidoideae

dwc:genus Property
Qualified Term	dwc:genus
Label	Genus
Definition	The full scientific name of the genus in which the ods:TaxonIdentification is classified
Examples	Puma

dwc:specificEpithet Property
Qualified Term	dwc:specificEpithet
Label	Specific Epithet
Definition	The name of the first or species epithet of the dwc:scientificName
Examples	concolor

dwc:taxonomicStatus Property
Qualified Term	dwc:taxonomicStatus
Label	Taxonomic Status
Definition	The status of the use of the dwc:scientificName as a label for a taxon. Requires taxonomic opinion to define the scope of a ods:TaxonIdentification. Rules of priority then are used to define the taxonomic status of the nomenclature contained in that scope, combined with the experts opinion. It must be linked to a specific taxonomic reference that defines the concept
Examples	accepted

dwc:nomenclaturalCode Property
Qualified Term	dwc:nomenclaturalCode
Label	Nomenclatural Code
Definition	The nomenclatural code (or codes in the case of an ambiregnal name) under which the dwc:scientificName is constructed
Examples	ICBN BC

dwc:vernacularName Property
Qualified Term	dwc:vernacularName
Label	Vernacular Name
Definition	A common or vernacular name
Examples	Meerval Wels Catfish Silure glane Wels Waller Siluro Malle American Eagle

dwc:subgenus Property
Qualified Term	dwc:subgenus
Label	Subgenus
Definition	The full scientific name of the subgenus in which the ods:TaxonIdentification is classified. Values should include the genus to avoid homonym confusion
Examples	Strobus Pilosella

dwc:acceptedNameUsage Property
Qualified Term	dwc:acceptedNameUsage
Label	Accepted Name Usage
Definition	The full name, with authorship and date information if known, of the currently valid (zoological) or accepted (botanical) ods:TaxonIdentification
Examples	Flaccisagitta hexaptera (d'Orbigny, 1836) Lysimachia arvensis subsp. arvensis https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/BPC8M

dwc:acceptedNameUsageID Property
Qualified Term	dwc:acceptedNameUsageID
Label	Accepted Name Usage ID
Definition	An identifier for the name usage (documented meaning of the name according to a source) of the currently valid (zoological) or accepted (botanical) taxon
Examples	https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/6J6FX https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/BPC8M

dwc:cultivarEpithet Property
Qualified Term	dwc:cultivarEpithet
Label	Cultivar Epithet
Definition	Part of the name of a cultivar, cultivar group or grex that follows the dwc:scientificName
Examples	King Edward

dwc:genericName Property
Qualified Term	dwc:genericName
Label	Generic Name
Definition	The genus part of the dwc:scientificName without authorship
Examples	Felis

dwc:infragenericEpithet Property
Qualified Term	dwc:infragenericEpithet
Label	Infrageneric Epithet
Definition	The infrageneric part of a binomial name at ranks above species but below genus
Examples	Abacetillus

dwc:infraspecificEpithet Property
Qualified Term	dwc:infraspecificEpithet
Label	Infraspecific Epithet
Definition	The name of the lowest or terminal infraspecific epithet of the dwc:scientificName, excluding any rank designation
Examples	oxyadenia

dwc:nomenclaturalStatus Property
Qualified Term	dwc:nomenclaturalStatus
Label	Nomenclatural Status
Definition	The status related to the original publication of the name and its conformance to the relevant rules of nomenclature. It is based essentially on an algorithm according to the business rules of the code. It requires no taxonomic opinion
Examples	nom. illeg.

dwc:originalNameUsage Property
Qualified Term	dwc:originalNameUsage
Label	Original Name Usage
Definition	The taxon name, with authorship and date information if known, as it originally appeared when first established under the rules of the associated dwc:nomenclaturalCode. The basionym (botany) or basonym (bacteriology) of the dwc:scientificName or the senior/earlier homonym for replaced names
Examples	Pinus abies

dwc:subtribe Property
Qualified Term	dwc:subtribe
Label	Subtribe
Definition	The full scientific name of the subtribe in which the ods:TaxonIdentification is classified
Examples	Plotinini

dwc:superfamily Property
Qualified Term	dwc:superfamily
Label	Superfamily
Definition	The full scientific name of the superfamily in which the ods:TaxonIdentification is classified
Examples	Cerithioidea

dwc:tribe Property
Qualified Term	dwc:tribe
Label	Tribe
Definition	The full scientific name of the tribe in which the ods:TaxonIdentification is classified
Examples	Arethuseae

TombstoneMetadata ods:tombstoneDate ods:tombstoneText ods:hasAgents ods:hasRelatedPIDs

ods:TombstoneMetadata Class
Qualified Term	TombstoneMetadata
Label	Tombstone Metadata
Definition	The tombstone metadata about the tombstoned digital object, including the what, who and when of the tombstoning.

ods:tombstoneDate Property
Qualified Term	ods:tombstoneDate
Label	Tombstone Date
Definition	Timestamp the Digital Object was tombstoned and no longer active. Following the ISO Date Time Format yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSXXX
Examples	2021-06-01T12:00:000Z

ods:tombstoneText Property
Qualified Term	ods:tombstoneText
Label	Tombstone Text
Definition	A reason why the Digital Object was tombstoned
Examples	This is a duplicate of XXX This object was made by mistake

ods:hasAgents Property
Qualified Term	ods:hasAgents
Label	Has Agents
Definition	The agent(s) who tombstoned the Digital Object, contains an ods:Agent object

ods:hasRelatedPIDs Property
Qualified Term	ods:hasRelatedPIDs
Label	Has Related Pi Ds
Definition	The PIDs of the object the tombstoned object is related to

Digital Specimen Quick Reference Guide

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Overview

Requirements

Required Classes

Required Terms

Open Digital Specimen

ods:Agent

ods:Assertion

ods:ChronometricAge

ods:Citation

ods:Event

ods:GeologicalContext

ods:Georeference

ods:Identification

ods:Identifier

ods:Location

ods:Role

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Overview

Requirements

Required Classes

Required Terms

Open Digital Specimen

ods:Agent

ods:Assertion

ods:ChronometricAge

ods:Citation

ods:DigitalSpecimen

ods:EntityRelationship

ods:Event

ods:GeologicalContext

ods:Georeference

ods:Identification

ods:Identifier

ods:Location

ods:RelatedPID

ods:Role

ods:SpecimenPart

ods:TaxonIdentification

ods:TombstoneMetadata