DwCTypeVocabulary

Updated Nov 18, 2011 by gtuco.bt...@gmail.com

The Type Vocabulary used in Darwin Core consists of two parts, vocabulary to describe the record in terms consistent with the Dublin Core Type vocabulary (using the dcterms:type term) and vocabulary to describe the specific biodiversity-related content for a record (using the basisOfRecord term).

dcterms:type
basisOfRecord

dcterms:type

The list of valid values for the dcterms:type include:

PhysicalObject
StillImage
MovingImage
Sound
Event

dcterms designates the namespace for the Dublin Core terms, which is http://purl.org/dc/terms.

basisOfRecord

The list of valid values for the basisOfRecord include:

Occurrence
Event
Location
Taxon
PreservedSpecimen
FossilSpecimen
LivingSpecimen
HumanObservation
MachineObservation
NomenclaturalChecklist

Comment by project member dag.endresen, Dec 7, 2011

The GBIF recommended controlled value vocabulary for dcterms:type can be found at http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/dcterms/type.xml (see also the discussion at: http://vocabularies.gbif.org/vocabularies/dcmitype).

The GBIF recommended controlled value vocabulary for dwc:basisOfRecord can be found at http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/dwc/basis_of_record.xml (see also the discussion at: http://vocabularies.gbif.org/vocabularies/type_vocabulary).

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