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Darwin Core Type Vocabulary
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1. Introduction
Audience: This document is targeted toward those who need a reference (lists and definitions) to the essential information about the recommended values of the dcterms:type term.The Darwin Core Type Vocabulary is a recommended set of terms for categorizing Darwin Core resources (records). The Type Vocabulary includes terms from the Dublin Core Type Vocabulary [DCMI-TYPE]. The dcterms:type term should be limited to the names of Classes and should be populated with the Name of the Class for the data in the resource. For example, a record of a Taxon should have Taxon as the value of the dcterms:type term. The basisOfRecord is a separate term that should be populated with the value that best describes the the resource within the class given in the dcterms:type term. The basisOfRecord can be viewed as the subtype of the Class in the type term, with its own controlled vocabulary.
2. Term Index
Vocabulary for dcterms:type
Occurrence | Event | Location | Taxon
3. Term Definitions
The table below contains the term information essential for most users. The complete documentation for each term can be found by following the link in the Details section of the term description. The link takes you to the appropriate entry in the Complete History [HISTORY] document. The definitions for the fields describing each term are:
| Term Name: | The name by which the latest version of the term is commonly known. |
| Identifier: | The unique identifier for the latest version of the term. |
| Definition: | A description of the nature of the content of the term. |
| Comment: | Further commentary about the usage of the term, with examples and a reference to further information. |
| Type of Term: | The category (property, class, vocabulary encoding scheme) to which the term belongs. |
| Member Of: | The Class (DCMI or Darwin Core Type Vocabulary) of which this term is a member. |
| Version: | The identifier for the specific version of the term. |
| Refines: | The name of a term of which this term is a refined (more specialized) version. |
| Details: | A link to the complete information about the term, including access to its history. |
| Term Name: Occurrence | |
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| Identifier: | http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/dwctype/Occurrence |
| Definition: | A resource describing an instance of the Occurrence class. |
| Comment: | For discussion see http://code.google.com/p/darwincore/wiki/DwCTypeVocabulary |
| Type of Term: | http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#Class |
| Member Of: | http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/DwCType |
| Version: | Occurrence-2009-04-24 |
| Refines: | http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Event |
| Details: | Occurrence |
| Term Name: Event | |
| Identifier: | http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Event |
| Definition: | A non-persistent, time-based occurrence. For Darwin Core, a resource describing an instance of the Event class. |
| Comment: | Metadata for an event provides descriptive information that is the basis for discovery of the purpose, location, duration, and responsible agents associated with an event. For discussion see http://code.google.com/p/darwincore/wiki/DwCTypeVocabulary |
| Type of Term: | http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#Class |
| Member Of: | http://purl.org/dc/terms/DCMIType |
| Version: | http://dublincore.org/usage/terms/history/#Event-003 |
| Refines: | |
| Details: | http://dublincore.org/usage/terms/history/#Event-003, Event |
| Term Name: Location | |
| Identifier: | http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/dwctype/Location |
| Definition: | A resource describing an instance of the Location class. |
| Comment: | For discussion see http://code.google.com/p/darwincore/wiki/DwCTypeVocabulary |
| Type of Term: | http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#Class |
| Member Of: | http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/DwCType |
| Version: | Location-2009-04-24 |
| Refines: | |
| Details: | Location |
| Term Name: Taxon | |
| Identifier: | http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/dwctype/Taxon |
| Definition: | A resource describing an instance of the Taxon class. |
| Comment: | For discussion see http://code.google.com/p/darwincore/wiki/DwCTypeVocabulary |
| Type of Term: | http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#Class |
| Member Of: | http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/DwCType |
| Version: | Taxon-2009-01-23 |
| Refines: | |
| Details: | Taxon |
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