| Term Name: | dwcore:HigherTaxon |
| Label: | Higher Taxon |
| Term IRI: | http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/dwcore/HigherTaxon |
| Term version IRI: | http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/dwcore/version/HigherTaxon-2007-04-17 |
| Modified: | 2009-04-24 |
| Definition: | The names of taxonomic ranks less specific than SpecificEpithet concatenated and separated. "LIKE" or "contains" substring query operations are meant to be used with this element to find matching higher taxon names. This element may contain the list of scientific names of all of the supra-specific taxa in the classification used to identify (determine) the specimen or observation. Example: "Animalia, Chordata, Vertebrata, Mammalia, Theria, Eutheria, Rodentia, Hystricognatha, Hystricognathi, Ctenomyidae, Ctenomyini, Ctenomys". |
| Type: | Property |
| Note: | This term is no longer recommended for use. |
| Replaces: | http://digir.net/schema/conceptual/darwin/2003/1.0/HigherTaxon |
| Is replaced by: | http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/higherTaxonName |
Metadata about this term are available in the following formats/serializations:
| Description | IRI |
|---|---|
| HTML file (this document) | http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/dwcore/HigherTaxon.htm |
| RDF/Turtle | http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/dwcore/HigherTaxon.ttl |
| RDF/XML | http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/dwcore/HigherTaxon.rdf |
| JSON-LD | http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/dwcore/HigherTaxon.json |
For complete information about the set of terms that includes this one, see http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/dwcore/