Metadata for the 2007-04-17 version of the term dwcore:HigherTaxon
Term Name: dwcore:HigherTaxon
Label: Higher Taxon
Term version IRI: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/dwcore/version/HigherTaxon-2007-04-17
Version of: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/dwcore/HigherTaxon
Issued: 2007-04-17
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
Status: deprecated
Replaces: http://digir.net/schema/conceptual/darwin/2003/1.0/version/HigherTaxon-2003-06-17
Is replaced by: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/version/higherTaxonName-2009-04-24

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