@prefix rdf: <http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#>.
@prefix rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#>.
@prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#>.
@prefix owl: <http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#>.
@prefix dc: <http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/>.
@prefix dcterms: <http://purl.org/dc/terms/>.
@prefix dwc: <http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/>.
@prefix skos: <http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#>.
@prefix tdwgutility: <http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/attributes/>.
@prefix foaf: <http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/>.

<http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/version/MaterialEntity-2026-05-26>
     rdfs:isDefinedBy <http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/version/>;
     dcterms:isPartOf <http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/version/>;
     dcterms:issued "2026-05-26"^^xsd:date;
     tdwgutility:status "recommended"^^xsd:string;
     dcterms:replaces <http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/version/MaterialEntity-2023-09-13>;
     rdfs:label "Material Entity"@en;
     skos:prefLabel "Material Entity"@en;
     rdfs:comment "An entity that can be identified, exists for some period of time, and consists in whole or in part of physical matter while it exists."@en;
     skos:definition "An entity that can be identified, exists for some period of time, and consists in whole or in part of physical matter while it exists."@en;
     dcterms:description "The term is defined at the most general level to admit descriptions of any subtype of material entity within the scope of Darwin Core. In particular, any kind of material sample, preserved specimen, fossil, or exemplar from living collections is intended to be subsumed under this term. In Darwin Core, dwc:Organism, dwc:Occurrence, and dwc:MaterialEntity are related, but distinct concepts. A dwc:Organism is a biological individual or group with an identity and life history that persists independently of the particular dwc:MaterialEntities through which it is manifested. A dwc:Occurrence is a dwc:Event that represents the presence or state of a dwc:Organism at a place during an interval of time, with no explicit dependency on any dwc:MaterialEntity. A dwc:MaterialEntity represents physical matter, including whole bodies, parts, or derivatives of dwc:Organisms, that may directly or indirectly serve as evidence of a dwc:Occurrence."@en;
     skos:example "`the entire contents of a trawl`; `a subset of the contents of a trawl`; `the body of a fish`; `the stomach contents of a fish`; `a rock containing fossils`; `a fossil within a rock`; `an herbarium sheet with its attached plant specimen`; `a flower on a plant specimen`; `a pollen grain`; `a specific water sample`; `an isolated molecule of DNA`"@en;
     rdf:type <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#Class>;
     tdwgutility:abcdEquivalence "not in ABCD (Specimen Unit, when used to denote a class of things, appears to be a broadly construed subclass.)";
     tdwgutility:usageScope "simple";
     dcterms:isVersionOf <http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/MaterialEntity>.

<http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/version/MaterialEntity-2026-05-26>
     dcterms:replaces <http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/version/MaterialEntity-2026-05-26>.

<http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/version/MaterialEntity-2026-05-26>
     dcterms:isReplacedBy <http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/version/MaterialEntity-2026-05-26>.

<http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/version/MaterialEntity-2026-05-26.ttl>
     dc:format "text/turtle";
     dc:creator "Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG)";
     dcterms:references <http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/version/MaterialEntity-2026-05-26>;
     dcterms:modified "2026-06-07T12:26:59-03:00"^^xsd:dateTime;
     a foaf:document.