Robert Gales / Roger Hyam 2006-1-28 $Date: 2007-09-10 17:55:47 +0200 (Mon, 10 Sep 2007) $ TDWG Ontology - Core Taxonomic Databases Working Group The Core Ontology represents extension to the Base Ontology describing high level general concepts that may be extended to represent Biology & Biodiversity Informatics domain specific classes and properties. 0.3 Contact Information A class representing the base for which any contact information should be extended. Contact information should describe some manner in which a person or software agent may contact a person or organisation. Core Organisation An establishment, organization, or association, instituted for the promotion of some object, esp. one of public or general utility. Collection

A number of objects collected or gathered together, viewed as a whole, [...] of scientific specimens, objects of interest, works of art, etc.[1]

1. Oxford English Dictionary

 Description

A Statement which describes, sets forth or portrays; a graphic or detailed account of a thing.[1]

1. Oxford English Dictionary

 Core Geolocalisation An object that represents the artifact of a geolocalisation event, where a geolocalisation event is the identification of a specific place from only textual representations of the locality. Person

An individual human being.[1]

1. Oxford English Dictionary

 Place

A particular part of space of defined or undefined extent but of definite situation. [1]

1. Oxford English Dictionary

 Publication Citation

A citation or bibliographic citation is a reference to a book, article, web page or other published item, with sufficient details to uniquely identify the item. [1]

1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citation

Specimen

An animal, plant, or mineral, a part or portion of some substance or organism, etc., serving as an example of the thing in question for purposes of investigation or scientific study.[1]

1. Oxford English Dictionary

 Concept an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances Identification The identification of a specimen to a specific concept. Team

a group of people (CorePerson) linked in a common purpose[1]

1. en.wikipedia.org

 Observation A record of the observation of some concept at a particular location and time. Gathering A record of the event of gathering specimens at a particular location over a specific time period.