TDWG Institution LSID Ontology
Markus Döring
TDWG Biodiversity Information Standards - NCD subgroup
2007-03-08
2015-07-01
Ontology describing the metadata returned for LSIDs that are used for institutional records. i.e. public or private institutions such as universities, museums, gardens, research
labs, etc.
0.8
The name and subname of an organisation is part of the Contact vCard details.
The preferred name/title for the organisation should also be given as a DC:TITLE property
Version 0.8 removed subclass declarations to classes outside of this ontology in accordance with Recommendation 2.9 of the VoMaG Report http://www.gbif.org/resource/80862
Institution
A public or private institution
Institution Identifier
The URI (LSID or URL) of the the institution. In RDF this will be used as URI of the collection resource.
hasContact
A link to contact information (such as postal address, email address and phone number) for this institution.
Parent Institution or Network
Name, acronym or coden of parent institution or network(s)
Institution Type
Picklist keyword describing the primary activity or purpose of an organization or entity that holds or uses collections.
Alternative ID
Alternative identifier for the institution indicating the source, e.g. Index Herbariorum.
Acronym Or Coden
Acronym, coden or initialism by which the institution is generally known indicating the source, e.g. Index Herbariorum.
hasCollection
A link to a collection description.