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== [[rdfs:label::Natural Collections Description (NCD) Terms]] ==

[[rdfs:comment:=Natural Collections Description (NCD)  is a data standard for describing collections of natural history materials at the collection level; one NCD record describes one entire collection.]]

== Term Categories ==
* [[#Dataset|Dataset]], http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Dataset
* [[#Collection|Collection]], http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/Collection#Collection
* [[#CollectionType|Collection type]], http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/CollectionType#CollectionTypeTerm

* [[#Kingdom|Kingdom]], http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/Collection#KingdomTypeTerm
* [[#PrimaryGroupingPrinciple|Primary grouping principle]], http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/Collection#PrimaryGroupingPrincipleTypeTerm
* [[#PrimaryPurpose|Primary purpose]], http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/Collection#PrimaryPurposeTypeTerm
* [[#SpecimenPreservationMethod|Specimen preservation method]], http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/Collection#SpecimenPreservationMethodTypeTerm
* [[#DevelopmentStatus|Development status]], http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/Collection#DevelopmentStatusTypeTerm
* [[##ConservationStatus|Conservation status]], http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/Collection#ConservationStatusTypeTerm

* [[#Institution|Institution]], http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/Institution#Institution
* [[#InstitutionType|Institution type]], http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/InstitutionType#InstitutionTypeTerm
* [[#ContactDetails|Contact details]], http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/ContactDetails#ContactDetails


=== Dataset Terms ([[dcmitype:Dataset]]) ===
<div id="Dataset"></div>
[[dc:source]] | 
[[dc:creator]] |
[[vcard:Orgname]] |
[[dcterms:created]] |
[[dc:contributor]] |
[[dcterms:modified]] |
[[dc:rights]] |
[[vcard:NOTE]]

=== Collection Terms (ncd:Collection) ===
<div id="Collection"></div>
[[ncd:DerivedCollection]] |
[[ncd:collectionID]] |
[[ncd:alternativeID]] |
[[ncd:isPartOfCollection]] |
[[ncd:acronymOrCoden]] |
[[dc:title]] |
[[dc:alternative]] |
[[vcard:FN]] |
[[dc:description]] |
[[ncd:descriptionForSpecialists]] |
[[ncd:collectionExtent]] |
[[ncd:collectionType]] |
[[ncd:commonNameCoverage]] |
[[ncd:conservationStatus]] |
[[ncd:conservationStatusDate]] |
[[dc:format]] |
[[dcterms:medium]] |
[[ncd:developmentStatus]] |
[[ncd:expeditionNameCoverage]] |
[[ncd:formationPeriod]] |
[[ncd:geospatialCoverage]] |
[[ncd:geospatialCoordinates]] |
[[ncd:termLevelAccess]] |
[[ncd:kingdomCoverage]] |
[[ncd:knownToContainTypes]] |
[[ncd:livingTimePeriodCoverage]] |
[[ncd:physicalLocation]] |
[[ncd:primaryGroupingPrinciple]] |
[[ncd:primaryPurpose]] |
[[dc:relation]] |
[[ncd:relatedCollection]] |
[[ncd:specimenPreservationMethod]] |
[[ncd:taxonCoverage]] |
[[ncd:temporalCoverage]] |
[[dcterms:accessRights]] |
[[ncd:usageRestrictions]] |
[[dcterms:provenance]] |
[[dc:rights]] |
[[tdwgCommon:note]]

=== Collection Type Terms ===
<div id="CollectionType"></div>

=== Kingdom ===
<div id="Kingdom"></div>

=== Primary Grouping Principle ===
<div id="PrimaryGroupingPrinciple"></div>

=== Primary Purpose ===
<div id="PrimaryPurpose"></div>

=== Specimen Preservation Method ===
<div id="SpecimenPreservationMethod"></div>

=== Development Status ===
<div id="DevelopmentStatus"></div>

=== Conservation Status ===
<div id="ConservationStatus"></div>

=== Institution ===
<div id="Institution"></div>

=== Institution Type ===
<div id="InstitutionType"></div>

=== Contact details ===
<div id="ContactDetails"></div>

== Contributors ==
[[dc:contributor::Neil Thomson (Natural History Museum, London)]], 
[[dc:contributor::Roger Hyam (Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh)]], 
[[dc:contributor::Constance Rinaldo (Harvard University)]], 
[[dc:contributor::Carol Butler (Smithsonian Institution)]], 
[[dc:contributor::Doug Holland (Missouri Botanical Gardens)]], 
[[dc:contributor::Barbara Mathé (American Museum of Natural History)]], 
[[dc:contributor::Günter Waibel (RLG Programs, OCLC)]], 
[[dc:contributor::Wouter Addink (ETI Bioinformatics)]], 
[[dc:contributor::Ruud Altenburg (ETI)]], 
[[dc:contributor::Markus Döring (Berlin Botanic Garden)]].


== References ==

* Fegraus EH, Andelman S, Jones MB, and Schildhauer M (2005). Maximizing the Value of Ecological Data with Structured Metadata: An Introduction to Ecological Metadata Language (EML) and Principles for Metadata Creation. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 86(3): 158-168, DOI: 10.1890/0012-9623(2005)86[158:MTVOED]2.0.CO;2

* Michener, WK, Brunt JW, Helly JJ, Kirchner TB, and Stafford S (1997). Nongeospatial metadata for the ecological sciences. Ecological applications 7(1): 330-342. 

* [[dcterms:bibliographicCitation:=TDWG NCD Interest Group (2009). Natural Collections Description (NCD) v0.9 2008. Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG). Available at http://www.tdwg.org/standards/312/, verified 7 June 2012.]]

* [[dcterms:bibliographicCitation:=TDWG (2009). TDWG LSID Ontology. Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG). Available at http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/, verified 7 June 2012.]]

* [[dcterms:bibliographicCitation:=Thomson N, Hyam R, Rinaldo C, Butler C, Holland D, Mathé B, Waibel G, Addink W, Altenburg R, Döring M (2009). Natural Collections Description (NCD). A data standard for exchanging data describing natural history collections. Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG). Available at http://www.tdwg.org/standards/312/, verified 7 June 2012.]]

== Links ==
* Home page: [[foaf:homepage::http://www.tdwg.org/activities/ncd/]]
* TDWG Ontology: [[rdfs:isDefinedBy::http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/]]
** NCD Collection: http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/Core#Collection (Class)
** NCD Collection Terms: [[rdfs:isDefinedBy::http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/Collection]]
** NCD Institution Terms: [[rdfs:isDefinedBy::http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/Institution]]
** http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/CollectionType.rdf
** http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/InstitutionType.rdf
** http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/ContactDetails.rdf
** http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/TermWithSource.rdf


== Export RDF ==
* [http://kos.gbif.org/wiki/Special:ExportRDF?pages=NCD Export RDF description for this Vocabulary]
* [http://kos.gbif.org/wiki/Special:ExportRDF?pages=Category:NCD_term&backlinks=1 Export an RDF overview list of NCD Terms]
* [http://kos.gbif.org/wiki/Special:ExportRDF?pages=Category:NCD_term&backlinks=1 Export an RDF overview list of all NCD Terms and Properties declared here]


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