dwc:basisOfRecord

This is the description of a vocabulary term from the DarwinCore vocabulary, http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/. This term is imported from dwc:basisOfRecord and has type String.

Description

• Label: Basis of record
• Definition: The specific nature of the data record - a subtype of the dcterms:type. Recommended best practice is to use a controlled vocabulary such as the Darwin Core Type Vocabulary (http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/type-vocabulary/index.htm).
• Example: "PreservedSpecimen", "FossilSpecimen", "LivingSpecimen", "HumanObservation", "MachineObservation"

Mapping

• ABCD: DataSets/DataSet/Units/Unit/RecordBasis

Other RDF declarations

• Property: http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property
• Organized into group: all
• Issued: 2008-11-19
• Status: recommended

Links

• http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/associatedMedia
• For discussion see http://code.google.com/p/darwincore/wiki/RecordLevelTerms

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