Table 1. Two possible models, based on either an Occurrence core or a CollectingEvent core, for expressing sample use cases in Darwin Core Archives.
From: Meeting Report: GBIF hackathon-workshop on Darwin Core and sample data (22–24 May 2013)
Use cases | Core type | Extension examples |
|---|---|---|
● Specimen | Occurrence | ● Images |
● Botanical sampling event | This core includes properties related to Event, Location, GeologicalContext, Identification, and Taxon. | ● Identification history |
● Bird spotting | ● Sequences | |
● Oak branch with two lichens | ● Related taxa (resource relationship) | |
● Whale tracking | ● Measurement | |
● Camera trap | ||
● Acoustic survey / telemetry | ||
● Ocean acidification | ||
● Vegetation plots | CollectingEvent | ● Taxon Occurrence |
● Environmental sample | The core includes properties related to Event and Location | ● Measurements |
● Gut sample | ● Images | |
● Plankton haul | ● Survey geometry / course | |
● Trawl / subsample | ||
● Towed diver survey | ||
● Fisheries species abundance | ||
● Checklist survey | ||
● Fossil assemblage |