TDWG SpeciesProfileModel LSID Ontology
Roger Hyam
TDWG Biodiversity Information Standards
2007-04-17
$Date: 2007-10-08 11:42:05 +0200 (Mon, 08 Oct 2007) $
Vocabulary for exchanging data about taxa.
0.3 - [SVN $Rev: 1332 $]
Species Profile Model
A set of information about a taxon.
About Taxon
The taxon this information is about.
Has Information
A piece of information about this taxon.
Information Item
A piece of information
Has Content
A information about a taxon in the form of a string. Should be interpreted in combination with the type of the InfoItem
Has Content
A information about a taxon in the form of a controlled vocabulary term.
context
A string representation of when this information is valid.
category
A mechanism for indicating the category of information this info item is about. [There is currently a debate about whether this is better done by subclassing the InfoItem or by 'tagging' it with a type or category or both.]
Context Value
An indication of when this information is valid according to a controlled vocabulary.
Context Occurrence
An indication of when this information is valid according to a geospatial data.
Associated Taxon
Another taxon associated with this taxon and this piece of information e.g. a parasite or prey