---+++ AbcdConcept1370

---+++++ Identifier

<verbatim>DataSets/DataSet/Units/Unit/Sex</verbatim>



---+++++ Group

MOF

---+++++ Subgroup

SAS

---+++++ Full Name

Sex of the unit

---+++++ Documentation

The sex of an the organism (Male, Female, Unknown, Not applicable (e.g. for a fungus in a herbarium), MiXed).

---+++++ Content

The sex of the entire unit, which may be mixed ((Male, Female, Unknown, Not applicable (e.g. for a fungus in a herbarium), MiXed). Note that counts can be provided in the Unit's <verbatim>MeasurementsOrFacts</verbatim> section.

Darwin Core 2: Sex.

Examples of content found by Charles Hussey in NHM databases include the following entries: [[Female;][Female (5); Female(2); Male; Male (2) Female (1); 1 brooding female; 1 Male; 1 Male and 1 Female; 15 Females and 3 Males; 16 Females and 23 Males; 2 female + 1 male; 2 Females; 2 females, 1 male; 3 females, 3 males; 5 Females; 7 Females and 5 Males; Both sexes; Ephippial female; Ephypial female;]]

---++++ Recommended or Prescribed Values

M, F, U, N, X

---+++++ Example Value


---+++++ Example Explanation


---+++++ Reviewer

Berendsohn 14 Jan 2004

---++++ Editorial Notes

This is another element in need of a standard term list enforced on the database level.