Digital Media Quick Reference Guide

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Requirements

The tables below provides a summary of the required classes and terms. Term requirements are subject to the use of the parent class where a term that belongs to an optional class are required if and only if, their parent class is in use.

Required Classes
Class Label Required
ods:DigitalMedia Digital Media True
Required Terms
Term Label Class Required
dcterms:bibliographicCitation Bibliographic Citation ods:Citation True
ods:hasAgents Has Agents ods:DigitalMedia True
dcterms:title Title ods:DigitalMedia True
ods:sourceSystemID Source System ID ods:DigitalMedia True
ac:accessURI Access URI ods:DigitalMedia True
dcterms:created Created ods:DigitalMedia True
dcterms:modified Modified ods:DigitalMedia True
ods:version Version ods:DigitalMedia True
ods:fdoType Fdo Type ods:DigitalMedia True
dcterms:identifier Identifier ods:DigitalMedia True
dwc:relatedResourceID Related Resource ID ods:EntityRelationship True
dwc:relationshipOfResource Relationship Of Resource ods:EntityRelationship True
ods:tombstoneDate Tombstone Date ods:TombstoneMetadata True
ods:tombstoneText Tombstone Text ods:TombstoneMetadata True

Open Digital Specimen

ods:Agent

Agent schema:identifier schema:name ods:hasRoles schema:email schema:url ods:hasIdentifiers
ods:Agent Class
Qualified Term Agent
Label Agent
Definition A generic agent class, containing information about the actor who performed an activity. This could be a person, an organization or a machine.
schema:identifier Property
Qualified Term schema:identifier
Label Identifier
Definition The primary unique identifier of the Agent object. All identifiers will also be added to the ods:hasIdentifiers array
Examples
  • http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q66581882
  • https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1825-0097
  • https://hdl.handle.net/20.5000.1025/XXX-XXX-XXX
schema:name Property
Qualified Term schema:name
Label Name
Definition Full name of the agent
Examples
  • John Smith
  • Sam Leeflang
ods:hasRoles Property
Qualified Term ods:hasRoles
Label Has Roles
Definition Contains all roles associated with the agent in the context of the Digital Object. Should always contain at least one role
schema:email Property
Qualified Term schema:email
Label Email
Definition Email of the agent
Examples
  • dissco@dissco.eu
schema:url Property
Qualified Term schema:url
Label URL
Definition URL to a website of the agent
Examples
  • https://dissco.eu
ods:hasIdentifiers Property
Qualified Term ods:hasIdentifiers
Label Has Identifiers
Definition Contains all identifiers associated with the agent

ods:Assertion

Assertion dwc:measurementID dwc:parentMeasurementID dwc:measurementType dwciri:measurementType dwc:measurementDeterminedDate dwc:measurementValue dwciri:measurementValue dwc:measurementAccuracy dwc:measurementUnit dwciri:measurementUnit dwc:measurementMethod dwciri:measurementMethod dwc:measurementRemarks ods:hasAgents ods:hasCitations
ods:Assertion Class
Qualified Term Assertion
Label Assertion
Definition A generic assertion class, containing information about a statement that is made about a digital object. An example is the measurement of the leaf or the wingspan of a specimen.
dwc:measurementID Property
Qualified Term dwc:measurementID
Label Measurement ID
Definition An identifier for the dwc:MeasurementOrFact (information pertaining to measurements, facts, characteristics, or assertions). May be a global unique identifier or an identifier specific to the data set
Examples
  • 9c752d22-b09a-11e8-96f8-529269fb1459
dwc:parentMeasurementID Property
Qualified Term dwc:parentMeasurementID
Label Parent Measurement ID
Definition An identifier for a broader dwc:MeasurementOrFact that groups this and potentially other ods:Assertions
Examples
  • E1_E1_O1_M1
dwc:measurementType Property
Qualified Term dwc:measurementType
Label Measurement Type
Definition The nature of the assertion
Examples
  • length
dwciri:measurementType Property
Qualified Term dwciri:measurementType
Label Measurement Type
Definition The nature of the assertion
Examples
  • http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/S10/current/
dwc:measurementDeterminedDate Property
Qualified Term dwc:measurementDeterminedDate
Label Measurement Determined Date
Definition The date on which the dwc:MeasurementOrFact was made
Examples
  • 2024-05-30T15:16:00.000Z
dwc:measurementValue Property
Qualified Term dwc:measurementValue
Label Measurement Value
Definition The value of the assertion
Examples
  • 10.0
dwciri:measurementValue Property
Qualified Term dwciri:measurementValue
Label Measurement Value
Definition The value of the assertion
Examples
  • http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/S10/current/S103/
dwc:measurementAccuracy Property
Qualified Term dwc:measurementAccuracy
Label Measurement Accuracy
Definition The description of the potential error associated with the dwc:measurementValue
Examples
  • 0.1
  • normal distribution with variation of 2 m
dwc:measurementUnit Property
Qualified Term dwc:measurementUnit
Label Measurement Unit
Definition The units associated with the dwc:measurementValue
Examples
  • m
  • cm
  • °C
dwciri:measurementUnit Property
Qualified Term dwciri:measurementUnit
Label Measurement Unit
Definition The units associated with the dwc:measurementValue
Examples
  • http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P06/current/UMSQ/
dwc:measurementMethod Property
Qualified Term dwc:measurementMethod
Label Measurement Method
Definition A description of or reference to (publication, URI) the method or protocol used to determine the measurement, fact, characteristic, or assertion
Examples
  • measured with a ruler
  • barometric altimeter
dwciri:measurementMethod Property
Qualified Term dwciri:measurementMethod
Label Measurement Method
Definition A description of or reference to (publication, URI) the method or protocol used to determine the measurement, fact, characteristic, or assertion
dwc:measurementRemarks Property
Qualified Term dwc:measurementRemarks
Label Measurement Remarks
Definition Comments or notes accompanying the dwc:MeasurementOrFact
Examples
  • The length was measured from the tip of the nose to the end of the tail
ods:hasAgents Property
Qualified Term ods:hasAgents
Label Has Agents
Definition The agent(s) who made the assertion, contains an ods:Agent object
ods:hasCitations Property
Qualified Term ods:hasCitations
Label Has Citations
Definition Contains the publication citation(s) that support the assertion

ods:Citation

Citation dcterms:identifier dcterms:type dcterms:date dcterms:title ods:pageNumber dcterms:description dcterms:bibliographicCitation ods:isPeerReviewed ods:hasAgents
ods:Citation Class
Qualified Term Citation
Label Citation
Definition A generic class containing the information about a citation in which the Digital Object is mentioned or which had influence on the Digital Object.
dcterms:identifier Property
Qualified Term dcterms:identifier
Label Identifier
Definition The main identifier of the citation, preferably a DOI, ISBN, URI, etc referring to the reference
Examples
  • https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.107.1608
  • http://www.nature.com/ng/journal/v41/n6/pdf/ng0609-637.pdf
dcterms:type Property
Qualified Term dcterms:type
Label Type
Definition The category that best matches the nature of a reference
Examples
  • book
  • journal article
  • field notes
dcterms:date Property
Qualified Term dcterms:date
Label Date
Definition Date of publication
Examples
  • 2010-01-01
  • 1963-03-08T14:07-0600
dcterms:title Property
Qualified Term dcterms:title
Label Title
Definition Title of publication
Examples
  • Field Guide to Moths of Eastern North America
  • The Origin of Species
ods:pageNumber Property
Qualified Term ods:pageNumber
Label Page Number
Definition Page number of the citation
Examples
  • 123
  • 23-25
dcterms:description Property
Qualified Term dcterms:description
Label Description
Definition Abstracts, remarks, notes
Examples
  • Describes the treatments of a new species of the genus
dcterms:bibliographicCitation Property
Qualified Term dcterms:bibliographicCitation
Label Bibliographic Citation
Definition A bibliographic reference for the resource
Examples
  • https://www.gbif.org/species/2439608 Source: GBIF Taxonomic Backbone
  • Hartge, P., Genetics of reproductive lifespan. Nature Genetics 41, 637 - 638 (2009)
ods:isPeerReviewed Property
Qualified Term ods:isPeerReviewed
Label Is Peer Reviewed
Definition Is the citation peer reviewed?
ods:hasAgents Property
Qualified Term ods:hasAgents
Label Has Agents
Definition The agent(s) who made the publication, contains an ods:Agent object

ods:DigitalMedia

DigitalMedia dcterms:identifier ods:fdoType ods:version ods:status dcterms:modified dcterms:created dcterms:type ac:accessURI ods:sourceSystemID ods:sourceSystemName ods:organisationID ods:organisationName dcterms:format ac:metadataLanguage ac:metadataLanguageLiteral ac:subtype ac:subtypeLiteral dcterms:title dcterms:language dcterms:description dcterms:rights xmpRights:UsageTerms xmpRights:WebStatement dcterms:available ac:comments dcterms:source Iptc4xmpExt:CVterm ac:subjectCategoryVocabulary ac:variant ac:variantLiteral ac:variantDescription exif:PixelYDimension exif:PixelXDimension ac:tag xmp:CreateDate ac:timeOfDay ac:subjectOrientation ac:subjectOrientationLiteral ac:subjectPart ac:subjectPartLiteral ac:captureDevice ac:digitizationDate ac:frameRate ac:resourceCreationTechnique ods:hasAssertions ods:hasCitations ods:hasIdentifiers ods:hasEntityRelationships ods:hasAgents ods:hasTombstoneMetadata
ods:DigitalMedia Class
Qualified Term DigitalMedia
Label Digital Media
Definition A digital representation of an media object such as a Image or Sound Recording
dcterms:identifier Property
Qualified Term dcterms:identifier
Label Identifier
Definition The unique identifier (DOI) of the Digital Media
Examples
  • https://doi.org/10.3535/XXX-XXX-XXX
  • https://doi.org/10.3535/XXX-XXX-YYY
ods:fdoType Property
Qualified Term ods:fdoType
Label Fdo Type
Definition The DOI to the FDO type of the object
Examples
  • https://doi.org/21.T11148/bbad8c4e101e8af01115
  • https://doi.org/21.T11148/894b1e6cad57e921764e
ods:version Property
Qualified Term ods:version
Label Version
Definition The version of the object, each change generates a new version. The version starts at 1 and each change will increment the version number with 1
Examples
  • 1
  • 3
  • 5
ods:status Property
Qualified Term ods:status
Label Status
Definition The status of the Digital Object. A digital object can be in Draft, when it is not published yet. Active when it is published and the object is active and Tombstone which means the object has been archived.
dcterms:modified Property
Qualified Term dcterms:modified
Label Modified
Definition The timestamp that the object was last changed, which resulted in a new version of the object. Following the ISO Date Time Format yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSXXX
Examples
  • 2023-10-02T12:31:34.806Z
  • 2023-09-15T08:45:12.123Z
dcterms:created Property
Qualified Term dcterms:created
Label Created
Definition The timestamp that the object was created in DiSSCo, Following the ISO Date Time Format yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSXXX
Examples
  • 2023-10-02T12:31:34.806Z
  • 2023-09-15T08:45:12.123Z
dcterms:type Property
Qualified Term dcterms:type
Label Type
Definition Describing the nature or type of the Digital Media, restricted to the controlled vocabulary of https://www.dublincore.org/specifications/dublin-core/dcmi-terms/#DCMIType
ac:accessURI Property
Qualified Term ac:accessURI
Label Access URI
Definition This is the URI through which DiSSCo will retrieve the media item and serves as the main identifier for the media item before a DOI is available
Examples
  • https://image.bgbm.org/images/internal/HerbarThumbs/B100272813_1700
  • https://medialib.naturalis.nl/file/id/RGM.924559/format/large
ods:sourceSystemID Property
Qualified Term ods:sourceSystemID
Label Source System ID
Definition The handle to the source system object which is used to retrieve the data from the CMS
Examples
  • https://hdl.handle.net/20.5000.1025/XXX-XXX-XXX
ods:sourceSystemName Property
Qualified Term ods:sourceSystemName
Label Source System Name
Definition The name of the source system as provided to DiSSCo
Examples
  • Naturalis Biodiversity Center (NL) - Vermes
  • Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin (DE) - Herbarium
ods:organisationID Property
Qualified Term ods:organisationID
Label Organisation ID
Definition ROR or Wikidata identifier of the organisation
Examples
  • https://ror.org/015hz7p22
  • https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q641676
  • https://ror.org/03wkt5x30
ods:organisationName Property
Qualified Term ods:organisationName
Label Organisation Name
Definition Primary organisation name according to ROR or Wikidata
Examples
  • National Museum of Natural History
  • Tallinn University of Technology
  • Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle
dcterms:format Property
Qualified Term dcterms:format
Label Format
Definition The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource. Best practise to use Mime types
Examples
  • image/jpeg
  • image/png
  • image/tiff
ac:metadataLanguage Property
Qualified Term ac:metadataLanguage
Label Metadata Language
Definition The URI of the language of description and other metadata (but not necessarily of the image itself), from the ISO639-2 list of URIs for ISO 3-letter language codes, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2
Examples
  • http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2/dut
  • http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2/eng
ac:metadataLanguageLiteral Property
Qualified Term ac:metadataLanguageLiteral
Label Metadata Language Literal
Definition The URI of the language of description and other metadata (but not necessarily of the image itself), from the ISO639-2 list of URIs for ISO 3-letter language codes, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2
Examples
  • nld
  • eng
ac:subtype Property
Qualified Term ac:subtype
Label Subtype
Definition A class, represented by an IRI, that provides for more specialization of the media item type than dcterms:type
Examples
  • http://rs.tdwg.org/acsubtype/values/Animation
  • http://rs.tdwg.org/acsubtype/values/Drawing
  • http://rs.tdwg.org/acsubtype/values/Photograph
  • http://rs.tdwg.org/acsubtype/values/RecordedOrganism
ac:subtypeLiteral Property
Qualified Term ac:subtypeLiteral
Label Subtype Literal
Definition A class, represented by a controlled value string, that provides for more specialization of the media item type than dc:type
Examples
  • Animation
  • Drawing
  • Photograph
  • RecordedOrganism
dcterms:title Property
Qualified Term dcterms:title
Label Title
Definition A name given to the resource. Concise title, name, or brief descriptive label of institution, resource collection, or individual resource. This field SHOULD include the complete title with all the subtitles, if any
Examples
  • Image of a botanical sheet with label
  • Sound recording of the specimen in the field
dcterms:language Property
Qualified Term dcterms:language
Label Language
Definition Language(s) of resource itself represented in the ISO639-2 three-letter language code. ISO639-1 two-letter codes are permitted but deprecated
Examples
  • nld
  • eng
dcterms:description Property
Qualified Term dcterms:description
Label Description
Definition A free-text account of the content of the resource
Examples
  • Image of a botanical sheet with label
  • Sound recording of the specimen in the field
dcterms:rights Property
Qualified Term dcterms:rights
Label Rights
Definition Information about rights held in and over the resource. Recommended best practise is to use a URI for the rights
Examples
  • https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
  • https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
xmpRights:UsageTerms Property
Qualified Term xmpRights:UsageTerms
Label Usage Terms
Definition A collection of text instructions on how a resource can be legally used, given in a variety of languages
Examples
  • CC BY 4.0
  • CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
xmpRights:WebStatement Property
Qualified Term xmpRights:WebStatement
Label Web Statement
Definition A Web URL for a statement of the ownership and usage rights for this resource
Examples
  • https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
  • https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
dcterms:available Property
Qualified Term dcterms:available
Label Available
Definition Date (often a range) that the resource became or will become available
Examples
  • 2023-10-01
  • 2024-01-01/2024-12-31
ac:comments Property
Qualified Term ac:comments
Label Comments
Definition Any comment provided on the media resource, as free-form text
Examples
  • This is a test object
  • This object is not yet published
dcterms:source Property
Qualified Term dcterms:source
Label Source
Definition A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Examples
  • http://biocol.org/institution/australian-national-insect-collection
Iptc4xmpExt:CVterm Property
Qualified Term Iptc4xmpExt:CVterm
Label C Vterm
Definition A term to describe the content of the image by a value from a Controlled Vocabulary
Examples
  • http://rs.tdwg.org/accontent/values/c000
ac:subjectCategoryVocabulary Property
Qualified Term ac:subjectCategoryVocabulary
Label Subject Category Vocabulary
Definition Any vocabulary or formal classification from which terms in the Subject Category have been drawn
Examples
  • http://rs.tdwg.org/accontent/values
ac:variant Property
Qualified Term ac:variant
Label Variant
Definition The category describing this Service Access Point variant, denoted by an IRI
Examples
  • http://rs.tdwg.org/acvariant/values/v001
  • http://rs.tdwg.org/acvariant/values/v005
ac:variantLiteral Property
Qualified Term ac:variantLiteral
Label Variant Literal
Definition The category describing this Service Access Point variant, denoted by a controlled value string
Examples
  • Thumbnail
  • Good Quality
ac:variantDescription Property
Qualified Term ac:variantDescription
Label Variant Description
Definition Text that describes this Service Access Point variant. Most variants (thumb, low-res, high-res) are self-explanatory and it is best practice to leave this property empty if no special description is needed
Examples
  • Video shortened instead of simply quality reduced
exif:PixelYDimension Property
Qualified Term exif:PixelYDimension
Label Pixel Y Dimension
Definition Information specific to compressed data. When a compressed file is recorded, the valid height of the meaningful image shall be recorded in this tag, whether or not there is padding data or a restart marker. This tag shall not exist in an uncompressed file
Examples
  • 1080
  • 1920
exif:PixelXDimension Property
Qualified Term exif:PixelXDimension
Label Pixel X Dimension
Definition Information specific to compressed data. When a compressed file is recorded, the valid width of the meaningful image shall be recorded in this tag, whether or not there is padding data or a restart marker. This tag shall not exist in an uncompressed file
Examples
  • 1920
  • 1080
ac:tag Property
Qualified Term ac:tag
Label Tag
Definition A list of tags or keywords that describe the media item
Examples
  • ['Herbarium', 'Botany', 'Leaf']
  • ['Insect', 'Entomology', 'Head']
xmp:CreateDate Property
Qualified Term xmp:CreateDate
Label Create Date
Definition The date and time the resource was created. For a digital file, this need not match a file-system creation time. For a freshly created resource, it should be close to that time, modulo the time taken to write the file. Later file transfer, copying, and so on, can make the file-system time arbitrarily different.
Examples
  • 2023-10-01T12:31:34.806Z
  • 2023-09-15T08:45:12.123Z
ac:timeOfDay Property
Qualified Term ac:timeOfDay
Label Time Of Day
Definition Free text information beyond exact clock times
Examples
  • afternoon
  • twilight
ac:subjectOrientation Property
Qualified Term ac:subjectOrientation
Label Subject Orientation
Definition Specific orientation (= direction, view angle) of the subject represented in the media resource with respect to the acquisition device, denoted by an IRI
Examples
  • http://rs.tdwg.org/acorient/values/r0002
  • http://rs.tdwg.org/acorient/values/r0004
ac:subjectOrientationLiteral Property
Qualified Term ac:subjectOrientationLiteral
Label Subject Orientation Literal
Definition Specific orientation (= direction, view angle) of the subject represented in the media resource with respect to the acquisition device, denoted by a controlled value string
Examples
  • Frontal
  • Lateral
ac:subjectPart Property
Qualified Term ac:subjectPart
Label Subject Part
Definition The portion or product of organism morphology, behaviour, environment, etc. that is either predominantly shown or particularly well exemplified by the media resource, denoted by an IRI
Examples
  • http://rs.tdwg.org/acpart/values/p0027
  • http://rs.tdwg.org/acpart/values/p0031
ac:subjectPartLiteral Property
Qualified Term ac:subjectPartLiteral
Label Subject Part Literal
Definition The portion or product of organism morphology, behaviour, environment, etc. that is either predominantly shown or particularly well exemplified by the media resource, denoted by a controlled value string
Examples
  • Head
  • Wing
ac:captureDevice Property
Qualified Term ac:captureDevice
Label Capture Device
Definition Free form text describing the device or devices used to create the resource
Examples
  • Canon EOS 5D Mark IV
  • Nikon D850
ac:digitizationDate Property
Qualified Term ac:digitizationDate
Label Digitization Date
Definition Date the first digital version was created
Examples
  • 2023-10-01
  • 2023-09-15
ac:frameRate Property
Qualified Term ac:frameRate
Label Frame Rate
Definition The decimal fraction representing the frequency (rate) at which consecutive images (frames) were captured in real time for a moving image, expressed as the number of frames per second
Examples
  • 60
  • 0.2
ac:resourceCreationTechnique Property
Qualified Term ac:resourceCreationTechnique
Label Resource Creation Technique
Definition Information about technical aspects of the creation and digitization process of the resource. This includes modification steps (retouching) after the initial resource capture.
Examples
  • Media may have been manipulated to improve appearance
  • Multiflash lighting
ods:hasAssertions Property
Qualified Term ods:hasAssertions
Label Has Assertions
Definition Contains zero or more ods:Assertion objects
ods:hasCitations Property
Qualified Term ods:hasCitations
Label Has Citations
Definition Contains zero or more ods:Citation objects
ods:hasIdentifiers Property
Qualified Term ods:hasIdentifiers
Label Has Identifiers
Definition Contains zero or more ods:Identifier objects
ods:hasEntityRelationships Property
Qualified Term ods:hasEntityRelationships
Label Has Entity Relationships
Definition Contains zero or more ods:EntityRelationship objects
ods:hasAgents Property
Qualified Term ods:hasAgents
Label Has Agents
Definition Contains zero or more ods:Agent objects
ods:hasTombstoneMetadata Property
Qualified Term ods:hasTombstoneMetadata
Label Has Tombstone Metadata
Definition Object containing the tombstone metadata of the object. Only present when ods:status is ods:Tombstone

ods:EntityRelationship

EntityRelationship dwc:relationshipOfResource dwc:relationshipOfResourceID dwc:relatedResourceID ods:relatedResourceURI dwc:relationshipEstablishedDate dwc:relationshipRemarks ods:hasAgents
ods:EntityRelationship Class
Qualified Term EntityRelationship
Label Entity Relationship
Definition Describes relationships between digital object and any external resources. An example could be a relationship to the Sequence record of the specimen in a DNA database.
dwc:relationshipOfResource Property
Qualified Term dwc:relationshipOfResource
Label Relationship Of Resource
Definition The relationship of the subject (identified by dwc:resourceID) to the object (identified by dwc:relatedResourceID)
Examples
  • hasGBIFID
  • hasCOLID
  • hasCollectorID
dwc:relationshipOfResourceID Property
Qualified Term dwc:relationshipOfResourceID
Label Relationship Of Resource ID
Definition An identifier for the relationship type (predicate) that connects the subject identified by dwc:resourceID to its object identified by dwc:relatedResourceID
Examples
  • https://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002456
dwc:relatedResourceID Property
Qualified Term dwc:relatedResourceID
Label Related Resource ID
Definition An identifier for a related resource (the object, rather than the subject of the relationship)
Examples
  • 3024470157
  • 5TXLM
  • 00bv4cx53
ods:relatedResourceURI Property
Qualified Term ods:relatedResourceURI
Label Related Resource URI
Definition The full resolvable URI to the related resource
Examples
  • https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/3024470157
  • https://ror.org/00bv4cx53
  • https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/5TXLM
dwc:relationshipEstablishedDate Property
Qualified Term dwc:relationshipEstablishedDate
Label Relationship Established Date
Definition The date-time on which the relationship between the two resources was established, following the ISO Date Time Format yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSXXX
Examples
  • 2024-05-30T09:46:20.120Z
  • 2024-10-10T12:12:21.310Z
dwc:relationshipRemarks Property
Qualified Term dwc:relationshipRemarks
Label Relationship Remarks
Definition Comments or notes about the relationship between the two resources
Examples
  • Mother and offspring collected from the same nest
ods:hasAgents Property
Qualified Term ods:hasAgents
Label Has Agents
Definition The agent(s) who created the entityRelationship, contains an ods:Agent object

ods:Identifier

Identifier dcterms:title dcterms:type dcterms:identifier dcterms:format dcterms:subject ods:isPartOfLabel ods:gupriLevel ods:identifierStatus
ods:Identifier Class
Qualified Term Identifier
Label Identifier
Definition A generic Identifier class which can be attached to multiple classes. It captures information about any identifier of the class.
dcterms:title Property
Qualified Term dcterms:title
Label Title
Definition A name for the identifier
Examples
  • abcd:UnitID
  • dwc:occurrenceID
  • ORCID
  • wikidata
  • ROR
  • cetaf stable identifier
dcterms:type Property
Qualified Term dcterms:type
Label Type
Definition The type of the value in the `dcterms:identifier` field
Examples
  • DOI
dcterms:identifier Property
Qualified Term dcterms:identifier
Label Identifier
Definition The value for the identifier
Examples
  • BMNH(E)1902475
  • RGM.800315
  • https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5669-2769
  • https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q66581882
  • https://ror.org/00bv4cx53
dcterms:format Property
Qualified Term dcterms:format
Label Format
Definition All possible mime types of content that can be returned by identifier in case the identifier is resolvable. Plain UUIDs for example do not have a dc:format return type, as they are not resolvable on their own. For a list of MIME types see the list maintained by IANA: http://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/index.html, in particular the text http://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/text/ and application http://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/application/ types. Frequently used values are text/html, text/xml, application/rdf+xml, application/json
Examples
  • ['application/json', 'text/html']
  • ['application/rdf+xml', 'application/ld+json']
dcterms:subject Property
Qualified Term dcterms:subject
Label Subject
Definition Additional keywords that the publisher may prefer to be attached to the identifier
Examples
  • ['erecolnat', 'As available on label']
  • ['Registratie nummer', 'RMNH identifier']
ods:isPartOfLabel Property
Qualified Term ods:isPartOfLabel
Label Is Part Of Label
Definition Indicates whether the identifier is part of the physical label
ods:gupriLevel Property
Qualified Term ods:gupriLevel
Label GUPRI Level
Definition Indicates whether the identifier is a persistent identifier
ods:identifierStatus Property
Qualified Term ods:identifierStatus
Label Identifier Status
Definition Indicates the status of the identifier

ods:RelatedPID

RelatedPID dcterms:identifier schema:identifier ods:relationshipType
ods:RelatedPID Class
Qualified Term RelatedPID
Label Related PID
Definition Indicates to which other Digital Object the tombstoned record is related to. This can be used when a digital object has been split or merged into other Digital Objects.
dcterms:identifier Property
Qualified Term dcterms:identifier
Label Identifier
Definition The PID of the related object, used in cases of `ods:Annotation`, `ods:DigitalMedia` and `ods:DigitalSpecimen`
Examples
  • https://doi.org/10.3535/XXX-XXX-XXX
schema:identifier Property
Qualified Term schema:identifier
Label Identifier
Definition The PID of the related object, used in cases of `ods:DataMapping`, `ods:SourceSystem` and `ods:MachineAnnotationService`
Examples
  • https://hdl.handle.net/20.5000.1025/XXX-XXX-XXX
ods:relationshipType Property
Qualified Term ods:relationshipType
Label Relationship Type
Definition The type of relationship between the tombstoned object and the related object
Examples
  • RelatedTo
  • IsDuplicateOf
  • IsReplacedWith

ods:Role

Role schema:roleName schema:startDate schema:endDate schema:position
ods:Role Class
Qualified Term Role
Label Role
Definition A role is a named entity that can be assigned to an agent. It is used to describe the function of an agent in a specific context.
schema:roleName Property
Qualified Term schema:roleName
Label Role Name
Definition The category that best matches the nature of a role of an Agent
Examples
  • collector
  • preparer
  • identifier
  • recorder
schema:startDate Property
Qualified Term schema:startDate
Label Start Date
Definition Date the agent began the role
Examples
  • 2023-10-02T12:31:34.806Z
schema:endDate Property
Qualified Term schema:endDate
Label End Date
Definition Date the agent ended the role
Examples
  • 2023-09-02T12:31:34.806Z
schema:position Property
Qualified Term schema:position
Label Position
Definition Can be used to indicate the order of importance when there are multiple agents with the same role. Lower order means higher importance.
Examples
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3

ods:TombstoneMetadata

TombstoneMetadata ods:tombstoneDate ods:tombstoneText ods:hasAgents ods:hasRelatedPIDs
ods:TombstoneMetadata Class
Qualified Term TombstoneMetadata
Label Tombstone Metadata
Definition The tombstone metadata about the tombstoned digital object, including the what, who and when of the tombstoning.
ods:tombstoneDate Property
Qualified Term ods:tombstoneDate
Label Tombstone Date
Definition Timestamp the Digital Object was tombstoned and no longer active. Following the ISO Date Time Format yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSXXX
Examples
  • 2021-06-01T12:00:000Z
ods:tombstoneText Property
Qualified Term ods:tombstoneText
Label Tombstone Text
Definition A reason why the Digital Object was tombstoned
Examples
  • This is a duplicate of XXX
  • This object was made by mistake
ods:hasAgents Property
Qualified Term ods:hasAgents
Label Has Agents
Definition The agent(s) who tombstoned the Digital Object, contains an ods:Agent object
ods:hasRelatedPIDs Property
Qualified Term ods:hasRelatedPIDs
Label Has Related PIDs
Definition The PIDs of the object the tombstoned object is related to