Niels Raes

Vocabulary https://timescalefoundation.org/index.html ?

**Definition dwc**: The name of the island group in which the Location occurs. **Examples dwc**: Alexander Archipelago, Archipiélago Diego Ramírez, Seychelles

http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/#continent --> Recommended best practice is to use a controlled vocabulary such as the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names. --> http://www.getty.edu/vow/TGNHierarchy?find=&place=&nation=&english=Y&subjectid=7029392

What about TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) https://www.tdwg.org/standards/wgsrpd/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continent

For NHCs it is quite relevant to distinguish between temperate and tropical Asia. This is only reflected in the TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions [https://www.tdwg.org/standards/wgsrpd/], but this...

> One comment to make here is that cultural collections (in the context of natural history) for example economic botany will need a parallel field to Continent. culturalRegion so as...

**Definition dwc**: The name of the next smaller administrative region than country (state, province, canton, department, region, etc.) in which the Location occurs. --> from where collection items were compiled....

**Definition dwc**: The name of the island on or near which the Location occurs. **Examples dwc**: Nosy Be, Bikini Atoll, Vancouver, Viti Levu, Zanzibar

**Definition dwc**: The full, unabbreviated name of the next smaller administrative region than county (city, municipality, etc.) in which the Location occurs. Do not use this term for a nearby...

Format: List - A collection often covers multiple countries http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/countryCode --> Recommended best practice is to use ISO 3166-1-alpha-2 country codes. Should be linked to country