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Property:waterBody
| Label | Water Body |
| Definition | The name of the water body in which the Location occurs. |
| Usage | The name of the water body from which objects in the the collection originated. |
| Existing property | dwc:waterBody |
| Existing class | Location |
| Existing property identifier | http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/waterBody |
| Format | Text |
| Required | No |
| Repeatable | No |
| Constraints | Controlled vocabulary |
| Examples | Baltic Sea, Hudson River, Lago Nahuel Huapi |
| Notes | This is intended to define the lowest water body or aquatic feature that defines the geographical constraints of aquatic collections below ocean. Suggestions for appropriate vocabularies include: HydroLAKES (https://www.hydrosheds.org/page/hydrolakes), a database aiming to provide the shoreline polygons of all global lakes with a surface area of at least 10 ha, the 'water body' term in the OBO ontology (http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000063) and, for marine water bodies, IHO Sea Areas (http://www.vliz.be/en/imis?dasid=5444&doiid=323). |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000063 An accumulation of water of varying size. [ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_of_water ] Synonyms: bodies of water, body of water, aquatic feature, waterbody
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| Definition | The name of the water body in which the Location occurs. |
| Dimension | |
| Existing property | dwc:waterBody |
| Existing class | Location |
| Existing property identifier | http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/waterBody |
| Format | controlled vocabulary |
| Required | |
| Repeatable | |
| Constraints | |
| Examples | Indian Ocean, Baltic Sea, Hudson River, Lago Nahuel Huapi |
| Notes | Recommended best practice is to use a controlled vocabulary such as the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names. https://www.hydrosheds.org/page/hydrolakes HydroLAKES is a database aiming to provide the shoreline polygons of all global lakes with a surface area of at least 10 ha. <\br> http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000063 An accumulation of water of varying size. [ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_of_water ] Synonyms: bodies of water, body of water, aquatic feature, waterbody |
My suggestion for this is to take the ocean values out into a separate term that can then use a controlled vocab.
