dwc:higherGeography

A term from the Darwin Core standard:

A list (concatenated and separated) of geographic names less specific than the information captured in the dwc:locality term.

Notes

Recommended best practice is to separate the values in a list with space vertical bar space ( | ), with terms in order from least specific to most specific.

Examples

  • North Atlantic Ocean
  • South America | Argentina | Patagonia | Parque Nacional Nahuel Huapi | Neuquén | Los Lagos with accompanying values South America (continent) Argentina (country), Neuquén (first order division), and Los Lagos (second order division)

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Properties

Label

higherGeography

EUPH UID

[0.0.HGHRG540]

IRI

http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/higherGeography

EUPH URI

https://app.pollinatorhub.eu/metadata/descriptors/0.0.HGHRG540

Data types

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Unit

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Deprecated

No

Published

2025-01-10

Updated

2025-01-21
Descriptor relationships

Namespace

dwc

Class

Higher Geography

Dependencies

dcterms:Location
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Number of datasets

0

Number of columns

0

Number of data points

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