dwc:MeasurementOrFact

Measurement [is characterised] as an evaluation process able to produce objective and inter-subjective information on the measurand.

Notes

Resources can be thought of as identifiable records or instances of classes and may include, but need not be limited to instances of dwc:Occurrence, dwc:Organism, dwc:MaterialEntity, dwc:Event, dcterms:Location, dwc:GeologicalContext, dwc:Identification, or dwc:Taxon.

Examples

  • the weight of a dwc:Organism in grams
  • the number of placental scars; surface water temperature in Celsius

References

  1. Mari L. 2013 A quest for the definition of measurement. Measurement. Vol. 46, (8) pp. 2889-2895. doi: 10.1016/j.measurement.2013.04.039
  2. Wieczorek J., Bloom D., Guralnick R., Blum S., Döring M., Giovanni R. et al. 2012 Darwin Core: An Evolving Community-Developed Biodiversity Data Standard. PLOS ONE. Vol. 7, (1) p. e29715. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0029715

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MeasurementOrFact

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[0.0.MSRMN602]

IRI

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

EUPH IRI

https://app.pollinatorhub.eu/vocabulary/descriptors/0.0.MSRMN602

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Published

2025-01-20

Updated

2025-02-06
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dwc

Class

measurement or fact

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Darwin Core class term
Statistic

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