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Definition of GGBN Terms
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Occurrence
| Definition | An existence of a dwc:Organism at a particular place at a particular time. (Source https://dwc.tdwg.org/terms/#occurrence) |
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Record
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Material entity
| Definition | An entity that can be identified, exists for some period of time, and consists in whole or in part of physical matter while it exists. (Source https://dwc.tdwg.org/terms/#materialentity) |
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| Comments | This term describes any kind of a physical DNA, tissue or environmental sample, preserved specimen, fossil, or exemplar from living collections |
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an instance of a herbarium sheet with its attached plant specimen an instance of a frozen tissue sample a specific water sample a particular wolf in a zoo a specific deep-frozen DNA sample |
Taxon
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Data Provider
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Document
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