Place Identification

Place ID (placeIdentifier)

Note: field name changed from placeId by rjaffe, 2012-01-05

An identifier for the set of location information (data associated with dcterms:Location). May be a global unique identifier or an identifier specific to the data set.

Text

No

Darwin Core locationID (specifies this as a text field.) CDWA 29.11 recommends an integer.

13
HAVRC location->loc_id

Display name

Display name (displayName)

Note: Decided in meeting of 2012-01-04 to use Display Name instead of Full Display Name

Term that displays in search results / reports. Comprised of primary place name plus any added disambiguation value(s). Does not necessarily match the Qualified Name, though the two can be used synonymously.

Text

No

Place full display (placeFullDisplayName)

NOTE: Field deprecated in favor of displayName, per decision of 2012-01-04 (PSchmitz, CHR, others)

Comprised of primary place name and hierarchy; derived.

Text (system generated / may be overwritten by user)

No

CDWA 29.7 Place/Location label/Identification recommends full hierarchy and place type to avoid identical names (e.g. Paris (Ville de Paris department, Île-de-France, France, Europe, World) (inhabited place))
Darwin Core HigherGeography

Burgundy (region), France, Europe
HAVRC www_locations->loc_full_name

Place type (placeType)

The nature or category of the Place name.

Controlled list

No

CDWA 29.4 Place type

Inhabited place
HAVRC loc_type ->loc_type_description
(controlled by TGN place type values)

Place Record Admin Status (placeRecordAdminStatus)

Per conversation with Chris Hoffman, 15 Dec 2011, this field was discarded in favor of Term status. - rjaffe

A field noting the status of the record in the authority, whether provisional or accepted

Controlled list

No

Place Name (placeName)

actual field name:
placeNameGroup -  placeName

Note: field name changed from name to placeName by rjaffe, 2012-04-05

Proper names, appellations, nicknames, or other identifying phrases by which a place is known.

Text

No

Yes

CDWA 29.2 Place name
Darwin Core verbatimLocality

Paris
HAVRC location ->loc_term

> Place Display Name (placeDisplayName)

Field name changed to Qualified Name (nameQualifiedName) per decision  of 2012-0104, pschmitz, crh, others.)

Term that displays in search results / reports. Comprised of primary place name plus any manually added disambiguation value(s).

Text (system generated / may be overwritten by user)

No

CDWA 29.2 Place name
Darwin Core locality
Expected to be changed in v2.4 to hold only the qualifiers, i.e., the values to be added to the primary place name, rather than the complete, qualified name. At that time, this field will become very different than Display Name.

Paris (FR)
HAVRC location ->loc_term

> Place name language (placeNameLang)

actual field name:
placeNameGroup - nameLang

The language of the place name.

Controlled list

No

CDWA 29.2.4 Name language

> Place Name Abbreviation (placeNameAbbrev)

actual field name:
placeNameGroup - nameAbbrev

Abbreviated form of the place name

Text

No

Common abbreviations include US states, ISO country names, etc.

CA
HAVRC location ->loc_abbrev

> Place Name Status (placeNameStatus)

actual field name:
placeNameGroup - nameStatus

The historical status of the Place name.

Controlled list

No

CDWA 29.2.5 Historical flag

Current
HAVRC location ->term_type C=current, h=historical, b=both

NEW > Place Name type (placeNameType)

actual field name:
placeNameGroup - nameType

The type of place name
From CDWA: "Flags designating an official name, code, and other special name statuses for the place." 

Controlled list

No

CDWA 29.2.7. Other Name Flags

> Place Name Source (placeNameSource)

actual field name:
placeNameGroup - nameSource

Source of data for the place authority record

Citation authority

No

CDWA 29.2.8
Darwin Core locationAccordingTo

TGN
HAVRC location ->source_abbrev

> Place Name Source Detail (placeNameSourceDetail)

actual field name:
placeNameGroup - nameSourceDetail

Page number, volume, URL, date accessed for web sites, and any other information indicating where the source name was found

Text

No

CDWA 29.2.8.1 Page

http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/
scripts/nthandbook.dll?ACTION=
PROPERTY&PropertyId=259
HAVRC electronic_media-> URL

> Place Name Source Reference Identifier (placeNameSourceRefId)

actual field name:
placeNameGroup - nameSourceRefId

Any number or unique identifier associated with the place name in the reference source from which the term was derived

Text

No

VRA Core4 Location element name type=geographic, subelement refid

7008038
HAVRC location->TGN ID

> Place Name Note (placeNameNote)

actual field name:
placeNameGroup - nameNote

NOTE: changed field name and label to singular form.  - rjaffe, 2012-01-11

Notes about the place

Text

No

CDWA 29.9 Remarks
Darwin Core locationRemarks

Comprised of the northern part of Tohoku, all of Hokkaido, the southern part of Sakhalin, and Kurilie Ainu Islands (note for term "Ainu Territories")
HAVRC location ->loc_notes

> Place Name Date (placeNameDate)

actual field name:
placeNameGroup - nameDates

NOTE: changed field name and label to singular form.  - rjaffe, 2012-01-11

Dates that pertain to this name

Structured Date Text. Should be structured date, but those can not be in repeating fields.  Use text for now.

No

> Place Name Admin Status (placeNameAdminStatus)

actual field name:
placeNameGroup - nameAdminStatus

A field noting the status of a term in a vocabulary, whether provisional or accepted

Controlled list

No

Place Source (placeSource)

Source of data for the entire place authority record

Citation authority

No

TGN

Place Note (placeNote)

Additional information about Place which has not been recorded elsewhere using controlled terminology.

Text

No

Place Owner (placeOwner)

The name of the owner of a Place associated with an object.

Person + Org authorities

No

Yes

> Place Owner Date (placeOwnerDate)

The dates that place was owned by Place Owner

Structured Date Text. Should be structured date, but those can not be in repeating fields.  Use text for now.

No

Important for Anthro collections and others; also in CDWA

NEW > Place Owner Note (placeOwnerNote)

Note about the Place ownership

Text

No

Locality Information

Verbatim coordinates (vCoordinates)

The verbatim original spatial coordinates of the Location.

Text

No

Darwin Core
verbatimCoordinates

Verbatim Latitude (vLatitude)

The verbatim original latitude of the Location.

Text

No

Darwin Core
verbatimLatitude

Verbatim Longitude (vLongitude)

The verbatim original longitude of the Location.

Text

No

Darwin Core
verbatimLongitude

Verbatim Coordinate System (vCoordSys)

The locating system used to describe the coordinates of a Place.

Controlled list

No

Darwin Core verbatimCoordinateSystem

Verbatim Spatial Reference System (vSpatialReferenceSystem)

The ellipsoid, geodetic datum, or spatial reference system (SRS) upon which coordinates given in verbatimLatitude and verbatimLongitude, or verbatimCoordinates are based

Controlled list

No

Darwin Core
verbatimSRS

Verbatim Coordinates Source (vCoordSource)

The source of information for the verbatim coordinates

Citation authority?

No

Verbatim Source Reference Identifier (vCoordSourceRefId)

Reference identifier in the source for the verbatim coordinates

Text

No

Verbatim Unit of Measure (vUnitofMeasure)

Unit of measure for verbatim elevation, depth, and distance of above surface

Controlled list

No

Verbatim Elevation (vElevation)

See DwC: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/index.htm#verbatimElevation

Text

No

Darwin Core
verbatimElevation

Minimum Elevation in Meters (minElevationInMeters)

See DwC: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/index.htm#minimumElevationInMeters

No

Darwin Core
minimumElevationinMeters

Maximum Elevation in Meters (maxElevationInMeters)

See DwC: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/index.htm#maximumElevationInMeters

No

Darwin Core maximumElevationinMeters

Verbatim Depth (vDepth)

See DwC: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/index.htm#verbatimDepth

Text

No

Darwin Core
verbatimDepth

Minimum Depth in Meters (minDepthInMeters)

See DwC: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/index.htm#minimumDepthInMeters

No

Darwin Core
minimumDepthinMeters

Maximum Depth in Meters (maxDepthInMeters)

See DwC: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/index.htm#maximumDepthInMeters

No

Darwin Core
maximumDepthinMeters

Verbatim Distance Above Surface (vDistanceAboveSurface)

Verbatim description of distance above a reference survface.

Text

No

Not in DwC.

Minimum Distance Above the Surface in Meters (minDistanceAboveSurfaceInMeters)

See DwC: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/index.htm#minimumDistanceAboveSurfaceInMeters

No

Darwin Core
minimumDistanceAbove
SurfaceinMeters

Maximum Distance Above the Surface in Meters (maxDistanceAboveSurfaceInMeters)

See DwC: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/index.htm#maximumDistanceAboveSurfaceInMeters

No

Darwin Core
maximumDistanceAbove
SurfaceinMeters

Georeference Information

Decimal Latitude (decimalLatitude)

The geographic latitude (in decimal degrees, using the spatial reference system given in geodeticDatum) of the geographic center of a Location. Positive values are north of the Equator, negative values are south of it. Legal values lie between -90 and 90, inclusive.

Float

No

Yes

Darwin Core
decimalLatitude

Decimal Longitude (decimalLongitude)

The geographic longitude (in decimal degrees, using the spatial reference system given in geodeticDatum) of the geographic center of a Location. Positive values are east of the Greenwich Meridian, negative values are west of it. Legal values lie between -180 and 180, inclusive.

Float

No

Darwin Core
decimalLongitude

Geodetic Datum (geodeticDatum)

See DwC: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/index.htm#geodeticDatum

Text

No

Darwin Core
geodeticDatum

Coordinate Uncertainty in Meters (coordUncertaintyInMeters)

See DwC: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/index.htm#coordinateUncertaintyInMeters

Integer

No

Darwin Core coordinateUncertaintyinMeters

Coordinate Precision (coordPrecision)

See DwC: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/index.htm#coordinatePrecision

No

Darwin Core
coordinatePrecision

Point Radius Spatial Fit (pointRadiusSpatialFit)

See DwC: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/index.htm#pointRadiusSpatialFit

No

Darwin Core
pointRadiusSpatialFit

Footprint WKT (footprintWKT)

See DwC: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/index.htm#footprintWKT

No

Darwin Core
footprintWKT

Footprint SRS (footprintSRS)

See DwC: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/index.htm#footprintSRS

No

Darwin Core
footprint SRS

Footprint Spatial Fit (footprintSpatialFit)

See DwC: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/index.htm#footprintSpatialFit

No

Darwin Core
footprintSpatialFit

Georeferenced By (geoReferencedBy)

See DwC: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/index.htm#georeferencedBy

Person and Org authorities

No

Darwin Core
georeferencedBy

Georeference Date (geoRefDate)

Date the georeference data is entered

Structured Date String for now until structured dates can repeat

No

Georeference Protocol (geoRefProtocol)

See DwC: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/index.htm#georeferenceProtocol

Controlled list

No

Darwin Core
georeferenceProtocol

Georeference source (geoRefSource)

See DwC: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/index.htm#georeferenceSources

Citation authority

No

DarwinCore
georeferenceSources

Georeference Verification Status (geoRefVerificationStatus)

See DwC: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/index.htm#georeferenceVerificationStatus

Controlled list

No

Darwin Core georeferenceVerification
Status

Georeference Remarks (geoRefRemarks)

See DwC: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/index.htm#georeferenceRemarks

Text

No

Darwin Core
georeferenceRemarks

Georeference Place Name (geoRefPlaceName)

Place name returned by georeferencing service

Text

No

Do we still need this? Probably.

Hierarchical RelationshipsNeed to decide whether this information group displays values or IDs

Broader Context (parent)

Place authority

No, but other parent types could be in Other Relationships

Darwin Core
higherGeographyID

11 (loc_id for Alameda county)
Havrc location ->parent_id

"TGN: 1002002" for Prov. Tierra del Fuego, Argentina.

Equivalent Context (sibling)

Derived

Narrower Context (child)

Place authority

Yes

Other Relationships

Related Place

Place authority

No

Yes

CDWA 29.5 Related Place (text string)

> Relationship Type

Controlled list

No

CDWA 29.5.1

Field

Value(s)

Default Value

Place name language

Codes in the ISO Representation of Names of Languages, ISO 639-2 (some 400 "living" languages) or Codes in the ISO Representation of Names of Languages, ISO 639-3 (some 7,500 languages, including ancient, historic and extinct languages; nearly a superset of 639-2 except for certain language groupings) (to be presented along with associated display names)

eng (English)

Place name type

common name; technical or scientific name; native name; non-native name; local name; descriptive name, spelling variant

none

Place name status

current; dialect; historical ; both; unknown

none

Place coordinates type

Altitude Depth, Latitude and longitude, National Grid reference, Universal Transverse Mercator

none

Place status
(Changed to Place type, per conv w CRH - rjaffe)

National battlefield site, National memorial, National monument, National park, National register of historic place.
The list of options presented in the Place Type field is based on Getty's Thesaurus of Geographic Names (TGN; http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabularies/guidelines/tgn_4_6_appendix_f_place_types.html). Because the TGN standard alone has two parts, comprising well over 100 values - an unwieldy amount for a pull-down menu - we selected a representative set for our contribution. In addition, we added seven values: collection site, country code, general region, locality, national division (in TGN as division-national), state province and water-body (in TGN as "body of water"). Users will easily be able to configure the values as they wish.
NOTE: "City," which is in TGN, was omitted from the option list as originally contributed in favor of 'Municipality.' We expect to add 'City' to the options as part of a bug fix in an upcoming release.

none

Place Name Admin Status

accepted; provisional; rejected; under review

provisional

Place Record Admin Status

accepted; provisional; rejected; under review

accepted

Verbatim Unit of Measure

Based on Dimension group: acres, centimeters, feet, hectares, inches, kilometers, meters, miles, millimeters, square feet, square meters, square yards, stories

none

Context

Fields

header

Place display name

right sidebar under "terms used"

Place display name, Vocabulary name, Field used in

right sidebar under "usage"

Place display name, Vocabulary name, Field used in

search results

Place display name, Vocabulary name

secondary tab

n/a