verbatimLabel Examples

Title

verbatimLabel Examples

Date modified

2023-09-14

Date created

2023-06-14

Part of TDWG Standard

Not formally part of any standard.

Abstract

This document provides examples and guidance for the use of Darwin Core verbatimLabel.

Contributors

Tommy McElrath, Debbie Paul, Christian Bölling, Tim Robertson

Creator

Darwin Core Maintenance Group

Bibliographic citation

Darwin Core Maintenance Group. 2023. verbatimLabel examples. Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG). https://dwc.tdwg.org/examples/verbatimLabel/

The following provides examples and guidance for the use of Darwin Core verbatimLabel.

Example 1

For a label affixed to a pinned insect specimen, the dwc:verbatimLabel would contain:

ILL: Union Co. Wolf Lake by Powder Plant Bridge. 1 March 1975 Coll. S. Ketzler, S. Herbert

Monotoma longicollis 4 ♂ Det TC McElrath 2018

INHS Insect Collection 456782

With comment verbatimLabel derived from human transcription added in dwc:occurrenceRemarks.

Example 2

When using Optical Character Recognition (OCR) techniques against an herbarium sheet, the dwc:verbatimLabel would contain:

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 cm copyright reserved The New York Botanical Garden

NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN

NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA EXPLORATION OF BERMUDA NO. 355 Cymbalaria Cymbalaria (L.) Wettst Roadside wall, The Crawl. STEWARDSON BROWN }COLLECTORS AUG. 31-SEPT. 20, 1905 N.L. BRITTON

NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN 00499439

With comment verbatimLabel derived from unadulterated OCR output added in dwc:occurrenceRemarks.