Re: [tdwg-content] Definition of Individual (was Re: [tdwg-tag] Do terms in the http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/ namespace actually resolve?)

On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 8:33 AM, Steve Baskauf steve.baskauf@vanderbilt.edu wrote:

In the model that I described in the paper, an Occurrence has an "individualID" property that connects the occurrence to its determinations via the Individual. But that wouldn't have to be the case. An Occurrence could have a "conglomerationID" property that would connect it to the Conglomeration resource and that resource could then have several "individualID" properties that connect it to the multiple individuals with there separate determinations.

The Composite design pattern may be of use here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Composite_pattern

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