[tdwg-content] Treatise on Occurrence, tokens, and basisOfRecord

[Hilmar Lapp]

On Oct 27, 2010, at 2:59 PM, Richard Pyle wrote:

> Some possibilities:
>
> An Occurrence is a combination of an Individual and an Event.
> An Occurrence is a coupling of an Individual and an Event.
> An Occurrence is a pairing of an Individual and an Event.


Probably the latter, assuming that by pairing we do not mean union,  
but forming a tuple. Thus, more formally, an Occurrence would be a  
tuple of (Individual, Event), and has properties for referring to the  
Individual and the Event.

Is that congruent with what you had in mind?

	-hilmar
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