[tdwg-content] InstitutionCode - InstitutionID

[Aaike De Wever]

Dear all,

While composing a template and recommendations for the Darwin Core fields
to supply for the BioFresh project
<http://www.freshwaterbiodiversity.eu/>, similar to what Peter Desmet did
for herbaria in Apple Core <http://code.google.com/p/applecore/>, I came
across a number of terms which I haven't yet completely understood and
hope to get some feedback on from this community.

Two of these terms are:

InstitutionCode - InstitutionID
http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/institutionCode -
http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/institutionID

The name (or acronym) in use by the institution having custody of the
object(s) or information referred to in the record. / An identifier for
the institution having custody of the object(s) or information referred to
in the record.

I guess that the latter term is supposed to be a DOI/GUID for the
institute, but am wondering if there is such a thing or whether this field
is rather for internal database purposes?

Any advise would be appreciated!

With best regards,
--
Aaike De Wever
BioFresh Science Officer
Freshwater Laboratory, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences
Vautierstraat 29, 1000 Brussels
Belgium
tel.: +32(0)2 627 43 90
mobile.: +32(0)486 28 05 93
email: <aaike.dewever at naturalsciences.be>
skype: aaikew
AIM: aaike at mac.com
LinkedIn: <http://be.linkedin.com/in/aaikedewever>
BioFresh: <http://www.freshwaterbiodiversity.eu/> and
<http://data.freshwaterbiodiversity.eu/>
Belgian Biodiversity Platform: <http://www.biodiversity.be>