MIDS Conformance Statement template

	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	J	K	L
1	Institute Name	Enter Institute name here	GBIF InstituteCode	Enter GBIF InstituteCode here	GBIF CollectionCode	Enter GBIF CollectionCode(s) here	CMS	Enter CMS here
2	Item	Requirement	Definition	Recommendation	Reference	Profile	Status	Support	Table/Field Name(s) or Static metadata	Values	DWC or ABCDEFG mapping (should be a single value)	Notes
3	16	Modified	UTC date/time of date/time of first creation or subsequent modification, if any	Use ISO 8601. UTC date/time, extended format (for human readability)	https://github.com/tdwg/mids/blob/working-draft/current-draft/MIDS-definition-v0.15-29Jul2021.md#92-implementation-conformance-statement-ics §4.1		m	☐
4	17	MIDSLevel			§4.1		m	☐
5	18	PhysicalSpecimenId	A unique identity for the specimen within the curating institution. Whatever the institution uses to uniquely identify the item, for example: specimen identifier, barcode, catalogue number, etc.	Cardinality 1..n	§4.1		m	☐	BG-BASE = barcode or barcode_full; Musit = catalogNumber; Diversity Workbench = UnitID;
6	19	Institution i) Code ii) Referent	Identifier(s) of the institution. Has two parts: i) Code: The name (or acronym) in use by the institution having custody of the object(s) or information referred to; and ii) Referent: An identifier of the organisation signified by Code.	Acronyms (namestrings) for Code will typically come from the GBIF Registry of Scientific Collections (nee GrSciColl); else ‘unknown’. Unique identifiers for Referent should come from either ROR or Wikidata; else ‘unknown’.	§4.1
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9	20	ObjectType	High-level term for the classification of curated objects. The type or general nature of a material object/sample.		§4.1	NOT gbif gbif	c:m o	☐
10	21	MaterialType	The material the object is composed of.		§4.1	NOT gbif gbif	c: m o	☐
11	22	PreparationType	General terms for the classification of curated objects according to the way they have been prepared. In combination with ObjectType - hierarchical; a more specific classification than described by ObjectType.		§4.1		m	☐
12	23	Name	A name given to the object. Equivalent to the Dublin Core term dc:title. Any string of characters and/or numbers by which the object is referenced within a collection. For example, the name the specimen is stored under, it’s scientific or taxonomic name if known, how it is labelled, etc. This name is not necessarily its name according to an accepted scientific classification, identification, or taxonomic determination (i.e., scientific name) but it often can be the same as that.		§4.1		m	☐
13	24	Has image(s)			§5		o	☐
14	25	Has other media type(s)			§5		o	☐
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