nouns.txt

  Some core data types     Some associations to other data types
  (NOUNS)
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 |  CollectionObject     | incl "containers" and links to media, projects
 +-----------------------+ catalogues, collection, determinations etc
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 |   Taxon / taxonomy    | determinations, links to most other data types
 +-----------------------+
 +-----------------------+
 |  Locality / places    | links to geography, collecting events, ref works,
 +-----------------------+ habitat, stratigraphy
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 |  Storage location     | space (time?) coord for physical storage location
 +-----------------------+
 +-----------------------+
 |   User/Agent/People   | incl org/group links, generates events such as
 +-----------------------+ determinations, accessions, loans etc
 +-----------------------+
 |  Reference work       | citations
 +-----------------------+
 +-----------------------+
 |  Media (binary assets)| depictions, sounds and other associated objects
 +-----------------------+

 Higher level web APIs expose functionality needed for compound tasks, such as
   - reporting / statistics / printing etiquettes etc
   - "workbench" type functionality for migrating data in and out
   - managing collections including loans, data entry etc

 Web UI components provide clients or front-end to support these tasks
 interactively and while doing so work against backend web APIs.
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 |   DNA (LIMS seqs etc) |
 +-----------------------+
 +-----------------------+
 |   Species Profile     | links text and images to a taxon,
 +-----------------------+ describes habitat, behaviour etc