collectionCode

Term name
collectionCode

Definition
The name, acronym, coden, or initialism identifying the collection or data set from which the record was derived.

Recommendation
Recommended

Guidelines
The collection code is used to identify and reference the herbarium as collection and is often registered with Index Herbariorum. Ideally its coden is unique in the world.

Publish the Index Herbariorum coden of the herbarium in collectionCode. If the herbarium does not have an Index Herbariorum coden, use the full herbarium name or unregistered acronym instead.

If the herbarium is registered with the Biodiversity Collections Index or another official registry, publish the collection identifier issued by one (!) of those registries in collectionID. It is preferred to use the unresolved identifier: urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:14437, not http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34164.

Use the registered Index Herbariorum (IH) code for the institution. If your institution does not have a registered code, it is required that you obtain one at the IH weblink below. Note that in some of the larger historical collections, there are legal reasons why integrated collections must be kept separate. Keep this in mind, when retrieving the institution code. For example, the Harvard University Herbaria contains six legal entities, all of which have their own acronyms, see examples # 3-8 below

Controlled vocabulary
Use standardized institution codes such as:

http://sweetgum.nybg.org/science/ih/
 * Herbarium codes, Index Herbariorum (IH):

http://scicoll.org/grscicoll.html
 * Scientific Collections codes, Global Registry of Scientific Collections:

Other resources
LINKS TO RESOURCES, PERHAPS WITH EXPLANATION