taxonRank

Term name
taxonRank

Definition
The taxonomic rank of the most specific name in the scientificName. Recommended best practice is to use a controlled vocabulary.

Recommendation
Recommended

Guidelines
Use standardized institution codes such as:
 * taxonRank = controlled vocabulary: http://vocabularies.gbif.org/vocabularies/taxon_rank [NOTE KCP: this link does not seem to work?, should it rather be: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/rank.xml?]

Controlled vocabulary
controlled vocabulary: http://vocabularies.gbif.org/vocabularies/taxon_rank [NOTE KCP: this link does not seem to work?]

Other resources
LINKS TO RESOURCES, PERHAPS WITH EXPLANATION