institutionCode

Term name
institutionCode

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

Recommendation
Recommended

Guidelines
Publish the name of the institution having custody of the specimens in institutionCode. This would be the university, museum or other institution with which the herbarium is associated. If the institution is well-known by its acronym, it can be used, although it is generally more informative to use the full name.

If the institution is registered with the GBIF, you can publish the UUID issued by the Global Biodiversity Resources Discovery System (GBRDS) in institutionID (e.g. "ff7bd5db-b724-4932-b496-10ea298851f9"), even though this ID is currently not resolvable. GBIF is investigating DOIs as a more stable and resolvable identifier.

Controlled vocabulary
Use standardized institution codes as listed in the The Global Registry of Biodiversity Repositories (GRBio) at: http://grbio.org/

Other resources
LINKS TO RESOURCES, PERHAPS WITH EXPLANATION