recordedBy

Darwin Core

Term name

recordedBy

Definition

A list (concatenated and separated) of names of people, groups, or organizations responsible for recording the original Occurrence. The primary collector or observer, especially one who applies a personal identifier (recordNumber), should be listed first.

Apple Core

Recommendation

Recommended

Guidelines

How to express a collector name

Full name

• Provide as much detail as possible (do not shortform)
• Last name, first names, title.

Macklin, James Alexander

Macklin, James A.

Macklin, J. A.

Macklin, J.

Nash, Thomas H., III

Nash, Thomas H.

Nash, T. H.

Nash, T.

Standard/label name (HUH)

• Alternative

First initial, Middle initial(s), Last name

J. A. Macklin

C. Linnaeus

How to express collecting teams (i.e., more than one collector)

• The primary collector, especially one who applies a personal identifier (recordNumber), should be listed first.
• Formatting should follow the recommendations for a single collector.
• Separate with "|" or ";" (Note: this differs from the Harvard Index Team notation)
• Avoid "&" for separating the last author. (Note: this differs from the Harvard Index Team notation)
• Mention that you can concatenate collector fields.
• Use verbatim

Last name1, First names1, title1; Last name2, First names2, title2

Macklin, James A.; Moore, Gerry; Lendemer, James Colin

• Where a team/expedition name has been designated and no names are available, use the team/expedition name.

FloraQuebeca

Hay, Stuart G.; FloraQuebeca

Edinburgh Expedition to Sikkim & Darjeeling

(Note that in this example the "&" remains as it is part of the expedition name.)

Bean, Ralph Carleton; Josselyn Botanical Society

Controlled vocabulary

Recommended authority file: Harvard Index of Botanists database: HUH Index of botanists at: http://kiki.huh.harvard.edu/databases/botanist_index.html

Usage examples

see under Guidelines

Other resources

LINKS TO RESOURCES, PERHAPS WITH EXPLANATION