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Change CollectionObject to PreservedSpecimen #74

Closed nielsklazenga closed 8 years ago

nielsklazenga commented 9 years ago

PreservedSpecimen is an existing Darwin Core class, so it makes sense to use it instead of minting our own. The properties we have in the CollectionObject class fit well with the properties (well, only one property, materialSampleID, actually) that Darwin Core has under MaterialSample, LivingSpecimen, PreservedSpecimen and FossilSpecimen, so, if we ever want to use the properties for other things than preserved specimens, we can do that.

ben3000 commented 8 years ago

+1, I'm already finding the continued proliferation of specimen-like object nouns disconcerting, so one less is a good thing. Those who actually need a LivingSpecimen (perhaps botanic gardens) could of course use that.

AaronWilton commented 8 years ago

Hobart 2015-10-23: Agreed