Property:stateProvince

[mtrekels]

Label	State Province
Definition	The name of the next smaller administrative region than country (state, province, canton, department, region, etc.) in which the Location occurs.
Usage	The name of the next smaller administrative region than country (state, province, canton, department, region, etc.) from which the objects in the collection originated.
Existing property	dwc:stateProvince
Existing class	Location
Existing property identifier	http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/stateProvince
Format	Text
Required	No
Repeatable	No
Constraints	Controlled vocabulary
Examples	Montana Minas Gerais Córdoba
Notes	Recommended best practice is to use a controlled vocabulary such as the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names.

[nielsraes]

Definition dwc: The name of the next smaller administrative region than country (state, province, canton, department, region, etc.) in which the Location occurs. --> from where collection items were compiled. Examples dwc: Montana, Minas Gerais, Córdoba

[pzermoglio]

Updating

Definition	The name of the next smaller administrative region than country (state, province, canton, department, region, etc.) in which the Location occurs.
Dimension
Existing property	dwc:stateProvince
Existing class	Location
Existing property identifier	http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/stateProvince
Format	controlled vocabulary
Required
Repeatable
Constraints
Examples	Montana, Minas Gerais, Córdoba
Notes	Recommended best practice is to use a controlled vocabulary such as the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names.

[DaveASmith]

The dwc definition differs slightly from that suggested. Are we therefore deviating from the intent of the dwc standard?

[rondlg]

We should use ltc:politicalDivision2 instead.

-- country is the politicalDivision1 level