Property:island

[mtrekels]

Label	Island
Definition	The name of the island on or near which the Location occurs.
Usage	The name of the island on or near from which the objects in the collection orginated.
Existing property	dwc:island
Existing class	Location
Existing property identifier	http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/island
Format	Text
Required	No
Repeatable	No
Constraints	Controlled vocabulary
Examples	Nosy Be Bikini Atoll Vancouver Viti Levu Zanzibar
Notes	Recommended best practice is to use a controlled vocabulary such as the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names.

[cp-weiland]

Definition (from http://www.geonames.org/ontology/ontology_v1.0.rdf) "tracts of land, smaller than a continent, surrounded by water at high water"
however, there is much finer granularity e.g. land-tied island -> "a coastal island connected to the mainland by barrier beaches, levees or dikes" etc. maybe import the geographical concenpts from there?

[nielsraes]

Definition dwc: The name of the island on or near which the Location occurs.
Examples dwc: Nosy Be, Bikini Atoll, Vancouver, Viti Levu, Zanzibar

[pzermoglio]

Updating definition to match dwc

Definition	The name of the island on or near which the Location occurs.
Dimension
Existing property	dwc:island
Existing class	Location
Existing property identifier	http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/island
Format	controlled vocabulary
Required
Repeatable
Constraints
Examples	Nosy Be, Bikini Atoll, Vancouver, Viti Levu, Zanzibar
Notes	This terms refers to the island from which the collection originated. Recommended best practice is to use a controlled vocabulary such as the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names. --> http://www.getty.edu/vow/TGNHierarchy?find=&place=&nation=&english=Y&subjectid=7029392