Property:country

[mtrekels]

Label	Country
Definition	The name of the country or major administrative unit in which the Location occurs.
Usage	The name of the country or major administrative unit in which the objects in the collection were collected.
Existing property	dwc:country
Existing class	Location
Existing property identifier	http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/country
Format	Text
Required	No
Repeatable	No
Constraints	Controlled vocabulary
Examples	Angola, Denmark, Colombia, España
Notes	This term refers to the country in which the collection items were collected. 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

[nielsraes]

Format: Controlled vocabulary list --> a collection can cover multiple countries
http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/#country --> Recommended best practice is to use a controlled vocabulary such as the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
Collections often cover multiple countries
Should be linked to countryCode

Definition dwc: The name of the country or major administrative unit in which the Location occurs. --> from were collection items were compiled.
Examples dwc: Denmark, Colombia, España

[pzermoglio]

Updating definition to match dwc

Definition	The name of the country or major administrative unit in which the Location occurs.
Dimension
Existing property	dwc:country
Existing class	Location
Existing property identifier	http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/country
Format	controlled vocabulary
Required
Repeatable
Constraints
Examples	Angola, Denmark, Colombia, España
Notes	This terms refers to the country 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

[wouteraddink]

I think this should be: from which the collection items were collected, not the country where the collection as being the set of preserved items is coming from?

[essvee]

I think this should be: from which the collection items were collected, not the country where the collection as being the set of preserved items is coming from?

Updated the definition in the issue markup to reflect this.