Previously called Material Samples.
A physical result of a sampling event.
In natural history collections, the material sample is typically collected, and either preserved or destructively processed. (from Darwin Core)
- Collection Event(s): a physical entity comes from a single collecting event. In case of merging entities to one physical entity, parent-child relations between physical entities (each having a collecting event) would be used.
- Catalogued Object(s): many to many, a catalogued object may consist of several physical entities (with own identities) and physical entity may comprise several collection objects
- Files and Multimedia
- Preparations
- DNA Sampling & Sequencing (Need to look at this use cases)
- Loans and Transactions
- Physical storage location(s)
- Import Permit Tracking (CFIA for AAFC)
- Field number or Other IDs of all sorts
- Substrate type: air, water, soil
- Current state of the physical entity (preserved, destroyed, contaminated, consumed, lost ...)
- Link to preparation and protocol (when applicable)
- History of State of the physical entity with date and agent
- Amount? weight/ countable unit (3 parts of something) ( Talk to Falko for more)
- Protocols to capture something from the collection event
- Stores the preparation details specific for a Material Sample
- example?
- Stores the provenance of subsampling events
- Example: living material that is periodically sampled, each subsequent sample needs to have at minimum a link to a parent sample