This section needs fleshing out and links to other locations in the documentation.
catalog number: A unique numeric (or more rarely an alphanumeric) code applied to a specific collection object or set of objects in a museum collection. Catalog numbers are unique with a collection and since we've moved them into a common database they are always preceded by a unique institutional code (codon) to ensure uniqueness within the database.
collecting event: When and where an effort was made to collect. Events should include all of the species that were collected at the same place and time.
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data track: Compilations of occurrence records, from many data sources that are processed together and appended to the project database. See documentation of our data tracks.
data type:
determination: A taxonomic identification of a physical specimen, photograph, genetic sample, or audio recording.
georeference (georeferencing): A georeference defines a location in terms that a computer can easily understand. As implemented in this project, it includes a point (as latitude and longitude coordinates) and a spatial error (radius in meters). Georeferencing is the act of translating textual locality descriptions into points and radii.
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