Can the Schema accommodate tagging data, or multiple sightings of a single individual animal?
Yes, the OBIS Schema can accommodate data from multiple observations of a single individual organism, such as data produced by tagging studies. To implement this, the user should 1) create a record in their database for the individual and use the Catalog Number as a unique identifier for that individual; and 2) each observation for that individual should be entered as a separate record in the database and tied to the individual by setting the Related Catalog Item field equal to the Institution Code, Collection Code, and Catalog Number of the individual record, and the Relationship Type field to ‘point observation for tagged animal of.’ (see the Technical Resources page for more on the OBIS Schema fields).
