Occurrence Core and Event Core

Event hierarchy

Option 1: Occurrence Core combined with MoF Extension

Option 2: Event Core combined with Occurrence Extension and MoF Extension

Option 3: Event Core combined with MoF Extension & Occurrence Core combined with MoF Extension

Option 4: Occurrence Core combined with MoF Extension; each event is documented as a separate record in the Occurrence Core

Option 5: Event Core combined with Occurrence Extension and MoF Extension; each occurrence is documented as a “dummy” event in the Event Core

Option 6: Event Core combined with Occurrence Extension and a newly proposed MoF Extension; both Extensions are linked, based on an OccurrenceID

Selection of option 6 for combined datasets

CTD Data

Telemetry data

Video Plankton Recorder (VPR)

Future perspectives