dcterms:rightsHolder has a non-literal range, but DwC recommends a literal value.

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Terms or vocabularies involved (list vocabulary names and namespaces as
well as the particular terms):
Vocabulary - Darwin Core 
Namespace - http://purl.org/dc/terms/ (dcterms:)
Term - rightsHolder

Link to documentation about the problematic issue:
http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/index.htm#dcterms:rightsHolder for DwC definition
http://dublincore.org/documents/dcmi-terms/#terms-rightsHolder for Dublin Core 
definition

Brief summary of the problem: 
This term is incorporated into Darwin Core from Dublin Core.  Dublin Core 
defines the range to be dcterms:agent (i.e. a non-literal value) while the 
Darwin Core example shows a text literal in its example.  

Link to wiki page describing details of the problem and possible solutions:
http://code.google.com/p/tdwg-rdf/wiki/DublinCore#2.2_Problems_with_adaptation_o
f_TDWG_vocabularies_for_use_in_RDF
http://code.google.com/p/tdwg-rdf/wiki/DublinCore#2.3_Possible_courses_of_action
_to_solve_conflicts_where_terms_wi

Original issue reported on code.google.com by [email protected] on 28 Feb 2012 at 4:12

• Blocked on: Create Darwin Core RDF Guide #13