An annotation or data qualifying comment applied to a data value from a trajectory Result Annotation Trajectory result value annotation An annotation or data qualifying comment applied to a data value from a section Result Annotation Section result value annotation Annotation Measurement result value annotation An annotation or data qualifying comment applied to a data value from a measurement Result Annotation An annotation or qualifiying comment about a Method Method annotation An annotation or qualifying comment about an Action Annotation Action annotation An annotation or data qualifying comment applied to a data value from a profile Result Annotation Profile result value annotation Annotation An annotation or qualifying comment about a Specimen Specimen annotation Annotation Site annotation An annotation or qualifying comment about a Site Categorical result value annotation An annotation or data qualifying comment applied to a data value from a categorical Result Annotation Specimen group A group of specimens such as an analysis batch, profile, experiment, etc. Group Annotation Point coverage result value annotation An annotation or data qualifying comment applied to a data value from a point coverage Result Action group Group A group of actions such as those that are part of a cruise, expedition, experiment, project, etc. Person annotation Annotation An annotation or qualifying comment about a Person An annotation or data qualifying comment applied to a data value from a transect Result Annotation Transect result value annotation Annotation An annotation or qualifying comment about a piece of Equipment Equipment annotation Organization annotation Annotation An annotation or qualifiying comment about an Organization An annotation or qualifiying comment about a SamplingFeature Sampling feature annotation Annotation An annotation or qualifying comment about a DataSet Annotation Dataset annotation Result annotation Annotation An annotation or qualifying comment about a Result Annotation An annotation or qualifying comment about a Variable Variable annotation An annotation or data qualifying comment applied to a data value from a spectra Result Spectra result value annotation Annotation Annotation Time series result value annotation An annotation or data qualifying comment applied to a data value from a time series Result ODM2 Annotation Type Controlled Vocabulary ODM2 Working Group A vocabulary for describing the type of annotation. In ODM2 the annotation type determines whether the annotation forms a grouping of related entities (e.g., a group of sites or variables) or an annotation of a particular entity (e.g., a comment about an individual Site or data value). A group of sites such as a transect, station, observatory, monitoring collection, etc. Site group Group Group A group of people such as a research team, project team, etc. Person group Group Value group A group of data values such as those from a profile, analysis, spectra, publication table, dataset, incident reports, etc.