ABCD v.1 root element: container for one or more DataSets.
Datasets
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
Berendsohn Mar 3 2003
Root element of the schema, forming the container for one or more data sets.
Allows to handle several different datasets with a single response operation
A dataset containing unit data and their shared metadata elements.
Data set
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
NBN: Survey.
A container element for one to many unit data records and their shared metadata elements. The metadata relates to the source, provision, the ownership and rights etc. pertaining to the entire dataset. Attribute: xmlns, indicating the schema version used.
Properties of the original data source, also providing a unique identifier for the dataset
Original source
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
Properties of the orignal database or other datasource from which the ABCD-document is derived
Notes: Many elements of this structure are directly taken from the DTD for the Integrated Taxonomic Information System, Canadian node (ITIS*ca) at: http://sis.agr.gc.ca/itis/ which was provided by Derek Munro.
Unique identifier of the institution holding the original datasource (first part of dataset identifier)
Source institution code
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
An institutional abbreviation, perhaps with indication of the standard it pertains to (e.g. IH-P for Index Herbariorum and the herbarium at the MNHN in Paris. A controlled vocabulary for collection institutions, but inclusion of private collections must be made possible.
The units within the datasource are not necessarily all owned or administred by this institution
Name or code of the data source (unique within the institution, second part of the dataset identifier)
Source name
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
ITIS*ca draft metadata
May be the name of a collection if all records are for a stem from a single collection. Together with the element DBInstitution, DBName provides a unique identifier for the dataset's original source
Mandatory second partial identifier for a dataset.
Date when the content or structure of the database was last changed
Date of last update of the dataset
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
ITIS*ca draft metadata.
Date when the database was last changed, including the addition, deletion, or editing of records as well as structural changes that may influence the format or structure of ABCD-conformant output
Mandatory to raise efficiency of "harvesters" and indexing engines working on datasets derived from the data source.
Version of the datasource
Source version
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
Version number or edition of the datasource
URI of the original datasource
Source URI
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
ITIS*ca draft metadata.
A URL providing an access interface to the original datasource
Expiry date of records from the datasource
Expiry date of source dataset
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
ITIS*ca draft metadata.
Date after which the records in the database should not anymore be used
Allows databases to force update of indices etc.
Number of units in the source database
Number of unit records in the source dataset
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
Total number of unit-level records in the datasource
Additional properties of the dataset as created when it is derived from the origninal source or from an already derived dataset.
Additional properties of datasets
Dataset derivation
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
Additional properties pertaining to the dataset(s) derived directly or indirectly from of the orignal source. Repeatable to form a derivation history where appropriate.
Date supplied
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
ITIS*ca draft metadata.
Supplier of the dataset.
Dataset supplier
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
Individual or organisation who have (generated and) supplied the dataset
Legal rights and ownership if different from original source
Dataset rights
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
A container element stating the ownership and legal rights pertaining to the entire dataset. May be overuled by statements under UnitData
Should always be cited together with DBRights
Acknowledgements, disclaimer, credit, if different from orgininal source
Dataset statements
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
A container element for statements of creditation or disclaimers. May be overuled by statements under UnitData
Should always be cited together with DBStatements
Text describing the DataSet
Dataset description
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
A free text statement describing the dataset, including e.g. statements about selective criteria or sort order used in the generation of the dataset
A container for one or more unit data records
A container for all data referring to a unit (specimen or observation record)
Person, person team, project or organization.
Agent Type
Person, person team, project or organization.
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
Neil Thomson
Free text details for Agent.
Agent text
Free text details for Agent.
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
Neil Thomson
Agent organization name and code(s).
Organization
Agent organization name and code(s).
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
Neil Thomson
Person agent name.
Person
Person agent name.
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
Neil Thomson
Free text alternative to structured data under the same node (in contrast to comment etc.)
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
Berendsohn
The idea behind this type is that it actually has a "consists of" relationship with the respective atomized data items. Presently it can be treated as any other xs:string
Orientation, outlook or aspect of slope
Aspect
The orientation, outlook or aspect or direction of slope.
BioCASE
HISPID
CODATA TDWG
Jim Croft 10/2002
HISPID
This information is of particular intertest in relation to exposure and incident sunlight.
The values in these fields are nearly always directional and restricted to mountainous or sloping ground.
The value 'Open' can be used to described flat plains or exposed redge crests; 'Closed' can be used for valleys or ravines.
The direction, orientation or aspect of slope expressed in compass points
Ordination
Orientation or bearing as an abbreviation of cardinal points
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
Jim Croft 10/2002, W. Berendsohn 05/2003
Orientation or bearing from North
Compas Degrees
Orientation or bearing from North, expressed in compass degrees
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
Jim Croft 10/2002
May be used for recording aspect of a site or as part of the dip/strike measuremnt in geologic records.
Accuracy of aspect reading or estimation
Bearing Accuracy
Accuracy of the bearing measurement of Aspect.
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
Jim Croft 10/2002
I have no idea how this element will be applied or who will use it (JRC)
Text expression of slope or aspect
Aspect Text
The direction of aspect or slope expressedas text.
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
Jim Croft 10/2002
South West facing slope
Westward cliff
This field will as par as possible be a verbatim quote from the specimen label.
Elements specific to units from botanical gardens
Minimum numbers of individuals the garden is holding under the UnitID.
Accession specimen numbers
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
Berendsohn
HISPID 3: n/a.
ITF 2: AccessionSpecimenNumbers (=accspe).
1
Field definition taken from ITF 2.
Accession status must not be D (dead)
Current status (current or not current) of the accession in the garden.
Accession status
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
Berendsohn
HISPID 3: n/a.
ITF 2: AccessionStatus (=accsta).
The status may be C (current accession in the living collection), D (non-current due to death), T (non current due to transfer to another record system, normally another garden), S (stored in a dormant state), O (other accession status - different from those above).
C
Field definition taken from ITF 2.
One or more of the following characters: C,D,T,S,O
Type of material the current living accession is composed of.
Accession material type
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
Berendsohn
HISPID 3: n/a.
ITF 2: AccessionStatus (=accsta).
The status may be C (current accession in the living collection), D (non-current due to death), T (non current due to transfer to another record system, normally another garden), S (stored in a dormant state), O (other accession status - different from those above).
C
Field definition taken from ITF 2.
One or more of the following characters: C,D,T,S,O
A flag indicating that the accession is grown outdoors in the botanical garden.
Hardiness
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
Berendsohn
HISPID 3: n/a.
ITF 2: -.
Provenance category
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
Berendsohn
HISPID 3:-
ITF 2: Provenance Type Flag (=prot).
W (Accession of wild source), Z (Propagule/s from a wild source plant in cultivation, G (Accession not of wild source), U (Insufficient data to determine which category applies).
Z
Field definition taken from ITF 2, see there for further description.
See ITF.
A code to indicate the nature of the production of the plant material being accessioned, for you in association with the element ProvenanceType
Propagation history code
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
Berendsohn
HISPID 3:-
ITF 2: Propagation History Flag (=prohis).
See ITF 2.
Field definition taken from ITF 2.
One of the following values: I, S, SA, SB, SC, V, VA, VB, U
The purpose of this element is to trace the lineage of an accession to either one or two immediate parent unit ID's.
Accession lineage
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
Berendsohn
HISPID 3:-
ITF 2: Accession Lineage (=acclin).
UnitIDspreceeded by garden code ().
K19650056
Field definition taken from ITF 2, further specification see there.
A code to indicate the type of the immediate donor from which the accession was obtained. This may not be necessarily the original collector of wild material.
Donor category
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
Berendsohn
HISPID 3: -
ITF 2:Donor Type Flag (=dont).
Field definition taken from ITF 2. Note that the ITF-Donor field is found under AccessionSource and the Donor's Accession Number in the PreviousUnitID of first record in the UnitHistory.
One or more of the following characters: E, G, B, R, S, U, H, M, N, I, O, U
Contact details.
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
Identifies an organisation and/or a person as contact and provides addresses, telephone numbers, e-mail addresses and URLs. If a PersonName is supplied, all contact details should relate to the person. If no PersonName is supplied, they should relate to the Organisation.
Organisation to contact
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
Person to contact
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
Role of Person or Organisation in context
Title for role of person or organisation. This element can be used to provide a title such as "Database Administrator" or "Curator" when no individual person is named.
Contact addresses
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
Set of addresses for person or organisation. PreferredFlag attribute is used to indicate preferred postal address.
Contact address
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
Address of person or organisation. PreferredFlag attribute is used to indicate preferred postal address.
Telephone and fax numbers
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
Set of telephone or fax numbers for person or organisation.
Telephone or fax number
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
NBN : element Contact_Number.
Numbers should be provided in the ITU International Format ("+CountryCode AreaCode Number"). PreferredFlag attribute indicates preferred e-mail address.
+44 9876 543210
E-mail addresses
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
Set of e-mail addresses for person or organisation.
E-mail address for contact
Valid e-mail address. PreferredFlag attribute indicates preferred e-mail address.
any.person@any.org
URLs for person or organisation
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
Set of URLs of web sites for person or organisation.
URL for person or organisation
Publicly available URL for person or organisation. PreferredFlag attribute indicates main URL.
Details of the country
Country
Elements covering the representation of the country and it name.
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
Jim Croft 2002, W. Berendsohn 06/2003
HISPID4
Maps to Darwin Core 2: Country through either ISO2Letter (future) or CountryName (current). Historical country names and water bodies outside the coastal zone can be entered under named area.
CountryNameDerived is provided for a country name that has been derived, for example from a system supplied dictionary, by library consultation or other independent research.
At least one of CountryName or ISO2 or ISO3 should be present but more are allowed. This should be the political country having jurisdiction over the collection site.
Country names and ISO codes can theoretically be part of controlled enumerations but if included within tghe schems would blow it out to an unacceptable level; is it possible to refer to these lists externally with physically invoking them?(JRC)
Name of country or major region for specimen or observation
Country
The name of the country or major region where the specimen was collected,or the observation made, entered in full.
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
HISPID
Jim Croft 2002
ABIS
ITF
TLR
WGSUB
ISO
Brummitt (1992)
Australia
Commonwealth of Australia
Iceland
Republic of Iceland
Samoa
Independent State of Samoa
If the name of the country where the plant was collected is unknown, then this field should contain the value 'UNKNOWN'. In this case, the ISO Code for Country of Origin field must have the entry 'XX' or 'XY'. All remaining 'location group' fields should be left unfilled.
It is recommended that the spelling of the country should be that recognised by the International Standards Organization (ISO).
It is recommended that new country names be enclosed in square brackets, after the old country name, where country names or boundaries have changed. The 2 letter ISO codes in ISO Code for Country of Origin field assist updating and cross referencing country names where boundaries change.
Separate fields for state/province and country are needed to adequately handle the situation with international collections.
The use of this element is slightly ambiguous in that local practice might require either verbatim quote from specimen labels, or standardization by controlled vocabulary or lookup lists
This element is also covered by various geographic standards and may be better covered by reference to these.(JRC)
Derived name of country or major region for specimen or observation
Country Name Derived
DerivedCountry
The derived name of the country or major region where the specimen was collected, or the observation made, entered in full, interpereted in the light of contemporary geographical knowledge.
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
HISPID
Jim Croft 2002
ABIS
ITF
TLR
WGSUB
ISO
Brummitt (1992)
Sri Lanka
Taiwan
Vanuatu
Papua New Guinea
Kiribati
East Timor
If the name of the country where the plant was collected is unknown, then this field should contain the value 'UNKNOWN'. In this case, the ISO Code for Country of Origin field must have the entry 'XX', 'XY', 'XXX', or 'XXY'. All remaining 'location group' fields should be left unfilled.
It is recommended that the spelling of the country should be that recognised by the International Standards Organization (ISO).
The derived country names offers the opportunity to document the name under which a country is currently known, interpreted by an old or superceded names on the specimen label, such as Vanuatu for the New Hebrides, Sri Lanka for Ceylon, etc.
Separate fields for state/province and country are needed to adequately handle the situation with international collections.
The use of this element is slightly ambiguous in that local practice might require either verbatim quote from specimen labels, or standardization by controlled vocabulary or lookup lists
This element is also covered by various geographic standards and may be better covered by reference to these.(JRC)
2-letter ISO code for representatioin of name of country or origin
2-letter ISO country code
ISO Country
The 2-letter code for the representation of the name of the country of origin of the collection or observation using the codes assigned by the International Standards Organization (ISO).
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
HISPID
Jim Croft 2002
ABIS
ITF
ISO
Brummitt (1992)
AUS
ESP
FRA
USA
This field should contain a valid entry as defined by the International Standards Organization (ISO Standard 3166)
Two other entries are permitted in addition to those defined by ISO. If the name of the country where the plant was collected is unknown, then this field should contain the value 'XX'; if a country name is not applicable then teh field should containg the value "XY". In these cases, the Country field must have the entry 'UNKNOWN'. All remaining 'location group' fields should be left unfilled.
The 2 letter ISO codes in ISO Code for Country of Origin field assist updating and cross referencing countries where boundaries change.
The 'XX' code should be used when no country of origin information is provided. The 'XY' code sould be used for non-specific collecting localities, e.g. Africa, SouthEast Asia
See comments under Country.
This element is also covered by various geographic standards and may be better covered by reference to these.(JRC)
3-letter ISO code for representation of name of country of origin
3-letter ISO country code
ISO Country
The 2-letter code for the representation of the name of the country of origin of the collection or observation using the codes assigned by the International Standards Organization (ISO).
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
HISPID
Jim Croft 2002
ABIS
ITF
ISO
Brummitt (1992)
AU
ES
FR
PG
US
This field should contain a valid entry as defined by the International Standards Organization (ISO Standard 3166)
Two other entries are permitted in addition to those defined by ISO. If the name of the country where the plant was collected is unknown, then this field should contain the value 'XXX'; if a country name is not applicable then the field should containg the value "XXY". In these cases, the Country field must have the entry 'UNKNOWN'. All remaining 'location group' fields should be left unfilled.
The 3-letter ISO codes in ISO Code for Country of Origin field assist updating and cross referencing countries where boundaries change.
The 'XXX' code should be used when no country of origin information is provided. The 'XXY' code sould be used for non-specific collecting localities, e.g. Africa, SouthEast Asia
See comments under Country.
This element is also covered by various geographic standards and may be better covered by reference to these.(JRC)
Elements only used for units in culture collections
Names under which the culture is known
Reference or trade name for a microbial culture
Charles Copp
Oct. 2001
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
ABCD Workshop 1
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
The growth medium for a microbial or similar culture e.g. agar
ABCD Workshop 1
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
ABCD Workshop 1
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
Preferably a number - attribute gives temperature scale used
ABCD Workshop 1
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
ABCD Workshop 1
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
ABCD Workshop 1
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
References for the culture conditions and method
Attribute for RefType
Neil Thomson
August 2002
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
Temporal aspects of an event or activity.
Date and time or period
Elements covering the date, time and duration of an event or activity.
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
M.Döring, A. Güntsch and W. Berendsohn
BioCASE Model: VDate.
See http://www.bgbm.org/tdwg/codata/Schema/DateTime.htm for a discussion of the use of ISO 8601 in this type.
Can be a range or qualified as a vague date (=HISPID4: cdat) for example as a means of adding greater precision to specific groups of observations within a range event (=cdat2 in part)
Dates may be duplicated and expressed in various forms in each of the available fiields to facilitate query.
The date in text format
Date text
Date text
A text version of the date at which an event or action took place, for use when the date is imprecise, ambiguous or not in a form that satifies the standard structured date format.
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
HISPID
Jim Croft
ABIS
ITF
Alphabetic mixed case and interger; free text.
25 [?] 1925
3/9/45 [ambiguous day month]
Spring 1912
Late 1800s
End of 19th Century
Mid 1978
Easter 1933
Post WW2
Before June 25, 2000
After June 25, 2000
Post WW2
This field should be used when it is not possible to create a structured standard date from the information provided, or when in is important to record the verbatim representation of the date.
This field will probably not be used very frequently but may be useful when dates to be recorded are not completely legible. For example the day and month may be decipherable but not the year; the use of this field will allow recording of partially interpreted information.
This filed will also be used when the date, time or period of the event is vague or ambiguous and can not be expressed in the standard structured data format. This field can be used to record generalized date ranges and unresolvable ambiguity such as different day/month order conventions (e.g. US/Europe)
This field may be repeated to allow multiple dates or periods.
In the rare instances of dates for periods before the year 0000, BC and similar dates can be recorded in this field.
If the project or application requires verbatim representation of dates, this field can be used for that purporse, even though the date might correspond to the standard structured data format.
The exact date (and time) or beginning of a period, expressed in ANSI/ISO standard structured format
ISO/ANSI date and time or beginning of period
A representation of the date and time of (the beginning of) an event in ISO standard structured date format.
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
M.Döring, A. Güntsch and W. Berendsohn
Julian day number in the year for the exact date or for the beginning day of a period
Julian Day Number
The Julian Day number or the sequential day within the year
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
Jim Croft, M.Döring, A. Güntsch and W. Berendsohn
Darwin Core 2: Julian Day
Maps to Darwin Core 2: Julian Day.
The year is given in ISODateTimeBegin.
The content range is 1-365 for normal years, 366 for leap years.
Time of day in hours from midnight for an exact point in time or for the beginning of a time period
Time of day
The time of day expressed in decimal hours from midnight local time.
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
Jim Croft
Darwin Core 2: Time of Day
13.5
04.25
This field may apply to times of collecting where this is considered important
Maps to Darwin Core 2: Time of Day.
Note that times are decimial hours: 13.5 represents 1:30 pm, not 1:05 pm, nor 1:50 pm
Time can also be expressed in the ISODateTimeElement.(WGB)
The end of a period expressed ANSI/ISO standard structured format
ISO/ANSI date and time for the end of period
A representation of the date and time of (the beginning of) an event in ISO standard structured date format.
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
M.Döring, A. Güntsch and W. Berendsohn
The Julian day number of the last day in a period.
Julian Day Number
The Julian Day number or the sequential day within the year for the last day of a period.
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
(Jim Croft) M.Döring, A. Güntsch and W. Berendsohn
The year is given in ISODateTimeBegin.
The content range is 1-365 for normal years, 366 for leap years.
Time of day in hours from midnight for the end of a time period
Time period end time
The time of day expressed in decimal hours from midnight local time for the end of a time period.
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
(Jim Croft) M.Döring, A. Güntsch and W. Berendsohn
13.5
04.25
Note that times are decimial hours: 13.5 represents 1:30 pm, not 1:05 pm, nor 1:50 pm
The date and time expressed in a way conforming to a subset of ISO 8601
ISO/ANSI Date and Time
ISODateTime
A representation of the date and time of (the beginning of) an event in ANSI/ISO standard structured format.
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
HISPID
M.Döring, A. Güntsch and W. Berendsohn
ISO Standard 8601:1988
HISPID
ITF
Any chronologically acceptable dat and time e in ISO/ANSI format
1966-12-05T23:55:46
1925-02-21
1925-02
1925
--12-05T23:55:46
---05T23:55
1966-12-05T23:55
This field is a representation of the date and time in its structured form
The values are in order Year-Month-Day, separated by hyphens, followed by the letter T and the time, in order Hour:Minutes:Seconds, separated by colons
Partial dates in the form of Year-Month or Year only are acceptable
The year is expressed as a 4-digit value, left zero padded if necessary
The year can be ommitted, the month is than preceeded by two hyphens
The year and the month can be ommitted, the day is than preceeded by three hyphens
The month of the year is expressed in as 2-digit value, left zero padded if necessary, ranging between 01 and 12
The day of the month is expressed as a 2-digit value, left zero padded if necessary, ranging between 01 and 31.
Parts can be omitted from the right, whereas a year is replaced by '--' and only a day would look like '---31'.
The hour is expressed as a 2-digit value, left zero padded if necessary, ranging between 01 and 31.
This field will nearly alway be a representaqiton dervied from the date on the specimen. The DateText field is available for recording verbatim date information for generalized or ambiguous dates.
The year must be represented as four digits to avoid ambiguity between centuries. Month and Day values are left zero padded to two digits to facilitate machine readability.
In the rare instances of multiple exact dates or periods those can be recorded in this DateText field.
In the rare instances of dates for periods before the year 0000, BC and similar dates can be recorded in this DateText field.
Parts can be omitted from the right, whereas a year is replaced by '--' and only a day would look like '---31'.
In the ISO standard element, time can only be specified when there is a full date.
A name element dependent on a genus name under the bacteriological, botanical, and zoological code.
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
Elements describing the site and event of collecting or observing a unit.
A string that identifies all material that resulted from a collecting event.
Gathering code
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
Berendsohn 01 Mar 2003
NBN: Sample_Reference.
Darwin Core 2: Field Number.
Date(s) and time(s) of the gathering or observation event
Gathering date and time
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
Berendsohn 01 Mar 2003
HISPID4: cdat.
HISPID4: cdat2.
NBN: Survey_Event_Date (3 part vague date).
BioCISE Model: GDate.
Darwin Core 2: Year/Month/Day collected.
A container element for the agent(s) responsible for collecting or recording.
Gathering agents
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
Berendsohn 01 Mar 2003
BioCISE Model: GatheringAgent incl. LegTm1_Fk, LegTmAl_Fk, LegTmPr_Fk.
Sample_Recorder.
Either a single person or several persons forming a team or an organisation or (sometimes) a project name
The person, or one of the persons or team(s) or organization(s) responsible for collecting or recording. Attribute PrimaryCollectorFlag to denote first collector.
Gathering agents
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
Berendsohn 01 Mar 2003
BioCISE Model: GatheringAgent incl. LegTm1_Fk, LegTmAl_Fk, LegTmPr_Fk.
Sample_Recorder.
An agent (person or organisation)
First Collector may be flagged by means of an attribute, which is normally a single person in charge of field book to which records are added or the team leader. It may be the person whose collection number is cited but it could be an organisation name where the collector is not known. Further collectors can be cited who were part of the team or other individuals who may have passed specimens or data onto the team.
Free text representation of the responsibles for collecting or recording.
Project information concerning the gathering event.
Project
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
Berendsohn 01 Mar 2003
BioCASE Model: Project Proj_Pk.
Title of collection project
Project title
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
Berendsohn 01 Mar 2003
BioCASE Model: ProjTitle.
Project name if of special importance or cited on a collection label
Inventory of the Montecristo National Park
Contact details for Project Officer or other person with knowledge of the project.
Project contact
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
Berendsohn 01 Mar 2003
The 'platform' from which observations or collections where made, e.g. the name of a research vessel or a remote operated vehicle
Platform name
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
Berendsohn 01 Mar 2003
BioCISE Model: PlatformNm.
ASC: PLATFORM-NAM.
Refers to the 'platform' from which observations where made e.g. the name of a research vessel or a remote operated vehicle.
Location at which a Gathering Event takes place.
Gathering site
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
ITF.
BioCISE Model: StatedLoc.
HISPID4: Locality (loc).
ASC: Locality-Nam.
Element contains both geospatial and descriptive elements.
Original locality data as apearing on a label.
Locality Text
The locality data from the label as a string of text
BioCASE
HISPID
CODATA TDWG
Jim Croft
HISPID
New Caledonia, below summit region of Mt Mou.
New South Wales, Central Tablelands 12 km SW or Armidale.
As far as possible this field should be transcribed verbatim from the specimen label
Where possible, the language of the label locality should be indicated with the language attribute.
Editorial ommisions for brevity, etc.should be indicated with an ellipsis (...) and interpreted or implied text should be included in square brackets [ ].
Clarification is needed as to whether this field includes the full locality infoirmation from the Continental level down, or just regional locality string excluding the higher level named areas or regions (JRC)
Name of Continent or Ocean. Separate from NamedArea for compatibility reasons.
Continent or Ocean
The standard name of the Continent or Ocean; the primary division of geographic locality.
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
Jim Croft
Darwin Core 2: Continent Ocean
South America
Indian Ocean
Asia
South America
Maps to Darwin Core 2: Continent Ocean.
The list of available Continent and Ocean names is probably small enough that it could be handled by a controlled enumeration. Howevera this may blow out when the equivalents in mulktiple languages are included.(JRC)
Details of the country. Separate from NamedArea for compatibility reasons.
Country
Elements covering the representation of the country and it name.
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
Brummitt 1992
HISPID4
BioCASE Model: GDate
Maps to Darwin Core 2: Country through either ISO2Letter (future) or CountryName (current). Historical country names and water bodies outside the coastal zone can be entered under named area.
CountryNameDerived is provided for a country name that has been derived, for example from a system supplied dictionary, by library consultation or other independent research.
At least one of CountryName or ISO2 or ISO3 should be present but more are allowed. This should be the political country having jurisdiction over the collection site.
Country names and ISO codes can theoretically be part of controlled enumerations but if included within tghe schems would blow it out to an unacceptable level; is it possible to refer to these lists externally with physically invoking them?(JRC)
Atomized placenames with possibility for hierarchical structuring.
The nearest named place to the collection or observation location
Near named place
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
Jim Croft
ABIS.
AUSLIG.
HISPID4: nnp.
TDWG: Stanloc.
Distance and directional point.
Relation to nearest named place
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
Free text description of further details pertaining to the observation, sampling or collection locality
Area detail
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
Berendsohn 01 Mar 2003
Additional locality details not covered by the named area or nearest named place elements
Spaceholder for GML-conformant schema extension to express locality coordinates and footprint data (Geographical Markup Language)
GML Type
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
Container for GML-Standard Elements
Retrieval of a boundary polygon or centroid spatial reference relating to the gathering site. URL (GET) or POST text, for Web Feature Service (OpenGIS Consortium Specification 01-023) reference. Alternative GET or POST representation is specified by the GetPost attribute.
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
URI (e.g. web address) for thelocation of a boundary polygon or centroid spatial reference relating to a gathering site, according to the Web Map Services (WMS) specification of the Open GIS Consortium
Web Map Service URL
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
WMS is already common use. You can link to Microsoft's Terraserver and lots of other resources.[Reed Beaman]
Attribute for Original data. Composite element to allow recording multiple coordinates or same coordinate in different systems
Charles Copp
Oct 2001
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
Coordinates measuring system e.g. GPS, field map reference, inferred map reference
ABCD Workshop 1
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
HISPID4: geosou (part).
BioCASE Model: CrdMsmthMtd .
ABCD Workshop 1
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
ABCD Workshop 1
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
HISPID4: sqz.
ABCD Workshop 1
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
HISPID4: sge (part).
ABCD Workshop 1
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
HISPID4: sgn (part).
ABCD Workshop 1
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
Geospatial coordinates recorded using a grid system
ABCD Workshop 1
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
BioCASE Model: Geospatial Coordinates GridSysNam, GridCode, GridPreQual,CrdMsmtMth.
Grid system name e.g. "GB OS"
ABCD Workshop 1
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
BioCASE Model: GrdSystTxt.
ABCD Workshop 1
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
Grid reference precision qualifier
ABCD Workshop 1
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
BioCASE Model: GridPrecQual.
Element that allows the recording of the latitude and longitude of a recording or collecting position. Could be simplified by converting many of the sub-elements into attributes.
ABCD Workshop 1
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
ABIS.
ITF.
AUSLIG.
Maps to Darwin Core 2: Longitude. Express in decimal degrees
Workshop 1
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
Darwin Core 2: Longitude.
Maps to Darwin Core 2: Latitude. Express in decimal degrees
Workshop 1
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
Darwin Core 2: Latitude.
mathematical surface on which the mapping and coordinate system used for the geocodes of the record are based
ABCD Workshop 1
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
AS/NZS4270 spatial transfer standard, SDTS spatial transfer standard.
ABCD Workshop 1
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
Free text statement of degree of accuracy
ABCD Workshop 1
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
HISPID4: includes geoacy TDWG: LatAccurr, LongAccur.
Maps to Darwin Core 2: Coordinate Precision. An estimate of how tightly the collecting locality was specified; expressed as a distance in metres corresponding to a radius around the Lat/Long coordinates. Use NULL where precision is unknown, cannot be estimated or is not applicable.
Neil Thomson
July 2002
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
Darwin Core 2: Coordinate Precision.
Distance above (positive) or below sea level of the collecting locality.
Altitude
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
Berendsohn 02 Mar 2003
Darwin Core 2: Minimum Elevation (lower value).
Darwin Core 2: Maximum Elevation (upper value).
Although this could be covered by a generic element for site measurements, the separate Altitude element is preserved for the sake of clarity.
Note the difference to the hight and Depth elements, which are measured relative to a local surface.
Vertical distance measure in relation to a ground datum, e.g. water level, which normally forms the upper limit of a possible range.
Depth
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
Berendsohn 01 Mar 2003
Darwin Core 2: Minimum Depth (lower value).
Darwin Core 2: Maximum Depth (higher value).
Although this could be covered by a generic element for site measurements, the separate Depth element is preserved for the sake of clarity.
Positive below the surface, negative above (e.g. collecting above sea level in tidal areas).
Vertical distance measure in relation to a ground datum, e.g. ground level, which normally forms the lower limit of a possible range.
Hight
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
Berendsohn 01 Mar 2003
Darwin Core 2: Minimum Depth (lower value). Darwin Core 2: Maximum Depth (higher value).
Although this could be covered by a generic element for site measurements, the separate Hight element is preserved for the sake of clarity.
Positive above the surface.
A container for geological dating and rock unit names related to the site or sample locations
Stratigraphy
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
Berendsohn 01 Mar 2003
LNHM model.
Allows the linking of geological dating and rock unit names to sites or sample locations. Structure allows for full analysis of stratigraphy e.g. to allow fossils in collections to be sorted by period and zone. Also allows for free text terms when their staus is unknown or for more full descriptions of stratigraphy of site.
An container element for citing biotope type terms (e.g. classification terms) and measurments (e.g. vegetation height) related to the unit's gathering site
Attribute for classification system used.
Biotope classification
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
NBN: Short_Name.
Attribute for type designating ShortName, Long name, Code, or AltText
Biotope name
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
NBN: Long_Name.
Free text field for informal recording of Biotope
Biotope text
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
A container allowing to linking any biotope-related measurement to the site description
Biotope measurements
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
Although this could be covered by a generic element for site measurements, the separate element is preserved for the sake of clarity.
A measurement (e.g. biotope area size) of the biotope at the gathering site
Biotope measurement
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
Berendsohn 01 Mar 2003
NBN: biotope_occurrence_data.
Although this could be covered by a generic element for site measurements, the separate element is preserved for the sake of clarity.
Relationship of the unit gathered with other taxa at the gathering site
Synecology
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
Berendsohn 01 Mar 2003
HISPID4: asspp.
Note this can be recorded as a feature of a location (e.g. as a syntaxon, or that at this site the following species are known to grow together) or can be used to record an observed relationship (e.g. caterpillar and observed food plant, parasite and host etc.) but this should better be expressed as a unit association
A syntaxon name and category assigened to the gathering site.
Syntaxon
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
Berendsohn 01 Mar 2003
Free text comment on synecological features of the gathering site.
Comment
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
Other taxa observed at the gathering site
Associated taxa
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
Berendsohn 01 Mar 2003
Note that the determination of the associated taxa in this case relies on the collector's information
Other taxon found at the gathering site
Taxon identified
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
Facing direction (aspect) of whole site or sample point.
Aspect
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
HISPID4: Aspect (asp).
Measured in either letters (e.g. NE, SW) or Degrees (e.g. 270).
Other features of the gathering site not covered by named areas or one of the other elements.
Site features
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
HISPID4: Aspect (asp).
Domains include: (a) substrate types, i.e. the surface or medium from which one or more specimens are recorded or collected, e.g. in soft mud, on leaf surface, under rock, on granite etc., since this ia a LookupType, codes such as often used in soil science can be used as well. (b) Exposure, i.e. an indication of the degree of exposure of a collecting or recording site - (often used with marine shore recording) e.g. sheltered. (c) Hydrological features of the site or collection point. (d) Description of the topography either related to a site as a feature or recorded as part of a sample (i.e attaches info to recorders and date). (e) Other geomorphological features.
Features such as substrate types, geomorphology, exposure, hydrology, and topography of the collection site.
Site features
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
Berendsohn 01 Mar 2003
HISPID4: Aspect (asp).
Domains include: (a) substrate types, i.e. the surface or medium from which one or more specimens are recorded or collected, e.g. in soft mud, on leaf surface, under rock, on granite etc., since this ia a LookupType, codes such as often used in soil science can be used as well. (b) Exposure, i.e. an indication of the degree of exposure of a collecting or recording site - (often used with marine shore recording) e.g. sheltered. (c) Hydrological features of the site or collection point. (d) Description of the topography either related to a site as a feature or recorded as part of a sample (i.e attaches info to recorders and date). (e) Other geomorphological features.
Measurement of the angle of slope either as free text or in number of degress
Slope
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
Berendsohn 01 Mar 2003
Although this could be covered by a generic element for site measurements, the separate Slope element is preserved for the sake of clarity.
Notes
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
A generic name under the bacteriological, botanical, viral, and zoological code.
Stan Blum
Dec 28, 2002
Changed name to GenusType; added composition rules; and editorial notes about application to all codes and strategy for any ICxN code specific differences.
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
First character must be upper case [A-Z], the rest lower case [a-z]+; may not contain any spaces, dashes, letters with diacritic marks, etc.
The rules above should apply to generic names under all codes; if an exception is discovered, the change in constraints should be implemented as an extension.
Elements only used for herbarium units
Information relating this speciemen to an Exsiccatum
Taxon name used to classify genera and lower taxa.
Neil Thomson
July 2002
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
Darwin Core 2: Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order and Family.
The TaxonRank attribute should indicate the rank of the HigherTaxon, but is optional.
Higher Taxon names are not part of the name used to identify the Unit (the complete name with lowest rank and greatest specificity), unless the unit is identifiable only as a member of a higher taxon (e.g., only identifiable to Family). HigherTaxon names represent classification of the identified taxon. These names are included here to support queries by HigherTaxonName and the sorting of unit records in a retrieved dataset. We acknowledge that classifications (and HigherTaxonNames) will differe among data providers.
A multiplication or plus sign designating a hybrid or draft chimaera in botany.
The application of a taxonomic name (or concept) to a Unit with appropriate metadata.
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
ABCD Editorial Team
HISPID, DarwinCore
A complex type that supports the application of a name (or concept) to a Unit (specimen, observation, etc.), with appropriate metadata about the Identification. Also known as Determination.
See component elements
An Identification must include a TaxonIdentified. At least one instance of this type should be designated as the preferred identification. More than one identification could be marked as preferred, but only in cases where the same taxon has a valid name under two codes of nomenclature.
Should TaxonIdentified be called TaxonomicIdentification? and the type TaxonomicIdentificationType.
The Taxon (concept) or Taxonomic name assigned to the unit (or excluded, "non") in the Identification.
ABCD Workshop 1
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
The Person, PersonTeam, or Organization that made the identification.
ABCD Workshop 1
Charles Copp
Oct 2001
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
Walter Berendsohn 9/2002
HISPID4: vnam; NBN: determiner.
Atomised data for the parts of the Identifier's name.
Workshop 1
Charles Copp
2001
from old Name Element
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
The Organisation the Identifier is affiliated with, or the Organisation (institution) acting as the identifier.
Charles Copp
Oct 2001
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
A reference used by the identifier to make the identification.
Date the Identification was made.
ABCD Workshop 1
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
HISPID4 : vdat and texvdat are included.
NBN: determination_date (vague date )
Darwin Core 2 fields: YearIdentified, MonthIdentified, DayIdentified.
See DateType for general usage. Identification dates are commonly unknown (element optional), or incompletely known. Missing information reduces precision of the date; i.e., known only to Year or Year and Month. Sometimes identification dates are inferred from a researcher's visit or duration of a loan.
1985-07-14
July 14
July 14, 1985
July 14, 1985
We probably don't need IdentificationDate to support the full range of date time elements that are present in the DateTimeType. It's hard to imagine a realistic case where time of day could be relevant to an identification. If year is unkown, simple text will provide the only function needed -- human readability of the existing information. (Retrieval and sorting by interval in the annual cycle, as we want to support with CollectionDate, is irrelevant in this case.) A single ISO 8061 Date field, along with an IdentificationDateAltText is sufficient to cover the needs around this concept. -- Blum, 2002-12-10
A reference (e.g. an article, monograph, or a pers. comm.) that provided the base for the identifier's taxon identification.
ABCD Workshop 1
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
HISPID4: vlit.
NBN: Source.
Issue 1: I think IdentificationReference and IdentificationSource have reversed names and semantics. Source should refer to where the identification is recorded, while "reference" should refer to a publication used to make the determination, but not containing the identification. Issue 2: Should we recommend that "field tag", and "determination slip" be recorded when something "usual" is the IdentificationReference. In my experience, IdentificationReference is not recorded in cases that are typical (e.g., det.slip, field tag). The reference is recorded only when the reference is a published work and when that specimen's identity is a prominent feature of the publication. Simply being listed in the material examined section would not be siginicant enough to warrant the effort of entering a special IdentificationSource record. (Listing in a material examined section would warrant a general bibliographic citation for a Unit.)
Supplementary remarks about the identification.
ABCD Workshop 1
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
HISPID4: idcom.
NBN: Comme.
Attribute for Original
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
Identifer for Image. May be a filename for a digital image.
Neil Thomson
August 2002
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
Universal Resource Identifier - Path to electronic source of document either internal or external (e.g. web address)
Charles Copp
Oct. 2001
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
The context of the image in relation to the specimen or other types of derived unit - could be many e.g. original valid publication image, front view of lectotype etc.
Charles Copp
Oct 2001
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
Code for image format e.g. jpg, pcx, tiff for digital images; 16mm, beta video, AVI, mpg for moving images; transparency, print for photographs etc.
Charles Copp
Neil Thomson
August 2002
Simplified to text element
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
Size in KBytes for digital images or physical dimensions for artwork, photographs and other physical images.
Neil Thomson
August 2002
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
Intellectual Property Rights relating specifically to the image.
Charles Copp
October 2002
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
Free text of formatted text (rtf) description of the feature - not controlled length e.g. often a memo field
Charles Copp
Oct. 2001
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
An abbreviated designation of an institution.
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
Descriptive term. May be taken from a controlled vocabulary maintained by a third party.
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
Descriptive term. May be taken from a controlled vocabulary maintained by a third party.
Subject area of the term list.
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
Subject area of the term list.
Descriptive term.
Neil Thomson
August 2002
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
Descriptive term.
If the term has been drawn from a named term list or thesaurus, its name is recorded here.
Charles Copp
Oct 2001
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
If the term has been drawn from a named term list or thesaurus, its name is recorded here.
Version or date of the term list or thesaurus from which the term is drawn.
Charles Copp
Oct 2001
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
Version or date of the term list or thesaurus from which the term is drawn.
Free text comment.
Charles Copp
Oct 2001
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
Free text comment.
General purpose measurement recording.
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
General purpose measurement recording.
.
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
.
Method used to make measurement.
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
Method used to make measurement.
Duration of measurement in time.
Charles Copp
October 2002
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
Duration of measurement in time.
Statement of accuracy of measurement.
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
Statement of accuracy of measurement.
Describes type of measure, such as width, abundance, circumference etc.
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
Describes type of measure
width
abundance
circumference
Named scale.
Charles Copp
October 2002
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
Named scale.
centigrade
Beaufort
Lower or only value..
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
Lower or only value. Attribute for ValueDataType.string, integer, decimal, % etc
Upper value where there is a range.
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
Upper value where there is a range. Attribute for Unit of Measurement.
Free text alternative to atomised version.
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
Free text alternative to atomised version.
Elements only used for mycological units
Name of algal or cyanobacterial component of lichen
Paul Kirk (in email)
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
Paul Kirk (in email)
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
Spore states present in the sample.
Spore states present in the sample.
Paul Kirk (in email)
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
An atomized name under the International Code of Nomenclature of Bacteria
Genus name.
Genus
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
Berendsohn
Darwin Core 2: Genus.
A generic name as or as part of a bacterial scientific name.
Acetobacter
First letter capitalized
No spaces included.
Generic names are essentially the same under the different codes; however, to avoid having to place the essential parts of a name on different levels of the hierarchy, all name elements recognized under a specific code are listed in the respective section.
Subgenus name.
Subgenus
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
Berendsohn
Darwin Core 2: Genus.
A subgenus name as or as part of a bacterial scientific name.
Gluconoacetobacter
First letter capitalized
No spaces included.
Author team and year of the subgenenus name.
Author team and year of subgenus.
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
Berendsohn
Author(s) and year of the subgenus name.
Yamada and Kondo 1985
Species epithet
Species epithet
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
Berendsohn
Darwin Core 2: Species.
The first epithet occurring in a bacterial name (after genus and, optionally, subgenus names)
liquefaciens
Maps to Darwin Core 2: Subspecies
Subspecies epithet
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
Berendsohn
Darwin Core 2: Subspecies.
The second epithet of a bacterial name of subspecies rank (after Genus, optional subgenus, and species epithet).
aceti
Author team and Year of the basionym of a species or subspecies combination.
Author team and year
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
Berendsohn
HISPID4: has Basionym (basnam) as an element but not the author team.
Author(s) of the original name for a taxon which has subsequently been revised but retains the same stem or epithet.
Asai
The author(s) who published the full name as it stands and its year.
Author team and year
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
Berendsohn
Author(s) for the taxonomic name combination (i.e. the author team of the new combination where there is a basionym, and the name author team where there is none).
Yamada and Kondo
Ames and Correll
The name of a bacterial strain.
Strain
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
Berendsohn
ATTC 14835
An atomized scientific name under the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature or the International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants
Genus name.
Genus
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
Berendsohn
HISPID: Genus Name (gen) as to content, not all rules.
Darwin Core 2: Genus.
A generic name as or as part of a botancal scientific name. A generic name under the ICBN, ICZN, ICBN, or a manuscript name, or an intergeneric hybrid name under the ICBN, without the leading multiplication sign, or the name of an intergeneric graft hybrid or graft chimaera, published under the Cultivated Code.
Abies
Halimiocistus
Crataegomespilus
First letter capitalized
No spaces included.
Generic names are essentially the same under the different codes; however, to avoid having to place the essential parts of a name on different levels of the hierarchy, all name elements recognized under a specific code are listed in the respective section.
The first epithet in a botanical name combination.
First epithet
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
Berendsohn
HISPID 3: "Subgeneric Group Name" (subgen) but without the preceeding rank abbreviation (entered under Rank).
HISPID 3: "Species Epithet" (sp).
Darwin Core 2: Species (included).
The first epithet in a botanical name combination, i.e. the epithet of a genus subdivision or a species epithet.
alba
No uppercase
No space
The second epithet of a botanical name of infraspecific rank.
Second epithet
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
HISPID: "Infraspecific Epithet" (isp) without the hybrid parts.
Darwin Core 2: Subspecies (included).
The infraspecific epithet, i.e. the epithet following the indication of the infraspecific rank in the name string
No uppercase
No space
The rank of the name where needed to form it.
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
Berendsohn
HISPID: covers "Infraspecific Rank Flag" (isprk) as well as the rank ("group") of a "subgeneric group name" given in that field.
The rank of the name where needed to form it (i.e. in infraspecies and in names of a rank between genus and species)
subgen.
subsp.
Flag indicating that this is a named hybrid or a graft chimaera.
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
Berendsohn
HISPID: Hybrid Flag (hyb) .
Flag indicating that this is a named hybrid or a graft chimaera. Attribute Rank defines if this applies to the generic, species, or infraspecific level.
Author team of the basionym of a combination.
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
Berendsohn
HISPID4: has Basionym (basnam) as an element but not the author team.
Author(s) of the original name for a taxon which has subsequently been revised but retains the same stem or epithet. May be preceeded by a sanctioning author. If possible, preceeding "ex" authors should be avoided.
L.
Ames and Correll
The author(s) who published the full name as it stands.
Author team
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
Berendsohn
Author(s) for the taxonomic name combination (i.e. the author team of the new combination where there is a basionym, and the name author team where there is none). May be preceeded by a sanctioning author. If possible, preceeding "ex" authors should be avoided.
DC.
Ames and Correll
Horticultural and trade name element for plants
Cultivated plant name elements
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
Berendsohn
Horticultural and trade name element for plants
Cultivar group name
Cultivar group name
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
Berendsohn
HISPID4: culgnam
ITF
Trehane(1995)
The name of a cultivar group as specified in the ICNCP.
Granny Smith Group
Cultivar name e.g. the type of cauliflower.
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
Berendsohn
HISPID4: culnam
ITF
Trehane(1995)
The name of a cultivar as specified in the ICNCP.
Firmgold
Granny Smith
Sturmer Pippin
For output, cultivar names must be enclosed in single quotes.
Trade name used for a specific cultivar
Trade name
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
Berendsohn
HISPID4: tranam
ITF
Trehane(1995)
A trade name of a cultivar as specified in the ICNCP.
An atomized scientific name under the International Code of Virus Classification and Nomenclature
Genus name.
Genus
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
Berendsohn
Darwin Core 2: Genus.
A generic name as or as part of a scientific name of a virus.
Cambarus
First letter capitalized
No spaces included.
Generic names are essentially the same under the different codes; however, to avoid having to place the essential parts of a name on different levels of the hierarchy, all name elements recognized under a specific code are listed in the respective section.
The non-latinized designation of a formal viral name. Examples: vaccinia virus; human herpes virus 2 (herpes simplex virus 2); poliovirus 1; Saccharomyces cerevisiae virus L-A; enterobacteria phage PRD1 [Source: ICTV].
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
An atomized scientific name under the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature
Genus name.
Genus
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
Berendsohn
Darwin Core 2: Genus.
A generic name as or as part of a zoological scientific name.
Cambarus
First letter capitalized
No spaces included.
Generic names are essentially the same under the different codes; however, to avoid having to place the essential parts of a name on different levels of the hierarchy, all name elements recognized under a specific code are listed in the respective section.
Subgenus name.
Subgenus
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
Berendsohn
Darwin Core 2: Genus.
A subgenus name as or as part of a zoological scientific name.
Jugicambarus
First letter capitalized
No spaces included.
Species epithet
Species epithet
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
Berendsohn
Darwin Core 2: Species.
The first epithet occurring in a zoologicall name (after genus and, optionally, subgenus names)
monongalensis
Maps to Darwin Core 2: Subspecies
Subspecies epithet
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
Berendsohn
Darwin Core 2: Subspecies.
The second epithet of a zoological name of subspecies rank (after genus, optional subgenus, and species epithet).
monongalensis
The first person(s) who validly publish a species-group name and the year of publication.
Original authors and year of publication.
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
Berendsohn
The first person(s) who validly publish a species-group name and the year of publication.
L.
The parenthetical citation of the original author when a species-group was transferred to another genus and the year of the original publication.
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
Berendsohn
Author(s) of the original name for a taxon which has subsequently been revised but retains the same stem or epithet and the year of the original publication.
L.
Set in parenthesis upon output
The citation of the authors responsible for the new combination and the year of its publication.
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
Berendsohn
The citation of the authors responsible for the new combination when a species-group is transferred to another genus and the year of publication of the transfer.
L.
Purely optional under the zoological code.
Name of the breed of an animal
The name and category of an administrative or geoecological area.
Allows recording of categories for local or national subdivision levels, geomorphological units, protected areas, etc.
Named area class
BioCASE
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Classification categories, which are often treated as individual elements in other standards.
County
District
State
Municipio
Island
Island group
Water body
Drainage
National park
Mountain
Name of a geographic, geomormophological, geoecological, or administrative area.
Area name
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Darwin Core 2: Locality.
Darwin Core 2: State Province.
Darwin Core 2: County.
Atlantic coast
Santa Cruz
Weinheim
Andes
El Imposible
Standard coding scheme the AreaCode adheres to.
Area code standard
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The name of a standard scheme for area codes
Euro+Med standard territories
TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions version 1
Abbreviation or code for area names
Area code
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TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions version 1
Euro+Med standard territories
Data source
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It is presently not clear, what this reference refers to [WB]
A free form identifier.
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Organisation name and codes.
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Contains name and any acronyms or codes used to identify an organisation.
Full organisation name
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Full name for an organisation.
Taxonomic Database Working Group
Acronym or short term for organisation
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Maps to Darwin Core 2: Institution Code.
Use most recognised code within discipline. PreferredFlag indicates the preferred (e.g. official or standard) code.
TDWG
Elements only used for palaeontological units
Description of the fossil preservation of the specimen.
Charles Copp
October 2002
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Charles Copp
October 2002
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articulated, disarticulated, complete, incomplete
Original, mould, cast etc
Charles Copp
October 2002
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internal mould, internal cast, external mould, external cast, original
The sediment or mineral matrix enclosing the fossil
Charles Copp
October 2002
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Form of mineralisation
Charles Copp
October 2002
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silicified, phosphatised, pyritised
Life position, allocthonous death assemblage, post mortem history details etc.
Charles Copp
October 2002
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Known or assumed time range of a fossil
Charles Copp
October 2002
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Hildoceras bifrons collected from the "condensed" Junction Bed would be given a time range of Toarcian, Bifrons Zone
Name of an individual person
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DisplayPersonName element should contain name as normally used. SortPersonName element should be in form most appropriate for alphabetic sorting.
Preferred form of personal name for display.
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Name of person as normally used. May include titles.
Professor James Hundredwidth
Aylstone T. McTrace
Standardised form of name used for sorting.
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Name in form appropriate for sorting alphabetically.
Hundredwidth, James
McTrace, Aylstone T.
Family name first followed by a comma then a space then given names or initials separated by a space.
A taxonomic rank or its abbreviation.
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Division, Phylum, Subphylum, Superclass, Class, Subclass, Order, Family, Genus, Species, Subspecies, Variety, Form
Is this the abbreviation for a rank that is used in a botranical infraspecific name, as it appears in the name, or is this the fully spelled out rank value that can be used as metadata for any name used in an identification, inlcuding taxa of rank above the species-level/group? Should this be an enumerated type, or will be have to split RankType into ICxN-specific, or even discipline-specific versions? For example, the rank "Tribe" has different positions in Entomology and Ichthyology.
Published reference.
Reference Type
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Neil Thomson
Formal citation for a paper or electronic publication.
Reference citation
Formal citation for a paper or electronic publication.
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Neil Thomson
Need to decide on whether a particular standard for citations should be adopted - such as the Council of Biology Editors 6th edition with the NLM Internet extensions??
Specific page, figure or illustration number(s) within the reference.
Reference detail
Specific page, figure or illustration number(s) within the reference.
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Neil Thomson
Universal Resource Identifier - Path to electronic source of document.
URL
Universal Resource Identifier - Path to electronic source of document.
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Neil Thomson
Elements expressing legal rights.
Rights Type
Elements expressing legal rights.
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Neil Thomson
Terms of use.
Terms of use
Terms of use.
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Neil Thomson
ITIS*ca draft metadata
Restrictions on acess or usage.
Specific restrictions
Restrictions on acess or usage.
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Neil Thomson
Contact details for the legal owner.
Legal owner
Contact details for the legal owner.
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Neil Thomson
Declaration of copyright ownership.
Copyright declaration
Declaration of copyright ownership.
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Neil Thomson
Declaration of Intellectual Property Rights.
IPR declaration
Declaration of Intellectual Property Rights.
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Neil Thomson
URL for text stating legal rights.
Rights statement URL
A URL of a document stating legal rights.
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Walter Berendsohn
The role of an agent.
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Elements expressing acknowledgement or disclaimer.
Statements Type
Elements expressing acknowledgement or disclaimer.
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Neil Thomson
Text acknowledging the contributions of other parties.
Acknowledgement
Text acknowledging the contributions of other parties.
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Neil Thomson
Disclaimer on data quality.
Disclaimer
Disclaimer on data quality
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Neil Thomson
URL of a logo image.
Logo URL
URL of a logo image of the item or holding organization which may be to give a quick visual indication of source in result sets comprising data from several datasets.
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Neil Thomson
URL for statement text.
Statement URL
A URL of a document with statements.
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Walter Berendsohn
Elements expressing stratigraphy at the gathering site.
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Chronostraigraphic dating term e.g. Jurassic Period
Charles Copp
Oct 2001
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biostratigraphic zonation term e.g. Psiloceras planorbis zone
Charles Copp
Oct 2001
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lithostratigraphic term describing geology e.g. Mercia Mudstone Group
Charles Copp
Oct 2001
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Free text field for informal recording of field contents
Sydney CODATA workshop
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Controlled identifiers used by the system.
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Scientific or informal name as a result of an identification.
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Wrapper element for multiple designations of higher taxa
Higher taxa
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Mandatory (at least one) for unit identifications, but optional in other contexts (e.g. synecology).
Attribute for TaxonRank. The scientific name of a taxon with a rank higher than Genus which is commonly used to classify the group the unit belongs to.
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Yde de Jong
HISPID3: covers "Suprafamilial Group Name" (supfam), Family Name (fam), and Suprageneric Group Name (supgen).
Full scientific name including species or infraspecies name (bi-or trinomen), autho(s)r or author team(s) and - where relevant - year.
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Darwin Core 2: Scientific Name.
Acipenser gueldenstadti Linnaeus 1758
Scientific Name string including full species name (bi-or trinomen) excluding author name and year
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Acipenser gueldenstadti
Scientific Name Author. Author string of a full (non-atomised) or 'fuzzy' name citation of the author(s) or author team(s), including parentheses, 'ex' designations etc. and - where relevant - year of publication.
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HISPID 3: "Species Author" (spau) if the complete name refers to a species; HISPID 3: "Infraspecific Author" (ispau), if the complete name refers to an infraspecies.
Darwin Core 2: Scientific Name Author.
Linnaeus 1758
A standard term to qualify the identification of the unit when doubts have arisen as to its identity. If it applies to an atomized name, the attribute Rank defines the lowest ranking name element to which the qualifier applies (i.e. the insertion point in the name string).
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A free-text suffix added to the taxon identified (e.g. "sensu lato").
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sensu lato, sensu stricto
Any free text comments related to the name
NameComments
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Berendsohn 2002
HISPID4: namcom.
Atomized data items of the taxon identified, with subtypes according to the different Codes of Nomenclature which apply to scientific names.
Atomised scientific name
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HISPID4: namcom.
The outcome of an identification event that does not adhere to the rule of a Code of Nomenclature.
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Telephone or Fax number
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NBN : element Contact_Number.
Added to replace fax and telephone elements with a repeatable and more flexible structure where the element attribute TelephoneType is enumerated to allow selection between "Phone", "Fax" and "Mobile". The PreferredFlag attribute can be used to identify the first choice when multiple numbers are supplied. The TelephoneConstraint element is available to allow additional comments on the use of the number.
Full number in standard international format
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NBN: Number.
Numbers should be provided in the ITU Recommendation E.164 international format ("+CountryCode AreaCode Number")
+44 9876 543210
Free text for constraints on use e.g. "weekdays only" or "home number"
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NBN: Constraints.
Free text
Weekdays only
Home number
A category assignment to group several units together.
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A unit assemblage serves to handle several units.
herd of animals
batches of specimens
Identifier for assemblage.
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Identifier for assemblage.
Name of assemblage.
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Name of assemblage.
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A polar relationship with another unit.
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Identifiers for a unit associated with this unit.
First part of a fully qualified identifier of a related item's dataset.
Second part of a fully qualified identifier of a related item's dataset.
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Together with AssociatedUnitID this maps to Darwin Core 2: Related Catalog Item.
First part of a fully qualified identifier of a related item within a dataset.
Fully qualified identifier of the related item within the specified dataset.
Neil Thomson
July 2002
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Darwin Core 2: Related Catalog Item.
Second part of a fully qualified identifier of a related item within the a dataset.
Description of the association.
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Darwin Core 2: Relationship Type.
Description of the association.
Further information about an association.
Charles Copp
Oct 2001
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Further information about an association.
Elements for all unit-level data
A unique identifier for the unit record within the dataset.
Unit Identifier
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Berendsohn
HISPID 3: Accession Identifier (=UNIQUEID, =ACCESSIONID, =accid).
ITF 2: Accession Identifier (=accid).
BioCISE Model: Unit_ID.
NBN: Sample_KeyUnit key or Identifying number - can be multiple.
Darwin Core 2: Catalog Number.
An identifier for the unit record, unique within the DataSet. Should provide the key by which a specimen or specimen component can be identified.
Name or other indication of the person that created or last edited this record.
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BioCASE Collection Profile.
Name of the person that last edited this record.
Date of creation or last change of this unit record.
Date last edited
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Berendsohn
HISPID 3: -.
ITF 2: -.
Darwin Core 2: Catalog Number.
Simple date indicating the last change of the record.
Numeric catalogue number.
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Numeric catalogue number.
Where present, this allows searches on a range of catalogue numbers.
Specific rights and ownership pertaining to the individual record
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Copyright, IPR, and ownership for the individual unit record where different from those stated under DataSet, over which they take preference
Specific accreditation and disclaimer referring to the individual unit
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Accredetations and disclaimer for the individual unit record where different from those state under DataSet, over which they take preference
An indication of what the record represents.
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Darwin Core 2: Basis of Record.
An abbreviation or controlled vocabulary indicating what the record represents.
observation
Living Organism
Specimen
Should be enumerated type
Unit may belong to one or several collections or survey projects which have distinctive names.
A (sub-)collection name or survey project.
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Unit may belong to one or several collections or survey projects which have distinctive names
Stanley-Lewis Bird's Egg Collection
National Clematis Collection.
Attribute PreferredIdentificationFlag to designate current identification. In cases where more than one name applies to a single unit, several identifications should be formed and marked as preferred.
Assignation of a scientific or vernacular name to the unit.
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Berendsohn
This is a free text field for use when extracting data from datasources where the identification or verification history (or part of it) is a free text field. In normal circumstances the history can be constructed by sorting identification events by date and reference to the preferred identification flag
Charles Copp
Oct 2001
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HISPID4: vhist.
A container for collection type and/or txonomic domain-specific subtypes of the Unit.
Workshop 1
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Data specific to herbarium specimens (incl. mycological specimens).
ABCD Workshop 1
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Data specific to units in horticultural collections.
Botanical garden unit
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Berendsohn
HISPID 3: n/a.
ITF 2: Accession data (group)
Data specific to microbial and similar culture methods.
ABCD Workshop 1
Charles Copp
Oct 2001
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Data specific to mycological and lichenological units.
BioCASE
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Data specific to palaeontological units.
Charles Copp
Oct. 2001
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Data specific to zoological units.
ABCD Workshop 1
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A container for physical state-specific subtypes of the Unit
A Unit subtype containing data elements specific to specimens.
BioCASE
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A Unit subtype containing data elements specific to physical specimens.
Acquisition date, source and type.
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Acquisition date, source and type.
Textual statement of the date of acquisition of the specimen by the institution
Charles Copp
Oct 2001
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The date that the specimen was acquired by the institution.
Free text field for informal recording of acquisition source details.
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ITF 2: Donor (=don)
Free text field for informal recording of acquisition source details.
Type of acquisition.
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Type of acquisition.
Bequest
Purchase
Accession details.
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Accession details.
Repeatable triple to accomodate accession number in multiple catalogues.
Textual statement of the date on which the accession was recorded.
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BioCISE Model: AccDate.
The date on which an accession was recorded in the accessions register.
Identifier of an accessions catalogue or numbering scheme which contains the SpecimenUnit
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Identifier of an accessions catalogue or numbering scheme which contains the SpecimenUnit
The instutional number applied to an accession and recorded in the accessions register.
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BioCISE Model: AccCode_Pk.
The instutional number applied to an accession and recorded in the accessions register.
Helps to link items (e.g. several specimens may share one accession number).
Specimen preparation details.
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Specimen preparation details.
Description of preparation type.
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Darwin Core 2: Preparation Type.
Skin
Slide
Process used in preparing the specimen.
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Process used in preparing the specimen.
Materials and chemicals used in the preparation of the specimen.
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Materials and chemicals used in the preparation of the specimen.
Part(s) of organism represented by this specimen.
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LNHM: specimen part
Part(s) of organism represented by this specimen.
Label text(s), writing or inscription(s).
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LNHM.
The text of labels attached or associated to the unit, or writing or other inscription directly upon or carved into it.
Label or inscription
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Text transcription of an inscription
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Position of inscription, writing or mark.
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Position of inscription, writing or mark.
Name of person that created the the label, writing or inscription.
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Name of person that created the the label, writing or inscription.
Summary, interpretation or opinion of the text.
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Summary, interpretation or opinion of the text.
A wrapper for previous units.
A container for past ID and location of this specimen.
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History of specimen
Changes of ownership and transfers between collections by sale, splitting or merging of collections
Identifier of specimen in previous collection.
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BioCISE Model: Unit_ID.
ITF-2: Donor's Accession Identifier (=donac).
NBN: Sample_KeyUnit key or Identifying number - can be multiple.
Darwin Core 2: Previous Catalog Number.
Identifier of specimen in previous collection.
Name of collection previously holding this specimen.
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Name of collection previously holding this specimen.
Dates that the specimen was held in previous collection.
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NBN: vaguedatestart, vaguedateend and vaguedatetype.
Dates that the specimen was held in previous collection.
Any further information about this specimen in its previous collection.
BioCASE
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Any further information about this specimen in its previous collection.
Information on the type status of the specimen.
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Information on the type status of the specimen.
The name based on the specimen.
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HISPID4: basnam.
TLR.
The name based on the specimen.
Published reference.
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Published reference.
Full term designating the status.
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Darwin Core 2: Type Status.
Full term designating the status.
Holotype
Isolectotype
Indication whether the type is conserved or rejected/suppressed by the Code or is proposed for conservation or suppression/rejection
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Indication whether the type is conserved or rejected/suppressed by the Code or is proposed for conservation or suppression/rejection
Indicator for unverified type status (kind and fact).
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Indicator for unverified type status (kind and fact).
The person assigning or verifying the type status of the specimen.
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The person assigning or verifying the type status of the specimen.
Date of verification.
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Date of verification.
Further information about the verification process.
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Further information about the verification process.
Data elements specific to observation (recording) units.
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A Unit subtype containing data elements specific to observation (recording) units.
Method of Observation.
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Method of Observation.
quadrat
transect
mist net
timed count
Numbers or other registration mark associated with an observation record. Attribute for PreferredFlag.
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Numbers or other registration mark associated with an observation record. Attribute for PreferredFlag.
field observer numbers
quadrat numbers
Published references linked to this unit.
Published references citing or otherwise linked to this unit.
Images of the unit
Attribute for Original. Indication of images available.
Electronic images of the unit
Relationships of this unit with other units in the dataset.
A binary relationship or association.
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A relationship or association with another unit in this dataset.
host/parasite relationships
parental relationships
observed pollinators
substrate
Must be another unit in the full dataset.
A unit assemblage handles symmetric relationships between several units.
A unit assemblage handles symmetric relationships between several units.
herd of animals
batches of specimens
Gathering event, agent and site details
A number assigned to the unit by the collector
Collector's field number
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Darwin Core 2: Collector Number
Counts and other measurements referring to the unit
General purpose measurement element that can be used to store any kind of count or measurement related to a Unit.
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
NBN: Taxon_Data.
Darwin Core 2: Individual Count.
General purpose measurement element that can be used to store any kind of count or measurement related to a Unit
length of bill
number of eggs
weight
pH
specific gravity
number of individuals in a batch, such as males, females, juveniles, total
Free text facts about the specimen or unit.
A free text facts about the specimen or unit.
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Any number of free text facts about the specimen or unit.
comments on the historical importance of the specimen
curatorial notes about the preservation state
reference to the existence of field notes not captured in the database
Categorisation term.
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Categorisation term.
Text of the fact.
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Text of the fact.
Date the fact text was added.
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Date the fact text was added.
Name of person contributing the fact.
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Name of person contributing the fact.
Published reference for that fact.
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
Published reference for that fact.
Free text description of the unit. Any notes that do not fit elsewhere.
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
LNHM: free text description of a specimen or similar 'Unit'.
Darwin Core 2: Notes.
Free text description of the unit. Any notes that do not fit elsewhere.
Elements only used for zoological units
ABCD Workshop 1
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Maps to Darwin Core 2: Sex
ABCD Workshop 1
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG
Darwin Core 2: Sex.
ABCD Workshop 1
BioCASE
CODATA TDWG