TDWG root element: container for one or more DataSets.
A dataset containing unit data and their shared metadata elements.
A globally unique identifier for the entire data collection the present dataset was derived from. The exact format and/or semantics are still under discussion.
Container element for the technical contacts responsilbe for the data set.
A technical contact normally representing the agent acting as the publisher of the dataset in the network.
Questions and feedback about data, or restrictions on use of the data should be directed here. This contact normally represents the agent acting as the original supplier or custodian of the dataset. If a content contact is given on the unit-level, that one should be used for end-user purposes. The element is unbounded to provide for alternative contacts (vacation etc.).
An administrative contact usually representing the agent acting as the original supplier or custodian of the dataset.
Other known on-line providers of this dataset.
The UUID (identifier in the UDDI registry) of another data provider known to serve this dataset.
Metadata referring to the principal source of the entire data collection (the metadata scope may be wider than the objects actually contained in the data set). In its current form, this collection represents a mixture of elements useful for resource discovery (e.g. scope) with metadata actually pertaining to the received (partial) dataset.
A container for one or more unit data records from the gathering
A container for all data referring to a unit (specimen or observation record)
A container element to allow extensions to add data to the dataset-level metadata.
Elements describing the event and site of collecting or observing a unit.
A string that identifies all material or records that resulted from a collecting or observation event.
Date(s) and time(s) of the collecting or observation event
A container element for the agent(s) responsible for collecting or recording.
The person, or one of the persons or team(s) or organization(s) responsible for collecting or recording. Attributes: a flag indicating the primary collector, and a sequence number.
Free text alternative or additional details for individual Agent.
Agent organization name and code(s).
Agent Person details.
Free text representation or concatenated version of those responsible for collecting or recording.
A container element for references to (or texts of) permits related to the gathering event.
Container element for information on permits related to the gathering event.
Project information concerning the gathering event.
Title of collection project
Contact details for Project Officer or other person with knowledge of the project.
The 'platform' from which observations or collections were made, e.g. the name of a research vessel or a remote operated vehicle.
The method (including technical means) used to make the collection or observation or to describe the capture event.
A flag ("true" or "false") that indicates whether the locality information represents a valid distribution occurrence for a specimen. Specimens taken from captivity and showing the captive location should use the value "false". [DwC 1.4 Concept List r33.]
The historical relationship of the occurrence to the cited time and place of collection or observation. Examples: 'wild', 'captive', 'cultivated', 'cultivated ex wild', 'persisting from cultivation' [DwC discussion]
Original locality data as appearing on a label or in an original entry.
Details of the country. Separate from NamedArea for compatibility reasons.
Atomised place names as applied to the collection or observation site; with possibility for hierarchical structuring and categorization.
Atomised place name with possibility for hierarchical structuring. Attribute for sequence.
Specified relationship to a named place that does not directly apply to the site of collection or observation, e. g. 10 Km South of Mytown.
The relationship of the gathering site with a different place. Attribute DerivedFlag is deprecated.
A named place near to the collection or observation location
Distance and directional point.
Free text description of further details pertaining to the observation, sampling, or collection locality which did not fit into the previous elements.
Spaceholder for GML-conformant schema extension to express the spatial representation of the gathering locality including coordinates, footprint, and uncertainties in GML (Geographical Markup Language). The GML application schema developed by the BioGeomancer Project (see http:\\www.biogeomancer.org) can be used here.
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.
URI (e.g. web address) for the location 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
Container for multiple sets of coordinates indicating the site of collection or observation.
Attributes for Original data and for begin and end of sequence . Composite element to allow recording multiple coordinates or same coordinate in different systems
Coordinates measuring system e.g. GPS, field map reference, inferred map reference. Equivalent to "GeoreferenceProtocol" in DwC Geospatial Extension 1.4.
[DwC Geospatial Extension v. 1.4:] A list of maps, gazetteers or other resources used to georeference the locality. The content of this concept is meant to be specific enough to allow anyone in the future to use the same resource to georeference the same locality. Example: "USGS 1:24000 Florence Montana Quad".
[DwC Geospatial Extension v. 1.4:] A categorical description of the extent to which the georeference has been verified to represent the location where the specimen or observation was collected. This element should be vocabulary-controlled. Examples: "requires verification", "verified by collector", "verified by curator".
[DwC Geospatial Extension v. 1.4:] Comments about the spatial description determination, explaining assumptions made in addition or opposition to the those formalized in the method referred to in GeoreferenceProtocol.
A container for coordinates expressed for the Universal Transverse Mercator projection.
The numerical Zone corresponding to the central meridian and origin upon which the UTMEasting is based.
The Subzone letter corresponding to one of the 20 North-South divisions of the UTM grid system.
The hemisphere to which the UTMNorthing refers.
An alternative composite text to capture a zone expressed as a combination of UTMZone and UTMSubzone.
The distance in meters east of the origin of the UTMZone.
The distance in meters north of the origin for the UTMSubzone.
Mathematical surface on which the mapping and coordinate system used for the geocodes of the record are based.
A alternative composite text to capture unatomised UTM coordinate data.
Geospatial coordinates recorded using a grid system
Grid system name e.g. "GB OS"
The code of the grid system used to record the gathering site coordinates.
Grid reference precision qualifier
Element that allows the recording of the latitude and longitude of a recording or collecting position.
Maps to Darwin Core 2: Longitude. Express in decimal degrees. Equivalent to "DecimalLongitude" in DwC Geospatial Extension v. 1.4 but without restrictions.
Equivalent to the respective element in DwC Geospatial Extension v.1.4.
Maps to Darwin Core 2: Latitude. Express in decimal degrees. Equivalent to "DecimalLatitude" in DwC Geospatial Extension 1.4 but without restrictions.
Equivalent to the respective element in DwC Geospatial Extension v.1.4.
Mathematical surface on which the mapping and coordinate system used for the geocodes of the record are based. Equivalent to "GeodeticDatum" in DwC Geospatial Extension v.1.4.
Free text statement of degree of accuracy. May include indication that accuracy has deliberately been generalised, e.g. to protect sensitive data about protected species.
Maps to Darwin Core 2: Coordinate Precision. An estimate of how tightly the collecting locality was specified; expressed as a distance in meters corresponding to a radius around the Lat/Long coordinates. Use NULL where precision is unknown, cannot be estimated or is not applicable. Equivalent to "CoordinateUncertaintyInMeters" in DwC Geospatial Extension v. 1.4.
Verbatim statement of how the Coordinate Error was determined.
[DwC Geospatial Extension v. 1.4: ] A measure of how well the circle defined by the coordinates and uncertainty match the original spatial representation, as a ratio of the area of the circle to the area of the original spatial representation. Legal values are 0, greater than or equal to 1, or undefined. A value of 1 is an exact match or 100% overlap. A value of 0 should be used if the given georeference does not completely contain the original representation. The PointRadiusSpatialFit is undefined if the original representation is a point without uncertainty and the given georeference is not that same point (without uncertainty). If both the original and the given georeference are the same point, the PointRadiusSpatialFit is 1. Detailed explanations with graphical examples can be found in the Guide to Best Practices for Georeferencing (Chapman and Wieczorek, eds. 2006).
Equivalent to "VerbatimCoordinates" in DwC Geospatial Extension v.1.4.
The altitude of the gathering site land or floor level given as distance above (positive) or below mean sea level.
Vertical distance point or range measurement in relation to a ground datum such as water level, or level of the sea floor for benthic samples.
Vertical distance measure or range in relation to a ground datum, e.g. ground level.
Further measurements or facts taken at the collection locality at the time of collection, e.g. (water-) temperature, slope, weather conditions, etc.
An additional measurement or fact taken at the gathering locality at the time of the gathering event.
Images taken at the Gathering site
An image taken at the gathering site.
A container for geological dating and rock unit names related to the site or sample locations
A container element for citing biotope type terms (e.g. classification terms) and measurements (e.g. vegetation height, salinity, slope) related to the unit's gathering site
Attribute for classification system used.
Attribute for type designating ShortName, Long name, Code, or BiotopeText
Free text field for informal recording of Biotope
A container allowing to add any biotope-related measurement to the site description (please use the unbounded element for content).
Relationship of the unit gathered with other taxa at the gathering site
A syntaxon name and category assigned to the gathering site.
Free text comment on synecological features of the gathering site.
Other taxa observed at the gathering site
Other taxon found at the gathering site
Facing direction (aspect) of whole site or sample point.
Further text referring to the gathering event that does not fit one of the elements specified.
[DwC Geospacial Extension Schema v. 0.3]. A Well-Known Text (WKT; see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Well-known_text) representation of the the shape (footprint) that defines the location of the occurrence. Example: the one-degree box with opposite corners at (longitude=10, latitude=20) and (longitude=11, latitude=21) would be expressed in well-known text as POLYGON ((10 20, 11 20, 11 21, 10 21, 10 20))
[DwC Geospacial Extension Schema v. 0.3] A measure of how well the geometry expressed in the footprint match the original spatial representation, as a ratio of the area of the footprint given to the area of the original spatial representation. Legal values are 0, greater than or equal to 1, or undefined. A value of 1 is an exact match or 100% overlap. A value of 0 should be used if the given georeference does not completely contain the original representation. The FootprintSpatialFit is undefined if the original representation is a point without uncertainty and the given georeference is not that same point (without uncertainty). If both the original and the given georeference are the same point, the FootprintSpatialFit is 1. Detailed explanations with graphical examples can be found in the Guide to Best Practices for Georeferencing (Chapman and Wieczorek, eds. 2006)
The application of a name (or concept), i.e. the data pertaining to an identification event and the result of the identification itself.
The result of the identification, currently either a material (substrate) or a taxon name, but in the future to be extended to include other types of identifications used in natural history collections and surveys.
The Taxon (concept) or Taxonomic name assigned to the unit (or excluded, "non") in the Identification.
A material identified as the result of the identification event (e.g. a non-organismic substrate of a microorganism)
A container element to allow extensions to add additional data to the identification of the unit.
True to designate current identification.
True to designate negative identifications.
True to designate the identification under which the entire unit is stored (in a physical collection) or otherwise preferably referenced.
Used to designate the role of the identification result (e.g. substrate, isolate, host, parasite, etc.)
A container element for several identifiers for this unit.
Atomized record of individual, team member, or organization that made the identification.
Atomised data for the parts of the Identifier's name.
The Organisation the Identifier is affiliated with, or the Organisation (institution) acting as the identifier.
Alternative text indicating the person, person team, or Organization that made the identification.
A reference which has provided the identification (and - if present - the identifier's name and/or organisation). The entire identification event was taken from the literature or comparable source given here. Note that this is not the literature (e.g. key) used to obtain the result (see IdentificationReferences).
Indication of the nature of the taxonomic verification; e.g. "conf." or "det."
References that were used by the identifier to provide the identification (e.g. by means of providing a key or a description of a taxon). It circumscribes a particular taxon concept (also referred to as a potential taxon) for a given taxonomic name. Note: this is not the citation from which and identification was taken, see under Identifier/IdentificationSource.
A reference (e.g. an article or monograph) that was used as the base for the identifier's taxon identification (e.g. by means of providing a key or a description of the taxon). It circumscribes the taxon identified (and thus can act as a potential taxon's sec. reference). Note: this is not the citation from which and identification was taken, see under Identifier/IdentificationSource.
Date of the identification event.
The method by which the identification was obtained, e.g. details of molecular analysis or acoustical procedures.
Supplementary remarks about the identification.
The level to which the identification has been verified. Different standards may use different values here. See ITF-2 for an example.
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.
Name of a geographic, geomorphological, geoecological, or administrative area.
Standard coding scheme the AreaCode adheres to.
Abbreviation or code for area names
Elements for all unit-level data
A globally unique identifier for the unit (i.e. the physical specimen or original observation). Following DwC, in the absence of a persistent global unique identifier, this should be constructed in the form "URN:catalog:[InstitutionCode]:[CollectionCode]:[CatalogNumber]".
Unique identifier (code or name) of the institution holding the original data source (first part of record identifier). In specimen collections, this is normally the institution or private holder of the collection itself. For herbaria and botanical gardens, the standard abbreviations should be used.
Name or code of the data source (unique within the institution, second part of the record identifier)
A unique identifier for the unit record within the data source. Preferably, the ID should be stable in the database, so that it also can be used to find the same record again (e.g. for data exchange purposes). Third part of the record identifier.
Numeric catalogue number. Facilitates sorting of numbers.
Name or other indication of the person or team that created or last edited this record.
Date of creation or last change of this unit record.
The legal owner of the unit record. Note that ownership of physical specimens is handled under SpecimenUnit. If present, overrides the equivalent Owners element on the level of dataset.
Specific rights, terms and other conditions pertaining to the individual record. If present, override the equivalent statements on the level of dataset.
Container element for one to many content contacts for the unit record. If present, overrides the equivalent ContentContact on the level of dataset.
Questions and feedback about data, or restrictions on use of the data should be directed to the contact given here. If present, overrides the equivalent ContentContact on the level of dataset.
Brief descriptions of additional information that may exist, but that has not been made public. Information about obtaining the withheld information should be sought from the ContentCcontact. (=DwC.InformationWithheld). If present here, the information given should override the respective dataset-level statement.
Reference that is the source of the information about the unit given in the record.
Container element for references citing the unit See SourceReference for the case that the record is based on a publication.
Published reference citing this unit.
Container element for identification events, i.e. the circumstances and result of assigning a name to the unit.
In cases where more than one name applies to a single unit, several identifications should be formed and flagged as preferred. Relationships between differently identified sub-units of the unit can be specified by means of the IdentificationRole.
This is a free text field for use when extracting data from data sources 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
An indication of what the unit record describes. Note that the element SourceReference provides for the case that the record is based on a publication.
Part(s) of organism or class of materials represented by this unit, e.g. herbarium sheet, leaf, muscle, leg, blood, whole organism, skin
Physical state-specific subtypes of the unit record
A Unit subtype containing data elements specific to specimens (living, fossil, or preserved).
The legal owner or holder of the physical specimen
Restrictions for accessing or loaning the specimen or sample
Sample or specimen data can not be ordered/loaned until the given date, but are visible via portals. in GGBN context the record is visible at the portal but blocked for ordering until the given date
Sample or specimen data can not be ordered/loaned in general, but are visible via portals. Note: Records/samples/specimens not to be published should be blocked on database level. If they are available via Darwin Core or ABCD, they are visible for everyone. This element is to be used for samples/specimens that cannot be loaned.
certain conditions for loaning this specimen or sample
Acquisition date, source and type.
Textual statement of the date of acquisition of the specimen by the institution
Free text field for informal recording of acquisition source details.
Type of acquisition.
Name of person and/or organisation the unit was acquired from (e.g. depositor of a strain).
Accession details.
Repeatable triple to accommodate accession number in multiple catalogues.
Textual statement of the date on which the accession was recorded.
Identifier of an accessions catalogue or numbering scheme which contains the SpecimenUnit
The institutional number applied to an accession and recorded in the accessions register.
Specimen preparation details, possibly a sequence of preparation steps
Specimen preparation details.
Description of preparation type (specimens, tissues, DNA). Examples: for DNA: gDNA; for tissues/specimens: leaf, muscle, leg, blood
Process used in preparing the specimen or sample, can also be used to describe Phage/Plasmid propagation, Process used in extracting the DNA/RNA; adaptions made; SPREC code
Materials and chemicals used in the preparation of the specimen, tissue, DNA or RNA sample.
Person and/or institution responsible for or effecting the preparation.
The date of preparation, free text.
MIxS element. Amount or size of sample (volume, mass or area) that was collected
MIxS element. Collection design of pooled samples and/or sieve size and amount of sample sieved. Is of interest for metagenomic focus e.g. design name and/or size;amount
Designated numbers or identifiers of sample, usually project numbers used in the lab.
Designated number or identifier of sample, usually project number used in the lab.
References for the preparation method
Attribute for RefType
Textual account of preparations,
Specimen preservation details, possibly a sequence of preservation periods
Specimen preservation details.
Description of preservation type.
Preferably a number - attribute gives temperature scale used.
The date in text form when preservation begins.
A container element for several labels or inscriptions associated with the unit.
Label text(s), writing or inscription(s).
Label or inscription
Text transcription of an inscription
Position of inscription, writing or mark.
Name of person who created the label, writing or inscription.
Summary, interpretation or opinion of the text.
References to an image or images of the label or inscription
The ID of a multimedia object representing the image of the mark
A wrapper for previous units.
A container element for several previous identifiers and locations for this unit.
A container for past identifiers and locations for this specimen.
The globally unique identifier of the specimen in the previous collection.
Name or code of the institution previously holding this specimen.
Name or code of collection previously holding this specimen.
Identifier of specimen in previous collection.
Dates that the specimen was held in previous collection.
Any further information about this specimen in its previous collection.
An alternative text identifying the previous unit when no ABCD standard ID s can be assigned.
An alternative text identifying the previous units.
A container element for several nomenclatural type designations.
Information on the type status of the specimen.
The name based on the specimen.
Published reference.
Full term designating the status.
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).
The person assigning or verifying the type status of the specimen.
Date of verification.
Further information about the verification process.
A note detailing possible or verified type information related to the specimen.
A free text field to note the known other recipients of a duplicate of the unit, preferably in the form of a delimited list of SourceInstitionIDs.
DwC curatorial extension r. 14: 'The current disposition of the catalogued item. Examples: "in collection", "missing", "source gone", "voucher elsewhere", "duplicates elsewhere","consumed".'
Further measurements or facts related to the specimen, e.g. morphometric parameters.
An additional measurement or fact related to the specimen, e.g. morphometric parameters or physiological condition facts.
Data elements specific to observation (recording) units. Note that most observation data items are site related and thus covered under Gathering.
A container element with several observation unit identifiers.
Numbers or other registration mark associated with an observation record. Attribute for PreferredFlag. Separated from the equivalent AccessionNumber of specimen collections because of the more standardised approaches taken in physical collections.
Collection type and/or taxonomic domain-specific schema extensions (subtypes of the unit record).
Data specific to microbial and similar culture methods.
Data specific to mycological and lichenological units.
Data specific to herbarium specimens (incl. mycological specimens).
Data specific to units in botanical live (horticultural) collections.
Data specific to units in plant genetic resource collections, e.g. gene banks.
Data specific to zoological units.
Data specific to palaeontological units.
Multimedia objects such as images, movies, etc. relating to (or forming) the unit. Note that RecordBasis should be set accordingly if the multimedia object actually is the unit in the collection (e.g. collections of images taken in the field, sound recordings, etc.).
Elements to describe digital images, sound recordings, etc. relating to (or forming) the unit.
Relationships of this unit with other unit for which a record in ABCD conformant dataset(s) exists.
A binary relationship or association of units.
Globally unique identifier of the related 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.
Fully qualified identifier of the related item within the specified dataset.
Part(s) of organism or class of materials represented by the associated unit.
Description of the association.
(Wrapper) access point of a related item's dataset (e.g. http://ww3.bgbm.org/biocase/pywrapper.cgi?dsa=Herbar).
Further information about the association.
A container for groupings of this unit with other units for which a record exists in this dataset by means of an additional ID.
A unit assemblage handles symmetric relationships between several units.
Identifier for assemblage.
Name of assemblage.
Unit may belong to one or several collections or survey projects which have distinctive names and do not correspond to the SourceName. Note that this element refers to the name accepted by the specimen or data holding institution, this may or may not be different from the project name given under Gathering.
A named collection or survey project to which the unit belongs, which may not match the SourceName
Elements describing the field events that created the unit and their location.
A number assigned to the unit by the collector or observer. Note that the respective collector's name is found under gathering (GatheringAgents).
DwC curatorial extension: "A flag ("true" or "false") marking the existence of, or a reference to, notes taken in the field for the object or observation."
A container for quantitative and categorical measurements (including observations) referring to the unit, e.g. counts, size measurements, colours, etc.
Quantitative or categorical measurement referring to the unit.
Maps to Darwin Core 2: Sex. Refers to the entire unit, which may be mixed. Note that counts can be provided in the Unit's MeasurementsOrFacts section.
Age of the organism at the time of collection or observation. Note that counts for different age classes can be provided in the Unit's MeasurementsOrFacts section.
Container for metadata on sequences derived from this unit.
A sequence derived from this unit.
Miscellaneous notes referring to the unit that do not fit elsewhere.
Provides a way to access a page where more information on this particular unit (not on the entire dataset) can be found. [OBIS]
Annotations in electronic form not (yet) added to the structured unit record.
A structure for electronic annotations of the unit.
Text of electronic annotation not including author and date.
The author of the electronic annotation text.
Date of submission of the electronic annotation.
A container element to allow extensions to add additional data to the unit.
An element to allow extensions to add additional data to the unit.
A first proposal for this type of data. Note that this is used in the context of a collection unit and thus automatically refers to that unit. If your unit is a DNA Sample than please use the GGBN extension. This container here is meant to be used e.g. to provide Sequence information related to a specimen only without any further details.
E.g. GenBank, SwissProt, etc. Use "Internal" for unpublished sequence.
E.g. GenBank accession number.
URI to access the sequence data.
A description of the method used to achieve the sequence.
Description of the actually sequenced material (DNA/RNA/Protein, Gene or part of gene, completeness, etc.),
Reference where the sequence was published.
The person and/or organisation responsible and/or effecting the sequencing.
Length of the sequence in base pairs
Types that may be used for different domains (descriptions, taxonomy, specimen collections, etc.):
Many of the types or elements within the types are resulting from attempts to standardize usage between ABCD and SDD and many originate from Gregor Hagedorn's work on the UBIF schema.
However, note that this is work in progress, so there may be considerable differences between types with the same names in UBIF/SDD and ABCD.
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Basic generic types
normalized string required to contain at least 1 character (this removes the xml string anomaly, i. e. either element/attribute may be optional, but if they are required the content may not be an empty string)
normalized string restricted to 1..50 character length to be used for abbreviations (the recommended length of abbreviations is usually much shorter, but 50 characters should be a good margin).
normalized string restricted to 1..255 character length (i. e. required, may not be empty string)
Complex types that add attributes language or preferred to the simple types String, String255, anyURI:
String (i. e. xs:string with minimum length=1) extended with language attribute
String255 (i.e. xs:string with length 1-255), extended with language attribute
String (i. e. xs:string with minimum length=1) extended with preferred attribute
String255 (i.e. xs:string with length 1-255), extended with preferred attribute
String (i. e. xs:string with minimum length=1) extended with language and preferred attribute
String255 (i.e. xs:string with length 1-255), extended with language and preferred attribute
String, extended with Unit attribute
xs:anyURI extended with Preferred attribute
Date and Time
The date and time expressed in a way conforming to a subset of ISO 8601
Temporal aspects of an event or activity.
The date in text format
The time zone to which the time-of-day data refer
The exact date (and time) or beginning of a period, expressed in a modified ISO/ANSI 8601 standard structured format
Julian day number in the year for the exact date or for the beginning day of a period
Time of day in hours from midnight for an exact point in time or for the beginning of a time period. This is also covered by ISODateTimeBegin, except in cases when the date is not known
The end of a period expressed in a modified ISO/ANSI 8601 standard structured format
The Julian day number of the last day in a period.
Time of day in hours from midnight for the end of a time period. This is also covered by ISODateTimeEnd, except in cases when the date is not known.
Set to True if the event takes place for the period indicated, set to false if it occurs at some point of time during the period, not filled if unknown or no period specified.
Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)
Text, optional Details (both free-form text) and optional URI.
A concise representation of a statement, recommended to be as short as possible, but actual length is unconstrained.
Optional text of unconstrained length, elaborating details of the ShortText
An optional resource on the net providing details on the statement (may be used as an alternative to the long text).
A sequence of statements related to Intellectual Property Rights, credit and acknowledgement.
Container element for one to several statements, normally representing different language representations of the same content.
Used where the IPR declaration cannot be parsed into the specific items or for forms of IPR declaration not yet covered (e.g. database rights),
Container element for one to several statements, normally representing different language representations of the same content.
Copyright may include the information that the data has been released to the public domain.
Container element for one to several statements, normally representing different language representations of the same content.
To be used if data are placed under a public license (GPL, GFDL, OpenDocument). Placing data under a public license while maintaining copyright is recommended!
Container element for one to several statements, normally representing different language representations of the same content.
Defines conditions under which the data may be analysed, distributed or changed. "Terms of use" includes concepts like "Usage conditions" and "Specific Restrictions".
Container element for one to several statements, normally representing different language representations of the same content.
Disclaimer statement, e. g. concerning responsibility for data quality or legal implications.
Container element for one to several statements, normally representing different language representations of the same content.
A free form text acknowledging support (e. g. grant money, help, permission to reuse published material, etc.)
Container element for one to several statements, normally representing different language representations of the same content.
Indicates how this dataset or record should be attributed if used [OBIF 1.0]
Multimedia
Elements to describe digital images, sound or video recordings, etc.
DC term. An arbitrary code that is unique for the resource, with the resource being either a provider, collection, or media item. Often same as FileURI.
DC term. Recommended terms are Collection, StillImage, Sound, MovingImage, InteractiveResource, Text. Values may be used either in their literal form, or with a full namespace (e. g. http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage) from a controlled vocabulary, but the best practice is to use the literal form when using dc:type and use dcterms:type when you can supply the URI from a controlled vocabulary and implementers may require this practice. At least one of dc:type and dcterms:type must be supplied but, when feasible, supplying both may make the metadata more widely useful. The values of each should designate the same type, but in case of ambiguity dcterms:type prevails.
DC term. Concise title, name, or brief descriptive label of institution, resource collection, or individual resource. This field should include the complete title with all the subtitles, if any.
AC term. If the resource is contained in a Collection, this field identifies that Collection uniquely. Its form is not specified by this normative document, but is left to implementers of specific implementations.
DC term. A string providing an identifiable source from which the described resources was derived. If the resource was digitized from a non-digital resource, or was also previously published in a digital or printed publication, this describes the original. Do not put generally "related" publications in here. This field normally contains a free-form text description.
AC term. URI for person or organization responsible for presenting the media resource. If no separate Metadata Provider is given, this also attributes the metadata.
Universal Resource Identifier of the underlying multimedia file, i.e. "naked" path to electronic source of multimedia object (e.g. web address).
Universal Resource Identifier of an electronic source of multimedia object including HTML, Javascript or similar means deliver rendered output.
The context of the object in relation to the specimen or observation. E.g. image of entire specimen, sound recording the observation is based on, image of original valid publication, etc.
General keywords or tags. Tags may be multi-worded phrases. Where scientific names, common names, geographic locations, etc. are separable, those should go into the more specific coverage metadata items provided further below. Examples: "flower diagram". Character or part keywords like "leaf", or "flower color" are especially desirable.
AC term. General keywords or tags. Tags may be multi-worded phrases. Where scientific names, common names, geographic locations, etc. are separable, those should go into the more specific coverage metadata items provided further below. Examples: "flower diagram". Character or part keywords like "leaf", or "flower color" are especially desirable.
A rating of the media resources, provided by record originators or editors, with -1 defining “rejected”, “0” defining “unrated”, and “1” (worst) to “5” (best). The origin of the rating is not communicated. It may, e. g., be based on user feedback or on editorial ratings. If Rating is not present, a value of 0 may be assumed. By "user-assigned" is meant assigned by the originator or editor of the record using the term.
xmp/AC term. A rating of the media resources, provided by record originators or editors, with -1 defining “rejected”, “0” defining “unrated”, and “1” (worst) to “5” (best). The origin of the rating is not communicated. It may, e. g., be based on user feedback or on editorial ratings. If Rating is not present, a value of 0 may be assumed. By "user-assigned" is meant assigned by the originator or editor of the record using the term.
Code or descriptive term for file format e.g. jpg, pcx, tiff for digital images; 16mm, beta video, AVI, mpg for moving images
Code or descriptive term for version of file format e.g. 3.0
Size in Kb of the file referred to by URI or filename.
Define the main MIME type as defined by IANA: e.g. audio, video, text, application
Code or descriptive term for physical format of record, e.g. tape
Code or descriptive term for identifier of physical item in a collection, e.g. tape number
xmp/AC term. The date and time of day of the creation of the original resource from which the digital media was derived or created. The date and time must comply with the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) datetime practice, which requires that date and time representation correspond to ISO 8601:1998, but with year fields always comprising 4 digits. This makes datetime records compliant with 8601:2004. AC datetime values may also follow 8601:2004 for ranges by separating two IS0 8601 datetime fields by a solidus ("forward slash", '/'). See also the wikipedia IS0 8601 entry for further explanation and examples
See also digitizationDate.
Identifier, e.g. name or other id, of (technical) personnel who has taken the multimedia. Does not imply copyrights or other rights.
DC element. Identifier, e.g. name or other id, of (technical) personnel who has taken the multimedia. Does not imply copyrights or other rights.
DC term. Date that the media resource was altered. The date and time must comply with the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) datetime practice, which requires that date and time representation correspond to ISO 8601:1998, but with year fields always comprising 4 digits. This makes datetime records compliant with 8601:2004. AC datetime values may also follow 8601:2004 for ranges by separating two IS0 8601 datetime fields by a solidus ("forward slash", '/')
Intellectual Property Rights relating specifically to the image.
Free text of formatted text (rtf) description of the feature - not controlled length e.g. often a memo field
DwC element. A description of the sex of any organisms featured within the media, when relevant to the subject of the media, e. g., male, female, hermaphrodite, dioecious.
DwC element. A description of the life-cycle stage of any organisms featured within the media, when relevant to the subject of the media, e. g., larvae, juvenile, adult.
AC element. The portion or product of organism morphology, behaviour, environment, etc. that is either predominantly shown or particularly well exemplified by the media resource.
AC element. Specific orientation (= direction, view angle) of the subject represented in the media resource with respect to the acquisition device.
Specific distance of the subject represented in the media resource with respect to the acquisition device.
Other taxa recorded in background
Other taxon recorded in background
Recommended vocabulary: "Lab", "Field" to distinguish between those two environments
Important parameter for lab recording.
Description of light conditions during recording, e.g. "artifical", "sun", "dark"
Recommended vocabulary: "yes", "no". Was a playback used to stimulate singing of animal to be recorded?
Equipment used to create this multimedia object.
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A tag for manufacturers of e.g. Exif/DCF writers to record any desired information. The contents are up to the manufacturer, but this tag shall not be
used for any other than its intended purpose.
Use this container for audio items.
Microphone equipment used for recording audio track.
Recommended vocabulary: "mono", "stereo". Channel(s) used for recording audio track.
Elapsed time of the entire file, expressed using ISO 8601 syntax; see http://www.w3.org/TR/NOTE-datetime.
Pattern: [0-9][0-9]:[0-5][0-9]:[0-5][0-9]:[0-9][0-9]
Type for recording the type of compression used for a digital audio file. compressionType has 1 attribute ID XML ID) and 4 elements codecCreatorApp, codecCreatorAppVersion, codecName and codecQuality.
Name and version (or subtype) of the compression algorithm used, e.g., Frauenhofer xyz ["xyz"] is a placeholder for versioning information]
Impact of the compression on quality e.g. lossless or lossy.
Rate at which the audio was sampled, expressed in kHz, e.g., 22, 44.1, 48, 96, etc.
UK Version, US Version, home video version, etc. Mapping to Dublin Core would be made using a description element
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e.g. territorial call, beggar call
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Use this container for video items.
Microphone equipment used for recording audio track.
This tag records the lens’s model name and model number as an ASCII string.
The kind of light source.
Recommended vocabulary: "mono", "stereo". Channels used for recording audio track.
Elapsed time of the entire file, expressed using ISO 8601 syntax; see http://www.w3.org/TR/NOTE-datetime.
Pattern: [0-9][0-9]:[0-5][0-9]:[0-5][0-9]:[0-9][0-9]
Type for recording the type of compression used for a digital audio file. compressionType has 1 attribute ID XML ID) and 4 elements codecCreatorApp, codecCreatorAppVersion, codecName and codecQuality.
UK Version, US Version, home video version, etc. Mapping to Dublin Core would be made using a description element
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can be calculated based on width and hight, e.g. 16:09
The Codec of the video, e.g. xvid, MPEG
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The number of frames per second
To denote HighSpeed or TimeLaps videos
e.g. Grayscale
The URL of a thumbnail representing the digital object or, if there is no such thumbnail, the URL of the digital object in the best resolution available on the web site of the data provider from which a thumbnail could be generated.
Image or Video size in pixels x pixels.
e.g. territorial call, beggar call
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Use this container for image records.
This tag records the lens’s model name and model number as an ASCII string.
This tag records the f number used for recording.
The actual focal length of the lens, in mm. Conversion is not made to the focal length of a 35 mm film camera.
This tag indicates the equivalent focal length assuming a 35mm film camera, in mm. A value of 0 means the focal length is unknown. Note that this tag differs from the FocalLength tag.
The kind of light source.
This tag indicates the flash status when the picture was taken. [Exif/DCFwriter].
Indicates the strobe energy at the time the image is captured, as measured in Beam Candle Power Seconds (BCPS).
This tag indicates the white balance mode set when the image was shot.
This tag indicates the digital zoom ratio when the image was shot. If the numerator of the recorded value is 0, this indicates that digital zoom was not used.
This tag indicates the direction of contrast processing applied by the camera when the image was shot.
This tag indicates the direction of saturation processing applied by the camera when the image was shot.
This tag indicates the direction of sharpness processing applied by the camera when the image was shot.
Indicates the value of coefficient gamma. The formula of transfer function used for image reproduction is expressed as follows. (Reproduced value) = (Input value)^gamma
## Element under discussion ## See Bob Morris' comments under http://efgblade.cs.umb.edu/twiki/bin/view/BDEI/ColorManagement
The name of the Colour Space of the Image
Image or Video size in pixels x pixels.
Resolution expressed in dots per inch.
EXIF term. Exposure time, given in seconds (sec).
EXIF term. This tag indicates the exposure mode set when the image was shot. In auto-bracketing mode, the camera shoots a series of frames of the same scene at different exposure settings.
EXIF term. Indicates the spectral sensitivity of each channel of the camera used. The tag value is an ASCII string compatible with the standard developed by the ASTM Technical committee.
EXIF term. This tag indicates the sensitivity of the camera or input device when the image was shot. More specifically, it indicates one of the following values that are parameters defined in ISO 12232: standard output sensitivity (SOS), recommended exposure index (REI), or ISO speed. Accordingly, if a tag corresponding to a parameter that is designated by a SensitivityType tag is recorded, the values of the tag and of this PhotographicSensitivity tag are the same. However, if the value is 65535 (the maximum value of SHORT) or higher, the value of this tag shall be 65535. When recording this tag, the SensitivityType tag should also be recorded. In addition, while “Count = Any”, only 1 count should be used when recording this tag. Note that this tag was referred to as “ISOSpeedRatings” in versions of this standard up to Version 2.21.
This tag indicates the ISO speed value of a camera or input device that is defined in ISO 12232. When recording this tag, the PhotographicSensitivity and SensitivityType tags shall also be recorded.
Shutter speed. The unit is the APEX (Additive System of Photographic Exposure) setting.
The value of brightness. The unit is the APEX value. Ordinarily it is given in the range of -99.99 to 99.99. Note that if the numerator of the record ed value is FFFFFFFF.H, Unknown shall be indicated.
e.g. Grayscale
The URL of a thumbnail representing the digital object or, if there is no such thumbnail, the URL of the digital object in the best resolution available on the web site of the data provider from which a thumbnail could be generated.
Picture/Video width in pixel
Picture/Video height in pixel
Various
An abbreviated designation of an institution.
A standard designator for the nature of the object of the record. "MaterialSample" is added as "A resource describing the physical results of a sampling (or sub-sampling) event. In biological collections, the material sample is typically collected, and either preserved or destructively processed".
Sex of the organism (Male, Female, Unknown, Not applicable (e.g. for a fungus in a herbarium), MiXed).
from http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/basetypes.xsd to support compatibility with DwC Spatial Extensions
from http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/basetypes.xsd to support compatibility with DwC Spatial Extensions
from http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/basetypes.xsd to support compatibility with DwC Spatial Extensions
from http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/basetypes.xsd to support compatibility with DwC Spatial Extensions
Published reference.
A globally unique identifier for the publication or the specific detail (page, figure, etc.) within the publication.
Formal citation for a paper or electronic publication.
Specific page, figure or illustration number(s) within the reference.
Universal Resource Identifier - Path to electronic source of document.
Digital object identifier for the reference.
Provides a minimalized local Agent definition.
Person, person team, or role name (e. g., 'head of department')
The email address of the agent
(voice phone)
The complete postal address of the agent.
Minimalised local Agent definition with preferred flag
Contact Type and types used therein:
Contact details.
Organisation to contact
Person to contact
A container element for several roles of the person.
Analogue to vCard:Role: Functional contact name, e.g. "Database administrator", "The Director", etc.
Contact addresses (one preferred, different languages possible)
Contact address as string.
Telephone and fax numbers
Telephone or fax number
E-mail addresses
E-mail address for contact
URIs for person or organisation
Spelling error in v. 2.06, deprecated (do not use)
URI for person or organisation
URL of a logo image.
A globally unique identifier for the organisation or organisational unit
Full organization or corporate name in multiple languages (en: 'Botanical Garden of ...', de: 'Botanischer Garten von ...'). (vCard:Org.OrgName). The Label mechanism also supports acronyms / abbreviations (no vCard equivalent!).
If the contact contains no person definition: the unit within the organization the agent represents; else a list of the various organisational units to which a person may belong. (vCard:OrgUnit)
(vCard:OrgUnit)
Collection of language-specific label representations
Language-specific label representation [ATTR: language]
Language-specific simple label, using simple formatted text
Label text in a specific language.
Restricted to 50 characters maximum length, including blanks (recommended to be shorter!). Label abbreviations are especially important when displaying information in a tabular format.
Name of an individual person
Preferred form of personal name for display as a string.
The full name with the elements in preferred sorting sequence (vCard: Sort-String).
Atomised name of the person.
Family names, generational names, clan name, parents/grandparents personal names, etc. This (= last name in western cultures) may be compound ('Fischer von Waldheim', 'da Selva', 'Silvano Morales'). Depending on culture it is not necessarily the name of the parents nor common to the married couple and children, thus 'family name' should be avoided even though used in vCard. (vCard:N.Family)
Prefix to inherited name that should be output before name, but is usually not included in sorting. Examples: 'von', 'Lord'. Compare Title for 'Prof', 'Dr.' (vCard:N.Prefix)
Suffix to name that should be output after name, regardless whether it is in sorting sequence (Inherited, Given) or not. Examples: 'Jun.', 'III.'. (vCard:N.Suffix)
The name given to a person as a personal name (= first or Christian name in western cultures, including 'middle initials') may contain several words ('Ana Maria', 'Jerry B.'). Applicable only to persons. (vCard:N.Given + vCard:N.Middle)
May differ from the first given name: second given name, nickname ('Bob' for 'Robert'), etc. (vCard:Nickname)
Type of device reached by telephone number, e.g. voice, fax, voice/fax
Telephone or Fax number
Full number in standard international format
The type of device reached by the telephone number.
Free text for constraints on use e.g. "weekdays only" or "home number"
The role of an agent or contact.
Elements specific to units from botanical gardens
Minimum numbers of individuals the garden is holding under the UnitID.
Current status (current or not current) of the accession in the garden.
Current location of the living plant in the botanical garden.
Type of material the current living accession is composed of.
A flag indicating that the accession is grown outdoors in the botanical garden.
A code to indicate the provenance of the accession [ITF-2].
A code to indicate the nature of the production of the plant material being accessioned, for use in association with the element ProvenanceCategory [ITF-2]
The purpose of this element is to trace the lineage of an accession to either one or two immediate parent unit ID's.
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. [ITF-2]
Allows for cultivation information to be passed as free text in order to help the receiving garden care for the transferred accession [ITF-2] or to record the garden's experience made with this accession.
The date the plant was planted at its current location in the botanical garden.
Allows for information about any propagation requirements to be passed as free text in order to help the receiving garden propagate the transferred accession [ITF-2] or to record the garden's experience made with this accession.
A code to indicate the means of perennation, providing a means of noting living plant accessions that require regular curatorial monitoring [ITF-2].
A code to indicate the breeding system of the accession [ITF-2].
Unique number given to plant materials accessioned in conformance with the rules of the International Plant Exchange Network (see http://www.bgci.org/abs/ipen_numbers.html).
Elements only used for units in culture collections
E.g. "Bacteria" or "Archaea"
Variety designation, epithet, authors and reference. This field excludes the pathovar name and the serovar name, which are both infrasubspecific names but are to be entered under Identification/... ../FullScientificName
Container element for names under which the culture is known
Reference or trade name for a microbial culture
Name of a microbial or viral strain. Note that this name may also denote the unique identifier of the record in the collection, in which case it should also be used for UnitID.
Name and author of serovar or serotype
Name and author of the pathovar.
Type and parent of mutant if strain is a mutant strain
Names of chromosomal markers of the strain. Especially recommended for strains of species for which many genetically modified strains exist
An alternative full text field for culture medium, atmospheric and light conditions, temperature conditions and additional remarks on the cultivation.
Atomised elements describing the growth conditions of the culture unit.
Atomised elements describing the growth conditions of the culture unit.
References for the culture conditions and method or for a description of the strain
Attribute for RefType
Form in which the strain will be sent to the customer
Atomised elements describing the growth conditions of the culture unit.
The growth medium for a microbial or similar culture e.g. agar
Preferably a number - attribute scale gives temperature scale used
References for the culture conditions and method
Attribute for RefType
Further measurements or facts relevant for cultivation of strains, e.g. temperature, pH, oxygen, etc.
An additional measurement or facts relevant for cultivation of strains, e.g. temperature, pH, oxygen, etc.
Elements only used for herbarium units
Information relating this specimen to an Exsiccatum
Deprecated duplicate element, do not use; please use /Datasets/Dataset/Unit/SpecimenUnit/DuplicatesDistributedTo instead.
The unique institutional loan number applied with the loan sequence number to uniquely identify a specimen on loan [HISPID3].
The sequence of a specimen within a given loan, assigned with the Loan Identification to uniquely identify a specimen on loan [HISPID3]
Institution to which the loan is being sent [HISPID3]
Name of botanist for whom the loan is destined [HISPID3]
The means by which the loan is being despatched from the home institution [HISPID3]
The date the loan is prepared and/or sent [HISPID3]
The date the loan is to be returned.
Equivalent to HISPID:posnat field: records whether the plant is a native of the collection habitat or whether it is a naturalised introduction. It is expected that this field will have values similar to the following: Natural, Naturalised, Unknown
Equivalent to HISPID:poscul field: records whether the plant is established or not established (hence, only maintained as a cultivated plant), in the collection habitat. It is expected that this field will have values similar to the following: Cultivated, Not cultivated, Unknown
Elements only used for mycological units
Name of algal or cyanobacterial component of lichen
Spore states present in the sample.
Spore states present in the sample.
Extension for elements only used in plant genetic resource collections. Currently, all elements represent EURISCO descriptors.
A designation specific to EURISCO.
FAO Institute Code of the institute that has bred the material.
ISO 3-letter code for the country where the breeding institute is located.
Code for the (propagation-)provenance of the unit.
Information about either pedigree or other description of ancestral information (i.e. parent variety in case of mutant or selection)
Code for the (location-) provenance of the unit.
Any other identification (numbers) known to exist in other collections for this accession.
The FAO Institute Code of the institute where a safety duplicate of the accession is maintained.
Code for the type of storage of the unit in the collection.
A brief name and location for the breeding institute.
The brief name and location of the donor institute.
Code identifying the National Inventory; the code of the country (or organisation) preparing the National Inventory. Exceptions are possible, if agreed with EURISCO such as NGB.
FAO Institute Code of the institute that has collected the material.
A container element for the accession names.
A name given to the accession that cannot be covered by the name structure given for botanical names under identification (i.e. not a formal cultivar or trade designation name).
An alternative concatenated text representation of the Accession Names.
FAO Institute Code; the codes consist of the 3-letter ISO 3166 country code of the country where the institute is located plus a three-digit number.
Code for the (propagation-)provenance of the unit.
Code for the (location-) provenance of the unit.
Code for the type of storage of the unit in the collection.
Elements only used for palaeontological units
Description of the fossil preservation of the specimen.
An indication of the completeness of the representation of an organism in a palaeontological specimen.
Original, mould, cast etc
The sediment or mineral matrix enclosing the fossil
Form of mineralisation
Life position, allochthonous death assemblage, post mortem history details etc.
Known or assumed time range of a fossil
Elements expressing stratigraphy at the gathering site.
A container element for several chronostratigraphic dating terms expressing stratigraphy at the gathering site.
Chronostratigraphic dating term e.g. Jurassic Period
A container element for several biostratigraphic zonation terms expressing stratigraphy at the gathering site.
biostratigraphic zonation term e.g. Psiloceras planorbis zone
A container element for several lithostratigraphic terms describing geology at the gathering site.
lithostratigraphic term describing geology e.g. Mercia Mudstone Group
Free text field for informal recording of field contents
Elements only used for zoological units
Container element for the phase or stage of the individual organism or the organisms present in the unit. Note that counts can be provided in the Unit's MeasurementsOrFacts section.
Combined element for phase (e.g. polyp and meduse of the Cnidaria) or stage (juvenile, nauplius, copepodite) of the organism(s) in the unit.
Details of the country
Name of country or major region for specimen or observation
Derived name of country or major region for specimen or observation
2- or 3-letter (ISO3166-1) or 4-letter (ISO3166-3) code for representation of name of country or origin.
Orientation, outlook or aspect of slope
The direction, orientation or aspect of slope expressed in compass points
Orientation or bearing from North
Accuracy of aspect reading or estimation
Text expression of slope or aspect
General purpose measurement and fact (descriptor) recording.
Atomised data describing a measurement or fact.
Attribution of the measurement to a Person
Date and/or Time the measurement was taken
Duration of measurement in time.
Method used to make measurement.
Describes type of measurement or fact, such as width, abundance, circumference, temperature etc. or colour etc.
Depending on the use of the type, this can further specify the actual part measured. For example, a measurement of temperature may be a surface, air or sub-surface measurement.
Lower or only value or fact text.
Upper value where there is a range.
Unit of measurement.
Statement of accuracy of measurement.
Reference (publication) where this measurement was taken from
Flag indicating if the value represents the numerical result of a quantitative measurement (TRUE) or a descriptor with textual or categorical result (FALSE).
Free text alternative to atomised version.
Descriptive term. May be taken from a controlled vocabulary maintained by a third party.
Subject area of the term list.
Descriptive term.
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.
Free text comment.
LookupType extended with language attribute (please do not use the deprecated "Language" attribute - all attributes should be lowercase).
Metadata referring to the principal source of the entire data collection (thus the metadata scope may be wider than the objects actually contained in the data set). If a history of the data collection (revised or expanded in various projects or at different institutions) exist, this must be reflected in the IPR statements and possibly in the list of Owners.
Dublin Core conformant elements describing the content of the data source queried, representation in different languages possible
The description in a specified language. Only one representation should be delivered for each language. [ATTR: language]
The URI of an icon/logo symbolizing the project.
Keyword lists of geographical, taxonomic, etc. scopes. In the case of projects in progress, 'scope' may define the planned or intended, rather than the achieved scope (or coverage). If scope is given, the content available should be entirely within scope, because this item is for resource discovery purposes. Compare also Coverage in DC.Description (which is language-specific). (Items from Scope may be added to DC.Coverage)
A collection of terms describing the geoecological scope of the source queried by means of area names (e.g. 'World', 'Germany', 'Atlantic Ocean', 'Andes', 'Mountains'). A list of recommended terms should be developed.
An area name describing the or part of the geoecological scope of the source queried.
A collection of taxon names of higher rank describing the taxonomic scope of the source queried. A list of recommended terms should be developed.
A name for a group of organisms that is included in the scope of the source queried.
Number and date of current version (particularly for citing purposes)
The major version number ('1' in 1.2) as defined by the content creators OR the only version number given.
An optional minor version number ('2' in 1.2)
Unconstrained text specifying status + optional number, e. g., 'beta', 'alpha', 'rc/release candidate', 'internal'. If missing, release status is assumed.
Source for Dublin-Core standard element Date.Issued: Citable 'publication date' of the current version (comp. RevisionData/DateCreated and DateModified for version- independent dates). This date should be missing if the current version is not yet published!
Creators, Revision status, and dates of the entire data collection from which the current dataset is derived.
Entities having legal possession of the data collection content. Here defined for the entire data collection, not for individual units. If an owner statement is present on the unit level, it should override this dataset-level statement.
Entity having legal possession of the data collection content.
Copyright, terms of use, license and other IPR-related statements like disclaimer or acknowledgement. Giving a copyright statement and a (if possible public) licence is highly recommended! (=DC.Rights)
Brief descriptions of additional information that may exist, but that has not been made public. Information about obtaining the withheld information should be sought from the ContentCcontact. (=DwC.InformationWithheld). If the respective information is present on the unit level, it should override this dataset-level statement.
An electronic source of the dataset (e.g. web address of query interface or download site).
Language-specific content metadata (title, description, etc.) with *required* language attribute added.
Source for Dublin-Core standard element "Title": A short, concise title.
General Note on DublinCore translation: In addition to those that can bee transformed from UBIF metadata, an additional DC.Type='dataset' should be added.
Source for Dublin-Core standard element "Description": Free-form text containing a longer description of the project.
Source for Dublin-Core standard element "Coverage": Free-form text describing geographic, taxonomic, or other coverage aspects of terminology or descriptions available in the current project.
URL pointing to an online source related to the current project, which may or may not serve an updated version of the description data.
Revision data (creators, dates, revision) for the entire project/data set or individual objects.
Source for Dublin-Core standard element "Creators", i.e. Author or editor.
Source for Dublin-Core standard element "Contributors": General contributors, or translators.
Source for Dublin-Core standard element "Date.Created": Date/time when the intellectual content (project, term, description, etc.) was created. Applications may initially set this to the system date for new data objects, but authors must be able to change it to an earlier date if necessary. If for legacy data this is imprecisely known, it may be missing here. Earlier versions in other data formats should then be mentioned in the copyright or acknowledgement statements.
Source for Dublin-Core standard element Date.Modified: Date/time when the last modification of the object was made. If in online data sources the provider can not assess this, the current date/time may be substituted. For legacy data this may be set to the file date of imported data, or estimated. Note that experience shows that the information provided here is often unreliable, because providers tend to disregard updating this information.
Scientific or informal name as a result of an identification.
Wrapper element for multiple designations of higher taxa. These are higher-level classifications of the name identified, NOT a higher taxon as the sole identification.
The scientific name of a taxon with a rank higher than Genus which is commonly used to classify the group the unit belongs to.
Name of the taxon identified, formed according to the different Codes of Nomenclature which apply to scientific names - with additional elements for suffixes or other expressions commonly used in taxonomic identifications.
The outcome of an identification event that does not adhere to the rule of a Code of Nomenclature.
Any free text comments related to the name
The Code of Nomenclature that applies to the scientific name.
An atomised name under the International Code of Nomenclature of Bacteria
Genus name.
Subgenus name.
Author team and year of the subgenus name.
Species epithet
Maps to Darwin Core 2: Subspecies
Author team and Year of the basionym of a species or subspecies combination.
The author(s) who published the full name as it stands and its year.
Approbation of name according to approved list, validation list, or validly published, paper in IJSB after 1980.
An atomised scientific name under the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature or the International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants
Genus or higher taxon name.
The first epithet in a botanical name combination (species epithet or the epithet of the subdivision of a genus).
The final epithet of a botanical name of infraspecific rank.
The rank of the name where needed to form it.
Flag indicating that this is a named hybrid ("x") or a graft chimaera ("+"). The attribute insertionpoint defines the name element in front of which the qualifier should be inserted (1 = before entire name, 2= before first epithet, 3 = before rank designation for second epithet.)
Author team of the basionym of a combination.
The author(s) who published the full name as it stands.
Cultivar group name
Cultivar name according to the ICNCP.
Container for trade names
Trade name used for a specific cultivar
An atomised scientific name under the International Code of Virus Classification and Nomenclature
Genus or higher taxon name formed according to the code and representing the result of the identification. E.g. Comovirus.
The formal name of a viral species. Examples: vaccinia virus; human herpes virus 2 (herpes simplex virus 2); poliovirus 1; Saccharomyces cerevisiae virus L-A; enterobacteria phage PRD1 [Source: ICTV].
The accepted acronym for the Virus, e.g. PCV for Peanut Clump Virus.
An atomised scientific name under the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature
Genus or higher taxon name.
Subgenus name.
Species epithet
Maps to Darwin Core 2: Subspecies
The first person(s) who validly published a species-group name and the year of publication.
The parenthetical citation of the original author when a species-group was transferred to another genus and the year of the original publication.
The citation of the authors responsible for the new combination and the year of its publication.
Name of the breed of an animal
An individually named animal.
A name element dependent on a genus or a species name under the bacteriological, botanical, and zoological code.
A generic or higher taxon name (monomial) under the bacteriological, botanical, viral, and zoological code.
A multiplication or plus sign designating a hybrid or draft chimaera in botany.
The abbreviation of a taxonomic rank as used in (botanical) name strings.
A taxonomic rank designation above the rank of genus.
Name of the taxon identified, formed according to the different Codes of Nomenclature which apply to scientific names.
Concatenated scientific name, preferably formed in accordance with a Code of Nomenclature, i. e. a monomial, binomial, or trinomial plus author(s) or author team(s) and - where relevant - year, or the name of a cultivar or cultivar group, or a hybrid formula, as fully as possible.
Atomised data items of the taxon identified, with subtypes according to the different Codes of Nomenclature which apply to scientific names.
Atomised name with elements according to the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes
Atomised name with elements according to the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature
Atomised name with elements according to the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature
Atomised name with elements according to the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses
Name of the taxon identified, formed according to the different Codes of Nomenclature which apply to scientific names - with additional elements for suffixes or other expressions commonly used in taxonomic identifications.
A term to qualify the identification of the unit when doubts have arisen as to its identity (e.g. "cf." or "aff."). If it applies to an atomised name, the attribute insertionpoint defines the name element in front of which the qualifier should be inserted (1 = before entire name, 2= before first epithet, 3 = before second epithet.)
A free-text suffix added to the taxon identified (e.g. "sensu lato"), or an additional name element in common use but without formal nomenclatural standing (e.g. Isolate names for viruses).
Taxon name used to further classify the identification result.
A higher taxon name.
Rank of associated higher taxon.
An enumeration of the Codes of Nomenclature
Container element for information on permits related to the Gathering event
A permit is a document that allows someone to take an action that otherwise would not be allowed.
Information about the presence, absence or other basic status of permits associated with the sample(s). Material collected after 2014-10-12 cannot be in "Unknown" permit status!
Description of why a certain permit was not required or why Permit Status is unknown. Examples: "no national requirement for a permit at date of access", "officially authorized illegal holder", "collected on private land", "pre-Nagoya"
A reference to the permit related to the gathering.
The text of a permit related to the gathering/shipping or further details.