This is CTB version 1.38 / ABCD v. 0.9. Root element: FullDataSet holds one or more ComponentDataSets linked by a common supplier and source. BioCASE CODATA TDWG Version of the BioCASE Unit Profile used Workshop 1 BioCASE CODATA TDWG Organisation or individual providing the data file. Workshop 1 Markus Doering Feb 2002 changed to newly introduced AgentType BioCASE CODATA TDWG Text description of the FullDataSet as represented in a database version Workshop 1 BioCASE CODATA TDWG A FullDataSet is composed of one or more ComponentDataSets each related to their own metadata including Originator, GatheringEvents and Unit Data Workshop 1 BioCASE CODATA TDWG NBN: Survey. May be the name of a collection if all records are for a single collection, rather than use UnitData / NamedCollection for each record. Workshop 1 Charles Copp August 2002 Was DatasetOrCollectionOrSubCollectionName BioCASE CODATA TDWG Individual or organisation who originally provided the data. Workshop 1 BioCASE CODATA TDWG Individual or organisation with 'ownership' of a dataset Workshop 1 BioCASE CODATA TDWG 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. Derek Munro Sept 2001 BioCASE CODATA TDWG Derek Munro Sept 2001 BioCASE CODATA TDWG ITIS*ca draft metadata Derek Munro Sept 2001 BioCASE CODATA TDWG ITIS*ca draft metadata. Derek Munro Sept 2001 BioCASE CODATA TDWG ITIS*ca draft metadata. Derek Munro Sept 2001 Markus Doering 13 Mar 2002 changed to build-in W3C date type. No need for complex DateType BioCASE CODATA TDWG ITIS*ca draft metadata. Derek Munro Sept 2001 Markus Doering 13 Mar 2002 changed to build-in W3C date type. No need for complex DateType BioCASE CODATA TDWG ITIS*ca draft metadata. Derek Munro Sept 2001 Markus Doering 13 Mar 2002 changed to build-in W3C date type. No need for complex DateType BioCASE CODATA TDWG ITIS*ca draft metadata. Version control data for identifying source and version of a database Workshop 1 BioCASE CODATA TDWG Derek Munro Sept 2001 BioCASE CODATA TDWG ITIS*ca draft metadata. Workshop 1 BioCASE CODATA TDWG Element referring to the Intellectual Property Rights apertaining to a dataset or unit data Workshop 1 BioCASE CODATA TDWG The element containing all data referring to a Unit (a specimen or biological record). UnitDatasets may be related in a parent child fashion e.g. for derived units. Units may have many identification and verification events attached to them. The range of possible measurement attributes for a unit is vast and therefore a generalised measurement element is introduced. Workshop 1 Neil Thomson August 2002 Removed Attributes in favour of RecordStatus elements to allow mapping to Darwin Core 2 BioCASE CODATA TDWG BioCISE Model: Unit (Gathering Unit) - see also Specimen Unit in this model (=Derived Unit). Maps to Darwin Core 2: Catalog Number. An identifier for the unit record, unique within the ComponentDataSet. Should provide the key by which a specimen or specimen component can be identified. Workshop 1 BioCASE CODATA TDWG BioCISE Model: Unit_ID. NBN: Sample_KeyUnit key or Identifying number - can be multiple. Darwin Core 2: Catalog Number. Where present, this allows searches on a range of catalogue numbers. IPR for an individual record where this differs from DatasetIPR Workshop 1 BioCASE CODATA TDWG Indication of who created this record and when. Also whether it has been updated and by whom. Together, these provide a confidence factor on the accuracy and currency of the information. Neil Thomson July 2002 BioCASE CODATA TDWG BioCASE Collection Profile. Name of the person that created this record. Neil Thomson July 2002 BioCASE CODATA TDWG BioCASE Collection Profile. Date that This record was first created. ISO 8601 compliant stamp giving date and time in UTC (GMT). Neil Thomson July 2002 BioCASE CODATA TDWG BioCASE Collection Profile. Name of the person that last edited this record. Neil Thomson July 2002 BioCASE CODATA TDWG BioCASE Collection Profile. Date that This record was last edited. ISO 8601 compliant stamp giving date and time in UTC (GMT).Maps to Darwin Core 2 DateLastModified. Neil Thomson July 2002 BioCASE CODATA TDWG BioCASE Collection Profile. Darwin Core 2: Date Last Modified. An abbreviation indicating whether the record represents an observation (O), Living Organism (L), Specimen (S), Germplasm/seed (G) etc. Maps to Darwin Core 2: Basis of Record Neil Thomson July 2002 BioCASE CODATA TDWG Darwin Core 2: Basis of Record. Unit may belong to one or several collections or survey projects which have distinctive names e.g. Stanley-Lewis Bird's Egg Collection or The National Clematis Collection. Walter Berendsohn August 2002 Reduction of former NamedCollectionType BioCASE CODATA TDWG 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. Workshop 1 BioCASE CODATA TDWG 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 BioCASE CODATA TDWG HISPID4: vhist. Allows the subtyping of Unit into various disciplines. Refers only to unit data proper, not to gathering site nor taxonomic identification! Workshop 1 BioCASE CODATA TDWG Unit subtype allowing the recording of specific additional botanical attributes. Check for HISPID fields of specific botanical nature. Workshop 1 BioCASE CODATA TDWG Unit subtype allowing the recording of specific horticultural attributes. Quite a few elements from ITF go here. Workshop 1 BioCASE CODATA TDWG Workshop 1 BioCASE CODATA TDWG Unit subtype allowing the recording of additional attributes specific to microbial and similar culture methods Workshop 1 Charles Copp Oct 2001 BioCASE CODATA TDWG Workshop 1 BioCASE CODATA TDWG BioCASE Model: Unit_ID / NBN: Sample_KeyUnit key or Identifying number - can be multiple. Reference or trade name for a microbial culture Charles Copp Oct. 2001 BioCASE CODATA TDWG Workshop 1 BioCASE CODATA TDWG The growth medium for a microbial or similar culture e.g. agar Workshop 1 BioCASE CODATA TDWG Workshop 1 BioCASE CODATA TDWG Preferably a number - attribute gives temperature scale used Workshop 1 BioCASE CODATA TDWG Workshop 1 BioCASE CODATA TDWG Attribute for RefType Neil Thomson August 2002 BioCASE CODATA TDWG Workshop 1 BioCASE CODATA TDWG Unit subtype allowing the recording of additional attributes specific to mycological and lichenological units BioCASE CODATA TDWG Name of algal or cyanobacterial component of lichen Paul Kirk (in email) BioCASE CODATA TDWG Spore states present in the sample. Paul Kirk (in email) BioCASE CODATA TDWG Paul Kirk (in email) BioCASE CODATA TDWG Unit subtype allowing the recording of additional attributes specific to palaeontological units (not: Stratum; see GatheringSite) Charles Copp Oct. 2001 BioCASE CODATA TDWG Contains description of the fossil preservation of the specimen. Charles Copp October 2002 BioCASE CODATA TDWG Charles Copp October 2002 BioCASE CODATA TDWG articulated, disarticulated, complete, incomplete Original, mould, cast etc Charles Copp October 2002 BioCASE CODATA TDWG internal mould, internal cast, external mould, external cast, original The sediment or mineral matrix enclosing the fossil Charles Copp October 2002 BioCASE CODATA TDWG Form of mineralisation Charles Copp October 2002 BioCASE CODATA TDWG silicified, phosphatised, pyritised Life position, allocthonous death assemblage, post mortem history details etc. Charles Copp October 2002 BioCASE CODATA TDWG Known or assumed time range of a fossil Charles Copp October 2002 BioCASE CODATA TDWG Hildoceras bifrons collected from the "condensed" Junction Bed would be given a time range of Toarcian, Bifrons Zone Unit subtype allowing the recording of additional attributes specific to zoological specimens. Workshop 1 BioCASE CODATA TDWG Workshop 1 BioCASE CODATA TDWG Maps to Darwin Core 2: Sex Workshop 1 BioCASE CODATA TDWG Darwin Core 2: Sex. Workshop 1 BioCASE CODATA TDWG A Unit subtype containing data elements specific to records refering to physical specimens. Charles Copp Oct 2001 BioCASE CODATA TDWG Walter Berendsohn September 2002 BioCASE CODATA TDWG Attribute for DateType. The date when specimens or collections were acquired by the institution Charles Copp Oct 2001 BioCASE CODATA TDWG Walter Berendsohn September 2002 BioCASE CODATA TDWG Name of an individual as the source of acquisition. Workshop 1 Charles Copp 2001 from old Name Element BioCASE CODATA TDWG Full name of an organisation as the souce of acquisition e.g. Taxonomic Database Working Group Charles Copp Oct 2001 BioCASE CODATA TDWG Free text field for informal recording of acquisition source details. Sydney CODATA workshop BioCASE CODATA TDWG Walter Berendsohn September 2002 BioCASE CODATA TDWG Walter Berendsohn September 2002 BioCASE CODATA TDWG Attribute for DateType. The date on which an accession was recorded in the accessions register ( not the date of acquisition) Charles Copp Oct 2001 BioCASE CODATA TDWG BioCISE Model: AccDate. Charles Copp Oct 2001 BioCASE CODATA TDWG Repeatable pairing to accomodate accession number in multiple catalogues. Identifier of an accessions catalogue or numbering scheme which contains the SpecimenUnit Charles Copp Oct 2001 BioCASE CODATA TDWG The instutional number applied to an accession and recorded in the accessions register e.g. BRSMG:1999/1209. Helps to link items (e.g. several specimens may share one accession number). Charles Copp Oct. 2001 BioCASE CODATA TDWG BioCISE Model: AccCode_Pk. Charles Copp October 2002 BioCASE CODATA TDWG Maps to Darwin Core 2: Preparation Type. Free text field for informal recording of field contents, such as "skin", "slide" etc. Sydney CODATA workshop. [Changed July 2002, Was AltText] BioCASE CODATA TDWG Darwin Core 2: Preparation Type. Process used in preparing the specimen Charles Copp October 2002 BioCASE CODATA TDWG Materials and chemicals used in the preparation of the specimen Charles Copp October 2002 BioCASE CODATA TDWG Part(s) of organism represented by this specimen Charles Copp Oct 2001 BioCASE CODATA TDWG LNHM: specimen part The text of a labels attached or associated to the unit, or some writing or other inscription directly upon or carved into it. Charles Copp Oct 2001 BioCASE CODATA TDWG LNHM. Label or inscription Charles Copp September 2002 BioCASE CODATA TDWG Text transcription of an inscription Charles Copp Oct 2001 BioCASE CODATA TDWG BioCASE CODATA TDWG Name of person that created the the label or inscription Charles Copp September 2002 BioCASE CODATA TDWG Summary, interpretation or opinion of the text Charles Copp September 2002 BioCASE CODATA TDWG Allows recording of history of specimen e.g. changes of ownership and transfers between collections by sale, splitting or merging of collections Charles Copp Oct 2001 BioCASE CODATA TDWG Maps to Darwin Core 2: Previous Catalog Number Workshop 1 Neil Thomson July 2002 Name changed from UnitID to aid DC2 mapping BioCASE CODATA TDWG BioCISE Model: Unit_ID. NBN: Sample_KeyUnit key or Identifying number - can be multiple. Darwin Core 2: Previous Catalog Number. BioCASE CODATA TDWG Attribute for DateType. Dates that the unit was held in previous collection Charles Copp Oct 2001 BioCASE CODATA TDWG NBN: vaguedatestart, vaguedateend and vaguedatetype. 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 Information on the type status of the specimen. BioCASE CODATA TDWG The name based on the specimen. BioCASE CODATA TDWG HISPID4: basnam. TLR. Neil Thomson August 2002 BioCASE CODATA TDWG Maps to Darwin Core 2: Type Status. The full term designating the status, e.g. Holotype or Isolectotype Charles Copp Oct 2001 BioCASE CODATA TDWG Darwin Core 2: Type 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). Sydney CODATA workshop BioCASE CODATA TDWG The person assigning or verifying the type status of the specimen Free text to record information about the verification process. Workshop 1 BioCASE CODATA TDWG A Unit subtype containing data elements specific to observation (recording) units. Terms such as: quadrat, transect, mist net, timed count etc. Charles Copp September 2002 BioCASE CODATA TDWG Attribute for PreferredFlag. Numbers or other registration mark associated with an observation record e.g. field observer numbers or quadrat numbers. Charles Copp Oct 2001 CharlesCopp October 2002 Changed from UnitNumber BioCASE CODATA TDWG Published reference linked to this unit. Neil Thomson August 2002 Attribute for Original. Indication of images available. Neil Thomson August 2002 A relationship or association e.g. for host/parasite relationships, parental relationships, observed pollinators, substrate etc. Must be another unit in the full dataset. Charles Copp Oct 2001 BioCASE CODATA TDWG A unit assemblage serves to handle symmetric relationships between several units (e.g. herd of animals, batches of specimens, etc.). W. Berendsohn August 2002 Element for holding counts - can be multiiple e.g. number of males, females and juveniles Could also be accommodated by the UnitMeasurement element Workshop 1 Cc Oct 2001 BioCASE CODATA TDWG Subset of unit counted, e.g. "males", "females", "total". W. Berendsohn Aug 2002 BioCASE CODATA TDWG Maps to Darwin Core 2: Individual Count. Number of individuals in the lot or container. Not an estimate of abundance or density at the collecting locality, for which see AbundanceOrDensity. Neil Thomson July 2002 BioCASE CODATA TDWG Darwin Core 2: Individual Count. Gathering event, agent and site details Walter Berendsohn August 2002 Re-structured from former GatheringEvent BioCASE CODATA TDWG Project, date and person details Workshop 1 BioCASE CODATA TDWG Workshop 1 Neil Thomson August 2002 Structure simplified BioCASE CODATA TDWG BioCASE Model: Project Proj_Pk. Unique identifier Workshop 1 BioCASE CODATA TDWG BioCISE Model: Proj_Pk. Name or reference to a parent project where expedition is part of a bigger project Workshop 1 BioCASE CODATA TDWG BioCISE Model: ParProj_Pk. Main project title Workshop 1 BioCASE CODATA TDWG BioCASE Model: ProjTitle. Project subtitle Workshop 1 BioCASE CODATA TDWG BioCASE Model: ProjTitle2. CC. Free text element platform name - refers to the 'platform' from which observations where made e.g. the name of a research vessel or a remote operated vehicle. Workshop 1 BioCASE CODATA TDWG BioCISE Model: PlatformNm. ASC: PLATFORM-NAM. measurement of time elapsed - number with units, e.g. 21 days. Workshop 1 Charles Copp Oct 2001 BioCASE CODATA TDWG BioCASE Model: Duration. Attribute for DateType. Element for recording the starting date in a range Charles Copp Oct. 2001 BioCASE CODATA TDWG Attribute for DateType. End date for use in date ranges BioCASE CODATA TDWG Project funding acknowledgements - free text Workshop 1 BioCASE CODATA TDWG BioCASE Model: ProjAckn. Free text description of the project Workshop 1 BioCASE CODATA TDWG BioCASE Model: ProjTxt. Contact details for Project Officer or other person with knowledge of the project. Workshop 1 Charles Copp Oct 2001 BioCASE CODATA TDWG Maps to Darwin Core 2: Field Number. A string that identifies all material that resulted from a collecting event. Workshop 1 BioCASE CODATA TDWG NBN: Sample_Reference. Darwin Core 2: Field Number. Not grouped in HISPID. The person team responsible for collecting or recording. The element contains a FirstCollector,e.g. the principle team member or organisation name. Also space for additional collectors who were part of the team or per collectors who are other individuals who may have passed specimens or data onto the team. Workshop 1 Charles Copp Oct 2001 BioCASE CODATA TDWG BioCISE Model: GatheringAgent incl. LegTm1_Fk, LegTmAl_Fk, LegTmPr_Fk. NBN: Event_Recorder & Sample_Recorder. Normally a single person in charge of field book to which records are added or the team leader. May be the person whose collection number is cited. Could be an organisation name where collector not known. Workshop 1 BioCASE CODATA TDWG ABIS. ITF. TLR. NBN: Survey_Recorder & Sample_Recorder. HISPID4: Primary Collector's Name (cnam). Maps to Darwin Core 2: Collector. Sydney CODATA workshop BioCASE CODATA TDWG Darwin Core 2: Collector. Maps to Darwin Core 2: Collector Number Neil Thomson October 2002 BioCASE CODATA TDWG Darwin Core 2: Collector Number Group element for parts of a personal name - see also name_ID (ref to a database entry)) Workshop 1 Charles Copp 2001 from old Name Element BioCASE CODATA TDWG Name (elements) for organisations Charles Copp Oct 2001 BioCASE CODATA TDWG Persons other than the primary collector responsible for collections or observations Workshop 1 BioCASE CODATA TDWG ITF. BioCASE Model: Additional Collectors. NBN: Event_Recorder & Sample_Recorder. HISPID4: Secondary Collectors Name (cnam2). BioCASE CODATA TDWG Free text field for informal recording of field contents. [Was Alt Text] Sydney CODATA workshop BioCASE CODATA TDWG Group element for parts of a personal name - see also name_ID (ref to a database entry) Workshop 1 Charles Copp 2001 from old Name Element BioCASE CODATA TDWG Gives date of the gathering or observation event which can be a range or qualified as a vague date (=HISPID4: cdat). Can also be attached to GatheringEventSample as a means of adding greater precision to specific groups of observations within a range event (=cdat2 in part) Workshop 1 BioCASE CODATA TDWG HISPID4: cdat. NBN: Survey_Event_Date (3 part vague date). BioCASE Model: GDate. Which calendar a date pertains to e.g. Julian Workshop 1 BioCASE CODATA TDWG Attribute for DateType. Maps to Darwin Core elements as follows: DateBegin / Year maps to DC2: Year Collected. DateBegin / Month maps to DC2: Month Collected. Date Begin / Day maps to DC2: Day Collected Maps to Darwin Core 2: Julian Day. The number of days since January 1st (i.e. January 1st DayNumber 1) Neil Thomson July 2002 BioCASE CODATA TDWG Darwin Core 2: Julian Day. Maps to Darwin Core 2: Time of Day. Expressed as decimal hours from midnight local time (e.g. 13.5 means 1:30pm) Neil Thomson July 2002 BioCASE CODATA TDWG Darwin Core 2: Time of Day. Location at which a Gathering Event takes place. Element contains both geospatial and descriptive elements. Workshop 1 BioCASE CODATA TDWG ITF. BioCISE Model: StatedLoc. HISPID4: Locality (loc). ASC: Locality-Nam. Workshop 1 BioCASE CODATA TDWG Maps to Darwin Core 2: Continent Ocean. Neil Thomson July 2002 BioCASE CODATA TDWG Darwin Core 2: Continent Ocean. Maps to Darwin Core 2: Country through either ISO2Letter (future) or CountryName (current). At least one of Countryname|ISO2|ISO3 should be present but more are allowed. This should be the political country having jurisdiction over the collection site. Historical country names and water bodies outside the coastal zone can be entered under named area. Workshop 1 C. Copp: There is conflict here between use as an address line (essentially text handy for sorting) and more structured use in collections (GatheringSite) where standardised terms linked to ISO country codes may be desirable BioCASE CODATA TDWG Darwin Core 2: Country through either ISO2Letter (future) or CountryName (current). Attribute for SubdivisionLevel: level number where that forms part of a classification (e.g. for HISPID pru and sru). Charles Copp Oct 2001 BioCASE CODATA TDWG HISPID4: pru & sru included, could also be used for sgu. NBN: Admin_Area. Maps to Darwin Core 2: State Province and DC2: County. Charles Copp Oct 2001 BioCASE CODATA TDWG HISPID4: pru & sru. NBN: Admin_Area. Darwin Core 2: State Province and DC2: County. Allows use of abbreviations and codes for area names Charles Copp Oct 2001 BioCASE CODATA TDWG Allows recording of local or national subdiv. level e.g. county, district, state etc Allows specification of more detailed geographic and administrative area contextual info to a collecting locality Neil Thomson August 2002 Converted from an Attribute BioCASE CODATA TDWG Neil Thomson August 2002 Converted from an Attribute BioCASE CODATA TDWG Named areas or nearest named place where the gathering occurred Workshop 1 BioCASE CODATA TDWG Atomized placenames with possibility for hierarchical sequence. Workshop 1 BioCASE CODATA TDWG BioCASE CODATA TDWG BioCASE CODATA TDWG Maps to Darwin Core 2: Locality BioCASE CODATA TDWG Darwin Core 2: Locality. BioCASE CODATA TDWG BioCASE CODATA TDWG Free text description of detail pertaining to the observation, sampling or collection locality Workshop 1 BioCASE CODATA TDWG Full locality as it would appear on a label. Walter Berendsohn September 2002 BioCASE CODATA TDWG The nearest named place to the collection or observation location Workshop 1 BioCASE CODATA TDWG ABIS. AUSLIG. HISPID4: nnp. TDWG: Stanloc. Distance and directional point. WGB Oct 2001 BioCASE CODATA TDWG Co-ordinates describing the shape of the gathering site Workshop 1 BioCASE CODATA TDWG Workshop 1 BioCASE CODATA TDWG Maps to Darwin Core 2: Bounding Box. Workshop 1 BioCASE CODATA TDWG Darwin Core 2: Bounding Box. URL (e.g. web address) for thelocation of a boundary polygon or centroid spatial reference relating to a gathering site Workshop 1 BioCASE CODATA TDWG Attribute for AppliesTo. Composite element to allow observations to record 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 Workshop 1 BioCASE CODATA TDWG HISPID4: geosou (part). BioCASE Model: CrdMsmthMtd . 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. Workshop 1 BioCASE CODATA TDWG ABIS. ITF. AUSLIG. Workshop 1 BioCASE CODATA TDWG Maps to Darwin Core 2: Latitude. Express in decimal degrees Workshop 1 BioCASE CODATA TDWG Darwin Core 2: Latitude. Maps to Darwin Core 2: Longitude. Express in decimal degrees Workshop 1 BioCASE CODATA TDWG Darwin Core 2: Longitude. Workshop 1 BioCASE CODATA TDWG Degrees of latitude for collecting site in range 0-90 Workshop 1 BioCASE CODATA TDWG HISPID4: latdeg / TDWG: LatDegH, LatDegL. Minutes within the latitude reading - range 0 - 59 Workshop 1 BioCASE CODATA TDWG HISPID4: latmin / TDWG LatMinH, LatMinL. Seconds within the latitude reading range 0 - 59 Workshop 1 BioCASE CODATA TDWG HISPID4: latsec / TDWG: LatSecH, LatSecL. Workshop 1 BioCASE CODATA TDWG HISPID4: latdir / TDWG: LatDirHigh, LatDirLow. Degrees of longitude of the collecting/recording site - range 0 - 90 Workshop 1 BioCASE CODATA TDWG HISPID4: londeg / TDWG : LongDegH, LonDegL. Minutes in the longitude reading range 0-59 Workshop 1 BioCASE CODATA TDWG HISPID4: lonmin / TDWG: LongMinH , LongMinL. Seconds in the longitude reading - range 0 - 59 Workshop 1 BioCASE CODATA TDWG HISPID4: lonsec / TDWG: LongSecH , LongSecL. Workshop 1 BioCASE CODATA TDWG mathematical surface on which the mapping and coordinate system used for the geocodes of the record are based Workshop 1 BioCASE CODATA TDWG AS/NZS4270 spatial transfer standard, SDTS spatial transfer standard. Workshop 1 BioCASE CODATA TDWG Free text statement of degree of accuracy Workshop 1 BioCASE CODATA TDWG HISPID4: includes geoacy TDWG: LatAccurr, LongAccur. Geospatial coordinates recorded using a grid system Workshop 1 BioCASE CODATA TDWG BioCASE Model: Geospatial Coordinates GridSysNam, GridCode, GridPreQual,CrdMsmtMth. Grid system name e.g. "GB OS" Workshop 1 BioCASE CODATA TDWG BioCASE Model: GrdSystTxt. Workshop 1 BioCASE CODATA TDWG Grid reference precision qualifier Workshop 1 BioCASE CODATA TDWG BioCASE Model: GridPrecQual. Workshop 1 BioCASE CODATA TDWG Workshop 1 BioCASE CODATA TDWG HISPID4: sqz. Workshop 1 BioCASE CODATA TDWG HISPID4: sge (part). Workshop 1 BioCASE CODATA TDWG HISPID4: sgn (part). Workshop 1 BioCASE CODATA TDWG 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. Workshop 1 BioCASE CODATA TDWG 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. Workshop 1 Charles Copp Oct. 2001 BioCASE CODATA TDWG LNHM model. 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) Charles Copp Oct 2001 BioCASE CODATA TDWG HISPID4: top. Hydrological features of the site or collection point Charles Copp Oct 2001 BioCASE CODATA TDWG Biotoperecord is an element for citing biotope type terms (e.g. classification terms) and measurments (e.g. vegetation height) related to the unit's gathering site Charles Copp Oct 2001 BioCASE CODATA TDWG NBN: Biotope-occurrence. HISPID4: hab (part). TDWG: Habitat (part). Interpreted here as relationships with other taxa Note this can be recorded as a feature of a location (e.g. at this site the following species are known to grow together) or can be used to record relationships in an observation (e.g. caterpillar and observed food plant, parasite and host etc.) Workshop 1 Charles Copp Oct 2001 BioCASE CODATA TDWG HISPID4: asspp. Attribute for classification system used. Charles Copp Oct 2001 BioCASE CODATA TDWG NBN: Short_Name. Attribute for type designating ShortName, Long name, Code, or AltText Charles Copp Oct 2001 BioCASE CODATA TDWG NBN: Long_Name. Free text field for informal recording of field contents Sydney CODATA workshop BioCASE CODATA TDWG BiotopeData allows the linking of any measurement (e.g. biotope area) to unit record Charles Copp Oct 2001 BioCASE CODATA TDWG NBN: biotope_occurrence_data. Interpreted here as relationships with other taxa Note this can be recorded as a feature of a location (e.g. at this site the following species are known to grow together) or can be used to record relationships in an observation (e.g. caterpillar and observed food plant, parasite and host etc.) Workshop 1 Charles Copp Oct 2001 BioCASE CODATA TDWG HISPID4: asspp. Markus Doering August 2002 BioCASE CODATA TDWG Attribute for CodeOfNomenclature Workshop 1 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 LowerValue maps to Darwin Core 2: Minimum Depth. Lower value of range (ie that nearest to ground datum). Material collected was at least this deep. Positive below the surface, negative above (e.g. collecting above sea level in tidal areas). UpperValue maps to Darwin Core 2: Maximum Depth. Higher value in range (ie. measurement furthest from ground datum). Material collected was at most this depth. Positive below the surface, negative above (e.g. collecting above sea level in tidal areas). WalterBerendsohn August 2002 BioCASE CODATA TDWG Darwin Core 2: Minimum Depth (lower value). Darwin Core 2: Maximum Depth (higher value). Lower value maps to Darwin Core 2: Minimum Elevation. Minimum distance above (positive) or below sea level of the collecting locality. Upper value maps to Darwin Core 2: Maximum Elevation. Maximum distance above (positive) or below sea level of the collecting locality. WalterBerendsohn August 2002 BioCASE CODATA TDWG Darwin Core 2: Minimum Elevation (lower value). Darwin Core 2: Maximum Elevation (upper value). Measurement of Aspect (ie facing direction) of either whole site or sample point measured in either letters (e.g. NE, SW) or Degrees (e.g. 270) Charles Copp Oct 2001 BioCASE CODATA TDWG HISPID4: Aspect (asp). Substrate is 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. Workshop 1 Charles Copp Oct 2001 BioCASE CODATA TDWG HISPID4: sub. Measurement of the degree of exposure of a collecting or recording site - (often used with marine shore recording) e.g. sheltered Charles Copp Oct 2001 BioCASE CODATA TDWG Measurement of the angle of slope either as free text or in number of degress Charles Copp Oct 2001 BioCASE CODATA TDWG Workshop 1 BioCASE CODATA TDWG Abundance / Density at collection site - can have several measures of abundance e.g. Domin and DAFOR values Workshop 1 Charles Copp Oct 2001 BioCASE CODATA TDWG This is a general purpose measurement element that can be used to store any kind of count or measurement related to a Unit e.g. length of bill, number of eggs, weight, pH , specific gravity etc. Some measurements, e.g. no. of individuals have separate elements - this is redundant but makes for easier reading! Charles Copp Oct 2001 BioCASE CODATA TDWG NBN: Taxon_Data. Any number of free text facts can be recorded about the specimen or unit. Facts can be of any sort e.g. comments on the historical importance of the specimen or curatorial notes about the preservation state, or a reference to the existence of field notes not captured in the database. Charles Copp Oct 2001 BioCASE CODATA TDWG Categorisation term. BioCASE CODATA TDWG BioCASE CODATA TDWG BioCASE CODATA TDWG Name of person contributing the fact BioCASE CODATA TDWG Attribute for RefType Neil Thomson August 2002 BioCASE CODATA TDWG Free text description of the unit. Maps to Darwin Core 2: Notes. Workshop 1 BioCASE CODATA TDWG LNHM: free text description of a specimen or similar 'Unit'. Darwin Core 2: Notes. Workshop 1 Charles Copp Oct. 2001 In Santa Barbara, I (WGB) insisted on a very basic address definition CC: A simpler but more flexible version would be to have Address line as a repeatable element Could even have Address (AddressLine*) with AddressLine being a text element with Attribute Type = (Line|Town|County|Country|zip|etc) BioCASE CODATA TDWG Repeatable element to allow for addresses of different structure and length. Charles Copp Oct. 2001 BioCASE CODATA TDWG Free text address term useful for sorting. Workshop 1 BioCASE CODATA TDWG Free text full country name (preferably from a standard list e.g. ISO or H&B) Workshop 1 BioCASE CODATA TDWG ABIS, ITF, TLR, WGSUB, ISO, Hollis& Brummitt (1992) HISPID4: cou and scou : NBN: admin_area. Text attribute for zip code or post code Charles Copp October 2001 BioCASE CODATA TDWG Free text field for informal recording of field contents Sydney CODATA workshop BioCASE CODATA TDWG BioCASE CODATA TDWG Orientation from North in compass degrees - can be used for recording aspect of a site or as part of the dip/strike measuremnt in geologic records BioCASE CODATA TDWG BioCASE CODATA TDWG BioCASE CODATA TDWG Attribute for PreferredFlag. Charles Copp September 2002 Re-structured BioCASE CODATA TDWG One of: telephone, cellphone, fax, email Charles Copp September 2002 BioCASE CODATA TDWG Prefix to use before dialing: e.g. country code BioCASE CODATA TDWG full number e.g. as dialled within the country or the full email address Charles Copp Oct 2001 BioCASE CODATA TDWG NBN: Number. free text note for constraints on use e.g. "weekdays only" or "home number" Charles Copp Oct 2001 BioCASE CODATA TDWG NBN: Constraints. Free text number entry Berendsohn Aug. 16 2002 BioCASE CODATA TDWG BioCASE CODATA TDWG BioCASE CODATA TDWG Name (elements) for organisations Charles Copp Oct 2001 BioCASE CODATA TDWG Group element for different representations of a personal name. Workshop 1 Charles Copp 2001 from old Name Element BioCASE CODATA TDWG Role of Person or Organisation in context Neil Thomson August 2002 A very basic address definition having address lines as a repeatable element can be used Berendsohn Workshop 1 Charles Copp Oct. 2001 BioCASE CODATA TDWG Added to replace fax, email and telephone elements with a repeatable and more flexible structure where the element attribute CommType is enumnerated to include tel,fax,email Attribute Preferred marks the first choice where there are multiple numbers Charles Copp Oct 2001 BioCASE CODATA TDWG NBN : element Contact_Number. URL for contact Neil Thomson August 2002 BioCASE CODATA TDWG 2 letter ISO code for the representation of a country name Workshop 1 BioCASE CODATA TDWG ISO HISPID: iso. 3 letter ISO code for the representation of a country name Workshop 1 BioCASE CODATA TDWG Workshop 1 BioCASE CODATA TDWG attribute showing that information is derived - usually from a system supplied dictionary WGB Oct 2001 BioCASE CODATA TDWG NBN: ? System_supplied_data. Attribute for DateType Charles Copp Oct 2001 BioCASE CODATA TDWG NBN: vaguedatestart, vaguedateend and vaguedatetype. Format datebegin and dateend allows recording of dates as ranges or approximations. Atomised into Year, Month and Day. Fill in both DateBegin and Date end elements with the same date where exact date is known. Neil Thomson July 2002 Atomised into Year, Month and Day to harmonise with Darwin Core 2 date elements for idenfication and collection events BioCASE CODATA TDWG Neil Thomson July 2002 BioCASE CODATA TDWG Neil Thomson July 2002 BioCASE CODATA TDWG Neil Thomson July 2002 BioCASE CODATA TDWG Format datebegin and dateend allows recording of dates as ranges or approximations. Atomised into Year, Month and Day. Fill in both DateBegin and Date end elements with the same date where exact date is known. Neil Thomson July 2002 Atomised into Year, Month and Day to harmonise with Darwin Core 2 date elements for idenfication and collection events BioCASE CODATA TDWG Neil Thomson July 2002 BioCASE CODATA TDWG Neil Thomson July 2002 BioCASE CODATA TDWG Neil Thomson July 2002 BioCASE CODATA TDWG Free text field for informal recording of field contents Sydney CODATA workshop BioCASE CODATA TDWG Attribute for TaxonRank. Maps to Darwin Core 2: Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order and Family. Attribute may be used to indicate actual rank if not clear from name ending. Neil Thomson July 2002 BioCASE CODATA TDWG Darwin Core 2: Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order and Family. BioCASE CODATA TDWG Workshop 1 BioCASE CODATA TDWG Disclaimer statement concerning data quality Workshop 1 BioCASE CODATA TDWG Neil Thomson September 2002 BioCASE CODATA TDWG Workshop 1 BioCASE CODATA TDWG Workshop 1 BioCASE CODATA TDWG Workshop 1 BioCASE CODATA TDWG Attribute for PreferredIdentificationFlag to mark the current identification(s) of the unit. Attribute SpecialTargetCategory specifies categories like F BioCASE CODATA TDWG An identification event records the application of a taxonomic determination or other form of identication to a unit. Attributes for VerificationLevel and IdentificationCategory (e.g. confirmation, identification, denying ("non"). Workshop 1 Charles Copp Oct 2001 BioCASE CODATA TDWG includes vlev, det, idql, rkql from HISPID4; equivalent to Taxon_Determination in NBN. Person or person team determining, confirming or denying the identity of a unit in an identification event. Workshop 1 Charles Copp Oct 2001 BioCASE CODATA TDWG Walter Berendsohn 9/2002 HISPID4: vnam; NBN: determiner. Free text field providing name(s) of the person(s) who applied the TaxonIdentified to the object. Sydney CODATA workshop Neil Thomson July 2002 Was AltText element BioCASE CODATA TDWG W.Berendsohn 9/2002 Darwin Core 2: Identified By. ITF-2: vnam. HISPID-3: vnam. Atomised data for the parts of the Identifier's name. Workshop 1 Charles Copp 2001 from old Name Element BioCASE CODATA TDWG Atomised data for the organisation the identifier is affiliated to, OR the organisation/institution acting as the identifier. Charles Copp Oct 2001 BioCASE CODATA TDWG A reference from which the identification of the unit was extracted A reference (e.g. a monograph, fauna or flora or a pers. comm.) which provided the base for the identifier's taxon identification. Workshop 1 BioCASE CODATA TDWG HISPID4: vlit. NBN: Source. Attribute for DateType. Maps to Darwin Core 2 elements as follows: Date / DateBegin / Year maps to DC2: Year Identified. Date / DateBegin / Month maps to DC2: Month Identified. Date / DateBegin / Day maps to DC2: Day Identified. Workshop 1 BioCASE CODATA TDWG HISPID4 : vdat and texvdat are included. NBN: determination_date (vague date ) Darwin Core 2: Date / DateBegin / Year maps to DC2: Year Identified. Date / DateBegin / Month maps to DC2: Month Identified. Date / DateBegin / Day maps to DC2: Day Identified. Workshop 1 BioCASE CODATA TDWG HISPID4: idcom. NBN: Comme. The name assignd to the unit (or denied, "non") in the identification event. Workshop 1 BioCASE CODATA TDWG 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 to the image. May be free text entry or URI pointing to an IPR statement on the Internet. 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 BioCASE CODATA TDWG Subject area of the term list. BioCASE CODATA TDWG Neil Thomson August 2002 BioCASE CODATA TDWG 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 Version or date of the term list or thesaurus from which the term is drawn Charles Copp Oct 2001 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 BioCASE CODATA TDWG Object, part or property being measured BioCASE CODATA TDWG BioCASE CODATA TDWG Charles Copp October 2002 BioCASE CODATA TDWG BioCASE CODATA TDWG Describes type of measure, such as width, abundance, circumference etc. BioCASE CODATA TDWG Named scale, such as centigrade, Beaufort etc. Charles Copp October 2002 BioCASE CODATA TDWG Lower or only value. Attribute for ValueDataType, such as string, integer, decimal, % etc. BioCASE CODATA TDWG Attribute for Unit of Measurement. BioCASE CODATA TDWG BioCASE CODATA TDWG BioCASE CODATA TDWG Full organisation name e.g. Taxonomic Database Working Group Charles Copp Oct 2001 BioCASE CODATA TDWG Acronym or short term for an organisation e.g. TDWG Charles Copp Oct 2001 BioCASE CODATA TDWG An organisation's standard identifer code. In the absence of a global scheme, use the code that is most recognised within the discipline. Maps to Darwin Core 2: Institution Code. Workshop 1 BioCASE CODATA TDWG ABIS. ITF-2. HISPID4: Institution Code (insid). NBN: Acronym (part). Darwin Core 2: Institution Code. Existing content standards: Index Herbariorum, International Directory for Botanic Gardens, Museum Documentation Association, ?TLR Neil Thomson July 2002 Constituent element names changed to the same as those used in the BioCASE Collection-level Profile and the vcard standard BioCASE CODATA TDWG Preferred form of personal name for display. Charles Copp September 2002 BioCASE CODATA TDWG Professor James Hundredwidth Aylstone T. McTrace Standardised form of name used for sorting and searching. Charles Copp September 2002 BioCASE CODATA TDWG Hundredwidth, James McTrace, Aylstone T Family name first followed by a comma then a space then given names or initials separated by a space. No full stop after initials. BioCASE CODATA TDWG Formal citation for a paper or electronic publication. Walter Berendsohn September 2002 BioCASE CODATA TDWG Specific page, figure or illustration number(s) within the reference. Walter Berendsohn September 2002 BioCASE CODATA TDWG Universal Resource Identifier - Path to electronic source of document (e.g. web address) Charles Copp Oct 2001 BioCASE CODATA TDWG BioCASE CODATA TDWG Chronostraigraphic dating term e.g. Jurassic Period Charles Copp Oct 2001 BioCASE CODATA TDWG biostratigraphic zonation term e.g. Psiloceras planorbis zone Charles Copp Oct 2001 BioCASE CODATA TDWG lithostratigraphic term describing geology e.g. Mercia Mudstone Group Charles Copp Oct 2001 BioCASE CODATA TDWG Free text field for informal recording of field contents Sydney CODATA workshop 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 BioCASE CODATA TDWG The outcome of an identification event that structurally adheres to one of the codes of nomenclature in biology Neil Thomson August 2002 Restructured as suggested by Yde de Jong BioCASE CODATA TDWG 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. Exceptionally, a Genus name different from the genus name in the binomen or trinomen identified may be used as a higher Taxon (e.g. ***). Workshop 1 Charles Copp Oct 2001 BioCASE CODATA TDWG Yde de Jong HISPID3: covers "Suprafamilial Group Name" (supfam), Family Name (fam), and Suprageneric Group Name (supgen). Fully or partially concatenated strings for the scientific name of the taxon identified. Yde de Yong October 2002 BioCASE CODATA TDWG Maps to Darwin Core 2: Scientific Name. Full scientific citation including species name (bi-or trinomen), autho(s)r or author team(s) and - where relevant - year. Sydney CODATA workshop Yde de Jong October 2002 BioCASE CODATA TDWG Darwin Core 2: Scientific Name. Acipenser gueldenstadti Linnaeus 1758 Scientific Name string including full species name (bi-or trinomen) excluding author name and year Yde de Yong October 2002 BioCASE CODATA TDWG Acipenser gueldenstadti Maps to Darwin Core 2: 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. Yde de Yong October 2002 For separate (atomised) Author and/or Year data items see relevant elements in DomainName BioCASE CODATA TDWG 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 Atomized data items of the taxon identified, with subtypes according to the different Codes of Nomenclature which apply to scientific names. A standard term to qualify the identification of the unit when doubts have arisen as to its identity. Attribute Rank defines the lowest ranking name element to which the qualifier applies (i.e. the insertion point in the name string). Walter Berendsohn September 2002 BioCASE CODATA TDWG Maps to Darwin Core 2: Genus. A generic name in all formal organism names or an intergeneric hybrid name under the ICBN, without the leading multiplication sign, eg. Halimiocistus for x Halimiocistus sahucii, or the name of an intergeneric graft hybrid or graft chimaera, published under the Cultivated Code, eg. Crataegomespilus for + Crataegomespilus dardarii. Workshop 1 BioCASE CODATA TDWG HISPID: Genus Name (gen) as to content, not all rules. Darwin Core 2: Genus. Darwin Core 2: Species maps to this element. First word in a taxonomic name combination other than a generic term or term indicative of rank, hybridization, or chimaera status. Does not apply for viral names. Workshop 1 BioCASE CODATA TDWG HISPID "Subgeneric Group Name" (subgen) but without the preceeding rank abbreviation (entered under Rank). HISPID "Species Epithet" (sp). Darwin Core 2: Species is included. Maps to Darwin Core 2: Subspecies. Last epithet in a trinomen, i.e. a subspecies under I Workshop 1 BioCASE CODATA TDWG HISPID: "Infraspecific Epithet" (isp) without the hybrid parts. Darwin Core 2: Subspecies is included. The rank of the name where needed to form it (i.e. in infraspecies and in names of a rank between genus and species). Workshop 1 BioCASE CODATA TDWG HISPID: covers "Infraspecific Rank Flag" (isprk) as well as the rank ("group") of a "subgeneric group name" given in that field. A free-text suffix added to the taxon identified (e.g. "sensu lato"). Workshop 1 BioCASE CODATA TDWG Any free text comments related to the name Charles Copp Oct 2001 BioCASE CODATA TDWG HISPID4: namcom. Indicating if the name defined is a named hybrid or a graft chimaera. Attribute Rank defines if this applies to the generic, species, or infraspecific level. Workshop 1 BioCASE CODATA TDWG HISPID: Hybrid Flag (hyb) . Author(s) of the original name for a taxon which has subsequently been revised but retains the same stem or epithet (author team cited in parenthesis). May be preceeded by a sanctioning author. If possible, preceeding "ex" authors should be avoided. Workshop 1 BioCASE CODATA TDWG HISPID4 has Basionym (basnam) as an element but not the author team. 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. Workshop 1 BioCASE CODATA TDWG Horticultural and trade name element for plants Workshop 1 BioCASE CODATA TDWG Cultivar group name e.g. "Cauliflower" Charles Copp Oct 2001 BioCASE CODATA TDWG HISPID4: culgnam /ITF / Treharne(1995). Cultivar name e.g. the type of cauliflower. Charles Copp Oct 2001 BioCASE CODATA TDWG HISPID4: culnam / ITF /ICNCP / Treharne(1995). Trade name used for a specific cultivar Charles Copp Oct 2001 BioCASE CODATA TDWG HISPID4: tranam / ITF / ICNCP (Treharne(1995). 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 Author(s) of the original name of a taxon Yde de Yong October 2002 BioCASE CODATA TDWG Linnaeus Annotations to emphasis if the original Author name has to be cited between parentheses in the data presentation, because of subsequent revision (according to the Zoological Code the authors for new taxonomic name combination are not shown) Yde de Yong October 2002 BioCASE CODATA TDWG {parentheses within data presentation: yes/no} ?? Asked Yde Yde de Yong October 2002 BioCASE CODATA TDWG BioCASE CODATA TDWG Yde de Jong Name of the breed of an animal The outcome of an identification event that does not adhere to the rule of a Code of Nomenclature. Walter Berendsohn September 2002 BioCASE CODATA TDWG Laguage of informal name (especially for common names) BioCASE CODATA TDWG Together with AssociatedUnitID this maps to Darwin Core 2: Related Catalog Item. Fully qualified identifier of a related item within the full dataset. Together with AssociatedUnitDatasetName this maps to Darwin Core 2: Related Catalog Item. Fully qualified identifier of a related item within the full dataset. Neil Thomson July 2002 BioCASE CODATA TDWG Darwin Core 2: Related Catalog Item. Maps to Darwin Core 2: RelationshipType. BioCASE CODATA TDWG Darwin Core 2: Relationship Type. 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 Free text alternative to structured data under the same node (in contrast to comment etc.) BioCASE CODATA TDWG BioCASE CODATA TDWG BioCASE CODATA TDWG BioCASE CODATA TDWG BioCASE CODATA TDWG BioCASE CODATA TDWG No controlled vocabulary. ID can be of any form to suit the needs of the user (existing IDs) BioCASE CODATA TDWG Controlled IDs used by the System only. BioCASE CODATA TDWG