A container for one or more unit data records A container for all data referring to a unit (specimen or observation record) Orientation, outlook or aspect of slope Aspect The orientation, outlook or aspect or direction of slope. BioCASE HISPID CODATA TDWG Jim Croft 10/2002 HISPID This information is of particular interest in relation to exposure and incident sunlight. The values in these fields are nearly always directional and restricted to mountainous or sloping ground. The value 'Open' can be used to describe flat plains or exposed ridge crests; 'Closed' can be used for valleys or ravines. The direction, orientation or aspect of slope expressed in compass points Ordination Orientation or bearing as an abbreviation of cardinal points BioCASE CODATA TDWG Jim Croft 10/2002, W. Berendsohn 05/2003 Orientation or bearing from North Compass Degrees Orientation or bearing from North, expressed in compass degrees BioCASE CODATA TDWG Jim Croft 10/2002 May be used for recording aspect of a site or as part of the dip/strike measurement in geologic records. Accuracy of aspect reading or estimation Bearing Accuracy Accuracy of the bearing measurement of Aspect. BioCASE CODATA TDWG Jim Croft 10/2002 I have no idea how this element will be applied or who will use it [JRC] Text expression of slope or aspect Aspect Text The direction of aspect or slope expressed as text. BioCASE CODATA TDWG Jim Croft 10/2002 South West facing slope Westward cliff This field will as far as possible be a verbatim quote from the specimen label. Elements describing the site and event of collecting or observing a unit. A string that identifies all material that resulted from a collecting event. Gathering code BioCASE CODATA TDWG Berendsohn 01 Mar 2003 NBN: Sample_Reference. Darwin Core 2: Field Number. Date(s) and time(s) of the gathering or observation event Gathering date and time BioCASE CODATA TDWG Berendsohn 01 Mar 2003 HISPID4: cdat. HISPID4: cdat2. NBN: Survey_Event_Date (3 part vague date). BioCISE Model: GDate. Darwin Core 2: Year/Month/Day collected. A container element for the agent(s) responsible for collecting or recording. Gathering agents BioCASE CODATA TDWG Berendsohn 01 Mar 2003 BioCISE Model: GatheringAgent incl. LegTm1_Fk, LegTmAl_Fk, LegTmPr_Fk. Sample_Recorder. Either a single person or several persons forming a team or an organisation or (sometimes) a project name The person, or one of the persons or team(s) or organization(s) responsible for collecting or recording. Attribute PrimaryCollectorFlag to denote first collector. Gathering agents BioCASE CODATA TDWG Berendsohn 01 Mar 2003 BioCISE Model: GatheringAgent incl. LegTm1_Fk, LegTmAl_Fk, LegTmPr_Fk. Sample_Recorder. An agent (person or organisation) First Collector may be flagged by means of an attribute, which is normally a single person in charge of field book to which records are added or the team leader. It may be the person whose collection number is cited but it could be an organisation name where the collector is not known. Further collectors can be cited who were part of the team or other individuals who may have passed specimens or data onto the team. Free text details for Agent. Agent text Free text details for Agent. BioCASE CODATA TDWG Neil Thomson Free text details for Agent. Agent text Free text details for Agent. BioCASE CODATA TDWG Neil Thomson Agent organization name and code(s). Organization Agent organization name and code(s). BioCASE CODATA TDWG Neil Thomson Person agent name. Person Person agent name. BioCASE CODATA TDWG Neil Thomson Free text representation of those responsible for collecting or recording. Project information concerning the gathering event. Project BioCASE CODATA TDWG Berendsohn 01 Mar 2003 BioCASE Model: Project Proj_Pk. Title of collection project Project title BioCASE CODATA TDWG Berendsohn 01 Mar 2003 BioCASE Model: ProjTitle. Project name if of special importance or cited on a collection label Inventory of the Montecristo National Park Contact details for Project Officer or other person with knowledge of the project. Project contact BioCASE CODATA TDWG Berendsohn 01 Mar 2003 The 'platform' from which observations or collections were made, e.g. the name of a research vessel or a remote operated vehicle Platform name BioCASE CODATA TDWG Berendsohn 01 Mar 2003 BioCISE Model: PlatformNm. ASC: PLATFORM-NAM. Refers to the 'platform' from which observations were made e.g. the name of a research vessel or a remote operated vehicle. Location at which a Gathering Event takes place. Gathering site BioCASE CODATA TDWG ITF. BioCISE Model: StatedLoc. HISPID4: Locality (loc). ASC: Locality-Nam. Element contains both geospatial and descriptive elements. Original locality data as appearing on a label or in an original entry. Locality Text The locality data from the label as a string of text BioCASE HISPID CODATA TDWG Jim Croft HISPID New Caledonia, below summit region of Mt Mou. New South Wales, Central Tablelands 12 km SW or Armidale. As far as possible this field should be transcribed verbatim from the specimen label Where possible, the language of the label locality should be indicated with the language attribute. Editorial omissions for brevity, etc. should be indicated with an ellipsis (...) and interpreted or implied text should be included in square brackets [ ]. Clarification is needed as to whether this field includes the full locality information from the Continental level down, or just regional locality string excluding the higher level named areas or regions [JRC] Name of Continent or Ocean. Separate from NamedArea for compatibility reasons. Derived datum if not in LocalityText. Continent or Ocean The standard name of the Continent or Ocean; the primary division of geographic locality. BioCASE CODATA TDWG Jim Croft Darwin Core 2: Continent Ocean South America Indian Ocean Asia South America Maps to Darwin Core 2: Continent Ocean. The list of available Continent and Ocean names is probably small enough that it could be handled by a controlled enumeration. However, this may blow out when the equivalents in multiple languages are included. [JRC] Details of the country. Separate from NamedArea for compatibility reasons. Country Elements covering the representation of the country and its name. BioCASE CODATA TDWG Brummitt 1992 HISPID4 BioCASE Model: GDate Maps to Darwin Core 2: Country through either ISO2Letter (future) or CountryName (current). Historical country names and water bodies outside the coastal zone can be entered under named area. CountryNameDerived is provided for a country name that has been derived, for example from a system supplied dictionary, by library consultation or other independent research. At least one of CountryName or ISO2 or ISO3 should be present but more are allowed. This should be the political country having jurisdiction over the collection site. Country names and ISO codes can theoretically be part of controlled enumerations but if included within the schema would blow it out to an unacceptable level; is it possible to refer to these lists externally with physically invoking them? [JRC] Atomised place names with possibility for hierarchical structuring. The nearest named place to the collection or observation location Near named place BioCASE CODATA TDWG Jim Croft ABIS. AUSLIG. HISPID4: nnp. TDWG: Stanloc. Distance and directional point. Relation to nearest named place BioCASE CODATA TDWG Free text description of further details pertaining to the observation, sampling, or collection locality which which did not fit into Area detail BioCASE CODATA TDWG Berendsohn 01 Mar 2003 Additional locality details not covered by the named area or nearest named place elements Spaceholder for GML-conformant schema extension to express locality coordinates and footprint data (Geographical Markup Language) GML Type BioCASE CODATA TDWG Container for GML-Standard Elements Retrieval of a boundary polygon or centroid spatial reference relating to the gathering site. URL (GET) or POST text, for Web Feature Service (OpenGIS Consortium Specification 01-023) reference. Alternative GET or POST representation is specified by the GetPost attribute. BioCASE CODATA TDWG URI (e.g. web address) for 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 Web Map Service URL BioCASE CODATA TDWG WMS is already common use. You can link to Microsoft's Terraserver and lots of other resources.[Reed Beaman] Attribute for Original data. Composite element to allow recording multiple coordinates or same coordinate in different systems BioCASE CODATA TDWG Coordinates measuring system e.g. GPS, field map reference, inferred map reference BioCASE CODATA TDWG HISPID4: geosou (part). BioCASE Model: CrdMsmthMtd . BioCASE CODATA TDWG ABCD Workshop 1 BioCASE CODATA TDWG HISPID4: sqz. ABCD Workshop 1 BioCASE CODATA TDWG HISPID4: sge (part). BioCASE CODATA TDWG HISPID4: sgn (part). ABCD Workshop 1 BioCASE CODATA TDWG ABCD Workshop 1 Geospatial coordinates recorded using a grid system BioCASE CODATA TDWG BioCASE Model: Geospatial Coordinates GridSysNam, GridCode, GridPreQual, CrdMsmtMth. ABCD Workshop 1 Grid system name e.g. "GB OS" BioCASE CODATA TDWG BioCASE Model: GrdSystTxt. ABCD Workshop 1 BioCASE CODATA TDWG ABCD Workshop 1 Grid reference precision qualifier BioCASE CODATA TDWG BioCASE Model: GridPrecQual. ABCD Workshop 1 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. BioCASE CODATA TDWG ABIS. ITF. AUSLIG. ABCD Workshop 1 Maps to Darwin Core 2: Longitude. Express in decimal degrees BioCASE CODATA TDWG Darwin Core 2: Longitude. ABCD Workshop 1 Maps to Darwin Core 2: Latitude. Express in decimal degrees BioCASE CODATA TDWG Darwin Core 2: Latitude. ABCD Workshop 1 Mathematical surface on which the mapping and coordinate system used for the geocodes of the record are based BioCASE CODATA TDWG AS/NZS4270 spatial transfer standard, SDTS spatial transfer standard. ABCD Workshop 1 BioCASE CODATA TDWG ABCD Workshop 1 Free text statement of degree of accuracy BioCASE CODATA TDWG HISPID4: includes geoacy TDWG: LatAccurr, LongAccur. ABCD Workshop 1 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. BioCASE CODATA TDWG Neil Thomson 7/2002 Darwin Core 2: Coordinate Precision. Distance above (positive) or below sea level of the collecting locality. Altitude BioCASE CODATA TDWG Berendsohn 02 Mar 2003 Darwin Core 2: Minimum Elevation (lower value). Darwin Core 2: Maximum Elevation (upper value). Although this could be covered by a generic element for site measurements, the separate Altitude element is preserved for the sake of clarity. Note the difference to the Height and Depth elements, which are measured relative to a local surface. Vertical distance measure in relation to a ground datum, e.g. water level, which normally forms the upper limit of a possible range. Depth BioCASE CODATA TDWG Berendsohn 01 Mar 2003 Darwin Core 2: Minimum Depth (lower value). Darwin Core 2: Maximum Depth (higher value). Although this could be covered by a generic element for site measurements, the separate Depth element is preserved for the sake of clarity. Positive below the surface, negative above (e.g. collecting above sea level in tidal areas). Vertical distance measure in relation to a ground datum, e.g. ground level, which normally forms the lower limit of a possible range. Height BioCASE CODATA TDWG Berendsohn 01 Mar 2003 Darwin Core 2: Minimum Depth (lower value). Darwin Core 2: Maximum Depth (higher value). Although this could be covered by a generic element for site measurements, the separate Height element is preserved for the sake of clarity. Positive above the surface. A container for geological dating and rock unit names related to the site or sample locations Stratigraphy BioCASE CODATA TDWG Berendsohn 01 Mar 2003 LNHM model. Allows the linking of geological dating and rock unit names to sites or sample locations. Structure allows for full analysis of stratigraphy e.g. to allow fossils in collections to be sorted by period and zone. Also allows for free text terms when their status is unknown or for more full descriptions of stratigraphy of site. An container element for citing biotope type terms (e.g. classification terms) and measurements (e.g. vegetation height) related to the unit's gathering site Attribute for classification system used. Biotope classification BioCASE CODATA TDWG NBN: Short_Name. Attribute for type designating ShortName, Long name, Code, or BiotopeText Biotope name BioCASE CODATA TDWG NBN: Long_Name. Free text field for informal recording of Biotope Biotope text BioCASE CODATA TDWG A container allowing to linking any biotope-related measurement to the site description Biotope measurements BioCASE CODATA TDWG Although this could be covered by a generic element for site measurements, the separate element is preserved for the sake of clarity. A measurement (e.g. biotope area size) of the biotope at the gathering site Biotope measurement BioCASE CODATA TDWG Berendsohn 01 Mar 2003 NBN: biotope_occurrence_data. Although this could be covered by a generic element for site measurements, the separate element is preserved for the sake of clarity. Relationship of the unit gathered with other taxa at the gathering site Synecology BioCASE CODATA TDWG Berendsohn 01 Mar 2003 HISPID4: asspp. Note this can be recorded as a feature of a location (e.g. as a syntaxon, or that at this site the following species are known to grow together) or can be used to record an observed relationship (e.g. caterpillar and observed food plant, parasite and host etc.) but this should better be expressed as a unit association A syntaxon name and category assigned to the gathering site. Syntaxon BioCASE CODATA TDWG Berendsohn 01 Mar 2003 Free text comment on synecological features of the gathering site. Comment BioCASE CODATA TDWG Other taxa observed at the gathering site Associated taxa BioCASE CODATA TDWG Berendsohn 01 Mar 2003 Note that the determination of the associated taxa in this case relies on the collector's information Other taxon found at the gathering site Taxon identified BioCASE CODATA TDWG Facing direction (aspect) of whole site or sample point. Aspect BioCASE CODATA TDWG HISPID4: Aspect (asp). Measured in either letters (e.g. NE, SW) or Degrees (e.g. 270). Measurement of the angle of slope either as free text or in number of degrees Slope BioCASE CODATA TDWG Berendsohn 01 Mar 2003 Although this could be covered by a generic element for site measurements, the separate Slope element is preserved for the sake of clarity. Notes BioCASE CODATA TDWG The application of a name (or concept), i.e. the data pertaining to an identification event and the result of the identification itself. BioCASE CODATA TDWG ABCD Editorial Team HISPID, DarwinCore A complex type that supports the application of a name (or concept) to a Unit (specimen, observation, etc.), with appropriate metadata about the Identification. Also known as Determination. See component elements An Identification must include a TaxonIdentified. At least one instance of this type should be designated as the preferred identification. More than one identification could be marked as preferred, but only in cases where the same taxon has a valid name under two codes of nomenclature. Should TaxonIdentified be called TaxonomicIdentification? and the type TaxonomicIdentificationType. The 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. The Taxon (concept) or Taxonomic name assigned to the unit (or excluded, "non") in the Identification. BioCASE CODATA TDWG ABCD Workshop 1 A material identified as the result of the identification event (e.g. a non-organismic substrate of a microorganism) True to designate current identification. True to designate negative identifications. True to designate the idenfication under which the entire unit is stored (in a physical collection) or otherwise preferrably referenced. Used to designate the role of the identification result (e.g. substrate, isolate, host, parasite, etc.) The Person, PersonTeam, or Organization that made the identification. BioCASE CODATA TDWG Charles Copp 10/2001. ABCD Workshop . Walter Berendsohn 9/2002. HISPID4: vnam; NBN: determiner. Atomised data for the parts of the Identifier's name. BioCASE CODATA TDWG Charles Copp 2001. ABCD Workshop 1 The Organisation the Identifier is affiliated with, or the Organisation (institution) acting as the identifier. BioCASE CODATA TDWG A reference which has provided the identification (and - if present - the identifier's name and/or organisation), i.e. the entire identification event was taken from literature (or a comparable source) given here. Date the Identification was made. BioCASE CODATA TDWG HISPID4 : vdat and texvdat are included. NBN: determination_date (vague date ) Darwin Core 2 fields: YearIdentified, MonthIdentified, DayIdentified. See DateType for general usage. Identification dates are commonly unknown (element optional), or incompletely known. Missing information reduces precision of the date; i.e., known only to Year or Year and Month. Sometimes identification dates are inferred from a researcher's visit or duration of a loan. 1985-07-14 July 14 July 14, 1985 July 14, 1985 We probably don't need IdentificationDate to support the full range of date time elements that are present in the DateTimeType. It's hard to imagine a realistic case where time of day could be relevant to an identification. If year is unknown, simple text will provide the only function needed -- human readability of the existing information. (Retrieval and sorting by interval in the annual cycle, as we want to support with CollectionDate, is irrelevant in this case.) A single ISO 8061 Date field, along with an IdentificationDate text is sufficient to cover the needs around this concept. -- Blum, 2002-12-10 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 taxons sec. reference). BioCASE CODATA TDWG HISPID4: vlit. NBN: Source. Issue 1: I think IdentificationReference and IdentificationSource have reversed names and semantics. Source should refer to where the identification is recorded, while "reference" should refer to a publication used to make the determination, but not containing the identification. Issue 2: Should we recommend that "field tag", and "determination slip" be recorded when something "usual" is the IdentificationReference. In my experience, IdentificationReference is not recorded in cases that are typical (e.g., det.slip, field tag). The reference is recorded only when the reference is a published work and when that specimen's identity is a prominent feature of the publication. Simply being listed in the material examined section would not be significant enough to warrant the effort of entering a special IdentificationSource record. (Listing in a material examined section would warrant a general bibliographic citation for a Unit.). Done. The method by which the identification was obtained, e.g. details of molecular analysis or acoustical procedures. Supplementary remarks about the identification. BioCASE CODATA TDWG HISPID4: idcom. NBN: Comme. The name and category of an administrative or geoecological area. Allows recording of categories for local or national subdivision levels, geomorphological units, protected areas, etc. Named area class BioCASE CODATA TDWG Berendsohn 02 Mar 2003 Classification categories, which are often treated as individual elements in other standards. County District State Municipio Island Island group Water body Drainage National park Mountain Name of a geographic, geomorphological, geoecological, or administrative area. Area name BioCASE CODATA TDWG Berendsohn 02 Mar 2003 Darwin Core 2: Locality. Darwin Core 2: State Province. Darwin Core 2: County. Atlantic coast Santa Cruz Weinheim Andes El Imposible Standard coding scheme the AreaCode adheres to. Area code standard BioCASE CODATA TDWG Berendsohn 02 Mar 2003 The name of a standard scheme for area codes Euro+Med standard territories TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions version 1 Abbreviation or code for area names Area code BioCASE CODATA TDWG Berendsohn 02 Mar 2003 TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions version 1 Euro+Med standard territories Data source BioCASE CODATA TDWG It is presently not clear, what this reference refers to [WB] A category assignment to group several units together. BioCASE CODATA TDWG A unit assemblage serves to handle several units. herd of animals batches of specimens Identifier for assemblage. BioCASE CODATA TDWG Identifier for assemblage. Name of assemblage. BioCASE CODATA TDWG Name of assemblage. BioCASE CODATA TDWG A polar relationship with another unit. BioCASE CODATA TDWG Identifiers for a unit associated with this unit. First part of a fully qualified identifier of a related item's dataset. Second part of a fully qualified identifier of a related item's dataset. BioCASE CODATA TDWG Together with AssociatedUnitID this maps to Darwin Core 2: Related Catalog Item. First part of a fully qualified identifier of a related item within a dataset. Fully qualified identifier of the related item within the specified dataset. BioCASE CODATA TDWG Darwin Core 2: Related Catalog Item. Second part of a fully qualified identifier of a related item within the a dataset. Description of the association. BioCASE CODATA TDWG Darwin Core 2: Relationship Type. Description of the association. Further information about an association. BioCASE CODATA TDWG Further information about an association. Elements for all unit-level data A globally unique identifier for the unit record. The exact format and/or semantics are still under discussion. Unique identifier (code or name) of the institution holding the original data source (first part of dataset identifier). In specimen collections, this is normally the institution or private holder of the collection itself. Source institution code BioCASE CODATA TDWG Berendsohn 16 Jan 2004 FAO/IPGRI multi-crop passport descriptors (MCPD) EURISCO: Institution Code An institutional abbreviation, perhaps with indication of the standard it pertains to (e.g. IH-P for Index Herbariorum and the herbarium at the MNHN in Paris. A controlled vocabulary for collection institutions, but inclusion of private collections must be made possible. For FAO/IPGRI and EURISCO, this is defined as the FAO Institute Code of the institute where the accession is maintained, which consists of the 3-letter ISO 3166 country code of the country where the institute is located plus a three-digit number. The units within the datasource are not necessarily all owned or administered by this institution Name or code of the data source (unique within the institution, second part of the dataset identifier) Source name BioCASE CODATA TDWG ITIS*ca draft metadata May be the name of a collection if all records stem from a single collection. Together with the element SourceInstitutionCode, SourceName provides a unique identifier for the dataset's original source Mandatory second partial identifier for a dataset. A unique identifier for the unit record within the data source. Preferrably, 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). Unit Identifier BioCASE CODATA TDWG Berendsohn 14 Jan 2004 HISPID 3: Accession Identifier (=UNIQUEID, =ACCESSIONID, =accid). ITF 2: Accession Identifier (=accid). BioCISE Model: Unit_ID. NBN: Sample_KeyUnit key or Identifying number - can be multiple. Darwin Core 2: Catalog Number. EURISCO: Accession number FAO/IPGRI MCPD: Accession number. An identifier for the unit record, unique within the DataSet. Should provide the key by which a specimen or specimen component can be identified. Name or other indication of the person or team that created or last edited this record. BioCASE CODATA TDWG BioCASE Collection Profile. Name of the person who last edited this record. Date of creation or last change of this unit record. Date last edited BioCASE CODATA TDWG Berendsohn HISPID 3: -. ITF 2: -. Darwin Core 2: Catalog Number. Simple date indicating the last change of the record. Numeric catalogue number. Facilitates soriting of numbers. BioCASE CODATA TDWG Numeric catalogue number. Where present, this allows searches on a range of catalogue numbers. Specific rights, terms and other conditions pertaining to the individual record. If present, override the equivalent statements on the level of dataset. BioCASE CODATA TDWG Copyright, IPR, and ownership for the individual unit record where different from those stated under DataSet, over which they take preference An indication of what the record represents. Physical basis of the record BioCASE CODATA TDWG Berendsohn 1/2004 Darwin Core 2: Basis of Record. An abbreviation or controlled vocabulary indicating what the record represents. Has been turned into an enumerated type after ABCD v. 1.2 Unit may belong to one or several collections or survey projects which have distinctive names and do not correspond to the SourceName. A (sub-)collection name or survey project. BioCASE CODATA TDWG Unit may belong to one or several collections or survey projects which have distinctive names Stanley-Lewis Bird's Egg Collection National Clematis Collection. 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 a role. Assignation of a scientific or vernacular name to the unit. BioCASE CODATA TDWG Berendsohn This is a free text field for use when extracting data from datasources where the identification or verification history (or part of it) is a free text field. In normal circumstances the history can be constructed by sorting identification events by date and reference to the preferred identification flag BioCASE CODATA TDWG HISPID4: vhist. A container for collection type and/or taxonomic domain-specific schema extensions (subtypes of the Unit). BioCASE CODATA TDWG Data specific to microbial and similar culture methods. BioCASE CODATA TDWG Data specific to mycological and lichenological units. BioCASE CODATA TDWG Data specific to herbarium specimens (incl. mycological specimens). BioCASE CODATA TDWG Data specific to units in horticultural collections. Botanical garden unit BioCASE CODATA TDWG Berendsohn HISPID 3: n/a. ITF 2: Accession data (group) Data specific to units in plant genetic resource collections, e.g. gene banks. Data specific to zoological units. BioCASE CODATA TDWG Data specific to palaeontological units. BioCASE CODATA TDWG A container for physical state-specific subtypes of the Unit A Unit subtype containing data elements specific to specimens. BioCASE CODATA TDWG A Unit subtype containing data elements specific to physical specimens. The legal owner or holder of the physical specimen Acquisition date, source and type. BioCASE CODATA TDWG Acquisition date, source and type. Textual statement of the date of acquisition of the specimen by the institution BioCASE CODATA TDWG The date that the specimen was acquired by the institution. Free text field for informal recording of acquisition source details. BioCASE CODATA TDWG ITF 2: Donor (=don) Free text field for informal recording of acquisition source details. Type of acquisition. BioCASE CODATA TDWG Type of acquisition. Bequest Purchase Name of person and/or organisation the unit was acquired from (e.g. depositor of a strain). Accession details. BioCASE CODATA TDWG Accession details. Repeatable triple to accommodate accession number in multiple catalogues. Textual statement of the date on which the accession was recorded. BioCASE CODATA TDWG BioCISE Model: AccDate. The date on which an accession was recorded in the accessions register. Identifier of an accessions catalogue or numbering scheme which contains the SpecimenUnit BioCASE CODATA TDWG 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. BioCASE CODATA TDWG BioCISE Model: AccCode_Pk. The institutional number applied to an accession and recorded in the accessions register. Helps to link items (e.g. several specimens may share one accession number). Specimen preparation details. BioCASE CODATA TDWG Specimen preparation details. Description of preparation type. BioCASE CODATA TDWG Darwin Core 2: Preparation Type. Skin Slide Process used in preparing the specimen. BioCASE CODATA TDWG Process used in preparing the specimen. Materials and chemicals used in the preparation of the specimen. BioCASE CODATA TDWG Materials and chemicals used in the preparation of the specimen. Person and/or institution responsible for or effecting the preparation. Part(s) of organism represented by this specimen. BioCASE CODATA TDWG LNHM: specimen part Part(s) of organism represented by this specimen. Label text(s), writing or inscription(s). BioCASE CODATA TDWG LNHM. The text of labels attached or associated to the unit, or writing or other inscription directly upon or carved into it. Label or inscription BioCASE CODATA TDWG Text transcription of an inscription BioCASE CODATA TDWG Position of inscription, writing or mark. BioCASE CODATA TDWG Position of inscription, writing or mark. Name of person who created the label, writing or inscription. BioCASE CODATA TDWG Name of person who created the label, writing or inscription. Summary, interpretation or opinion of the text. BioCASE CODATA TDWG Summary, interpretation or opinion of the text. A wrapper for previous units. A container for past ID and location of this specimen. BioCASE CODATA TDWG History of specimen Changes of ownership and transfers between collections by sale, splitting or merging of collections Name or code of collection previously holding this specimen. BioCASE CODATA TDWG Name of collection previously holding this specimen. Identifier of specimen in previous collection. BioCASE CODATA TDWG BioCISE Model: Unit_ID. ITF-2: Donor's Accession Identifier (=donac). NBN: Sample_KeyUnit key or Identifying number - can be multiple. Darwin Core 2: Previous Catalog Number. Identifier of specimen in previous collection. Dates that the specimen was held in previous collection. BioCASE CODATA TDWG NBN: vaguedatestart, vaguedateend and vaguedatetype. Dates that the specimen was held in previous collection. Any further information about this specimen in its previous collection. BioCASE CODATA TDWG 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. Information on the type status of the specimen. Nomenclatural type designation BioCASE CODATA TDWG Berendsohn 12 Jan 2004 Information on the type status of the specimen. The name based on the specimen. Typified name BioCASE CODATA TDWG Berendsohn 12 Jan 2004 HISPID4: basnam. TLR. The name based on the specimen. Bauhinia divaricata L. An alternative solution to this unstructured element would be the use of the scientific name structure given under identification It has been suggested to treat the type assignation as a special case of identification. Although this is without doubt true, it would mean to introduce the entire typification structure to the identification structure (because more than on name may be directly typified by the same specimen). As nomeclatural types are only a subtype of specimens, and these are only a subtype of units, it was decided to assign the typified name in the specimen domain. If it is to be found by a normal name search, it should be repeated as an identified name under identifications. Published reference. Nomenclatural reference BioCASE CODATA TDWG Berendsohn 12 Jan 2004 Published reference. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, 374. 1753. Full term designating the status. BioCASE CODATA TDWG Darwin Core 2: Type Status. Full term designating the status. Holotype Isolectotype The application of an enumeration (controlled vocabulary) for this element has to be evaluated. However, a free text field is clearly necessary to accommodate existing datasets, as shown by the following list of terms (supplied by Charles Hussey as the contents found in databases at the NHM in London): [(Syn)type (?); Allotype; Allotypes; Cotype; Cotype (?); Cotype (see note); Cotype Genotype; Cotype(s); Cotype(s) (see note); Cotypes; Cotypes (see note); former syntypic material (?); Holotype; Holotype (?); Holotype (?), desig. Lectotype; Holotype (allotype attached); Holotype (dubious); Holotype + Paratype; Holotype + Paratypes; Holotype Allotype; Holotype Allotype Paratypes; Holotype and 2 Paratypes; Holotype and 6 Paratypes; Holotype and Paratype; Holotype and Paratypes; Holotype and young phase; Holotype Paratype; Holotype Paratypes; Holotype Paratypes (2); Idiotypes; includes Holotype(?)(1881.10.26.117); Lectotype; Lectotype (?) / syntypic material; Lectotype + 2 Paralectotypes; Lectotype + Paralectotype; Lectotype and Paralectotypes; Neotype; Neotype and Paraneotype; Paralectotype; Paralectotype(s); Paralectotypes; Paratype; Paratype (?); Paratype (see note); Paratype / Topotype (?); Paratype(s); Paratypes; Paratypes (?); Paratypes (of S. pseudobrowniana); Paratypes (see note); Para[lecto]type; Para[lecto]type(s); Para[lecto]types; Parelectotype; part of type series; parts of Syntype; parts of Syntypes; Possible syntypic material; Referred material; Referred specimen in type desc; Syntype; Syntype (?); Syntype (dubious); Syntype (may be holotype); Syntype (see notes); Syntype fragment; Syntype(s); Syntypes; Syntypes (?); Syntypes (see note); syntypic material (dubious); Topotype; Topotype(s); Topotypes; Topotypes (see note);] Indication whether the type is conserved or rejected/suppressed by the Code or is proposed for conservation or suppression/rejection BioCASE CODATA TDWG 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). BioCASE CODATA TDWG Indicator for unverified type status (kind and fact). The person assigning or verifying the type status of the specimen. BioCASE CODATA TDWG The person assigning or verifying the type status of the specimen. Date of verification. BioCASE CODATA TDWG Date of verification. Further information about the verification process. BioCASE CODATA TDWG Further information about the verification process. Data elements specific to observation (recording) units. BioCASE CODATA TDWG A Unit subtype containing data elements specific to observation (recording) units. Method of Observation. BioCASE CODATA TDWG Method of Observation. grid cell transect mist net timed count Numbers or other registration mark associated with an observation record. Attribute for PreferredFlag. BioCASE CODATA TDWG Numbers or other registration mark associated with an observation record. Attribute for PreferredFlag. field observer numbers grid cell numbers Published references linked to this unit. Published references citing or otherwise linked to this unit. Images of the unit Attribute for Original. Indication of images available. Electronic images of the unit Relationships of this unit with other units in ABCD conformant datasets. A binary relationship or association of units. BioCASE CODATA TDWG Neil Thomson 2003 A relationship or association with another unit in this dataset. host/parasite relationships parental relationships observed pollinators substrate A container for groupings of this unit with other units in this dataset by means of an additional ID. A unit assemblage handles symmetric relationships between several units. A unit assemblage handles symmetric relationships between several units. herd of animals batches of specimens Gathering event, agent and site details A number assigned to the unit by the collector Collector's field number BioCASE CODATA TDWG Berendsohn 14 Jan 2004 Darwin Core 2: Collector Number FAO/IPGRI MCPD: Collecting number EURISCO: Collecting number Should be added to the entry (for collectors) under GatheringType/GatheringAgents/../Person, if such an entry exists. However, collector and number can also be given in a single field (e.g. FAO/IPGRI MCPD), sometimes with an abbreviation for the collector. In that case, the entire string may be entered here Counts and other measurements with numerical results or free text facts or non-numerical character/state combinations for the unit.. General purpose measurement element that can be used to store any kind of measurement/measurement result combination with numerical results. BioCASE CODATA TDWG NBN: Taxon_Data. Darwin Core 2: Individual Count. General purpose measurement element that can be used to store any kind of count or measurement related to a Unit length of bill number of eggs weight pH specific gravity number of individuals in a batch, such as males, females, juveniles, total Container for medata on sequences derived from this unit. Free text description of the unit. Any notes that do not fit elsewhere. BioCASE CODATA TDWG LNHM: free text description of a specimen or similar 'Unit'. Darwin Core 2: Notes. Free text description of the unit. Any notes that do not fit elsewhere. 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. A first proposal for this type of data. Note that this is coming from the collection and is automatically referring to a unit. E.g. GenBank, SwissProt, etc. E.g. GenBank accession number. A description of the method used to achive 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 responisible and/or effecting the sequencing. Length of the sequence in basepairs Basic simple types that are generic and may be used for different domains (descriptions, taxonomy, specimen collections, etc.): This type is an abstract base type expected to be extended with an enumerated KindOf element. A concise representation of a statement (copyright, acknowledgement, etc.). Recommended to be as short as possible, but actual length is unconstrained. An optional detailed statement of unconstrained length, elaborating details of the ShortText An optional resource on the net providing details on the statement. Usually used as an alternative to the long text, A sequence of IPR statements. All statements have the same type Used if the kind of IPR statement is not known or can not be mapped to the semantically defined statements below. Copyright may include the information that the data has been released to the public domain. 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! Defines conditions under which the data may be analised, distributed or changed. "Terms of use" includes concepts like "Usage conditions" and "Specific Restrictions". Other forms of IPR declaration not yet covered by Copyright, etc. (e.g. where database rights are asserted), Disclaimer statement, e. g. concerning responsibility for data quality or legal implications. A free form text acknowledging support (e. g. grant money, help, permission to reuse published material, etc.) IPRStatementsType extended with Language attribute Contact Type and types used therein: Organisation name and codes. BioCASE CODATA TDWG Contains name and any acronyms or codes used to identify an organisation. Full organisation name BioCASE CODATA TDWG Full name for an organisation. Taxonomic Database Working Group Acronym or short term for organisation BioCASE CODATA TDWG Maps to Darwin Core 2: Institution Code. Use most recognised code within discipline. PreferredFlag indicates the preferred (e.g. official or standard) code. TDWG A suggestion from Hannu Saarenmaa, which could be incorporated once such directory servers come into existence: "OrganisationCode" should have a qualifier to identify a namespace, for instance a directory server Name of an individual person BioCASE CODATA TDWG DisplayPersonName element should contain name as normally used. SortPersonName element should be in form most appropriate for alphabetic sorting. A suggestion from Hannu Saarenmaa, which could be incorporated once such directory servers come into existence: Person should have an element "PersonCode" that would support any person identification schemes and remote namespaces. Using such identifier, all the person data that is repeated could optionally be retrieved from a directory server somewhere. Keeping track of and certying observers is important if there is no specimen to go back to for verification. A suggestion from Hannu Saarenmaa, which could be incorporated once digital signatures become more commonplace: Person should have a public key. In case someone verifies an identification, there must be a possibility to leave a digital signature with the identification. Preferred form of personal name for display. BioCASE CODATA TDWG Name of person as normally used. May include titles. Professor James Hundredwidth Aylstone T. McTrace Standardised form of name used for querying and sorting. BioCASE CODATA TDWG Name in form appropriate for sorting alphabetically. Hundredwidth, James McTrace, Aylstone T. Family name first followed by a comma then a space then given names or initials separated by a space. Type of device reached by telephone number, e.g. voice, fax, voice/fax Telephone or Fax number BioCASE CODATA TDWG NBN : element Contact_Number. Added to replace fax and telephone elements with a repeatable and more flexible structure where the element attribute TelephoneType is enumerated to allow selection between "Phone", "Fax" and "Mobile". The PreferredFlag attribute can be used to identify the first choice when multiple numbers are supplied. The TelephoneConstraint element is available to allow additional comments on the use of the number. Full number in standard international format BioCASE CODATA TDWG NBN: Number. Numbers should be provided in the ITU Recommendation E.164 international format ("+CountryCode AreaCode Number") +44 9876 543210 Free text for constraints on use e.g. "weekdays only" or "home number" BioCASE CODATA TDWG NBN: Constraints. Free text Weekdays only Home number Contact details. BioCASE CODATA TDWG Identifies an organisation and/or a person as contact and provides addresses, telephone numbers, e-mail addresses and URLs. If a PersonName is supplied, all contact details should relate to the person. If no PersonName is supplied, they should relate to the Organisation. Organisation to contact BioCASE CODATA TDWG Person to contact BioCASE CODATA TDWG Role of Person or Organisation in context Title for role of person or organisation. This element can be used to provide a title such as "Database Administrator" or "Curator" when no individual person is named. Contact addresses BioCASE CODATA TDWG Set of addresses for person or organisation. PreferredFlag attribute is used to indicate preferred postal address. Contact address BioCASE CODATA TDWG Address of person or organisation. PreferredFlag attribute is used to indicate preferred postal address. Telephone and fax numbers BioCASE CODATA TDWG Set of telephone or fax numbers for person or organisation. Telephone or fax number BioCASE CODATA TDWG NBN : element Contact_Number. Numbers should be provided in the ITU International Format ("+CountryCode AreaCode Number"). PreferredFlag attribute indicates preferred number. +44 9876 543210 E-mail addresses BioCASE CODATA TDWG Set of e-mail addresses for person or organisation. E-mail address for contact Valid e-mail address. PreferredFlag attribute indicates preferred e-mail address. any.person@any.org URIs for person or organisation BioCASE CODATA TDWG Set of URLs of web sites for person or organisation. URL for person or organisation Publicly available URL for person or organisation. PreferredFlag attribute indicates main URL. URL of a logo image. Logo URL URL of a logo image of the item or holding organisation which may be to give a quick visual indication of source in result sets comprising data from several datasets. BioCASE CODATA TDWG Neil Thomson 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 xs:anyURI extended with Preferred attribute The date and time expressed in a way conforming to a subset of ISO 8601 ISO/ANSI Date and Time A representation of the date and time of (the beginning of) an event in ISO/ANSI standard structured format. BioCASE CODATA TDWG HISPID M. Doering, A. Guentsch and W. Berendsohn 2003 ISO Standard 8601:1988 HISPID ITF Any chronologically acceptable date and time in ISO/ANSI format 1966-12-05T23:55:46 1925-02-21 1925-02 1925 --12-05T23:55:46 ---05T23:55 1966-12-05T23:55 This field is a representation of the date and time in its structured form The values are in order Year-Month-Day, separated by hyphens, followed by the letter T and the time, in order Hour:Minutes:Seconds, separated by colons Partial dates in the form of Year-Month or Year only are acceptable The year is expressed as a 4-digit value, left zero padded if necessary The year can be omitted, the month is than preceeded by two hyphens The year and the month can be omitted, the day is than preceeded by three hyphens The month of the year is expressed in as 2-digit value, left zero padded if necessary, ranging between 01 and 12 The day of the month is expressed as a 2-digit value, left zero padded if necessary, ranging between 01 and 31. Parts can be omitted from the right, whereas a year is replaced by '--' and only a day would look like '---31'. The hour is expressed as a 2-digit value, left zero padded if necessary, ranging between 01 and 24. This field will nearly always be a representation derived from the date on the specimen. The DateText field is available for recording verbatim date information for generalised or ambiguous dates. The year must be represented as four digits to avoid ambiguity between centuries. Month and Day values are left zero padded to two digits to facilitate machine readability. In the rare instances of multiple exact dates or periods those can be recorded in this DateText field. In the rare instances of dates for periods before the year 0000, BC and similar dates can be recorded in this DateText field. Parts can be omitted from the right, whereas a year is replaced by '--' and only a day would look like '---31'. In the ISO standard element, time can only be specified when there is a full date. An abbreviated designation of an institution. Unique institute designation BioCASE CODATA TDWG Berendsohn 12/2003 A globally unique designation of a collection holding institution or the name of the holder of a private collection. The role of an agent or contact. Role BioCASE CODATA TDWG D.Hobern 11/2002. W.Berendsohn 12/2003. Controlled identifiers used by the system. System ID BioCASE CODATA TDWG Berendsohn 12/2003. Is this used [WGB]? What's an xs:NCName? A standard designator for the nature of the object of the record. normalised string required to be at least 1 character long (i. e. either element/attribute may be optional, but if they are required the content must not be an empty string) [Taken from SDD] normalised string restricted to 1..255 character length (i. e. required, may not be empty string). [Taken from SDD] Details of the country Country Elements covering the representation of the country and its name. BioCASE CODATA TDWG Jim Croft 2002, W. Berendsohn 06/2003 HISPID4 Maps to Darwin Core 2: Country through either ISO2Letter (future) or CountryName (current). Historical country names and water bodies outside the coastal zone can be entered under named area. CountryNameDerived is provided for a country name that has been derived, for example from a system supplied dictionary, by library consultation or other independent research. At least one of CountryName or ISO2 or ISO3 should be present but more are allowed. This should be the political country having jurisdiction over the collection site. Country names and ISO codes can theoretically be part of controlled enumerations but if included within the schema would blow it out to an unacceptable level; is it possible to refer to these lists externally with physically invoking them? [JRC] Name of country or major region for specimen or observation Country The name of the country or major region where the specimen was collected, or the observation made, entered in full. BioCASE CODATA TDWG HISPID Jim Croft 2002 ABIS ITF TLR WGSUB ISO Brummitt (1992) Australia Commonwealth of Australia Iceland Republic of Iceland Samoa Independent State of Samoa If the name of the country where the plant was collected is unknown, then this field should contain the value 'UNKNOWN'. In this case, the ISO Code for Country of Origin field must have the entry 'XX' or 'XY'. All remaining 'location group' fields should be left unfilled. It is recommended that the spelling of the country should be that recognised by the International Standards Organisation (ISO). It is recommended that new country names be enclosed in square brackets, after the old country name, where country names or boundaries have changed. The 2 letter ISO codes in ISO Code for Country of Origin field assist updating and cross referencing country names where boundaries change. Separate fields for state/province and country are needed to adequately handle the situation with international collections. The use of this element is slightly ambiguous in that local practice might require either verbatim quote from specimen labels, or standardisation by controlled vocabulary or lookup lists This element is also covered by various geographic standards and may be better covered by reference to these. [JRC] Derived name of country or major region for specimen or observation Country Name Derived DerivedCountry The derived name of the country or major region where the specimen was collected, or the observation made, entered in full, interpreted in the light of contemporary geographical knowledge. BioCASE CODATA TDWG HISPID Jim Croft 2002 ABIS ITF TLR WGSUB ISO Brummitt (1992) Sri Lanka Taiwan Vanuatu Papua New Guinea Kiribati East Timor If the name of the country where the plant was collected is unknown, then this field should contain the value 'UNKNOWN'. In this case, the ISO Code for Country of Origin field must have the entry 'XX', 'XY', 'XXX', or 'XXY'. All remaining 'location group' fields should be left unfilled. It is recommended that the spelling of the country should be that recognised by the International Standards Organisation (ISO). The derived country names offers the opportunity to document the name under which a country is currently known, interpreted by an old or superceded names on the specimen label, such as Vanuatu for the New Hebrides, Sri Lanka for Ceylon, etc. Separate fields for state/province and country are needed to adequately handle the situation with international collections. The use of this element is slightly ambiguous in that local practice might require either verbatim quote from specimen labels, or standardisation by controlled vocabulary or lookup lists This element is also covered by various geographic standards and may be better covered by reference to these. [JRC] 2- or 3-letter (ISO3166-1) or 4-letter (ISO3166-3) code for representation of name of country or origin. 2-letter ISO country code ISO Country The 2-, 3-, or 4-letter code for the representation of the name of the country of origin of the collection or observation using the codes assigned by the International Standards Organisation (ISO). BioCASE CODATA TDWG HISPID Jim Croft 2002, Walter Berendsohn 2004 ABIS ITF ISO Brummitt (1992) AU ES FR PG US AUS ESP FRA USA DDDE This field should contain a valid entry as defined by the International Standards Organisation (ISO Standard 3166-1) Two other entries are permitted in addition to those defined by ISO. If the name of the country where the plant was collected is unknown, then this field should contain the value 'XX'; if a country name is not applicable then the field should contain the value 'XY'. In these cases, the Country field must have the entry 'UNKNOWN'. All remaining 'location group' fields should be left unfilled. Two other entries are permitted in addition to those defined by ISO. If the name of the country where the plant was collected is unknown, then this field should contain the value 'XXX'; if a country name is not applicable then the field should contain the value 'XXY'. In these cases, the Country field must have the entry 'UNKNOWN'. All remaining 'location group' fields should be left unfilled. The 'XXX' code should be used when no country of origin information is provided. The 'XXY' code sould be used for non-specific collecting localities, e.g. Africa, SouthEast Asia The ISO codes in ISO Code for Country of Origin field assist updating and cross referencing countries where boundaries change. The 'XX' code should be used when no country of origin information is provided. The 'XY' code should be used for non-specific collecting localities, e.g. Africa, SouthEast Asia See comments under Country. This element is also covered by various geographic standards and may be better covered by reference to these [JRC] Temporal aspects of an event or activity. Date and time or period Elements covering the date, time and duration of an event or activity. BioCASE CODATA TDWG M.Döring, A. Güntsch and W. Berendsohn BioCASE Model: VDate. 1997 1997-07 1997-07-16 --07-16 ---16 1997-07-16T19:20+01:00 1997-07-16T19:20:30+01:00 997-07-16T19:20:30.45+01:00 Examples: Year: YYYY (eg 1997) Year and month: YYYY-MM (eg 1997-07) Complete date: YYYY-MM-DD (eg 1997-07-16) Month and day only: --MM-DD (eg --07-16) Day only: ---DD (eg ---16) Complete date plus hours and minutes: YYYY-MM-DDThh:mmTZD (eg 1997-07-16T19:20+01:00) Complete date plus hours, minutes and seconds: YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ssTZD (eg 1997-07-16T19:20:30+01:00) Complete date plus hours, minutes, seconds and a decimal fraction of a second YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss.sTZD (eg 1997-07-16T19:20:30.45+01:00) where: YYYY = four-digit year MM = two-digit month (01=January, etc.) DD = two-digit day of month (01 through 31) hh = two digits of hour (00 through 23) (am/pm NOT allowed) mm = two digits of minute (00 through 59) ss = two digits of second (00 through 59) s = one or more digits representing a decimal fraction of a second TZD = time zone designator (Z or +hh:mm or -hh:mm) See http://www.bgbm.org/tdwg/codata/Schema/DateTime.htm for a discussion of the use of ISO 8601 in this type. Can be a range or qualified as a vague date (=HISPID4: cdat) for example as a means of adding greater precision to specific groups of observations within a range event (=cdat2 in part) Dates may be duplicated and expressed in various forms in each of the available fields to facilitate query. The date in text format Date text Date text A text version of the date at which an event or action took place, for use when the date is imprecise, ambiguous or not in a form that satisfies the standard structured date format. BioCASE CODATA TDWG HISPID Jim Croft ABIS ITF Alphabetic mixed case and integer; free text. 25 [?] 1925 3/9/45 [ambiguous day month] Spring 1912 Late 1800s End of 19th Century Mid 1978 Easter 1933 Post WW2 Before June 25, 2000 After June 25, 2000 This field should be used when it is not possible to create a structured standard date from the information provided, or when in is important to record the verbatim representation of the date. This field will probably not be used very frequently but may be useful when dates to be recorded are not completely legible. For example the day and month may be decipherable but not the year; the use of this field will allow recording of partially interpreted information. This field will also be used when the date, time or period of the event is vague or ambiguous and can not be expressed in the standard structured data format. This field can be used to record generalised date ranges and irresolvable ambiguity such as different day/month order conventions (e.g. US/Europe) This field may be repeated to allow multiple dates or periods. In the rare instances of dates for periods before the year 0000, BC and similar dates can be recorded in this field. If the project or application requires verbatim representation of dates, this field can be used for that purpose, even though the date might correspond to the standard structured data 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 ISO/ANSI date and time or beginning of period A representation of the date and time of (the beginning of) an event in ISO standard structured date format. BioCASE CODATA TDWG M.Döring, A. Güntsch and W. Berendsohn Julian day number in the year for the exact date or for the beginning day of a period Julian Day Number The Julian Day number or the sequential day within the year BioCASE CODATA TDWG Jim Croft, M.Döring, A. Güntsch and W. Berendsohn Darwin Core 2: Julian Day Maps to Darwin Core 2: Julian Day. The year is given in ISODateTimeBegin. The content range is 1-365 for normal years, 366 for leap years. Time of day in hours from midnight for an exact point in time or for the beginning of a time period Time of day The time of day expressed in decimal hours from midnight local time. BioCASE CODATA TDWG Jim Croft Darwin Core 2: Time of Day 13.5 04.25 This field may apply to times of collecting where this is considered important Maps to Darwin Core 2: Time of Day. Note that times are decimial hours: 13.5 represents 1:30 pm, not 1:05 pm, nor 1:50 pm Time can also be expressed in the ISODateTimeElement.(WGB) The end of a period expressed in a modified ISO/ANSI 8601 standard structured format ISO/ANSI date and time for the end of period A representation of the date and time of (the beginning of) an event in ISO standard structured date format. BioCASE CODATA TDWG M.Döring, A. Güntsch and W. Berendsohn The Julian day number of the last day in a period. Julian Day Number The Julian Day number or the sequential day within the year for the last day of a period. BioCASE CODATA TDWG (Jim Croft) M.Döring, A. Güntsch and W. Berendsohn The year is given in ISODateTimeEnd. The content range is 1-365 for normal years, 366 for leap years. Time of day in hours from midnight for the end of a time period Time period end time The time of day expressed in decimal hours from midnight local time for the end of a time period. BioCASE CODATA TDWG (Jim Croft) M.Döring, A. Güntsch and W. Berendsohn 13.5 04.25 Note that times are decimal hours: 13.5 represents 1:30 pm, not 1:05 pm, nor 1:50 pm 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. Elements specific to units from botanical gardens Minimum numbers of individuals the garden is holding under the UnitID. Accession specimen numbers BioCASE CODATA TDWG Berendsohn HISPID 3: n/a. ITF 2: AccessionSpecimenNumbers (=accspe). 1 Field definition taken from ITF 2. Accession status must not be D (dead) Current status (current or not current) of the accession in the garden. Accession status BioCASE CODATA TDWG Berendsohn HISPID 3: n/a. ITF 2: AccessionStatus (=accsta). The status may be C (current accession in the living collection), D (non-current due to death), T (non current due to transfer to another record system, normally another garden), S (stored in a dormant state), O (other accession status - different from those above). C Field definition taken from ITF 2. One or more of the following characters: C,D,T,S,O Type of material the current living accession is composed of. Accession material type BioCASE CODATA TDWG Berendsohn HISPID 3: n/a. ITF 2: AccessionStatus (=accsta). The status may be C (current accession in the living collection), D (non-current due to death), T (non current due to transfer to another record system, normally another garden), S (stored in a dormant state), O (other accession status - different from those above). C Field definition taken from ITF 2. One or more of the following characters: C,D,T,S,O A flag indicating that the accession is grown outdoors in the botanical garden. Hardiness BioCASE CODATA TDWG Berendsohn HISPID 3: n/a. ITF 2: -. A code to indicate the provenance of the accession Provenance category BioCASE CODATA TDWG Berendsohn HISPID 3:- ITF 2: Provenance Type Flag (=prot). W (Accession of wild source), Z (Propagule/s from a wild source plant in cultivation, G (Accession not of wild source), U (Insufficient data to determine which category applies). Z Field definition taken from ITF 2, see there for further description. See ITF. A code to indicate the nature of the production of the plant material being accessioned, for use in association with the element ProvenanceCategory Propagation history code BioCASE CODATA TDWG Berendsohn HISPID 3:- ITF 2: Propagation History Flag (=prohis). See ITF 2. Field definition taken from ITF 2. One of the following values: I, S, SA, SB, SC, V, VA, VB, U The purpose of this element is to trace the lineage of an accession to either one or two immediate parent unit ID's. Accession lineage BioCASE CODATA TDWG Berendsohn HISPID 3:- ITF 2: Accession Lineage (=acclin). UnitIDs preceded by garden code (Heywood and Heywood). K19650056 Field definition taken from ITF 2, further specification see there. A code to indicate the type of the immediate donor from which the accession was obtained. This may not be necessarily the original collector of wild material. Donor category BioCASE CODATA TDWG Berendsohn HISPID 3: - ITF 2:Donor Type Flag (=dont). Field definition taken from ITF 2. Note that the ITF-Donor field is found under AccessionSource and the Donor's Accession Number in the PreviousUnitID of first record in the UnitHistory. One or more of the following characters: E, G, B, R, S, U, H, M, N, I, O, U Elements only used for units in culture collections "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 BioCASE CODATA TDWG Name and author of serovar 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. BioCASE CODATA TDWG The growth medium for a microbial or similar culture e.g. agar BioCASE CODATA TDWG BioCASE CODATA TDWG Preferably a number - attribute gives temperature scale used BioCASE CODATA TDWG References for the culture conditions and method or for a description of the strain Attribute for RefType BioCASE CODATA TDWG Form in which the strain will be sent to the customer BioCASE CODATA TDWG BioCASE CODATA TDWG Elements only used for herbarium units Information relating this specimen to an Exsiccatum A list of collection abbreviations of the herbaria duplicates were distributed to Elements only used for mycological units Name of algal or cyanobacterial component of lichen BioCASE CODATA TDWG BioCASE CODATA TDWG Spore states present in the sample. Spore states present in the sample. BioCASE CODATA TDWG Paul Kirk 2002. Extension for elements only used in plant genetic resource collections. Currently, all elements represent EURISCO descriptors. BioCASE CODATA TDWG FAO/IPGRI: NICODE EURISCO: NICODE FAO Institute Code of the institute that has bred the material. Breeding Institution Code BioCASE CODATA TDWG Berendsohn 16 Jan 2004 FAO/IPGRI: EURISCO: BioCASE CODATA TDWG FAO/IPGRI: EURISCO: BioCASE CODATA TDWG FAO/IPGRI: EURISCO: BioCASE CODATA TDWG FAO/IPGRI: EURISCO: BioCASE CODATA TDWG FAO/IPGRI: EURISCO: BioCASE CODATA TDWG FAO/IPGRI: EURISCO: BioCASE CODATA TDWG FAO/IPGRI: EURISCO: BioCASE CODATA TDWG FAO/IPGRI: EURISCO: BioCASE CODATA TDWG FAO/IPGRI: EURISCO: BioCASE CODATA TDWG FAO/IPGRI: EURISCO: 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. BioCASE CODATA TDWG BioCASE CODATA TDWG articulated, disarticulated, complete, incomplete Original, mould, cast etc BioCASE CODATA TDWG internal mould, internal cast, external mould, external cast, original The sediment or mineral matrix enclosing the fossil BioCASE CODATA TDWG Form of mineralisation BioCASE CODATA TDWG silicified, phosphatised, pyritised Life position, allochthonous death assemblage, post mortem history details etc. BioCASE CODATA TDWG Known or assumed time range of a fossil BioCASE CODATA TDWG Hildoceras bifrons collected from the "condensed" Junction Bed would be given a time range of Toarcian, Bifrons Zone Elements expressing stratigraphy at the gathering site. BioCASE CODATA TDWG Chronostratigraphic dating term e.g. Jurassic Period BioCASE CODATA TDWG biostratigraphic zonation term e.g. Psiloceras planorbis zone BioCASE CODATA TDWG lithostratigraphic term describing geology e.g. Mercia Mudstone Group BioCASE CODATA TDWG Free text field for informal recording of field contents BioCASE CODATA TDWG Elements only used for zoological units BioCASE CODATA TDWG Maps to Darwin Core 2: Sex Sex BioCASE CODATA TDWG Berendsohn 14 Jan 2004 Darwin Core 2: Sex. This is another element in need of a standard term list enforced on the database level. Examples of content found by Charles Hussey in NHM databases include the following entries: [Female; Female (5); Female(2); Male; Male (2) Female (1); 1 brooding female; 1 Male; 1 Male and 1 Female; 15 Females and 3 Males; 16 Females and 23 Males; 2 female + 1 male; 2 Females; 2 females, 1 male; 3 females, 3 males; 5 Females; 7 Females and 5 Males; Both sexes; Ephippial female; Ephypial female;]/> BioCASE CODATA TDWG Elements to describe digital images BioCASE CODATA TDWG Identifier for Image. May be a filename for a digital image. BioCASE CODATA TDWG Universal Resource Identifier - "naked" path to electronic source of document either internal or external (e.g. web address) BioCASE CODATA TDWG Path to electronic source of document including HTML, Javascript or similar means to directly access the image. 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. 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. BioCASE CODATA TDWG Image size in pixels x pixels. BioCASE CODATA TDWG Resolution of image of this unit, expressed in dots per inch. Size in Kb of the file as given in filenema or linked to by the URI. Intellectual Property Rights relating specifically to the image. BioCASE CODATA TDWG Free text of formatted text (rtf) description of the feature - not controlled length e.g. often a memo field BioCASE CODATA TDWG Date the image was taken. Identifier, e.g. name or other id, of (technical) personnel who has taken the image. Does not imply copyrights or other rights. Equipment used to capture image of this unit. ## Element under discussion ## See Bob Morris' comments under http://efgblade.cs.umb.edu/twiki/bin/view/BDEI/ColorManagement Picture width in pixel Picture height in pixel Descriptive term. May be taken from a controlled vocabulary maintained by a third party. BioCASE CODATA TDWG Descriptive term. May be taken from a controlled vocabulary maintained by a third party. Subject area of the term list. BioCASE CODATA TDWG Subject area of the term list. Descriptive term. BioCASE CODATA TDWG Descriptive term. If the term has been drawn from a named term list or thesaurus, its name is recorded here. BioCASE CODATA TDWG If the term has been drawn from a named term list or thesaurus, its name is recorded here. Version or date of the term list or thesaurus from which the term is drawn. BioCASE CODATA TDWG Version or date of the term list or thesaurus from which the term is drawn. Free text comment. BioCASE CODATA TDWG Free text comment. LookupType extended with Language attribute General purpose measurement recording. BioCASE CODATA TDWG Charles Copp Oct 2002 General purpose measurement recording. 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. BioCASE CODATA TDWG Charles Copp Oct 2002 . Method used to make measurement. BioCASE CODATA TDWG Charles Copp Oct 2002 Method used to make measurement. Attribution of the measurement to a Person Date and/or Time the measurement was taken Duration of measurement in time. BioCASE CODATA TDWG Charles Copp Oct 2002 Duration of measurement in time. Statement of accuracy of measurement. BioCASE CODATA TDWG Charles Copp Oct 2002 Statement of accuracy of measurement. Describes type of measure, such as width, abundance, circumference etc. or color etc. BioCASE CODATA TDWG Charles Copp Oct 2002 Describes type of measure width abundance circumference Unit of measurement. BioCASE CODATA TDWG Charles Copp Oct 2002 Named scale. centigrade Beaufort Lower or only value or fact text. BioCASE CODATA TDWG Charles Copp Oct 2002 Lower or only value. Attribute for ValueDataType.string, integer, decimal, % etc Upper value where there is a range. BioCASE CODATA TDWG Charles Copp Oct 2002 Upper value where there is a range. Attribute for Unit of Measurement. Reference (publication) for this measurement Flag indicating if the record is for a descriptor (1) or a data measurement (0) Free text alternative to atomised version. BioCASE CODATA TDWG Charles Copp Oct 2002 Free text alternative to atomised version. Published reference. Reference Type BioCASE CODATA TDWG Neil Thomson Formal citation for a paper or electronic publication. Reference citation Formal citation for a paper or electronic publication. BioCASE CODATA TDWG Neil Thomson Need to decide on whether a particular standard for citations should be adopted - such as the Council of Biology Editors 6th edition with the NLM Internet extensions?? Specific page, figure or illustration number(s) within the reference. Reference detail Specific page, figure or illustration number(s) within the reference. BioCASE CODATA TDWG Neil Thomson Universal Resource Identifier - Path to electronic source of document. URL Universal Resource Identifier - Path to electronic source of document. BioCASE CODATA TDWG Neil Thomson Scientific or informal name as a result of an identification. Full name BioCASE CODATA TDWG 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. Higher taxa BioCASE CODATA TDWG Berendsohn 29 Feb 2004 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. BioCASE CODATA TDWG Yde de Jong HISPID3: covers "Suprafamilial Group Name" (supfam), Family Name (fam), and Suprageneric Group Name (supgen). 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. Scientific name BioCASE CODATA TDWG Berendsohn 29 Feb 2004 The outcome of an identification event that does not adhere to the rule of a Code of Nomenclature. BioCASE CODATA TDWG Any free text comments related to the name NameComments BioCASE CODATA TDWG Berendsohn 2002 HISPID4: namcom. An atomised name under the International Code of Nomenclature of Bacteria Genus name. Genus BioCASE CODATA TDWG Berendsohn Darwin Core 2: Genus. A generic name as a bacterial scientific name or as part of it. Acetobacter First letter capitalised No spaces included. Generic names are essentially the same under the different codes; however, to avoid having to place the essential parts of a name on different levels of the hierarchy, all name elements recognized under a specific code are listed in the respective section. Subgenus name. Subgenus BioCASE CODATA TDWG Berendsohn Darwin Core 2: Genus. A subgenus name as (part of) a bacterial scientific name. Gluconoacetobacter First letter capitalised No spaces included. Author team and year of the subgenus name. Author team and year of subgenus. BioCASE CODATA TDWG Berendsohn Author(s) and year of the subgenus name. Yamada and Kondo 1985 Species epithet Species epithet BioCASE CODATA TDWG Berendsohn Darwin Core 2: Species. The first epithet occurring in a bacterial name (after genus and, optionally, subgenus names) liquefaciens Maps to Darwin Core 2: Subspecies Subspecies epithet BioCASE CODATA TDWG Berendsohn Darwin Core 2: Subspecies. The second epithet of a bacterial name of subspecies rank (after Genus, optional subgenus, and species epithet). aceti Author team and Year of the basionym of a species or subspecies combination. Author team and year BioCASE CODATA TDWG Berendsohn HISPID4: has Basionym (basnam) as an element but not the author team. Author(s) of the original name for a taxon which has subsequently been revised but retains the same stem or epithet. Asai The author(s) who published the full name as it stands and its year. Author team and year BioCASE CODATA TDWG Berendsohn Author(s) for the taxonomic name combination (i.e. the author team of the new combination where there is a basionym, and the name author team where there is none). Yamada and Kondo Ames and Correll 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. Genus BioCASE CODATA TDWG Berendsohn HISPID: Genus Name (gen) as to content, not all rules. Darwin Core 2: Genus. A generic name as a botancal scientific name or as part of it. A generic name under one of the established nomenclatural codes, or a manuscript name, or an intergeneric hybrid name under the ICBN, without the leading multiplication sign, or the name of an intergeneric graft hybrid or graft chimaera, published under the Cultivated Code. Abies Halimiocistus Crataegomespilus First letter capitalised No spaces included. Generic names are essentially the same under the different codes; however, to avoid having to place the essential parts of a name on different levels of the hierarchy, all name elements recognized under a specific code are listed in the respective section. The first epithet in a botanical name combination. First epithet BioCASE CODATA TDWG Berendsohn HISPID 3: "Subgeneric Group Name" (subgen) but without the preceding rank abbreviation (entered under Rank). HISPID 3: "Species Epithet" (sp). Darwin Core 2: Species (included). The first epithet in a botanical name combination, i.e. the epithet of a genus subdivision or a species epithet. alba No uppercase No space The final epithet of a botanical name of infraspecific rank. Second epithet BioCASE CODATA TDWG HISPID: "Infraspecific Epithet" (isp) without the hybrid parts. Darwin Core 2: Subspecies (included). The infraspecific epithet, i.e. the epithet following the indication of the infraspecific rank in the name string (trinomial). Note that quadrinomials etc. are not supported here as names; if deemed necessary, they can be entered in the FullScientificNameString, this element should than contain the last infraspecific epitthet. No uppercase No space The rank of the name where needed to form it. BioCASE CODATA TDWG Berendsohn HISPID: covers "Infraspecific Rank Flag" (isprk) as well as the rank ("group") of a "subgeneric group name" given in that field. The rank of the name where needed to form it (i.e. in infraspecies and in names of a rank between genus and species) subgen. subsp. Flag indicating that this is a named hybrid or a graft chimaera. BioCASE CODATA TDWG Berendsohn HISPID: Hybrid Flag (hyb) . Flag indicating that this is a named hybrid or a graft chimaera. Attribute Rank defines if this applies to the generic, species, or infraspecific level. Author team of the basionym of a combination. BioCASE CODATA TDWG Berendsohn HISPID4: has Basionym (basnam) as an element but not the author team. Author(s) of the original name for a taxon which has subsequently been revised but retains the same stem or epithet. May be preceded by a sanctioning author. If possible, preceding "ex" authors should be avoided. L. Ames and Correll The author(s) who published the full name as it stands. Author team BioCASE CODATA TDWG Berendsohn Author(s) for the taxonomic name combination (i.e. the author team of the new combination where there is a basionym, and the name author team where there is none). May be preceded by a sanctioning author. If possible, preceding "ex" authors should be avoided. DC. Ames and Correll Horticultural and trade name element for plants Cultivated plant name elements BioCASE CODATA TDWG Berendsohn Horticultural and trade name element for plants Cultivar group name Cultivar group name BioCASE CODATA TDWG Berendsohn HISPID4: culgnam ITF Trehane(1995) The name of a cultivar group as specified in the ICNCP. Granny Smith Group Cultivar name according to the ICNCP. BioCASE CODATA TDWG Berendsohn HISPID4: culnam ITF Trehane(1995) The name of a cultivar as specified in the ICNCP. Firmgold Granny Smith Sturmer Pippin For output, cultivar names must be enclosed in single quotes. Container for trade names Trade name used for a specific cultivar Trade name BioCASE CODATA TDWG Berendsohn HISPID4: tranam ITF Trehane(1995) A trade name of a cultivar as specified in the ICNCP. An atomised scientific name under the International Code of Virus Classification and Nomenclature Genus name. Genus BioCASE CODATA TDWG Berendsohn Darwin Core 2: Genus. A generic name as a scientific name of a virus or as part of it. Cambarus First letter capitalised No spaces included. Generic names are essentially the same under the different codes; however, to avoid having to place the essential parts of a name on different levels of the hierarchy, all name elements recognized under a specific code are listed in the respective section. The non-latinised designation of a formal viral name. Examples: vaccinia virus; human herpes virus 2 (herpes simplex virus 2); poliovirus 1; Saccharomyces cerevisiae virus L-A; enterobacteria phage PRD1 [Source: ICTV]. BioCASE CODATA TDWG An atomised scientific name under the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature Genus or higher taxon name. Genus BioCASE CODATA TDWG Berendsohn Darwin Core 2: Genus. A generic name as a zoological scientific name or as part of it. Cambarus First letter capitalised No spaces included. Generic names are essentially the same under the different codes; however, to avoid having to place the essential parts of a name on different levels of the hierarchy, all name elements recognized under a specific code are listed in the respective section. Subgenus name. Subgenus BioCASE CODATA TDWG Berendsohn Darwin Core 2: Genus. A subgenus name as a zoological scientific name or as part of it. Jugicambarus First letter capitalised No spaces included. Species epithet Species epithet BioCASE CODATA TDWG Berendsohn Darwin Core 2: Species. The first epithet occurring in a zoological name (after genus and, optionally, subgenus names) monongalensis Maps to Darwin Core 2: Subspecies Subspecies epithet BioCASE CODATA TDWG Berendsohn Darwin Core 2: Subspecies. The second epithet of a zoological name of subspecies rank (after genus, optional subgenus, and species epithet). monongalensis The first person(s) who validly published a species-group name and the year of publication. Original authors and year of publication. BioCASE CODATA TDWG Berendsohn The first person(s) who validly published a species-group name and the year of publication. L. The parenthetical citation of the original author when a species-group was transferred to another genus and the year of the original publication. BioCASE CODATA TDWG Berendsohn Author(s) of the original name for a taxon which has subsequently been revised but retains the same stem or epithet and the year of the original publication. L. Set in parenthesis upon output The citation of the authors responsible for the new combination and the year of its publication. BioCASE CODATA TDWG Berendsohn The citation of the authors responsible for the new combination when a species-group is transferred to another genus and the year of publication of the transfer. L. Purely optional under the zoological code. Name of the breed of an animal A name element dependent on a genus or a species name under the bacteriological, botanical, and zoological code. Epithet BioCASE CODATA TDWG S.Blum 2003. W. Berendsohn 12/2003. alba Add existing standards [WGB]. A generic or higher taxon name (monomial) under the bacteriological, botanical, viral, and zoological code. Genus or monomial BioCASE CODATA TDWG S.Blum 12/2002. W.Berendsohn 12/2003. First character must be upper case [A-Z] Second and following characters must be lower case [a-z] May not contain any other characters except dash. The rules above should apply to generic names under all codes; if an exception is discovered, the change in constraints should be implemented as an extension [SB] A multiplication or plus sign designating a hybrid or draft chimaera in botany. Hybrid or draft chimaera indicator BioCASE CODATA TDWG .Berendsohn 12/2003. Only used for botanical names Can only be multiplication sign, plus sign, x or X The abbreviation of a taxonomic rank as used in (botanical) name strings. Rank abbreviation BioCASE CODATA TDWG W.Berendsohn 12/2003 This is the abbreviation for a rank that is used in a (botanical) infraspecific name or the subdividion of a genus, as it appears in the name. The controlled vocabulary must contain terms with spaces [WGB]. A taxonomic rank designation above the rank of genus. BioCASE CODATA TDWG D.Hobern 10/2003. W.Berendsohn 12/2003 The the fully spelled out rank value (in latin but for the "unranked" term and the "group" levels) that can be used as metadata for any name for a taxon of rank above the genus-level. Subphylum This is not the abbreviation for a rank that is used in a botanical infraspecific name, as it appears in the name [WGB]. Should this be an enumerated type, or will we have to split RankType into ICxN-specific, or even discipline-specific versions? For example, the rank "Tribe" has different positions in Entomology and Ichthyology [DH]. The controlled vocabulary must contain terms with spaces [WGB]. Name of the taxon identified, formed according to the different Codes of Nomenclature which apply to scientific names. Name string formed in accordance with a Code of Nomenclature, i. e. a monomial, bionomial, or trinomial plus author(s) or author team(s) and - where relevant - year, or the name of a cultivar or cultivar group, as fully as possible. Full scientific name BioCASE CODATA TDWG Darwin Core 2: Scientific Name. Acipenser gueldenstadti Linnaeus 1758 Atomised data items of the taxon identified, with subtypes according to the different Codes of Nomenclature which apply to scientific names. Higher taxa BioCASE CODATA TDWG Berendsohn 02 Mar 2003 Mandatory (at least one) for unit identifications, but optional in other contexts (e.g. synecology). Atomised name with elements according to the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes 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 standard term to qualify the identification of the unit when doubts have arisen as to its identity. If it applies to an atomised name, the attribute Rank defines the name element in front of which the qualifier should be inserted. . BioCASE CODATA TDWG A free-text suffix added to the taxon identified (e.g. "sensu lato"). BioCASE CODATA TDWG sensu lato, sensu stricto Taxon name used to further classify genera and lower taxa.