TDWG-CODATA Prototype Version 1.0. This Version: M. Döring and A. Güntsch 14. Jan. 2002 (Conversion from DTD created by C. Copp 21. Dec. 2001, revised from 18 Oct. 2001) WB: - The general approach for the standard is content-oriented (as opposed to presentation-oriented or structure-oriented). Apart from its (future) technical role in data exchange and transfer, the schema serves to document and standardize the element's content and naming. Preliminary structure of xsd:documentation element: Source: Informal notes on where the attribute comes from. Standards: Formal notes for standard sources, e.g. HISPID3:AttributeName, BioCISE:AttributeName. This is followed by a free text description of the documented element. CC [comments by] Charles Copp WB [comments by] Walter Berendsohn Source: Workshop 1 Standards: - Root element: FullDataSet refers to one or more ComponentDataSets linked by a common supplier and source. Source: Workshop 1 Standards: - Version of the CODATA/TDWG Standard for Biological Collection Data Source: Workshop 1 Standards: - Metadata - Organisation or individual providing the data file Source: Workshop 1 Standards: - Text description of the FullDataSet as represented in a database version Source: Workshop 1 Standards: - Metadata - text notes relating to the supplier of the FullDataSet or subsets of the data Source: Workshop 1 Standards: - Index Herbariorum, International Directory for Botanic Gardens, ABIS, ITF, TLR, Museum Documentation Association HISPID4: Institution Code (insid) / TDWG: Herbarium / NBN:Acronym (part)Free text - presumably for an organisations standard identifer code e.g. Museum or Herbarium abbreviation (BRSMG = Bristol City Museum & Art Gallery) Source: Workshop 1/ changed by CC from old Name Element Standards: - Group element for parts of a personal name - see also name_ID (ref to a database entry) and fullName (free text format) Source: Workshop 1 Standards: - The Internet URL (Uniform Resource Locator) of the Dataset Supplier Source: Workshop 1/ changed by CC Oct. 2001 Standards: - 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) Source: Workshop 1 Standards: - Free text address term useful for sorting - See Address Source: Workshop 1 Standards: - 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. CC - 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 Source: Workshop 1 Standards: - - - NBN: Survey A FullDataSet is composed of one or more ComponentDataSets each related to their own metadata including Originator, GatheringEvents and Unit Data Source: Workshop 1 Standards: - Uses the same structure as other contact elements (e.g. owner & supplier) therefore could be generalised via use of a Type Attribute(depositor, other bot. garden source, Originating Institution) CC. The orignator of the ComponentDataSet includes Elements for descriptive text, Organisation or individual name, address, URL and contact name Source: Workshop 1 Standards: - CC. The ComponentDataset may have a free text attribute defining its name Could be treated as an attribute of ComponentDataSet Source: Workshop 1 Standards: - Uses the same structure as other contact elements (e.g. originator & supplier) therefore could be generalised via use of a Type Attribute Individual or organisation with 'ownership' of a dataset Source: Workshop 1 Standards: - Element referring to the Intellectual Property Rights apertaining to a dataset or unit data Source: Workshop 1 Standards: - Source: Workshop 1 Standards: - Source: Workshop 1 Standards: - Date this dataset was extracted from a parent database or databases Source: Workshop 1 Standards: - Version control data for identifying source and version of a database Source: Workshop 1 modified by CC Oct 2001 Standards: - CC - should address also be part of contact detail? It could be different from the parent element Source: Workshop 1 Standards: - Source: Workshop 1 Standards: - metadata relating to disclaimer on data quality Source: Workshop 1 Standards: - Source: Workshop 1 Standards: - Source: Workshop 1 Standards: - Source: Workshop 1 / modified by CC Oct 2001 Standards: - Taxon48: Unit (Gathering Unit) - see also Secimen Unit in this model (=Derived Unit) Element linking information to a Unit (e.g. biological record, specimen, subspecimen etc.) There may be many UnitDatasets within a ComponentDataSet. 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. Measurable variables could be controlled by a look-up list. Source: Workshop 1 Standards: - Taxon48: Unit_ID / NBN: Sample_KeyUnit key or Identifying number - can be multiple Source: Workshop 1 Standards: - Source: Workshop 1/ modified by CC Oct 2001 Standards: - HISPID4: sub 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. Source: Workshop 1 Standards: - Source: Workshop 1 Standards: - Used wherever a description field is needed. Free text and could be in rtf or html. Source: Workshop 1/ changed by Cc Oct 2001 Standards: - Element for holding counts - can be multiiple e.g. number of males, females and juveniles Could be replaced by general UnitDataMeasurement element Source: Workshop 1 / changed by CC Oct 2001 Standards: - Abundance / Density at collection site, Qualifier , Method - can have several measures of abundance e.g. Domin and DAFOR values This element could be replaced by the more general UnitDataMeasurement element Source: Workshop 1 Standards: - Text describing the availability of the data for use Source: Workshop 1/ changed by CC Oct 2001Unit "nature" or preservation mode: virtual vs. object; preservation mode; part; creation process Source: Workshop 1 Standards: - Allows the subtyping of Unit into various disciplines and codes of nomenclature Source: Workshop 1 Standards: - Unit subtype allowing the recording of zoological attributes Source: Workshop 1 Standards: - Check for HISPID fields of specific botanical nature. Unit subtype allowing the recording of botanical attributes Source: Workshop 1 Standards: - Quite a few elements from ITF go here. Unit subtype allowing the recording of horticultural attributes Source: Workshop 1 / modified by CC Oct 2001 Standards: - Unit subtype allowing the recording of microbial and similar culture method attributes Source: Workshop 1 Standards: - Source: Workshop 1 Standards: - Source: Workshop 1 Standards: - Source: Workshop 1 Standards: - Source: Workshop 1 Standards: - Source: Workshop 1 Standards: - The growth medium for a microbial or similar culture e.g. agar Source: Workshop 1 Standards: - Source: Workshop 1 Standards: - Preferably a number - attribute gives temperature scale used Source: Workshop 1 Standards: - Source: Workshop 1 Standards: - Source: Workshop 1 / mod CC Oct 2001 Standards: - - - made qualifier an attribute of status - introduced qualifier to indicate preference or sort order of basionyms Composite element that links type status, a qualifying statement, original name and pertinent published references Making Type a repeatable element with a qualifier for sort order e.g. most recent, second most recent etc. covers multiple elements in HISPID (e.g. basnam1, basnam2, basnam3) Source: Workshop 1/ modified CC Oct 2001 Standards: - - - includes HISPID4: tsta and tql The presumed nomenclatural status of specimens regarded as types - Note that Type Qualifier has been moved to an enumerated attribute of TypeStatus Source: Workshop 1 Standards: - HISPID4: basnam / TLR Baionym refers to the original name associated with a type specimen where the name has subsequently been revised especially where this has arisen from a change of rank the option here is to use plain name text or a fully atomised model for name parts. Source: Workshop 1 Standards: - Source: Workshop 1 Standards: - Source: Workshop 1 / modified by CC Oct 2001 Standards: - Taxon48: Project Proj_Pk Source: Workshop 1 / modified CC Oct 2001 Standards: - Taxon48: GatheringAgent incl. LegTm1_Fk,LegTmAl_Fk, LegTmPr_Fk/ NBN: Event_Recorder & Sample_Recorder 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, additional collectors who were part of the team and per Collectors who are other individuals who may have passed specimens or data onto the team. Probably better structured as a repeatable 'Recorder' element with a Type attribute to allow differentiation e.g. botanists and entomologists working on the same team and also a preferred flag for the team leader. Source: Workshop 1 Standards: - - - NBN: Sample_Reference Refers to FirstCollector's number or code for the gathering event Source: Workshop 1 Standards: - HISPID4: cdat NBN: Survey_Event_Date (3 part vague date) Taxon48: GDate 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) Source: Workshop 1 Standards: - ABIS, ITF Taxon48: StatedLoc HISPID4: Locality (loc) / TDWG: Locality, Stanloc(?) / ASC Locality-Nam Location at which a Gathering Event takes place Element contains both geospatial and descriptive elements Source: Workshop 1 Standards: - - -Taxon48 Proj_Pk Unique identifier in database Source: Workshop 1 Standards: - Taxon48: ParProj_Pk Name or reference to a parent project where expedition is part of a bigger project Source: Workshop 1 Standards: - Taxon48: ProjTitle Main project title Source: Workshop 1 Standards: - Taxon48: ProjTitle2 Project subtitle Source: Workshop 1 Standards: - - - Taxon48: PlatformNm ASC: PLATFORM-NAM 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. Source: Workshop 1/ modified by CC Oct 2001 Standards: - Taxon48: Duration measurement of time elapsed - decimal number Source: Workshop 1 Standards: - Taxon48: ProjAckn Project funding acknowledgements - free text Source: Workshop 1 Standards: - Taxon48: ProjTxt Free text description of the project Source: Workshop 1 Standards: - Source: Workshop 1 Standards: - ABIS, ITF, TLR NBN: Survey_Recorder & Sample_Recorder HISPID4: Primary Collector's Name (cnam) TDWG: Collector 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 Could be handled by uniting all observers in one repeatable element name with an element attribute for first or preferred Source: Workshop 1 Standards: - ITF Taxon48: Additional Collectors / NBN: Event_Recorder & Sample_Recorder / HISPID4: Secondary Collectors Name (cnam2) TDWG: Collteam Persons other than the primary collector responsible for collections or observations Source: Workshop 1 Standards: - HISPID4: Per Collector (cper) / NBN: Event_Recorder & Sample_Recorder (Recorders are distinguished by an attribute: Role)'Per' collector - ie person who collected specimen on behalf of a primary collector Free text name but could have syntax rules Source: Sydney CODATA workshopFree text field for informal recording of field contents Source:Paul Kirk (in email) Standards: - Source:Paul Kirk (in email) Standards: - Source:Paul Kirk (in email) Standards: - Name of algal or cyanobacterial component of lichen Source: Workshop 1 Standards: - Which calendar a date pertains to e.g. Julian Source: Workshop 1 Standards: - includes HISPID4: texcdat NBN: Vague date structure covers this and standard dates in one tripartite element free text field for imprecise dates that do not conform to standard or parsable types Source: Workshop 1 Standards: - Source: Workshop 1 Standards: - Source: Workshop 1 Standards: - Source: Workshop 1 Standards: - Source: Workshop 1 Standards: - Year date fragment for last day of a gathering event - probably unnecessary as could easily be parsed from a standard date type Source: Workshop 1 Standards: - month date fragment for last day of a gathering event - probably unnecessary as could easily be parsed from a standard date type Source: Workshop 1 Standards: - Day date fragment for last day of a gathering event - probably unnecessary as could easily be parsed from a standard date type Source: Workshop 1 Standards: - Source: Workshop 1 Standards: - Source: Workshop 1 Standards: - Source: Workshop 1 Standards: - URL (e.g. web address) for thelocation of a boundary polygon or centroid spatial reference relating to a gathering site Source: Workshop 1 Standards: - ABIS, ITF, AUSLIG 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. Source: Workshop 1 Standards: - Taxon48: Geospatial Coordinates GridSysNam, GridCode, GridPreQual,CrdMsmtMth Geospatial coordinates recorded using a grid system Source: Workshop 1 Standards: - Source: Workshop 1/ changed by CC 2001 Standards: - ABIS, ITF, SDTS, IRTF, AHD71 HISPID4: alt ,altacy, altx, altxcy,altdet,altsou / TDWG: ElevationL, Elevelaccur, ElevationH,ElevHAccur / NBN variables recorded in Location_Data using qualifier and accuracy attributes Element for recording altitude of observation or recording area - ranges expressed by lower and Upper values Note that method, units, accuracy and source of accuracy are attributes which may be enumerated Source: Workshop 1/ changed by CC Oct 2001 Standards: - SDTS, ITRF, AHD, ABIS, ITF HISPID4: dep,depacy, depx, depacyx NBN: Locality_data or Sample_Data (depending on use) with qualifier for measurement type Element that can be used to record both heights above ground and depths below ground or water (Attribute DHType) method, units of measurement and accuracy are also attributes. DepthHeightLowerValues and DepthHeightUpperValue give ability to record ranges. Source: Workshop 1/ modified by CC Oct 2001 Standards: - Group element used to delineate bio-ecological features of a gathering site Source: Workshop 1 Standards: - Source: Workshop 1 Standards: - ABIS, ITF, TLR, WGSUB, ISO, Hollis& Brummitt (1992) HISPID4: cou and scou : NBN: admin_area Free text full country name (preferably from a standard list e.g. ISO or H&B) Source: Workshop 1 Standards: - Source: Workshop 1 Standards: - ISO HISPID: iso 2 letter ISO code for the representation of a country name Source: Workshop 1 Standards: - 2 letter ISO code for the representation of a country name Source: Workshop 1 Standards: - Source: Workshop 1 Standards: - Source: Workshop 1 Standards: - Source: Workshop 1 Standards: - Source: WGB Oct. 2001 Standards: - NBN: ? System_supplied_data attribute showing that information is derived - usually from a system supplied dictionary Source: Workshop 1 Standards: - Free text description of detail pertaining to the observation, sampling or collection locality Source: Workshop 1 Standards: - ABIS, AUSLIG HISPID4: nnp / TDWG: Stanloc The nearest named place to the collection or observation location e.g. on 1:100,000 map or better Source: WGB 10/01 Standards: - Source: Workshop 1 Standards: - Source: Workshop 1 Standards: - Source: Workshop 1 Standards: - Source: Workshop 1 Standards: - Source: Workshop 1 Standards: - AS/NZS4270 spatial transfer standard, SDTS spatial transfer standard mathematical surface on which the mapping and coordinate system used for the geocodes of the record are based Source: Workshop 1 Standards: - Source: Workshop 1 Standards: - HISPID4: includes geoacy TDWG: LatAccurr, LongAccur Free text statement of degree of accuracy Source: Workshop 1 Standards: - Source: Workshop 1 Standards: - Source: Workshop 1 Standards: - HISPID4: latdeg / TDWG: LatDegH, LatDegL Degrees of latitude for collecting site in range 0-90 Source: Workshop 1 Standards: - HISPID4: latmin / TDWG LatMinH, LatMinL Minutes within the latitude reading - range 0 - 59 Source: Workshop 1 Standards: - - - HISPID4: latsec / TDWG: LatSecH, LatSecL Seconds within the latitude reading range 0 - 59 Source: Workshop 1 Standards: - HISPID4: latdir / TDWG: LatDirHigh, LatDirLow Source: Workshop 1 Standards: - HISPID4: londeg / TDWG : LongDegH, LonDegL Degrees of longitude of the collecting/recording site - range 0 - 90 Source: Workshop 1 Standards: - - - HISPID4: lonmin / TDWG: LongMinH , LongMinL Minutes in the longitude reading range 0-59 Source: Workshop 1 Standards: - - - HISPID4: lonsec / TDWG: LongSecH , LongSecL Seconds in the longitude reading - range 0 - 59 Source: Workshop 1 Standards: - Source: Workshop 1 Standards: - Taxon48: GrdSystTxt Grid system name e.g. "GB OS" Source: Workshop 1 Standards: - Source: Workshop 1 Standards: - Taxon48:GridPrecQual Grid reference precision qualifier Source: Workshop 1 Standards: - HISPID4: geosou (part) / Taxon48: CrdMsmthMtd Coordinates measuring system e.g. GPS, field map reference, inferred map reference Source: Workshop 1 Standards: - HISPID4: sqz Source: Workshop 1 Standards: - HISPID4: sge (part) Source: Workshop 1 Standards: - HISPID4: sgn (part) Source: Workshop 1 Standards: - Source: Workshop 1 Standards: - See Altitude Source: Workshop 1 Standards: - See Altitude Source: Workshop 1 Standards: - Lower value of range (ie that nearest to ground datum) Source: Workshop 1 Standards: - Higher value in range (ie. measurement furthest from ground datum) Source: Workshop 1/ Modified by CC Oct. 2001 Standards: - Note that much of the potential content of this element has been removed to more specific term list structures e.g. Geomorphology, Hydrology, Stratigraphy, Biotopes etc. Most of these term lists have an identical structure but are presented separartely for the purposes of clarity - particularly where various classes of term lists are used by different calling elements - For some purposes e.g. a union thesaurus used by a search tool, a generalised format would be preferable Source: Workshop 1 Standards: - Source: Workshop 1/ modified by CC Oct 2001 Standards: - HISPID4: asspp 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.) Source: Workshop 1/ changed by CC Oct. 2001 Standards: - LNHM model Allows the linking of geological dating and rock unit names to sites or sample locations Structure allows for full analysis of stratigraphy e.g. to allow fossils in collections to be sorted by period and zone Also allows for free text terms when their staus is unknown or for more full descriptions of stratigraphy of site. Source: Workshop 1 Standards: - See BioCISE model p.527 Source: Workshop 1 Standards: - Source: Workshop 1 changed (cut Monomial, WGB) Standards: - Source: Workshop 1 Standards: - Source: Workshop 1 / modified by CC Oct 2001 Standards: - includes vlev, det, idql, rkql from HISPID4 - - equivalent to Taxon_Determination in NBN Made VerificationLevel (vlev), IdentificationType (det) , TaxonIdentificationQualifier (idql) . RankQualified (rkql) attributes An identication event records a taxonomic determination or other form of identication applied to a unit (specimen(s)) A unit may have many identication events and one may be selected as the preferred identiciation Source: Workshop 1 Standards: - Source: Workshop 1/ modified by CC Oct 2001 Standards: - HISPID4: vnam / NBN determiner Person or persons determining, confirming or denying the identity of a unit in an identification event. would be improved as a composite element to allow details of institutional affiliation etc. Source: Workshop 1 Standards: - HISPID4: vlit / NBN: Source Source: Workshop 1 Standards: - - - includes HISPID4 : vdat and texvdat / NBN determination_date (vague date ) May need to use a vague date structure (e.g. begin,end,type) Source: Workshop 1 Standards: - HISPID4: idcom / NBN: Comme Source: Workshop 1 Standards: - Source: Workshop 1 Standards: - Source: Workshop 1 / modified by CC Oct 2001 Standards: HISPID3: covers "Suprafamilial Group Name" (supfam), Family Name (fam), and Suprageneric Group Name (supgen). The scientific name of a taxon with a rank higher than Genus, which is commonly used to classify the group the unit belongs to. Source: Workshop 1 Standards: HISPID: Genus Name (gen) as to content, not all rules. A validly published generic name under the ICBN, ICZN, ICBN, or a manuscript name, or an intergeneric hybrid name, validly published 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, validly published under the Cultivated Code, eg. Crataegomespilus for + Crataegomespilus dardarii. Source: Workshop 1 Standards: covers HISPID "Subgeneric Group Name" (subgen) but without the preceeding rank abbreviation (entered under Rank). Also covers HISPID "Species Epithet" (sp) first word in a taxonomic name combination other than a generic term or term indicative of rank Source: Workshop 1 Standards: HISPID: "Infraspecific Epithet" (isp) without the hybrid stuff. Source: Workshop 1 Standards: HISPID: covers "Infraspecific Rank Flag" (isprk) as well as the rank ("group") of a "subgeneric group name" given in that field. Source: Workshop 1 Standards: - NBN: Taxon (Taxon dict. elements) Source: Workshop 1 / modified by CC Oct 2001 Standards: - NBN: TaxonDict Source: Workshop 1 Standards: - Source: Workshop 1 Standards: - HISPID: fulnam / ITF Contains concatenated scientific name including cultivar designations. Also contains hybrid formulas and formulas for graft chimaera or intergrades. Source: Workshop 1 Standards: - HISPID4 has Basionym (basnam) as an element but not the author team Authors of the original name for a taxon which has subsequently been revisied but retains the same stem or epithet Required in botanical and bacteriological nomenclatural codes Source: Workshop 1 Standards: - Authority for a taxonomic name combination Source: Workshop 1 Standards: - Attribute of a full taxonomic citation used to connect the names of two author/author groups the second of which is citing or validly publishing a name proposed by the first Source: Workshop 1 Standards: - Horticultural and trade name element for plants Source: Workshop 1 Standards: - Source: Workshop 1 Standards: - Source: Derek Munro 09/01 Standards: - Notes: This is an element 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. There, the root element contains two elements, taxon and datasource. The taxon branch is not very useful for us; however, we might consider using the datasource element as they do. Origin, access and ownership of computerised data sources Source: Derek Munro 09/01 Standards: ITIS*ca draft metadata Source: Derek Munro 09/01 Standards: ITIS*ca draft metadata Source: Derek Munro 09/01 Standards: ITIS*ca draft metadata Source: Derek Munro 09/01 Standards: ITIS*ca draft metadata Source: Derek Munro 09/01 Standards: ITIS*ca draft metadata Source: Derek Munro 09/01 Standards: ITIS*ca draft metadata Source: Derek Munro 09/01 Standards: ITIS*ca draft metadata Source: Workshop 1 Standards: HISPID: Hybrid Flag (hyb) Source: Added by WGB 10/2001 Standards: HISPID: "Species Qualifier" (spql) Source: Added by WGB 10/2001 Standards: HISPID: "Species Author" (spau) if the complete name refers to a species; HISPID: "Infraspecific Author" (ispau), if the complete name refers to an infraspecies. Source: WGB 10/2001 Standards:HISPID: "Vernacular Names" (vernam) Added by C.Copp - Oct 2001Text attribute for zip code or post code Source: CC - Oct 2001 Standards: HISPID4: culgnam /ITF / Treharne(1995) Cultivar group name e.g. "Cauliflower" Source: CC - Oct 2001 Standards: HISPID4: culnam / ITF /ICNCP / Treharne(1995) Cultivar name e.g. the type of cauliflower. Source: CC - Oct 2001 Standards: HISPID4: tranam / ITF / ICNCP (Treharne(1995) Trade name used for a specific cultivar Source: CC - Oct 2001 Standards: HISPID4: namcom Any free text comments related to the name Added by CC Oct 2001 NBN: Term Typical structure for a simple lookup list of term contents - structure consists of an attribute for the type e.g. name of the look up list together with long and short versions of the term Source: CC - Oct 2001 Standards: LongTermname is the full term that might appear in a lookup table e.g. in a list of types: Holotype Source: CC - Oct 2001 Standards: ShortTernName is a code or shortened version of a term that might be used in a database or lookup table e.g. HOLO for Holotype Source: CC - Oct 2001 Standards: HISPID4: Placeholder for references whilst constructing the schema CC Added CC Oct 2001 NBN: vaguedatestart, vaguedateend and vaguedatetype Date has a three part structure - two elements and an attribute VagueDateBegin = First date of a range or date for a single date VagueDateEnd = last date in a range DateType attribute can be enumerated to allow for various date formats (e.g. dd/mm/yyyy or to allow a parser to interpret terms such as summer 69 or 1974 etc) Note terms such as summer would be interpretted by standard begin and end dates. Part of date. Format datebegin, dateend and date type allows recording of dates as ranges or approximations. Added CC Oct 2001 NBN: Source Marker element for a link to a source module for dealing with structured literature and document rexcords Added CC Oct 2001 HISPID4: vhist This is a free text field ONLY for use when extracting data from datasources where the identification or verification history 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 Added by CC Oct 2001 Standard: Hollis & Brummitt 1992 HISPID4: wgs Free text - Allows specimens to be allocated to a standard geographic area derived from H&B Added by CC Oct 2001 standards: Hollis & Brummitt 1992 & local administrative area standards (e.g. NBN Admin Dictionary) Includes HISPID4: pru & sru , could also be used for sgu / NBN: Admin_Area Allows specification of more detailed geographic and administrative area contextual info to a collecting locality Attributes: subdivSrc - enumerated list of standards ( at present just H&B and local) couldbe ref to a lookup list SubdivLevel: level number where that forms part of a classification (e.g. for HISPID pru and sru) AreaType: Allows recording of local or national subdiv. level e.g. county, district, state etc. Added by CC Oct 2001 standards: Hollis & Brummitt 1992 & local administrative area standards (e.g. NBN Admin Dictionary) Includes HISPID4: pru & sru / NBN: Admin_Area Free text name - hopefully from a standard list Added by CC Oct 2001Allows use of abbreviations and codes for area names Added by CC Oct. 2001Repeatable element to allow for addresses of different structure and length HISPID4: geosou (part)Method of establishing Lat/Long position Added by CC Oct 2001 Composite element to allow observations to record multiple coordinates or same coordinate in different systems Added by CC Oct 2001 NBN: Biotope Biotope elements allow reference to Biotope (habitat or land classification type) by either a database key, its shortname or code within a classification/term list or a its full name. Attribute gives database key to term if derived from a standard electronic dictionary Added by CC Oct 2001 - - NBN: Biotope_Key The Primary key for an entry in a standard dictionary or other database Could use attribute to record database source e.g. a URL for lookup or reference to Internal entity in DTD (supplied dictionary) Added by CC Oct 2001 NBN: Short_Name Short name or code for a Biotope e.g. in UK NVC mg5a (for a type of mesotrophic grassland) Attribute records the source or possibly URL for origianl dictionary source Added by CC Oct 2001 NBN: Long_Name The full dictionary name of the habitat within a classification Added by CC Oct 2001 NBN: Biotope-occurrence HISPID4: hab (part) / TDWG: Habitat (part) Biotoperecord is an element for recording habitat and land type terms that can be associated either with taxon/specimen data or directly for recording habitat areas and other variables (e.g. vegetation height) in a gathering site or related to a specific gathering event Include Added by CC Oct 2001 NBN: biotope_occurrence_data BiotopeData allows the linkuing of any measurement (e.g. biotope area) to a biotope record Added by CC Oct 2001 NBN: measurement (partim) measurement is the actiual measurement - measurement is qualigied by attributes: measurementType: what type of measurement e.g. count, area, linear measurement measurementUnits: units that measurement is recorded in e...g. hectares, kilometres, kilogrammes etc. measurementAccuracy: describes accuracy e.g. approximate or +/- 50 Added by CC Oct 2001 NBN: qualifier measurementQualifier is a freetext field that describes what is being measures e.g. biotope area It is supported by measurement Type attribute. e.g. measurementQualifier might be 'males' and measurementType might be 'count' Added by CC Oct 2001 HISPID4: soil Allows recording of a soil type using either a code/short term, full classified name of a non-classified free term Source can be a URL or ref. to the soil classification used. Added by CC Oct 2001Allows recording of a sediment type using either a code/short term, full classified name of a non-classified free term Source can be a URL or ref. to the sediment classification used. Added by CC Oct 2001 HISPID4: Aspect (asp) 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) Added by CC Oct 2001Orientation 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 Added by CC Oct 2001PhysicalFeatures brings together all items related to earthscience features of a site or sample location Added by CC Oct 2001 HISPID4: top Free text 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) Added by CC Oct 2001Hydrological features of the site or collection point Added by CC Oct 2001Free text of formatted text (rtf) description of the feature - not controlled length e.g. often a memo field Added by CC Oct 2001Chronostraigraphic dating term e.g. Jurassic Period Added by CC Oct 2001biostratigraphic zonation term e.g. Psiloceras planorbis zone Added by CC Oct 2001lithostratigraphic term describing geology e.g. Mercia Mudstone Group Added by CC Oct 2001 includes HISPID4: cid NBN: specimen_number Added by CC Oct. 2001The specimen unit is a derived subtype of Unit representing physical specimens in collections The specimen can link to field obsevations and to named collections Added by CC Oct 2001Allows recording of history of specimen e.g. changes of ownership and transfers between collections by sale, splitting or merging of collections Taxonomic status linked to an identification of a specimen Added by CC Oct 2001Unique identifier for an accessions catalogue id in a computerised system Added by CC Oct. 2001 Syn: Unit_ID Unique identifier for collection in a computerised system this is a synonym of Unit_ID Added by CC Oct 2001 LNHM Free text description of a specimen or similar 'Unit' Added by CC Oct 2001 LNHM any number of free text facts can be recorded about the specimen or unit. The structure allows for a title so that the facts could be assembled in an rtf or html page layout Facts can be of any sort e.g. comments on the historical importance of the specimen. Added by CC Oct 2001 LNHM Unique identifier within a database Added by CC Oct 2001 specimen relationships - can be used to link derived specimens, specimen parts or members of a specimen group Added by CC Oct 2001 LNHM Specimens, cabinets and other units e.g. living horticultural specimens may have one or more labels attached or associated with them Added by CC Oct 2001 LNHM Unique identifier within a database Added by CC Oct 2001 LNHM Added by CC Oct 2001 LNHM writing or other inscription directly upon or carved into a unit (usually a specimen) Added by CC Oct 2001Unique identifier within a database Added by CC Oct 2001 LNHM Type of inscription Added by CC Oct 2001Text transcription of an inscription Added by CC Oct. 2001 - - Taxon48 AccCode_Pk LMNH The instutional number applied to an accession and recorded in the accessions register e.g. BRSMG:1999/1209. A structured view into acquisition information from accessions register as opposed to original gathering data. - helps link collections (e.g. several specimens may share one accession number). Added by CC Oct 2001 - - Taxon48: AccDate The date on which an accession was recorded in the accessions register ( not the date of acquisition) Added by CC Oct. 2001The date when specimens or collections were acquired by the institution Source: Workshop 1/ subelements added by CC Oct. 2001A named Collection is an association of specimens (units) that have a common identity either through content, ownership or acquisition. This element is a special kind of Unit subType and is separated here for the purposes of clarity The element facilitates the recording of the history, ownership and content of named collections and also because named collections may be stored, moved. acquired or disposed of as a whole. Added by CC Oct. 2001Many collections have distinctive names e.g. Stanley-Lewis Bird's Egg Collection or The National Clematis Collection Added by CC Oct. 2001Element for recording the starting date in a range End date for use in date ranges Added by CC Oct. 2001 - -LNHM Links collector and other names to a specific collection e.g. known donors or previous owners Rocktype is a term list used to hold a list of classified rock names - could be replaced with my generic thesaurus model Added by CC Oct 2001 LNHM specimen part: Part of the specimen rcord applies Added by CC Oct 2001Role played by a person within the element context e.g. Recorder or Botanist in GatheringEvent, Photographer or artist in Image Added by CC Oct. 2001Any numbers or other registration marks associated with a specimen unit (1 or more specimens) Any measurable aspect of the specimen e.g. height, weight, number of specimens etc. Added by CC Oct. 2001Reference or trade name for a microbial culture Added by CC Oct 2001 NBN: Title Mode of address e.g. Mr. Dr. Professor - could be controlled from lookup list Added by CC Oct 2001 NBN: Forename First or Christian names e.g. Charles Added by CC Oct 2001 NBN: Initials Initials of forenames e.g. C.J.T. Added by CC Oct 2001 NBN: Surname Last name, surname or family name e.g. Darwin Added by CC Oct 2001 NBN: Honorifics Degrees, abbreviations of rank etc. that follow a name e.g. B.Sc., MBE etc. Added by CC Oct 2001Name (elements) for organisations Added by CC Oct 2001Full organisation name e.g. Taxonomic Database Working Group Added by CC Oct 2001Acronym or short term for an organisation e.g. TDWG Added by CC Oct 2001 - - NBN : element Contact_Number 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 Prefix to use before dialing: e.g. country code Added by CC Oct 2001 NBN: Number full number e.g. as dialled within the country or the full email address Added by CC Oct 2001 NBN: Constraints free text note for constraints on use e.g. "weekdays only" or "home number" Added by CC Oct 2001 NBN: Title Title of book, paper, article or paper in symposium Added by CC Oct 2001 NBN: Year_Vague_Date_Start, Year_Vague_Date_End, Year_Vague_Date_Type Date of publication (usually Year) Added by CC Oct 2001 NBN: Volume Volume number - if any Added by CC Oct 2001 NBN: Part Part number of publication - if any Added by CC Oct 2001 NBN: Number Volume or other number (e.g. issue) of publication Added by CC Oct 2001 NBN: Pages number of papges or page range for publication or paper Added by CC Oct 2001 NBN: Supplement Supplement name or number for publication where appropriate Added by CC Oct 2001 NBN: Edition Edition number for reprinted publications Added by CC Oct 2001 NBN: Symposium_Title Symposium name or title of symposium volume where appropriate Added by CC Oct 2001 NBN: Publisher Publisher of the publication Added by CC Oct 2001 NBN: Place_of_Publication Place of publication Added by CC Oct 2001 NBN: Journal element Journal or similar serial publication name and details Added by CC Oct 2001 NBN: Journal_Key Unique identifier in a database Added by CC Oct 2001Measurement of the degree of exposure of a collecting or recording site - (often used with marine shore recording) e.g. sheltered Added by CC Oct 2001Measurement of the angle of slope either as free text or in number of degress Added by Cc Oct 2001Reference to a term in a term list that is the parent or broader term for the current term (thesaurus bt) Added by CC Oct 2001A named list of terms e.g. UK NVC or Chronostratigraphic terms Added by CC Oct 2001Name of the specific term list e.g. CORINE Added by CC Oct 2001Version of the term list - e.g. many dated versions of CORINE Added by CC Oct 2001free text field for definition of classified and descriptive terms Added by CC Oct 2001Unique identifier for a termlist in a database system Added by CC Oct 2001 Sort position allows terms to be sorted into non-alphanumeric sequences. In the case of strigraphic sequences (chron, bio & litho) the sort order can use a 'pseudo-date' based on known radiometric ages e.g. 570 for the base of the Cambrian 210 for the base of the Jurassic etc. In other lists list management software could gnerate sort numbers dynamically. This element differs from Parent term because many terms may share the same parent (e.g. hierarchical level) Added by CC Oct 2001 NBN: Taxon_Data 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 are so common e.g. abundance that they have separate elements in the current model - this is redundant but makes for easier reading! added by CC Oct 2001 Path to a document either a Web URL or an internal path to a document stored on a local machine or network added by CC Oct 2001 NBN: Image Compound element that can include any type of image including paintings, photographs, digital photographs and video added by CC Oct 2001 Universal Resource Identifier - Path to electronic source of document either internal or external (e.g. web address) added by CC Oct 2001 author name in format for reference citations e.g. Copp, C.J.T. added by CC Oct 2001 The name of the file holding the document e.g. MyDoc.doc or Index.html added by CC Oct 2001 Documents and images may have various reference numbers associated with them e.g. ISBN, ISSN, internal filing numbers etc. Added by CC Oct. 2001Element for grouping people responsible for an image and their respective roles Added by CC Oct. 2001Lookup term or free term describing types of image - can include everything from watercolours and etchings to digital photographs and video Added by CC Oct. 2001Element for access to the actual image either as binary data included in the data file or as a URI to the source of the image Added by CC Oct. 2001Place holder for a binary image - nonparsed data External General Notation Added by CC Oct. 2001film and video Added by CC Oct. 2001Art work e.g. drawing, painting, etching etc. Added by CC Oct. 2001Image recorded and stored in digital format Added by CC Oct. 2001conventional photographic image e.g. plate, transparency or print Added by CC Oct. 2001 Added by CC Oct. 2001part of the image made of the material involved (e.g. frame = wood) Added by CC Oct. 2001Lookup term including Code for image format e.g. jpg, pcx, tif for digital images, 16mm, beta video, AVI, mpg for moving images transparency, print for photographs etc. Added by CC Oct. 2001Image pixel resolution e.g. 640 x 480 Added by CC Oct. 2001Colour state of the image e.g. monochrome, 16 bit, 24 bit, technicolour etc. Added by CC Oct. 2001size of the stored image - usually a number with unit as an attribute e.g. megaBytes Added by CC Oct. 2001Soundtrack type e.g. Nicam Stereo, Dolby, mono etc. Added by CC Oct. 2001Number of media holding the moving image e.g. number of film reels or CDs Added by CC. Oct. 2001Image in Reference allows the linking of images to documents and publications. This can be important for many reasons e.g. where the image may represent a type specimen or for tracking the publication history of images and image copies Added by CC Oct. 2001allows a structured analysis of the picture content for indexing purposes Added by CC Oct. 2001The 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. Added by CC Oct. 2001Element listing the place in reference that an image or images are located Added by CC Oct. 2001page number for the imaged specimen Added by CC Oct. 2001Plate number for the imaged specimen Added by CC Oct. 2001Figure number for the imaged specimen Added by CC Oct. 2001 Added by CC Oct. 2001 Added by CC Oct. 2001Text for number or other registration mark applied to a specimen or group of specimens e.g from registration book, collectors note book, auction catalogue, batch number etc.