COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_stem."datasource__@Brad__.identifier_examples@vegpath.org" IS '"the person [or] institution that provided the data [to this database] (the *proximate* data provider)"';

COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_stem."country__@DwC__@vegpath.org" IS 'http://geoscrub.geoscrub_output.acceptedCountry__@VegBIEN__@vegpath.org;

COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_stem."coordinateUncertaintyInMeters__@DwC__@vegpath.org" IS 'for a point observation, this is the fuzziness of the coordinates. for a plot (or other shape), this is the radius of the circle that circumscribes the entire plot, or the fuzziness, whichever is greater. note that the DwC definition is confusingly worded: it uses the ambiguous term Location, which sometimes refers to the asserted named place, but which they intended to refer to the plot or point.';

COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_stem."georeferenceSources__@DwC__@vegpath.org" IS '"A list (concatenated and separated) of maps, gazetteers, or other resources used to georeference the Location, described specifically enough to allow anyone in the future to use the same resources"';

COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_stem."georeferenceProtocol__@DwC__@vegpath.org" IS '"A description or reference to the methods used to determine the spatial footprint, coordinates, and uncertainties"';

COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_stem.geovalid_bien IS 'whether the coordinates are within the boundary of the asserted named places';

COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_stem."isNewWorld_bien" IS 'whether the country is in the Americas';

COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_stem."projectID__@VegX__.plotObservation@vegpath.org" IS 'http://project.sourceaccessioncode__@VegBIEN__.public@vegpath.org;

COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_stem."projectContributor[s]__@VegBank__@vegpath.org" IS '"intersection entit[ies] used to ''link'' a party with a specific project wherein vegetation plots are described"';

COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_stem."subplot__@SALVIAS__.Plot_data@vegpath.org" IS 'http://location.authorlocationcode__@VegBIEN__.public@vegpath.org;

COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_stem.location__cultivated__bien IS 'whether the occurrence''s *location* was flagged as cultivated. note that this refers just to the cultivated status of the *location*; the occurrence may be cultivated even if the location isn''t.';

COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_stem."locationevent.locationevent_id__@VegBIEN__.public@vegpath.org" IS 'http://locationevent.locationevent_id__@VegBIEN__.public@vegpath.org;

COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_stem."(-minimum-)ElevationInMeters__@DwC__@vegpath.org" IS 'the "elevation (altitude, usually above sea level), in meters"';

COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_stem."plot.area[_ha]__@VegX__@vegpath.org" IS '"Total area of the plot"';

COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_stem."temperature[_C]__@VegX__.plotObs.obsCond@vegpath.org" IS '"Temperature during observation [...] [in] Celsius"';

COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_stem."precip_mm__@SALVIAS__.Plot_metadata@vegpath.org" IS '"Total annual precipitation, in mm"';

COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_stem."stratumName__@VegX__.stratum@vegpath.org" IS '"Name associated with this stratum"';

COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_stem."communityConcept.name__@VegX__.communityDet@vegpath.org" IS '"A textual label for a community type. A community type is an abstract grouping of organisms that tend to co-occur on the landscape due to shared ecological requirements or preferences."';

COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_stem."observationContributor[s]__@VegBank__@vegpath.org" IS '"intersection[s] that link[] a party with a specific plot observation event"';

COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_stem."[custodial_]institutionCode[s]__@DwC__@vegpath.org" IS '"The name[s] (or acronym[s]) in use by the institution[s] having custody of the object(s) or information referred to in the record"';

COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_stem."collectionCode__@DwC__@vegpath.org" IS '"The name, acronym, coden, or initialism identifying the collection or data set from which the record was derived"';

COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_stem."catalogNumber__@DwC__@vegpath.org" IS '"An identifier (preferably unique) for the record within the data set or collection"';

COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_stem."(-Earliest-)DateCollected__-2007-04-17__@DwC__.hist@vegpath.org" IS 'the "date-time (Common Era calendar) in a date-time period during which an organism or group of organisms was collected or observed"';

COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_stem."[verbatim_]family__@DwC__@vegpath.org" IS '"The full scientific name of the family in which the taxon is classified [*before* any TNRS scrubbing]"';

COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_stem."[verbatim_]scientificName__@DwC__@vegpath.org" IS '"The full scientific name [*before* any TNRS scrubbing], with authorship and date information if known. When forming part of an Identification, this should be the name in lowest level taxonomic rank that can be determined."';

COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_stem."Family_matched__@TNRS__@vegpath.org" IS 'http://TNRS.taxon_scrub.matchedFamily__@VegBIEN__.public@vegpath.org;

COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_stem."Name_matched__@TNRS__@vegpath.org" IS '"Scientific name with the highest match score. May be an exact match or a fuzzy match."';

COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_stem."Name_matched_author__@TNRS__@vegpath.org" IS '"Standard authority for the matched name"';

COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_stem."[higher_plant_group~]higherClassification__@DwC__@vegpath.org" IS 'closed list derived from higher taxa';

COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_stem."taxonomicStatus__@DwC__@vegpath.org" IS '"The status of the use of the scientificName as a label for a taxon. Requires taxonomic opinion to define the scope of a taxon. [...] Examples: "invalid", "misapplied", "homotypic synonym", "accepted"."';

COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_stem.scrubbed_family IS 'the family of the TNRS accepted or matched name';

COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_stem.scrubbed_genus IS 'the genus of the TNRS accepted or matched name';

COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_stem.scrubbed_specific_epithet IS 'the specific epithet of the TNRS accepted or matched name';

COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_stem.scrubbed_species_binomial IS 'the species binomial of the TNRS accepted or matched name';

COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_stem.scrubbed_taxon_name_no_author IS 'the taxon name without author of the TNRS accepted or matched name';

COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_stem.scrubbed_author IS 'the author of the TNRS accepted or matched name';

COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_stem.scrubbed_taxon_name_with_author IS 'the taxon name with author of the TNRS accepted or matched name';

COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_stem."speciesBinomialWithMorphospecies__@VegCore__@vegpath.org" IS 'http://TNRS.taxon_scrub.scrubbed_morphospecies_binomial__@VegBIEN__.public@vegpath.org;

"combine the `taxon` plus `morphospecies` to produce a unique string, `taxonMorphospecies`";

a morphospecies is a custom species name assigned in the field by the collector (which does not validate to anything in TNRS)';

COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_stem."[growth_form=]habit__@SALVIAS__.Plot_data@vegpath.org" IS '"Growth form"; "Closed pick list"';

COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_stem.threatened_bien IS 'whether the taxon is on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species';

COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_stem.cultivated_bien IS 'whether the occurrence was flagged as cultivated';

COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_stem."cultivatedBasis_bien" IS 'why the occurrence was flagged as cultivated';

COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_stem."stem_dbh[_cm]__@SALVIAS__.Plot_data@vegpath.org" IS '"Diameter at breast height of this stem (usually taken at 1.3 meters, but may vary)"';

COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_stem."stemHeight[_m]__@VegBank__.stemCount@vegpath.org" IS '"The measured height of the stem in meters"';

COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_stem."[tag=]identificationLabel__@VegX__.individual@vegpath.org" IS '"A label that is associated with an individual (e.g. a numerical tree tag)"';

COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_stem."relativeX[_m]__@VegX__.individualOrganismObs@vegpath.org" IS '"The X-coordinate of the related item position in m. The user will enter the relative position of related item with respect to the plot origin (in meters) with the x-axis defined by the plot azimuth."';

COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_stem."relativeY[_m]__@VegX__.individualOrganismObs@vegpath.org" IS '"The Y-coordinate of the relatedSpatialItem position in m. The user will enter the relative position of relatedSpatialItems with respect to the plot origin (in meters) with the y-axis defined by the plot azimuth."';

COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_stem."taxonObservation[.id]__@VegBank__@vegpath.org" IS '"identifier assigned [by the datasource] to each unique observation of a taxon in a plot"';

COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_stem."taxonNameUsageConcept.authorCode__@VegX__@vegpath.org" IS '"Verbatum short code used by the author to signify the species at time of observation"';

COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_stem."aggregateOrganismObservation.id__@VegX__@vegpath.org" IS 'the ID for "An observation applying to all occurrences of an organism based on an aggregation factor. It contains an AggregateValue, which is an assessment of the overall occurrence of an organism in a Plot (e.g. number of stems, percentage cover, total biomass, basal area)."';

COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_stem."individualOrganismObservation.id__@VegX__@vegpath.org" IS 'the ID for "An observation applying to one occurrence of an organism (or part of an organism). It is a container for measurements made on the organism (e.g. diameter, height, crown dimensions, biomass, growth form, number of stems)."';

COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_stem."individualID__@DwC__@vegpath.org" IS '"An identifier for an individual or named group of individual organisms represented in the Occurrence"';

COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_stem."stemCode__@VegBank__.stemLocation@vegpath.org" IS 'http://stemobservation.authorstemcode__@VegBIEN__.public@vegpath.org;

-- Name: COLUMN analytical_stem."TAXONOBSERVATION_ID__@VegBank__.taxonObservation@vegpath.org"; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

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COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_stem."TAXONOBSERVATION_ID__@VegBank__.taxonObservation@vegpath.org" IS 'VegBIEN-autogenerated "identifier assigned to each unique observation of a taxon in a plot"';

--

-- Name: COLUMN analytical_plot."datasource__@Brad__.identifier_examples@vegpath.org"; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

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COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_plot."datasource__@Brad__.identifier_examples@vegpath.org" IS '"the person [or] institution that provided the data [to this database] (the *proximate* data provider)"';

--

-- Name: COLUMN analytical_plot."country__@DwC__@vegpath.org"; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

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COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_plot."country__@DwC__@vegpath.org" IS 'http://geoscrub.geoscrub_output.acceptedCountry__@VegBIEN__@vegpath.org;

"The name of the country or major administrative unit in which the Location occurs"';

--

-- Name: COLUMN analytical_plot."stateProvince__@DwC__@vegpath.org"; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

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COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_plot."stateProvince__@DwC__@vegpath.org" IS '"The name of the next smaller administrative region than country (state, province, canton, department, region, etc.) in which the Location occurs"';

--

-- Name: COLUMN analytical_plot."county__@DwC__@vegpath.org"; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

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COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_plot."county__@DwC__@vegpath.org" IS '"The full, unabbreviated name of the next smaller administrative region than stateProvince (county, shire, department, etc.) in which the Location occurs"';

--

-- Name: COLUMN analytical_plot."locality__@DwC__@vegpath.org"; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

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COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_plot."locality__@DwC__@vegpath.org" IS '"The specific description of the place"';

--

-- Name: COLUMN analytical_plot."decimalLatitude__@DwC__@vegpath.org"; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

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COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_plot."decimalLatitude__@DwC__@vegpath.org" IS '"The geographic latitude (in decimal degrees, using the spatial reference system given in geodeticDatum) of the geographic center of a Location"';

--

-- Name: COLUMN analytical_plot."decimalLongitude__@DwC__@vegpath.org"; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

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COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_plot."decimalLongitude__@DwC__@vegpath.org" IS '"The geographic longitude (in decimal degrees, using the spatial reference system given in geodeticDatum) of the geographic center of a Location"';

--

-- Name: COLUMN analytical_plot."coordinateUncertaintyInMeters__@DwC__@vegpath.org"; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

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COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_plot."coordinateUncertaintyInMeters__@DwC__@vegpath.org" IS 'for a point observation, this is the fuzziness of the coordinates. for a plot (or other shape), this is the radius of the circle that circumscribes the entire plot, or the fuzziness, whichever is greater. note that the DwC definition is confusingly worded: it uses the ambiguous term Location, which sometimes refers to the asserted named place, but which they intended to refer to the plot or point.';

--

-- Name: COLUMN analytical_plot."georeferenceSources__@DwC__@vegpath.org"; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

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COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_plot."georeferenceSources__@DwC__@vegpath.org" IS '"A list (concatenated and separated) of maps, gazetteers, or other resources used to georeference the Location, described specifically enough to allow anyone in the future to use the same resources"';

--

-- Name: COLUMN analytical_plot."georeferenceProtocol__@DwC__@vegpath.org"; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

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COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_plot."georeferenceProtocol__@DwC__@vegpath.org" IS '"A description or reference to the methods used to determine the spatial footprint, coordinates, and uncertainties"';

--

-- Name: COLUMN analytical_plot.geovalid_bien; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

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COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_plot.geovalid_bien IS 'whether the coordinates are within the boundary of the asserted named places';

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-- Name: COLUMN analytical_plot."isNewWorld_bien"; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

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COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_plot."isNewWorld_bien" IS 'whether the country is in the Americas';

--

-- Name: COLUMN analytical_plot."projectID__@VegX__.plotObservation@vegpath.org"; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

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COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_plot."projectID__@VegX__.plotObservation@vegpath.org" IS 'http://project.sourceaccessioncode__@VegBIEN__.public@vegpath.org;

"A reference to a specific ''project''"';

--

-- Name: COLUMN analytical_plot."projectContributor[s]__@VegBank__@vegpath.org"; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

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COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_plot."projectContributor[s]__@VegBank__@vegpath.org" IS '"intersection entit[ies] used to ''link'' a party with a specific project wherein vegetation plots are described"';

--

-- Name: COLUMN analytical_plot."locationID__@DwC__@vegpath.org"; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

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COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_plot."locationID__@DwC__@vegpath.org" IS '"An identifier for the set of location information (data associated with dcterms:Location)"';

--

-- Name: COLUMN analytical_plot."plotName__@VegX__.plot@vegpath.org"; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

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COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_plot."plotName__@VegX__.plot@vegpath.org" IS '"Name or label for a plot"';

--

-- Name: COLUMN analytical_plot."subplot__@SALVIAS__.Plot_data@vegpath.org"; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

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COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_plot."subplot__@SALVIAS__.Plot_data@vegpath.org" IS 'http://location.authorlocationcode__@VegBIEN__.public@vegpath.org;

"Code for subplot, line, or any other subsample or subdivision of plot"';

--

-- Name: COLUMN analytical_plot.location__cultivated__bien; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

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COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_plot.location__cultivated__bien IS 'whether the occurrence''s *location* was flagged as cultivated. note that this refers just to the cultivated status of the *location*; the occurrence may be cultivated even if the location isn''t.';

--

-- Name: COLUMN analytical_plot."eventDate__@DwC__@vegpath.org"; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

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COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_plot."eventDate__@DwC__@vegpath.org" IS '"The date-time or interval during which an Event occurred. For occurrences, this is the date-time when the event was recorded."';

--

-- Name: COLUMN analytical_plot."(-minimum-)ElevationInMeters__@DwC__@vegpath.org"; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

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COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_plot."(-minimum-)ElevationInMeters__@DwC__@vegpath.org" IS 'the "elevation (altitude, usually above sea level), in meters"';

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-- Name: COLUMN analytical_plot."slopeAspect[_deg]__@VegX__.plot@vegpath.org"; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

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COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_plot."slopeAspect[_deg]__@VegX__.plot@vegpath.org" IS '"Representative azimuth of slope gradient (0-360 degrees) or as a cardinal direction (e.g. N, S, NE)"';

--

-- Name: COLUMN analytical_plot."slopeGradient[_deg]__@VegX__.plot@vegpath.org"; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

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COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_plot."slopeGradient[_deg]__@VegX__.plot@vegpath.org" IS '"Representative inclination of slope in degrees"';

--

-- Name: COLUMN analytical_plot."plot.area[_ha]__@VegX__@vegpath.org"; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

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COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_plot."plot.area[_ha]__@VegX__@vegpath.org" IS '"Total area of the plot"';

--

-- Name: COLUMN analytical_plot."samplingProtocol__@DwC__@vegpath.org"; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

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COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_plot."samplingProtocol__@DwC__@vegpath.org" IS '"The name of, reference to, or description of the method or protocol used during an Event"';

--

-- Name: COLUMN analytical_plot."temperature[_C]__@VegX__.plotObs.obsCond@vegpath.org"; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

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COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_plot."temperature[_C]__@VegX__.plotObs.obsCond@vegpath.org" IS '"Temperature during observation [...] [in] Celsius"';

--

-- Name: COLUMN analytical_plot."precip_mm__@SALVIAS__.Plot_metadata@vegpath.org"; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

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COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_plot."precip_mm__@SALVIAS__.Plot_metadata@vegpath.org" IS '"Total annual precipitation, in mm"';

--

-- Name: COLUMN analytical_plot."stratumName__@VegX__.stratum@vegpath.org"; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

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COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_plot."stratumName__@VegX__.stratum@vegpath.org" IS '"Name associated with this stratum"';

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-- Name: COLUMN analytical_plot."communityConcept.name__@VegX__.communityDet@vegpath.org"; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

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COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_plot."communityConcept.name__@VegX__.communityDet@vegpath.org" IS '"A textual label for a community type. A community type is an abstract grouping of organisms that tend to co-occur on the landscape due to shared ecological requirements or preferences."';

--

-- Name: COLUMN analytical_plot."observationContributor[s]__@VegBank__@vegpath.org"; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

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COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_plot."observationContributor[s]__@VegBank__@vegpath.org" IS '"intersection[s] that link[] a party with a specific plot observation event"';

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-- Name: COLUMN analytical_plot."recordedBy__@DwC__@vegpath.org"; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

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COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_plot."recordedBy__@DwC__@vegpath.org" IS '"A list (concatenated and separated) of names of people, groups, or organizations responsible for recording the original Occurrence. The primary collector or observer, especially one who applies a personal identifier (recordNumber), should be listed first."';

--

-- Name: COLUMN analytical_plot."recordNumber__@DwC__@vegpath.org"; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

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COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_plot."recordNumber__@DwC__@vegpath.org" IS '"An identifier given to the Occurrence at the time it was recorded. Often serves as a link between field notes and an Occurrence record, such as a specimen collector''s number."';

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-- Name: COLUMN analytical_plot."(-Earliest-)DateCollected__-2007-04-17__@DwC__.hist@vegpath.org"; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

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COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_plot."(-Earliest-)DateCollected__-2007-04-17__@DwC__.hist@vegpath.org" IS 'the "date-time (Common Era calendar) in a date-time period during which an organism or group of organisms was collected or observed"';

--

-- Name: COLUMN analytical_plot."[verbatim_]family__@DwC__@vegpath.org"; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

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COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_plot."[verbatim_]family__@DwC__@vegpath.org" IS '"The full scientific name of the family in which the taxon is classified [*before* any TNRS scrubbing]"';

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-- Name: COLUMN analytical_plot."[verbatim_]scientificName__@DwC__@vegpath.org"; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

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COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_plot."[verbatim_]scientificName__@DwC__@vegpath.org" IS '"The full scientific name [*before* any TNRS scrubbing], with authorship and date information if known. When forming part of an Identification, this should be the name in lowest level taxonomic rank that can be determined."';

--

-- Name: COLUMN analytical_plot."identifiedBy__@DwC__@vegpath.org"; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

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COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_plot."identifiedBy__@DwC__@vegpath.org" IS '"A list (concatenated and separated) of names of people, groups, or organizations who assigned the Taxon to the subject"';

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-- Name: COLUMN analytical_plot."dateIdentified__@DwC__@vegpath.org"; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

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COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_plot."dateIdentified__@DwC__@vegpath.org" IS '"The date on which the subject was identified as representing the Taxon"';

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-- Name: COLUMN analytical_plot."identificationRemarks__@DwC__@vegpath.org"; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

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COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_plot."identificationRemarks__@DwC__@vegpath.org" IS '"Comments or notes about the Identification"';

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-- Name: COLUMN analytical_plot."Family_matched__@TNRS__@vegpath.org"; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

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COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_plot."Family_matched__@TNRS__@vegpath.org" IS 'http://TNRS.taxon_scrub.matchedFamily__@VegBIEN__.public@vegpath.org;

"The closest matching family in the TNRS database to the family submitted"';

--

-- Name: COLUMN analytical_plot."Name_matched__@TNRS__@vegpath.org"; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

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COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_plot."Name_matched__@TNRS__@vegpath.org" IS '"Scientific name with the highest match score. May be an exact match or a fuzzy match."';

--

-- Name: COLUMN analytical_plot."Name_matched_author__@TNRS__@vegpath.org"; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

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COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_plot."Name_matched_author__@TNRS__@vegpath.org" IS '"Standard authority for the matched name"';

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-- Name: COLUMN analytical_plot.scrubbed_family; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

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COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_plot.scrubbed_family IS 'the family of the TNRS accepted or matched name';

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-- Name: COLUMN analytical_plot.scrubbed_genus; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

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COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_plot.scrubbed_genus IS 'the genus of the TNRS accepted or matched name';

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-- Name: COLUMN analytical_plot."speciesBinomialWithMorphospecies__@VegCore__@vegpath.org"; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

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COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_plot."speciesBinomialWithMorphospecies__@VegCore__@vegpath.org" IS 'http://TNRS.taxon_scrub.scrubbed_morphospecies_binomial__@VegBIEN__.public@vegpath.org;

"combine the `taxon` plus `morphospecies` to produce a unique string, `taxonMorphospecies`";

a morphospecies is a custom species name assigned in the field by the collector (which does not validate to anything in TNRS)';

--

-- Name: COLUMN analytical_plot.scrubbed_taxon_name_no_author; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

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COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_plot.scrubbed_taxon_name_no_author IS 'the taxon name without author of the TNRS accepted or matched name';

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-- Name: COLUMN analytical_plot.scrubbed_author; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

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COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_plot.scrubbed_author IS 'the author of the TNRS accepted or matched name';

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-- Name: COLUMN analytical_plot."[growth_form=]habit__@SALVIAS__.Plot_data@vegpath.org"; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

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COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_plot."[growth_form=]habit__@SALVIAS__.Plot_data@vegpath.org" IS '"Growth form"; "Closed pick list"';

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-- Name: COLUMN analytical_plot."reproductiveCondition__@DwC__@vegpath.org"; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

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COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_plot."reproductiveCondition__@DwC__@vegpath.org" IS '"The reproductive condition of the biological individual(s) represented in the Occurrence. Recommended best practice is to use a controlled vocabulary."';

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-- Name: COLUMN analytical_plot.cultivated_bien; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

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COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_plot.cultivated_bien IS 'whether the occurrence was flagged as cultivated';

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-- Name: COLUMN analytical_plot."cultivatedBasis_bien"; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

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COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_plot."cultivatedBasis_bien" IS 'why the occurrence was flagged as cultivated';

--

-- Name: COLUMN analytical_plot."occurrenceRemarks__@DwC__@vegpath.org"; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

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COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_plot."occurrenceRemarks__@DwC__@vegpath.org" IS '"Comments or notes about the Occurrence"';

--

-- Name: COLUMN analytical_plot."coverPercent__@VegX__.attribute.ordinal@vegpath.org"; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

--

COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_plot."coverPercent__@VegX__.attribute.ordinal@vegpath.org" IS '"Average cover of the index in percent"';

--

-- Name: COLUMN analytical_plot."stem_dbh[_cm]__@SALVIAS__.Plot_data@vegpath.org"; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

--

COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_plot."stem_dbh[_cm]__@SALVIAS__.Plot_data@vegpath.org" IS '"Diameter at breast height of this stem (usually taken at 1.3 meters, but may vary)"';

--

-- Name: COLUMN analytical_plot."stemHeight[_m]__@VegBank__.stemCount@vegpath.org"; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

--

COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_plot."stemHeight[_m]__@VegBank__.stemCount@vegpath.org" IS '"The measured height of the stem in meters"';

--

-- Name: COLUMN analytical_plot."[tag=]identificationLabel__@VegX__.individual@vegpath.org"; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

--

COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_plot."[tag=]identificationLabel__@VegX__.individual@vegpath.org" IS '"A label that is associated with an individual (e.g. a numerical tree tag)"';

--

-- Name: COLUMN analytical_plot."relativeX[_m]__@VegX__.individualOrganismObs@vegpath.org"; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

--

COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_plot."relativeX[_m]__@VegX__.individualOrganismObs@vegpath.org" IS '"The X-coordinate of the related item position in m. The user will enter the relative position of related item with respect to the plot origin (in meters) with the x-axis defined by the plot azimuth."';

--

-- Name: COLUMN analytical_plot."relativeY[_m]__@VegX__.individualOrganismObs@vegpath.org"; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

--

COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_plot."relativeY[_m]__@VegX__.individualOrganismObs@vegpath.org" IS '"The Y-coordinate of the relatedSpatialItem position in m. The user will enter the relative position of relatedSpatialItems with respect to the plot origin (in meters) with the y-axis defined by the plot azimuth."';

--

-- Name: COLUMN analytical_plot."taxonObservation[.id]__@VegBank__@vegpath.org"; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

--

COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_plot."taxonObservation[.id]__@VegBank__@vegpath.org" IS '"identifier assigned [by the datasource] to each unique observation of a taxon in a plot"';

--

-- Name: COLUMN analytical_plot."taxonNameUsageConcept.authorCode__@VegX__@vegpath.org"; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

--

COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_plot."taxonNameUsageConcept.authorCode__@VegX__@vegpath.org" IS '"Verbatum short code used by the author to signify the species at time of observation"';

--

-- Name: COLUMN analytical_plot."aggregateOrganismObservation.id__@VegX__@vegpath.org"; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

--

COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_plot."aggregateOrganismObservation.id__@VegX__@vegpath.org" IS 'the ID for "An observation applying to all occurrences of an organism based on an aggregation factor. It contains an AggregateValue, which is an assessment of the overall occurrence of an organism in a Plot (e.g. number of stems, percentage cover, total biomass, basal area)."';

--

-- Name: COLUMN analytical_plot."individualOrganismObservation.id__@VegX__@vegpath.org"; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

--

COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_plot."individualOrganismObservation.id__@VegX__@vegpath.org" IS 'the ID for "An observation applying to one occurrence of an organism (or part of an organism). It is a container for measurements made on the organism (e.g. diameter, height, crown dimensions, biomass, growth form, number of stems)."';

--

-- Name: COLUMN analytical_plot."individualID__@DwC__@vegpath.org"; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

--

COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_plot."individualID__@DwC__@vegpath.org" IS '"An identifier for an individual or named group of individual organisms represented in the Occurrence"';

--

-- Name: COLUMN analytical_plot."individualCount__@DwC__@vegpath.org"; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

--

COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_plot."individualCount__@DwC__@vegpath.org" IS '"The number of individuals represented present at the time of the Occurrence"';

--

-- Name: COLUMN analytical_plot."stemCode__@VegBank__.stemLocation@vegpath.org"; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

--

COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_plot."stemCode__@VegBank__.stemLocation@vegpath.org" IS 'http://stemobservation.authorstemcode__@VegBIEN__.public@vegpath.org;

"Name or code applied to a specific stem in the plot. This is generally a numeric label to associate a field data entry with a stem in the database."';

--

-- Name: COLUMN analytical_specimen."datasource__@Brad__.identifier_examples@vegpath.org"; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

--

COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_specimen."datasource__@Brad__.identifier_examples@vegpath.org" IS '"the person [or] institution that provided the data [to this database] (the *proximate* data provider)"';

--

-- Name: COLUMN analytical_specimen."country__@DwC__@vegpath.org"; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

--

COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_specimen."country__@DwC__@vegpath.org" IS 'http://geoscrub.geoscrub_output.acceptedCountry__@VegBIEN__@vegpath.org;

"The name of the country or major administrative unit in which the Location occurs"';

--

-- Name: COLUMN analytical_specimen."stateProvince__@DwC__@vegpath.org"; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

--

COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_specimen."stateProvince__@DwC__@vegpath.org" IS '"The name of the next smaller administrative region than country (state, province, canton, department, region, etc.) in which the Location occurs"';

--

-- Name: COLUMN analytical_specimen."county__@DwC__@vegpath.org"; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

--

COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_specimen."county__@DwC__@vegpath.org" IS '"The full, unabbreviated name of the next smaller administrative region than stateProvince (county, shire, department, etc.) in which the Location occurs"';

--

-- Name: COLUMN analytical_specimen."locality__@DwC__@vegpath.org"; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

--

COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_specimen."locality__@DwC__@vegpath.org" IS '"The specific description of the place"';

--

-- Name: COLUMN analytical_specimen."decimalLatitude__@DwC__@vegpath.org"; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

--

COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_specimen."decimalLatitude__@DwC__@vegpath.org" IS '"The geographic latitude (in decimal degrees, using the spatial reference system given in geodeticDatum) of the geographic center of a Location"';

--

-- Name: COLUMN analytical_specimen."decimalLongitude__@DwC__@vegpath.org"; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

--

COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_specimen."decimalLongitude__@DwC__@vegpath.org" IS '"The geographic longitude (in decimal degrees, using the spatial reference system given in geodeticDatum) of the geographic center of a Location"';

--

-- Name: COLUMN analytical_specimen."coordinateUncertaintyInMeters__@DwC__@vegpath.org"; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

--

COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_specimen."coordinateUncertaintyInMeters__@DwC__@vegpath.org" IS 'for a point observation, this is the fuzziness of the coordinates. for a plot (or other shape), this is the radius of the circle that circumscribes the entire plot, or the fuzziness, whichever is greater. note that the DwC definition is confusingly worded: it uses the ambiguous term Location, which sometimes refers to the asserted named place, but which they intended to refer to the plot or point.';

--

-- Name: COLUMN analytical_specimen."georeferenceSources__@DwC__@vegpath.org"; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

--

COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_specimen."georeferenceSources__@DwC__@vegpath.org" IS '"A list (concatenated and separated) of maps, gazetteers, or other resources used to georeference the Location, described specifically enough to allow anyone in the future to use the same resources"';

--

-- Name: COLUMN analytical_specimen."georeferenceProtocol__@DwC__@vegpath.org"; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

--

COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_specimen."georeferenceProtocol__@DwC__@vegpath.org" IS '"A description or reference to the methods used to determine the spatial footprint, coordinates, and uncertainties"';

--

-- Name: COLUMN analytical_specimen.geovalid_bien; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

--

COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_specimen.geovalid_bien IS 'whether the coordinates are within the boundary of the asserted named places';

--

-- Name: COLUMN analytical_specimen."isNewWorld_bien"; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

--

COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_specimen."isNewWorld_bien" IS 'whether the country is in the Americas';

--

-- Name: COLUMN analytical_specimen.location__cultivated__bien; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

--

COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_specimen.location__cultivated__bien IS 'whether the occurrence''s *location* was flagged as cultivated. note that this refers just to the cultivated status of the *location*; the occurrence may be cultivated even if the location isn''t.';

--

-- Name: COLUMN analytical_specimen."eventDate__@DwC__@vegpath.org"; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

--

COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_specimen."eventDate__@DwC__@vegpath.org" IS '"The date-time or interval during which an Event occurred. For occurrences, this is the date-time when the event was recorded."';

--

-- Name: COLUMN analytical_specimen."(-minimum-)ElevationInMeters__@DwC__@vegpath.org"; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

--

COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_specimen."(-minimum-)ElevationInMeters__@DwC__@vegpath.org" IS 'the "elevation (altitude, usually above sea level), in meters"';

--

-- Name: COLUMN analytical_specimen."temperature[_C]__@VegX__.plotObs.obsCond@vegpath.org"; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

--

COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_specimen."temperature[_C]__@VegX__.plotObs.obsCond@vegpath.org" IS '"Temperature during observation [...] [in] Celsius"';

--

-- Name: COLUMN analytical_specimen."precip_mm__@SALVIAS__.Plot_metadata@vegpath.org"; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

--

COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_specimen."precip_mm__@SALVIAS__.Plot_metadata@vegpath.org" IS '"Total annual precipitation, in mm"';

--

-- Name: COLUMN analytical_specimen."[custodial_]institutionCode[s]__@DwC__@vegpath.org"; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

--

COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_specimen."[custodial_]institutionCode[s]__@DwC__@vegpath.org" IS '"The name[s] (or acronym[s]) in use by the institution[s] having custody of the object(s) or information referred to in the record"';

--

-- Name: COLUMN analytical_specimen."collectionCode__@DwC__@vegpath.org"; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

--

COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_specimen."collectionCode__@DwC__@vegpath.org" IS '"The name, acronym, coden, or initialism identifying the collection or data set from which the record was derived"';

--

-- Name: COLUMN analytical_specimen."catalogNumber__@DwC__@vegpath.org"; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

--

COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_specimen."catalogNumber__@DwC__@vegpath.org" IS '"An identifier (preferably unique) for the record within the data set or collection"';

--

-- Name: COLUMN analytical_specimen."occurrenceID__@DwC__@vegpath.org"; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

--

COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_specimen."occurrenceID__@DwC__@vegpath.org" IS '"An identifier for the Occurrence (as opposed to a particular digital record of the occurrence). In the absence of a persistent global unique identifier, construct one from a combination of identifiers in the record that will most closely make the occurrenceID globally unique."';

--

-- Name: COLUMN analytical_specimen."recordedBy__@DwC__@vegpath.org"; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

--

COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_specimen."recordedBy__@DwC__@vegpath.org" IS '"A list (concatenated and separated) of names of people, groups, or organizations responsible for recording the original Occurrence. The primary collector or observer, especially one who applies a personal identifier (recordNumber), should be listed first."';

--

-- Name: COLUMN analytical_specimen."recordNumber__@DwC__@vegpath.org"; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

--

COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_specimen."recordNumber__@DwC__@vegpath.org" IS '"An identifier given to the Occurrence at the time it was recorded. Often serves as a link between field notes and an Occurrence record, such as a specimen collector''s number."';

--

-- Name: COLUMN analytical_specimen."(-Earliest-)DateCollected__-2007-04-17__@DwC__.hist@vegpath.org"; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

--

COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_specimen."(-Earliest-)DateCollected__-2007-04-17__@DwC__.hist@vegpath.org" IS 'the "date-time (Common Era calendar) in a date-time period during which an organism or group of organisms was collected or observed"';

--

-- Name: COLUMN analytical_specimen."[verbatim_]family__@DwC__@vegpath.org"; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

--

COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_specimen."[verbatim_]family__@DwC__@vegpath.org" IS '"The full scientific name of the family in which the taxon is classified [*before* any TNRS scrubbing]"';

--

-- Name: COLUMN analytical_specimen."[verbatim_]scientificName__@DwC__@vegpath.org"; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

--

COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_specimen."[verbatim_]scientificName__@DwC__@vegpath.org" IS '"The full scientific name [*before* any TNRS scrubbing], with authorship and date information if known. When forming part of an Identification, this should be the name in lowest level taxonomic rank that can be determined."';

--

-- Name: COLUMN analytical_specimen."identifiedBy__@DwC__@vegpath.org"; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

--

COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_specimen."identifiedBy__@DwC__@vegpath.org" IS '"A list (concatenated and separated) of names of people, groups, or organizations who assigned the Taxon to the subject"';

--

-- Name: COLUMN analytical_specimen."dateIdentified__@DwC__@vegpath.org"; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

--

COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_specimen."dateIdentified__@DwC__@vegpath.org" IS '"The date on which the subject was identified as representing the Taxon"';

--

-- Name: COLUMN analytical_specimen."identificationRemarks__@DwC__@vegpath.org"; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

--

COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_specimen."identificationRemarks__@DwC__@vegpath.org" IS '"Comments or notes about the Identification"';

--

-- Name: COLUMN analytical_specimen."Family_matched__@TNRS__@vegpath.org"; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

--

COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_specimen."Family_matched__@TNRS__@vegpath.org" IS 'http://TNRS.taxon_scrub.matchedFamily__@VegBIEN__.public@vegpath.org;

"The closest matching family in the TNRS database to the family submitted"';

--

-- Name: COLUMN analytical_specimen."Name_matched__@TNRS__@vegpath.org"; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

--

COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_specimen."Name_matched__@TNRS__@vegpath.org" IS '"Scientific name with the highest match score. May be an exact match or a fuzzy match."';

--

-- Name: COLUMN analytical_specimen."Name_matched_author__@TNRS__@vegpath.org"; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

--

COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_specimen."Name_matched_author__@TNRS__@vegpath.org" IS '"Standard authority for the matched name"';

--

-- Name: COLUMN analytical_specimen.scrubbed_family; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

--

COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_specimen.scrubbed_family IS 'the family of the TNRS accepted or matched name';

--

-- Name: COLUMN analytical_specimen.scrubbed_genus; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

--

COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_specimen.scrubbed_genus IS 'the genus of the TNRS accepted or matched name';

--

-- Name: COLUMN analytical_specimen.scrubbed_taxon_name_no_author; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

--

COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_specimen.scrubbed_taxon_name_no_author IS 'the taxon name without author of the TNRS accepted or matched name';

--

-- Name: COLUMN analytical_specimen.scrubbed_author; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

--

COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_specimen.scrubbed_author IS 'the author of the TNRS accepted or matched name';

--

-- Name: COLUMN analytical_specimen."[growth_form=]habit__@SALVIAS__.Plot_data@vegpath.org"; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

--

COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_specimen."[growth_form=]habit__@SALVIAS__.Plot_data@vegpath.org" IS '"Growth form"; "Closed pick list"';

--

-- Name: COLUMN analytical_specimen."reproductiveCondition__@DwC__@vegpath.org"; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

--

COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_specimen."reproductiveCondition__@DwC__@vegpath.org" IS '"The reproductive condition of the biological individual(s) represented in the Occurrence. Recommended best practice is to use a controlled vocabulary."';

--

-- Name: COLUMN analytical_specimen.cultivated_bien; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

--

COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_specimen.cultivated_bien IS 'whether the occurrence was flagged as cultivated';

--

-- Name: COLUMN analytical_specimen."cultivatedBasis_bien"; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

--

COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_specimen."cultivatedBasis_bien" IS 'why the occurrence was flagged as cultivated';

--

-- Name: COLUMN analytical_specimen."occurrenceRemarks__@DwC__@vegpath.org"; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

--

COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_specimen."occurrenceRemarks__@DwC__@vegpath.org" IS '"Comments or notes about the Occurrence"';

--

-- Name: COLUMN analytical_specimen."stem_dbh[_cm]__@SALVIAS__.Plot_data@vegpath.org"; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

--

COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_specimen."stem_dbh[_cm]__@SALVIAS__.Plot_data@vegpath.org" IS '"Diameter at breast height of this stem (usually taken at 1.3 meters, but may vary)"';

--

-- Name: COLUMN analytical_specimen."stemHeight[_m]__@VegBank__.stemCount@vegpath.org"; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

--

COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_specimen."stemHeight[_m]__@VegBank__.stemCount@vegpath.org" IS '"The measured height of the stem in meters"';

--

-- Name: COLUMN analytical_specimen."[tag=]identificationLabel__@VegX__.individual@vegpath.org"; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

--

COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_specimen."[tag=]identificationLabel__@VegX__.individual@vegpath.org" IS '"A label that is associated with an individual (e.g. a numerical tree tag)"';

--

-- Name: COLUMN "plot.**"."datasource__@Brad__.identifier_examples@vegpath.org"; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

--

COMMENT ON COLUMN "plot.**"."datasource__@Brad__.identifier_examples@vegpath.org" IS '"the person [or] institution that provided the data [to this database] (the *proximate* data provider)"';

--

-- Name: COLUMN "plot.**"."country__@DwC__@vegpath.org"; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

--

COMMENT ON COLUMN "plot.**"."country__@DwC__@vegpath.org" IS 'http://geoscrub.geoscrub_output.acceptedCountry__@VegBIEN__@vegpath.org;

"The name of the country or major administrative unit in which the Location occurs"';

--

-- Name: COLUMN "plot.**"."stateProvince__@DwC__@vegpath.org"; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

--

COMMENT ON COLUMN "plot.**"."stateProvince__@DwC__@vegpath.org" IS '"The name of the next smaller administrative region than country (state, province, canton, department, region, etc.) in which the Location occurs"';

--

-- Name: COLUMN "plot.**"."county__@DwC__@vegpath.org"; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

--

COMMENT ON COLUMN "plot.**"."county__@DwC__@vegpath.org" IS '"The full, unabbreviated name of the next smaller administrative region than stateProvince (county, shire, department, etc.) in which the Location occurs"';

--

-- Name: COLUMN "plot.**"."locality__@DwC__@vegpath.org"; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

--

COMMENT ON COLUMN "plot.**"."locality__@DwC__@vegpath.org" IS '"The specific description of the place"';

--

-- Name: COLUMN "plot.**"."decimalLatitude__@DwC__@vegpath.org"; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

--

COMMENT ON COLUMN "plot.**"."decimalLatitude__@DwC__@vegpath.org" IS '"The geographic latitude (in decimal degrees, using the spatial reference system given in geodeticDatum) of the geographic center of a Location"';

--

-- Name: COLUMN "plot.**"."decimalLongitude__@DwC__@vegpath.org"; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

--

COMMENT ON COLUMN "plot.**"."decimalLongitude__@DwC__@vegpath.org" IS '"The geographic longitude (in decimal degrees, using the spatial reference system given in geodeticDatum) of the geographic center of a Location"';

--

-- Name: COLUMN "plot.**"."coordinateUncertaintyInMeters__@DwC__@vegpath.org"; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

--

COMMENT ON COLUMN "plot.**"."coordinateUncertaintyInMeters__@DwC__@vegpath.org" IS 'for a point observation, this is the fuzziness of the coordinates. for a plot (or other shape), this is the radius of the circle that circumscribes the entire plot, or the fuzziness, whichever is greater. note that the DwC definition is confusingly worded: it uses the ambiguous term Location, which sometimes refers to the asserted named place, but which they intended to refer to the plot or point.';

--

-- Name: COLUMN "plot.**"."georeferenceSources__@DwC__@vegpath.org"; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

--

COMMENT ON COLUMN "plot.**"."georeferenceSources__@DwC__@vegpath.org" IS '"A list (concatenated and separated) of maps, gazetteers, or other resources used to georeference the Location, described specifically enough to allow anyone in the future to use the same resources"';

--

-- Name: COLUMN "plot.**"."georeferenceProtocol__@DwC__@vegpath.org"; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

--

COMMENT ON COLUMN "plot.**"."georeferenceProtocol__@DwC__@vegpath.org" IS '"A description or reference to the methods used to determine the spatial footprint, coordinates, and uncertainties"';

--

-- Name: COLUMN "plot.**".geovalid_bien; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

--

COMMENT ON COLUMN "plot.**".geovalid_bien IS 'whether the coordinates are within the boundary of the asserted named places';

--

-- Name: COLUMN "plot.**"."isNewWorld_bien"; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

--

COMMENT ON COLUMN "plot.**"."isNewWorld_bien" IS 'whether the country is in the Americas';

--

-- Name: COLUMN "plot.**"."projectID__@VegX__.plotObservation@vegpath.org"; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

--

COMMENT ON COLUMN "plot.**"."projectID__@VegX__.plotObservation@vegpath.org" IS 'http://project.sourceaccessioncode__@VegBIEN__.public@vegpath.org;

"A reference to a specific ''project''"';

--

-- Name: COLUMN "plot.**"."projectContributor[s]__@VegBank__@vegpath.org"; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

--

COMMENT ON COLUMN "plot.**"."projectContributor[s]__@VegBank__@vegpath.org" IS '"intersection entit[ies] used to ''link'' a party with a specific project wherein vegetation plots are described"';

--

-- Name: COLUMN "plot.**"."locationID__@DwC__@vegpath.org"; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

--

COMMENT ON COLUMN "plot.**"."locationID__@DwC__@vegpath.org" IS '"An identifier for the set of location information (data associated with dcterms:Location)"';

--

-- Name: COLUMN "plot.**"."plotName__@VegX__.plot@vegpath.org"; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

--

COMMENT ON COLUMN "plot.**"."plotName__@VegX__.plot@vegpath.org" IS '"Name or label for a plot"';

--

-- Name: COLUMN "plot.**"."subplot__@SALVIAS__.Plot_data@vegpath.org"; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

--

COMMENT ON COLUMN "plot.**"."subplot__@SALVIAS__.Plot_data@vegpath.org" IS 'http://location.authorlocationcode__@VegBIEN__.public@vegpath.org;

"Code for subplot, line, or any other subsample or subdivision of plot"';

--

-- Name: COLUMN "plot.**".location__cultivated__bien; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

--

COMMENT ON COLUMN "plot.**".location__cultivated__bien IS 'whether the occurrence''s *location* was flagged as cultivated. note that this refers just to the cultivated status of the *location*; the occurrence may be cultivated even if the location isn''t.';

--

-- Name: COLUMN "plot.**"."locationevent.locationevent_id__@VegBIEN__.public@vegpath.org"; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

--

COMMENT ON COLUMN "plot.**"."locationevent.locationevent_id__@VegBIEN__.public@vegpath.org" IS 'http://locationevent.locationevent_id__@VegBIEN__.public@vegpath.org;

autogenerated ID for locationevent';

--

-- Name: COLUMN "plot.**"."eventDate__@DwC__@vegpath.org"; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

--

COMMENT ON COLUMN "plot.**"."eventDate__@DwC__@vegpath.org" IS '"The date-time or interval during which an Event occurred. For occurrences, this is the date-time when the event was recorded."';

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-- Name: COLUMN "plot.**"."(-minimum-)ElevationInMeters__@DwC__@vegpath.org"; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

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COMMENT ON COLUMN "plot.**"."(-minimum-)ElevationInMeters__@DwC__@vegpath.org" IS 'the "elevation (altitude, usually above sea level), in meters"';

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-- Name: COLUMN "plot.**"."slopeAspect[_deg]__@VegX__.plot@vegpath.org"; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

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COMMENT ON COLUMN "plot.**"."slopeAspect[_deg]__@VegX__.plot@vegpath.org" IS '"Representative azimuth of slope gradient (0-360 degrees) or as a cardinal direction (e.g. N, S, NE)"';

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-- Name: COLUMN "plot.**"."slopeGradient[_deg]__@VegX__.plot@vegpath.org"; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

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COMMENT ON COLUMN "plot.**"."slopeGradient[_deg]__@VegX__.plot@vegpath.org" IS '"Representative inclination of slope in degrees"';

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-- Name: COLUMN "plot.**"."plot.area[_ha]__@VegX__@vegpath.org"; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

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COMMENT ON COLUMN "plot.**"."plot.area[_ha]__@VegX__@vegpath.org" IS '"Total area of the plot"';

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-- Name: COLUMN "plot.**"."samplingProtocol__@DwC__@vegpath.org"; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

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COMMENT ON COLUMN "plot.**"."samplingProtocol__@DwC__@vegpath.org" IS '"The name of, reference to, or description of the method or protocol used during an Event"';

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-- Name: COLUMN "plot.**"."temperature[_C]__@VegX__.plotObs.obsCond@vegpath.org"; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

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COMMENT ON COLUMN "plot.**"."temperature[_C]__@VegX__.plotObs.obsCond@vegpath.org" IS '"Temperature during observation [...] [in] Celsius"';

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-- Name: COLUMN "plot.**"."precip_mm__@SALVIAS__.Plot_metadata@vegpath.org"; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

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COMMENT ON COLUMN "plot.**"."precip_mm__@SALVIAS__.Plot_metadata@vegpath.org" IS '"Total annual precipitation, in mm"';

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-- Name: COLUMN "plot.**"."stratumName__@VegX__.stratum@vegpath.org"; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

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COMMENT ON COLUMN "plot.**"."stratumName__@VegX__.stratum@vegpath.org" IS '"Name associated with this stratum"';

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-- Name: COLUMN "plot.**"."communityConcept.name__@VegX__.communityDet@vegpath.org"; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

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COMMENT ON COLUMN "plot.**"."communityConcept.name__@VegX__.communityDet@vegpath.org" IS '"A textual label for a community type. A community type is an abstract grouping of organisms that tend to co-occur on the landscape due to shared ecological requirements or preferences."';

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-- Name: COLUMN "plot.**"."observationContributor[s]__@VegBank__@vegpath.org"; Type: COMMENT; Schema: public; Owner: -

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COMMENT ON COLUMN "plot.**"."observationContributor[s]__@VegBank__@vegpath.org" IS '"intersection[s] that link[] a party with a specific plot observation event"';

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COMMENT ON COLUMN analytical_stem_view."datasource__@Brad__.identifier_examples@vegpath.org" IS '"the person [or] institution that provided the data [to this database] (the *proximate* data provider)"';