plot_code,"/location/_if[@name=""if subplot""]/else/authorlocationcode/_first/1",Brad: plotCode is as-assigned by data provider; guranteed to be unique only within dataset (=project)

PLOT_ID,"/location/_if[@name=""if subplot""]/else/sourceaccessioncode/_if[@name=""if geovalidation""]/else","Brad: This is artificial internal database ID; a unique identifier within SALVIAS DB to each plot, within the table plotMetadata."

plot_code,"/location/_if[@name=""if subplot""]/then/parent_id/location/authorlocationcode",Brad: plotCode is as-assigned by data provider; guranteed to be unique only within dataset (=project)

plot_area_ha,/location/area_m2/_ha_to_m2/value,"Brad: Area in hectares. Is there any way to store units?; Aaron: VegX plot area annotation says ""Total area of the plot in square meters."" so units are fixed"

elev_m,/location/elevation_m/_alt/1,Brad: Mean elevation in meters. This is a constrained decimal value; is there no place for this in VegX other than verbatimElevation? Check with Nick.

elev_max_m,/location/elevation_m/_alt/2/_avg/max,

elev_min_m,/location/elevation_m/_alt/2/_avg/min,

locality_description,/location/iscultivated/_or/2/_locationnarrative_is_cultivated/locationnarrative/_join/1,"Brad: No; this is free text description of locality where plot was situated, same as for DwC. Not a description of vegetation. Most likely='namedPlace.placeDescription' in VB; not sure about VX, again need to ask Nick where locality descriptions live in VX"

plot_methodology,/location/locationevent/*_id/method/name,

observation_type,/location/locationevent/*_id/method/observationmeasure,"Brad: SALVIAS internal metadata indicating whether the record represents an individual or aggregate observation. Rather than storing, use to decide where to store in VegX.; Aaron: VegX aggregateOrganismObservation table is missing many fields available in individualOrganismObservation, so we're mapping to individualOrganismObservation regardless of observation type"

project,/location/locationevent/*_id/project/projectname,

date_finish,"/location/locationevent/_if[@name=""if subplot""]/then/_if[@name=""if has event""]/cond/_exists",

plot_code,"/location/locationevent/_if[@name=""if subplot""]/then/_if[@name=""if has event""]/then/parent_id/locationevent/*_id/location/authorlocationcode/_if[@name=""if subplot""]/then",Brad: plotCode is as-assigned by data provider; guranteed to be unique only within dataset (=project)

date_finish,"/location/locationevent/_if[@name=""if subplot""]/then/_if[@name=""if has event""]/then/parent_id/locationevent/obsenddate/_alt/1",

holdridge_life_zone,/location/locationevent/commclass/commdetermination/*_id/commconcept/*_id/*/commname,

date_finish,/location/locationevent/obsenddate/_alt/1,

precip_mm,/location/locationevent/precipitation_m,

soil_acidity,"/location/locationevent/soilsample/acidity_fraction/_percent_to_fraction/value/_map:[""<0.05""=0,*=*]/value",Assuming units are % based on the range of values

PLOT_ID,"/location/locationevent/taxonoccurrence/authortaxoncode/_if[@name=""if in plot""]/cond/_exists","Brad: This is artificial internal database ID; a unique identifier within SALVIAS DB to each plot, within the table plotMetadata."

temp_c,/location/locationevent/temperature_c,

locality_description,/location/locationnarrative/_merge/1,"Brad: No; this is free text description of locality where plot was situated, same as for DwC. Not a description of vegetation. Most likely='namedPlace.placeDescription' in VB; not sure about VX, again need to ask Nick where locality descriptions live in VX"

lat_decimal,"/location/locationplace/*_id/place/*_id/coordinates/latitude_deg/_nullIf:[null=0,type=float]/value",

major_geo,/location/locationplace/*_id/place/continent,

lat_decimal,"/location/locationplace/*_id/place/matched_place_id/place:[.,source_id/source/shortname=geoscrub]/*_id/coordinates:[source_id/source/shortname=geoscrub]/_first/2/latitude_deg/_nullIf:[null=0,type=float]/value",""".,"" sorts it with other coordinates mappings"

pol2,/location/locationplace/*_id/place/matched_place_id/place:[source_id/source/shortname=geoscrub]/county/_first/2,Brad: No pol2=countyParish

pol1,/location/locationplace/*_id/place/matched_place_id/place:[source_id/source/shortname=geoscrub]/stateprovince/_first/2,Brad: No; pol1=stateProvince

pol1,/location/locationplace/*_id/place/stateprovince,Brad: No; pol1=stateProvince

slope_aspect,/location/slopeaspect_deg/_alt/1/_compass/value,

slope_gradient,/location/slopegradient_fraction/_alt/1,

PLOT_ID,"/location/sourceaccessioncode/_join/1/_if[@name=""if subplot and unique only within parent""]/then/_first/1","Brad: This is artificial internal database ID; a unique identifier within SALVIAS DB to each plot, within the table plotMetadata."

recensused,,"** No join mapping for *recensused ** Brad: This is a 0/1 value, internal to SALVIAS. 1 indicates that a  plot has >1 set of values, from different census events.; Aaron: Different censuses are distinguished in organisms data by different census_no values"