SiteCode,"/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)

PlotID,"/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."

SiteCode,"/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)

AccessCode,"/location/accesslevel/_map:[1=private,2=""metadata only"",3=public]/value","3 plots contain 3 in this field and ""del"" in tmp_del"

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,/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"

topography_desc,/location/landform,

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

lookup_MethodCode_Description,/location/locationevent/*_id/method/observationmeasure,

project_id,/location/locationevent/*_id/project/sourceaccessioncode,

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

SiteCode,"/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",

vegetation_2,/location/locationevent/commclass/commdetermination/*_id/commconcept/*_id/*/commname/_alt/1,

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

Precip,/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

PlotID,"/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,/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"

Habitat,"/location/locationnarrative/_merge/3/_label[label=""habitat""]/value","Brad: Free-text description of vegetation community where collected, frequently redundane wrt 'Vegetation'. Bob, Nick: keep as user defined or create special element?"

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

lat_string,/location/locationplace/*_id/place/*_id/coordinates/verbatimlatitude,

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

LatDec,"/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

PolDiv1,/location/locationplace/*_id/place/matched_place_id/place:[source_id/source/shortname=geoscrub]/stateprovince/_first/2,Brad: No; pol1=stateProvince

PolDiv1,/location/locationplace/*_id/place/stateprovince,Brad: No; pol1=stateProvince

plot_notes,/location/notespublic,

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

slope_gradient,/location/slopegradient_fraction/_alt/1,

PlotID,"/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."

Country_index,,** No non-empty join mapping for OMIT ** Placeholder column created by MySQL to PostgreSQL translation

ElevSource,,** No join mapping for *ElevSource **

MethodCode,,** No non-empty join mapping for OMIT ** Not globally unique after lookup_MethodCode_Description is combined with PlotMethod

PrecipSource,,** No join mapping for *PrecipSource **

PrimOwnerID_index,,** No non-empty join mapping for OMIT ** Placeholder column created by MySQL to PostgreSQL translation

RevisionComments,,** No join mapping for *RevisionComments **

lat_long_accuracy,,"** No join mapping for *lat_long_accuracy ** Plain text description of accuracy, not numeric"

new_world,,** No join mapping for *new_world **

plot_administrator_index,,** No non-empty join mapping for OMIT ** Placeholder column created by MySQL to PostgreSQL translation

pol1_type,,** No join mapping for *pol1_type **

project_id_index,,** No non-empty join mapping for OMIT ** Placeholder column created by MySQL to PostgreSQL translation

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"

tmp_del,,"** No join mapping for *tmp_del ** 3 plots contain ""del"" in this field and 3 in AccessCode"

tmp_del_index,,** No non-empty join mapping for OMIT ** Placeholder column created by MySQL to PostgreSQL translation