VegCore data dictionary¶

VegCore combines 370+ terms from existing vegetation data formats

Note: Some links point to a location within a text file. For these links, mouse over the link to see the location within the file.

Examples¶

Example specimen data¶

See ACAD.Specimen.csv¹, which contains well-formed Darwin Core data.

¹ The dataset is from ACAD, a Canadensys herbarium, so it's public domain.
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Index¶

Tables¶

Source
Method
Project
Event
Coordinates
Location
LocationObservation
Subplot
SubplotObservation
GeologicalContext
Occurrence
Taxon
TaxonConcept
TaxonOccurrence
TaxonDetermination
TaxonObservation
AggregateObservation
Individual
IndividualObservation
Stem
StemObservation
Specimen
ResourceRelationship
MeasurementOrFact
Uncategorized

Terms¶

VegCore data dictionary
- Examples
  - Example specimen data
Index
- Tables
- Terms
Namespaces
- DwC
- TCS
- VegX
- VegBank
- SALVIAS
- CTFS
- BIEN2
- VegBIEN
- VegCore
Source
- - Reference
  - Record
- type
- modified
- language
- rights
- rightsHolder
- accessRights
- bibliographicCitation
- references
- institutionID
- collectionID
- datasetID
- institutionCode
- collectionCode
- datasetName
- ownerInstitutionCode
- basisOfRecord
- informationWithheld
- dataGeneralizations
- dynamicProperties
Method
Project
Event
- eventID
- samplingProtocol
- samplingProtocolID
- samplingEffort
- eventDate
- startDate
- endDate
- eventTime
- startDayOfYear
- endDayOfYear
- year
- month
- day
- verbatimEventDate
- habitat
- fieldNumber
- fieldNotes
- eventRemarks
Coordinates
Location
- - Plot
- locationID
- parentLocationID
- subplotID
- higherGeographyID
- higherGeography
- continent
- waterBody
- islandGroup
- island
- country
- acceptedCountry
- countryCode
- stateProvince
- acceptedStateProvince
- county
- acceptedCounty
- municipality
- locality
- verbatimLocality
- verbatimElevation
- verbatimElevation_m
- elevationInMeters
- minimumElevationInMeters
- maximumElevationInMeters
- verbatimDepth
- minimumDepthInMeters
- maximumDepthInMeters
- minimumDistanceAboveSurfaceInMeters
- maximumDistanceAboveSurfaceInMeters
- locationAccordingTo
- locationRemarks
- verbatimCoordinates
- verbatimLatitude
- verbatimLongitude
- verbatimCoordinateSystem
- verbatimSRS
- decimalLatitude
- acceptedDecimalLatitude
- decimalLongitude
- acceptedDecimalLongitude
- geodeticDatum
- coordinateUncertaintyInMeters
- coordinatePrecision_deg
- pointRadiusSpatialFit
- footprintWKT
- footprintSRS
- footprintSpatialFit
- georeferencedBy
- georeferencedDate
- georeferenceProtocol
- georeferenceSources
- georeferenceVerificationStatus
- georeferenceRemarks
LocationObservation
- - PlotObservation
  - VegBank_Observation
Subplot
SubplotObservation
GeologicalContext
- geologicalContextID
- earliestEonOrLowestEonothem
- latestEonOrHighestEonothem
- earliestEraOrLowestErathem
- latestEraOrHighestErathem
- earliestPeriodOrLowestSystem
- latestPeriodOrHighestSystem
- earliestEpochOrLowestSeries
- latestEpochOrHighestSeries
- earliestAgeOrLowestStage
- latestAgeOrHighestStage
- lowestBiostratigraphicZone
- highestBiostratigraphicZone
- lithostratigraphicTerms
- group
- formation
- member
- bed
Occurrence
- occurrenceID
- occurrenceRemarks
- recordNumber
- recordedBy
- recordedBy_givenName
- recordedBy_surName
- recordedBy_middleName
- individualID
- individualCount
- sex
- lifeStage
- reproductiveCondition
- behavior
- establishmentMeans
- cultivated
- cultivatedBasis
- occurrenceStatus
- previousIdentifications
- associatedMedia
- associatedReferences
- associatedOccurrences
- associatedSequences
- associatedTaxa
Taxon
- - TaxonName
  - PlantName
- taxonID
- parentTaxonID
- scientificNameID
- parentScientificNameID
- acceptedNameUsageID
- parentNameUsageID
- originalNameUsageID
- nameAccordingToID
- namePublishedInID
- taxonConceptID
- parentTaxonConceptID
- scientificName
- taxonName
- acceptedTaxonName
- originalTaxonName
- taxonNameOrEpithet
- verbatimTaxonName
- acceptedScientificName
- originalScientificName
- verbatimScientificName
- scientificNameWithMorphospecies
- acceptedNameUsage
- parentNameUsage
- originalNameUsage
- nameAccordingTo
- namePublishedIn
- namePublishedInYear
- higherClassification
- kingdom
- acceptedKingdom
- originalKingdom
- verbatimKingdom
- phylum
- acceptedPhylum
- originalPhylum
- verbatimPhylum
- class
- acceptedClass
- originalClass
- verbatimClass
- order
- acceptedOrder
- originalOrder
- verbatimOrder
- family
- acceptedFamily
- originalFamily
- verbatimFamily
- genus
- acceptedGenus
- originalGenus
- verbatimGenus
- subgenus
- verbatimSubgenus
- specificEpithet
- acceptedSpecificEpithet
- originalSpecificEpithet
- verbatimSpecificEpithet
- infraspecificEpithet
- acceptedInfraspecificEpithet
- originalInfraspecificEpithet
- verbatimInfraspecificEpithet
- taxonRank
- acceptedTaxonRank
- originalTaxonRank
- verbatimTaxonRank
- scientificNameAuthorship
- acceptedScientificNameAuthorship
- originalScientificNameAuthorship
- verbatimScientificNameAuthorship
- vernacularName
- nomenclaturalCode
- taxonomicStatus
- taxonIsCanonical
- nomenclaturalStatus
- taxonRemarks
TaxonConcept
- - PlantConcept
TaxonOccurrence
- - TaxonNameUsageConcept
- authorTaxonCode
  - authorPlantName
TaxonDetermination
- - Identification
  - TaxonInterpretation
- identificationID
- identifiedBy
- dateIdentified
- identificationReferences
- identificationVerificationStatus
- identificationRemarks
- identificationQualifier
- acceptedIdentificationQualifier
- originalIdentificationQualifier
- verbatimIdentificationQualifier
- typeStatus
TaxonObservation
- taxonObservationID
AggregateObservation
Individual
- - IndividualOrganism
  - Tree
IndividualObservation
- - IndividualOrganismObservation
- individualObservationID
  - individualOrganismObservationID
Stem
- - StemLocation
StemObservation
Specimen
- catalogNumber
- preparations
- disposition
- otherCatalogNumbers
Measurement
- - MeasurementOrFact
- measurementID
- measurementType
  - traitName
- measurementValue
- measurementAccuracy
- measurementUnit
- measurementDeterminedDate
- measurementDeterminedBy
- measurementMethod
- measurementRemarks
ResourceRelationship
- resourceRelationshipID
- resourceID
- relatedResourceID
- relationshipOfResource
- relationshipAccordingTo
- relationshipEstablishedDate
- relationshipRemarks
Uncategorized
- yearCollected
- monthCollected
- dayCollected
- yearIdentified
- monthIdentified
- dayIdentified
- longitude_DMS
- latitude_DMS
- dateCollected
- accordingTo
- forma
- acceptedForma
- originalForma
- verbatimForma
- variety
- acceptedVariety
- originalVariety
- verbatimVariety
- cultivar
- acceptedCultivar
- originalCultivar
- verbatimCultivar
- subspecies
- acceptedSubspecies
- originalSubspecies
- verbatimSubspecies
- projectName
- locationName
- parentPlotName
- plotNotes
- plotArea_m2
- slopeAspect
- slopeGradient
- landform
- subplotX
- subplotY
- projectID
- temperature
- communityID
- communityName
- aggregateOccurrenceID
- height_ft
- height_m
- organismX_m
- organismY_m
- phosphorus_fraction
- phosphorus_percent
- potassium_fraction
- potassium_percent
- magnesium_fraction
- magnesium_percent
- nitrogen_fraction
- nitrogen_percent
- ph
- coverPercent
- growthForm
- authorStemCode
  - stemCode
- minSlopeAspect
- maxSlopeAspect
- minSlopeGradient
- maxSlopeGradient
- projectStartDate
- projectEndDate
- referenceType
- organic_fraction
- organic_percent
- texture
- sand_fraction
- sand_percent
- silt_fraction
- silt_percent
- clay_fraction
- clay_percent
- cationExchangeCapacity_cmol_kg
- baseSaturation_fraction
- baseSaturation_percent
- stemCount
- matchedTaxonFit_fraction
- matchedFamilyFit_fraction
- matchedGenusFit_fraction
- matchedSpeciesFit_fraction
- taxonOccurrenceID
  - taxonNameUsageConceptID
- precipitation
- observationMeasure
- plotArea_ha
- censusNumber
- subplot
- tag
- voucherType
- morphospecies
- intercept_cm
- intercept_m
- heightFirstBranch
- diameterBreastHeight_cm
- diameterBreastHeight_in
- diameterBreastHeight_m
- basalDiameter
- canopyForm
- canopyPosition
- lianaInfestation
- carbon_fraction
- carbon_percent
- calcium_fraction
- calcium_percent
- sodium_fraction
- sodium_percent
- acidity_fraction
- acidity_percent
- conductivity
- stemID
- diameterBreastHeightGentry
- stemNotes
- datasource
- observationType
- higherPlantGroup
- latLongDomainValid
- latLongDomainInvalid
- geovalid
- individualCount_1cm_or_more
- individualCount_2_5cm_or_more
- individualCount_10cm_or_more
- oldGrowth
- latLongInCountry
- distanceToCountry_km
- distanceToCountry_m
- latLongInStateProvince
- distanceToStateProvince_km
- distanceToStateProvince_m
- latLongInCounty
- isNewWorld
- threatened
- speciesBinomial
- OMIT
- PRIVATE
- UNUSED
See also
- - Regenerating the VegCore terms list

Namespaces ¶

DwC ¶

Darwin Core

VegCore is a superset, adding ~200 terms to Darwin Core
Note that this is a superset of the concepts in Darwin Core, not necessarily with the same term names

TCS ¶

Taxonomic Concept Schema

VegX ¶

VegX

VegBank ¶

VegBank

SALVIAS ¶

SALVIAS

CTFS ¶

Center for Tropical Forest Science | schema

BIEN2 ¶

BIEN2 | web schema | core schema | databases

VegBIEN ¶

VegBIEN

VegCore ¶

The namespace of all terms in this data dictionary
This is the implied namespace of terms with no explicit namespace

Source ¶

"This table stores information about references cited within the database" (VegBank)

Synonyms:

Reference¶

Used by: VegBank

Record¶

Used by: DwC

type ¶

Sources: DwC:dcterms:type

modified ¶

"I think is this merely an internal timestamp indicated when record last modified, not necessarily when determination (taxon name) last modified" (Brad Boyle)

Sources: DwC:dcterms:modified

language ¶

Sources: DwC:dcterms:language

rights ¶

Sources: DwC:dcterms:rights

rightsHolder ¶

Sources: DwC:dcterms:rightsHolder

accessRights ¶

Sources: DwC:dcterms:accessRights

bibliographicCitation ¶

Sources: DwC:dcterms:bibliographicCitation

references ¶

Sources: DwC:dcterms:references

institutionID ¶

Sources: DwC:institutionID

collectionID ¶

Sources: DwC:collectionID

datasetID ¶

Sources: DwC:datasetID

institutionCode ¶

Sources: DwC:institutionCode

collectionCode ¶

Sources: DwC:collectionCode

datasetName ¶

Sources: DwC:datasetName

ownerInstitutionCode ¶

Sources: DwC:ownerInstitutionCode

basisOfRecord ¶

Sources: DwC:basisOfRecord

informationWithheld ¶

Sources: DwC:informationWithheld

dataGeneralizations ¶

Sources: DwC:dataGeneralizations

dynamicProperties ¶

Sources: DwC:dynamicProperties

Method ¶

"A specific method definition followed in the creation of the dataset. Each method links to a protocol and literature citation reference. A protocol may have many method or steps." (VegX)

Used by: VegX

Related: samplingProtocol, VegBank:stratumMethod, VegBank:coverMethod

Project ¶

Used by: VegX, VegBank

Event ¶

Used by: DwC (fields)

eventID ¶

Sources: DwC:eventID

samplingProtocol ¶

Sources: DwC:samplingProtocol

samplingProtocolID ¶

Sources: DwC:samplingProtocol, DwC:occurrenceID

samplingEffort ¶

Sources: DwC:samplingEffort

eventDate ¶

"The date-time or interval during which an Event occurred" (DwC)

Sources: DwC:eventDate

startDate ¶

"The start date" (VegX) of the "interval during which an Event occurred" (DwC)

Sources: DwC:eventDate, VegX:obsStartDate

Comments: Table removed because a date range usually applies to the event

endDate ¶

"The end date" (VegX) of the "interval during which an Event occurred" (DwC)

Sources: DwC:eventDate, VegX:obsEndDate

Comments: Table removed because a date range usually applies to the event

eventTime ¶

Sources: DwC:eventTime

startDayOfYear ¶

Sources: DwC:startDayOfYear

endDayOfYear ¶

Sources: DwC:endDayOfYear

year ¶

Sources: DwC:year

month ¶

Sources: DwC:month

day ¶

Sources: DwC:day

verbatimEventDate ¶

Sources: DwC:verbatimEventDate

habitat ¶

Sources: DwC:habitat

fieldNumber ¶

Sources: DwC:fieldNumber

fieldNotes ¶

Sources: DwC:fieldNotes

eventRemarks ¶

Sources: DwC:eventRemarks

Coordinates ¶

Used by: CTFS:v5

Location ¶

Used by: DwC (fields)

Synonyms:

Plot¶

Used by: VegX, VegBank

locationID ¶

Sources: DwC:locationID

parentLocationID ¶

Sources: DwC:locationID, VegBank:PARENT_ID

subplotID ¶

Sources: DwC:locationID, SALVIAS:subplot

higherGeographyID ¶

Sources: DwC:higherGeographyID

higherGeography ¶

Sources: DwC:higherGeography

continent ¶

Sources: DwC:continent

waterBody ¶

Sources: DwC:waterBody

islandGroup ¶

Sources: DwC:islandGroup

island ¶

Sources: DwC:island

country ¶

Sources: DwC:country

acceptedCountry ¶

Sources: DwC:country, DwC:acceptedNameUsage

countryCode ¶

Sources: DwC:countryCode

stateProvince ¶

Sources: DwC:stateProvince

acceptedStateProvince ¶

Sources: DwC:stateProvince, DwC:acceptedNameUsage

county ¶

Sources: DwC:county

acceptedCounty ¶

Sources: DwC:county, DwC:acceptedNameUsage

municipality ¶

Sources: DwC:municipality

locality ¶

Sources: DwC:locality

verbatimLocality ¶

Sources: DwC:verbatimLocality

verbatimElevation ¶

Sources: DwC:verbatimElevation

Comments: Must include units

verbatimElevation_m ¶

Sources: DwC:verbatimElevation

Comments: Added units

elevationInMeters ¶

Sources: DwC:minimumElevationInMeters

Comments: Prefix removed to use for non-ranges

minimumElevationInMeters ¶

Sources: DwC:minimumElevationInMeters

maximumElevationInMeters ¶

Sources: DwC:maximumElevationInMeters

verbatimDepth ¶

Sources: DwC:verbatimDepth

minimumDepthInMeters ¶

Sources: DwC:minimumDepthInMeters

maximumDepthInMeters ¶

Sources: DwC:maximumDepthInMeters

minimumDistanceAboveSurfaceInMeters ¶

Sources: DwC:minimumDistanceAboveSurfaceInMeters

maximumDistanceAboveSurfaceInMeters ¶

Sources: DwC:maximumDistanceAboveSurfaceInMeters

locationAccordingTo ¶

Sources: DwC:locationAccordingTo

locationRemarks ¶

Sources: DwC:locationRemarks

verbatimCoordinates ¶

Sources: DwC:verbatimCoordinates

verbatimLatitude ¶

Sources: DwC:verbatimLatitude

verbatimLongitude ¶

Sources: DwC:verbatimLongitude

verbatimCoordinateSystem ¶

Sources: DwC:verbatimCoordinateSystem

verbatimSRS ¶

Sources: DwC:verbatimSRS

decimalLatitude ¶

Sources: DwC:decimalLatitude

acceptedDecimalLatitude ¶

Sources: DwC:decimalLatitude, DwC:acceptedNameUsage

decimalLongitude ¶

Sources: DwC:decimalLongitude

acceptedDecimalLongitude ¶

Sources: DwC:decimalLongitude, DwC:acceptedNameUsage

geodeticDatum ¶

Sources: DwC:geodeticDatum

coordinateUncertaintyInMeters ¶

Sources: DwC:coordinateUncertaintyInMeters

coordinatePrecision_deg ¶

Sources: DwC:coordinatePrecision

Comments: Added units

pointRadiusSpatialFit ¶

Sources: DwC:pointRadiusSpatialFit

footprintWKT ¶

Sources: DwC:footprintWKT

footprintSRS ¶

Sources: DwC:footprintSRS

footprintSpatialFit ¶

Sources: DwC:footprintSpatialFit

georeferencedBy ¶

Sources: DwC:georeferencedBy

georeferencedDate ¶

Sources: DwC:georeferencedDate

georeferenceProtocol ¶

Sources: DwC:georeferenceProtocol

georeferenceSources ¶

Sources: DwC:georeferenceSources

georeferenceVerificationStatus ¶

Sources: DwC:georeferenceVerificationStatus

georeferenceRemarks ¶

Sources: DwC:georeferenceRemarks

LocationObservation ¶

Synonyms:

PlotObservation¶

Used by: VegX

VegBank_Observation¶

Used by: VegBank

Related: Location, VegBank:plot

Subplot ¶

Related: SALVIAS:subplot

SubplotObservation ¶

Related: Subplot, LocationObservation

GeologicalContext ¶

Used by: DwC (fields)

geologicalContextID ¶

Sources: DwC:geologicalContextID

earliestEonOrLowestEonothem ¶

Sources: DwC:earliestEonOrLowestEonothem

latestEonOrHighestEonothem ¶

Sources: DwC:latestEonOrHighestEonothem

earliestEraOrLowestErathem ¶

Sources: DwC:earliestEraOrLowestErathem

latestEraOrHighestErathem ¶

Sources: DwC:latestEraOrHighestErathem

earliestPeriodOrLowestSystem ¶

Sources: DwC:earliestPeriodOrLowestSystem

latestPeriodOrHighestSystem ¶

Sources: DwC:latestPeriodOrHighestSystem

earliestEpochOrLowestSeries ¶

Sources: DwC:earliestEpochOrLowestSeries

latestEpochOrHighestSeries ¶

Sources: DwC:latestEpochOrHighestSeries

earliestAgeOrLowestStage ¶

Sources: DwC:earliestAgeOrLowestStage

latestAgeOrHighestStage ¶

Sources: DwC:latestAgeOrHighestStage

lowestBiostratigraphicZone ¶

Sources: DwC:lowestBiostratigraphicZone

highestBiostratigraphicZone ¶

Sources: DwC:highestBiostratigraphicZone

lithostratigraphicTerms ¶

Sources: DwC:lithostratigraphicTerms

group ¶

Sources: DwC:group

formation ¶

Sources: DwC:formation

member ¶

Sources: DwC:member

bed ¶

Sources: DwC:bed

Occurrence ¶

An observation of an entity (usually a biological entity)

Used by: DwC (fields)

occurrenceID ¶

Sources: DwC:occurrenceID

occurrenceRemarks ¶

Sources: DwC:occurrenceRemarks

recordNumber ¶

Sources: DwC:recordNumber

recordedBy ¶

"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." (DwC)

Sources: DwC:recordedBy

recordedBy_givenName ¶

"The given name" (VegX) of "The primary collector or observer, especially one who applies a personal identifier (recordNumber)" (DwC)

Sources: DwC:recordedBy, VegX:givenName

recordedBy_surName ¶

"The last name" (VegX) of "The primary collector or observer, especially one who applies a personal identifier (recordNumber)" (DwC)

Sources: DwC:recordedBy, VegX:surName

recordedBy_middleName ¶

The "middle name or initial" (VegBank) of "The primary collector or observer, especially one who applies a personal identifier (recordNumber)" (DwC)

Sources: DwC:recordedBy, VegBank:middleName

individualID ¶

Sources: DwC:individualID

individualCount ¶

Sources: DwC:individualCount

sex ¶

Sources: DwC:sex

lifeStage ¶

Sources: DwC:lifeStage

reproductiveCondition ¶

Sources: DwC:reproductiveCondition

behavior ¶

Sources: DwC:behavior

establishmentMeans ¶

Sources: DwC:establishmentMeans

cultivated ¶

Sources: DwC:cultivated

Comments: Picklist value extracted

cultivatedBasis ¶

Sources: DwC:cultivated

Comments: Picklist value extracted

occurrenceStatus ¶

Sources: DwC:occurrenceStatus

previousIdentifications ¶

Sources: DwC:previousIdentifications

associatedMedia ¶

Sources: DwC:associatedMedia

associatedReferences ¶

Sources: DwC:associatedReferences

associatedOccurrences ¶

Sources: DwC:associatedOccurrences

associatedSequences ¶

Sources: DwC:associatedSequences

associatedTaxa ¶

Sources: DwC:associatedTaxa

Taxon ¶

Used by: DwC (fields)

Synonyms:

TaxonName¶

Used by: VegX

PlantName¶

Used by: VegBank

taxonID ¶

Sources: DwC:taxonID

parentTaxonID ¶

Sources: DwC:taxonID, VegBank:plantParent_ID

scientificNameID ¶

Sources: DwC:scientificNameID

parentScientificNameID ¶

Sources: DwC:scientificNameID, VegBank:plantParent_ID

acceptedNameUsageID ¶

Sources: DwC:acceptedNameUsageID

parentNameUsageID ¶

Sources: DwC:parentNameUsageID

originalNameUsageID ¶

Sources: DwC:originalNameUsageID

nameAccordingToID ¶

Sources: DwC:nameAccordingToID

namePublishedInID ¶

Sources: DwC:namePublishedInID

taxonConceptID ¶

Sources: DwC:taxonConceptID

parentTaxonConceptID ¶

Sources: DwC:taxonConceptID, VegBank:plantParent_ID

scientificName ¶

Sources: DwC:scientificName

taxonName ¶

Taxonomic name without author

Sources: DwC:scientificName, DwC:Taxon

acceptedTaxonName ¶

Taxonomic name without author

Sources: DwC:scientificName, DwC:Taxon, DwC:acceptedNameUsage

originalTaxonName ¶

Taxonomic name without author

Sources: DwC:scientificName, DwC:Taxon, DwC:originalNameUsage

taxonNameOrEpithet ¶

Sources: DwC:scientificName, DwC:Taxon, DwC:specificEpithet, DwC:higherClassification

verbatimTaxonName ¶

Taxonomic name without author

Sources: DwC:scientificName, DwC:Taxon, DwC:verbatimTaxonRank

acceptedScientificName ¶

Sources: DwC:scientificName, DwC:acceptedNameUsage

originalScientificName ¶

Sources: DwC:scientificName, DwC:originalNameUsage

verbatimScientificName ¶

Sources: DwC:scientificName, DwC:verbatimTaxonRank

scientificNameWithMorphospecies ¶

Sources: DwC:scientificName, SALVIAS:morphospecies

acceptedNameUsage ¶

Sources: DwC:acceptedNameUsage

parentNameUsage ¶

Sources: DwC:parentNameUsage

originalNameUsage ¶

Sources: DwC:originalNameUsage

nameAccordingTo ¶

Sources: DwC:nameAccordingTo

namePublishedIn ¶

Sources: DwC:namePublishedIn

namePublishedInYear ¶

Sources: DwC:namePublishedInYear

higherClassification ¶

Sources: DwC:higherClassification

kingdom ¶

Sources: DwC:kingdom

acceptedKingdom ¶

Sources: DwC:kingdom, DwC:acceptedNameUsage

originalKingdom ¶

Sources: DwC:kingdom, DwC:originalNameUsage

verbatimKingdom ¶

Sources: DwC:kingdom, DwC:verbatimTaxonRank

phylum ¶

Sources: DwC:phylum

acceptedPhylum ¶

Sources: DwC:phylum, DwC:acceptedNameUsage

originalPhylum ¶

Sources: DwC:phylum, DwC:originalNameUsage

verbatimPhylum ¶

Sources: DwC:phylum, DwC:verbatimTaxonRank

class ¶

Sources: DwC:class

acceptedClass ¶

Sources: DwC:class, DwC:acceptedNameUsage

originalClass ¶

Sources: DwC:class, DwC:originalNameUsage

verbatimClass ¶

Sources: DwC:class, DwC:verbatimTaxonRank

order ¶

Sources: DwC:order

acceptedOrder ¶

Sources: DwC:order, DwC:acceptedNameUsage

originalOrder ¶

Sources: DwC:order, DwC:originalNameUsage

verbatimOrder ¶

Sources: DwC:order, DwC:verbatimTaxonRank

family ¶

Sources: DwC:family

acceptedFamily ¶

Sources: DwC:family, DwC:acceptedNameUsage

originalFamily ¶

Sources: DwC:family, DwC:originalNameUsage

verbatimFamily ¶

Sources: DwC:family, DwC:verbatimTaxonRank

genus ¶

Sources: DwC:genus

acceptedGenus ¶

Sources: DwC:genus, DwC:acceptedNameUsage

originalGenus ¶

Sources: DwC:genus, DwC:originalNameUsage

verbatimGenus ¶

Sources: DwC:genus, DwC:verbatimTaxonRank

subgenus ¶

Sources: DwC:subgenus

verbatimSubgenus ¶

Sources: DwC:subgenus, DwC:verbatimTaxonRank

specificEpithet ¶

Sources: DwC:specificEpithet

acceptedSpecificEpithet ¶

Sources: DwC:specificEpithet, DwC:acceptedNameUsage

originalSpecificEpithet ¶

Sources: DwC:specificEpithet, DwC:originalNameUsage

verbatimSpecificEpithet ¶

Sources: DwC:specificEpithet, DwC:verbatimTaxonRank

infraspecificEpithet ¶

Sources: DwC:infraspecificEpithet

acceptedInfraspecificEpithet ¶

Sources: DwC:infraspecificEpithet, DwC:acceptedNameUsage

originalInfraspecificEpithet ¶

Sources: DwC:infraspecificEpithet, DwC:originalNameUsage

verbatimInfraspecificEpithet ¶

Sources: DwC:infraspecificEpithet, DwC:verbatimTaxonRank

taxonRank ¶

Sources: DwC:taxonRank

acceptedTaxonRank ¶

Sources: DwC:taxonRank, DwC:acceptedNameUsage

originalTaxonRank ¶

Sources: DwC:taxonRank, DwC:originalNameUsage

verbatimTaxonRank ¶

Sources: DwC:verbatimTaxonRank

scientificNameAuthorship ¶

Sources: DwC:scientificNameAuthorship

acceptedScientificNameAuthorship ¶

Sources: DwC:scientificNameAuthorship, DwC:acceptedNameUsage

originalScientificNameAuthorship ¶

Sources: DwC:scientificNameAuthorship, DwC:originalNameUsage

verbatimScientificNameAuthorship ¶

Sources: DwC:scientificNameAuthorship, DwC:verbatimTaxonRank

vernacularName ¶

Sources: DwC:vernacularName

nomenclaturalCode ¶

Sources: DwC:nomenclaturalCode

taxonomicStatus ¶

Sources: DwC:taxonomicStatus

taxonIsCanonical ¶

Sources: DwC:accepted

nomenclaturalStatus ¶

Sources: DwC:nomenclaturalStatus

taxonRemarks ¶

Sources: DwC:taxonRemarks

TaxonConcept ¶

Used by: VegX

Synonyms:

PlantConcept¶

Used by: VegBank

Related: taxonConceptID

TaxonOccurrence ¶

Any entity on which taxon determinations can be made

"A taxon name string occurring within the dataset. This is a usage concept defined by the dataset author which may follow, or be according to, an additional third party. It may be further related to a published name (taxon name, tcs:TaxonName) and or taxonomic name (taxon concept, tcs:TaxonConcept) in taxonDetermination." (VegX)

Requirements: Should be at the finest level of granularity possible, i.e. each specimen, plant, size class, etc. gets its own TaxonOccurrence

Synonyms:

TaxonNameUsageConcept¶

Used by: VegX

Named like: DwC:Occurrence

authorTaxonCode ¶

Synonyms:

authorPlantName¶

Used by: VegBank

Related: recordNumber, VegBank:authorPlotCode, VegBank:stemCode, Taxon

TaxonDetermination ¶

Used by: VegX

Synonyms:

Identification¶

Used by: DwC (fields)

TaxonInterpretation¶

Used by: VegBank

identificationID ¶

Sources: DwC:identificationID

identifiedBy ¶

Sources: DwC:identifiedBy

dateIdentified ¶

Sources: DwC:dateIdentified

identificationReferences ¶

Sources: DwC:identificationReferences

identificationVerificationStatus ¶

Sources: DwC:identificationVerificationStatus

identificationRemarks ¶

Sources: DwC:identificationRemarks

identificationQualifier ¶

Sources: DwC:identificationQualifier

acceptedIdentificationQualifier ¶

Sources: DwC:identificationQualifier, DwC:acceptedNameUsage

originalIdentificationQualifier ¶

Sources: DwC:identificationQualifier, DwC:originalNameUsage

verbatimIdentificationQualifier ¶

Sources: DwC:identificationQualifier, DwC:verbatimTaxonRank

typeStatus ¶

"Indicates whether this specimen served as type for taxon name" (Brad Boyle)

Sources: DwC:typeStatus

TaxonObservation ¶

An observation of a taxon's existence

Used by: VegBank

taxonObservationID ¶

Used by: VegBank

AggregateObservation ¶

Synonyms:

AggregateOrganismObservation¶

Used by: VegX

AggregateOccurrence¶

Used by: VegBIEN

TaxonImportance¶

Used by: VegBank

Related: VegBank:stemCount, IndividualObservation

Individual ¶

Synonyms:

IndividualOrganism¶

Used by: VegX (also organism)

Tree¶

Used by: CTFS

Related: IndividualObservation

IndividualObservation ¶

Synonyms:

IndividualOrganismObservation¶

Used by: VegX (also organismObservation)

Related: Individual

individualObservationID ¶

The unique identifier for the observation of an individual

Requirements: Must be unique within the datasource

Synonyms:

individualOrganismObservationID¶

Used by: VegX

Related: individualID

Suggestions: Usually set to a database primary key

Stem ¶

Used by: CTFS

Synonyms:

StemLocation¶

Used by: VegBank

Related: StemObservation, Individual

StemObservation ¶

Related: Stem, IndividualObservation

Specimen ¶

Used by: CTFS

Related: DwC:Occurrence:specimen

catalogNumber ¶

Sources: DwC:catalogNumber

preparations ¶

Sources: DwC:preparations

disposition ¶

Sources: DwC:disposition

otherCatalogNumbers ¶

Sources: DwC:otherCatalogNumbers

Measurement ¶

Synonyms:

MeasurementOrFact¶

Used by: DwC (fields)

measurementID ¶

Sources: DwC:measurementID

measurementType ¶

Used by: DwC

Synonyms:

traitName¶

Used by: BIEN2

measurementValue ¶

Sources: DwC:measurementValue, BIEN2:TraitValue

measurementAccuracy ¶

Sources: DwC:measurementAccuracy

measurementUnit ¶

Sources: DwC:measurementUnit, BIEN2:Unit

measurementDeterminedDate ¶

Sources: DwC:measurementDeterminedDate

measurementDeterminedBy ¶

Sources: DwC:measurementDeterminedBy

measurementMethod ¶

Sources: DwC:measurementMethod

measurementRemarks ¶

Sources: DwC:measurementRemarks

ResourceRelationship ¶

Used by: DwC (fields)

resourceRelationshipID ¶

Sources: DwC:resourceRelationshipID

resourceID ¶

Sources: DwC:resourceID

relatedResourceID ¶

Sources: DwC:relatedResourceID

relationshipOfResource ¶

Sources: DwC:relationshipOfResource

relationshipAccordingTo ¶

Sources: DwC:relationshipAccordingTo

relationshipEstablishedDate ¶

Sources: DwC:relationshipEstablishedDate

relationshipRemarks ¶

Sources: DwC:relationshipRemarks

Uncategorized ¶

yearCollected ¶

Sources: DwC:YearCollected

monthCollected ¶

Sources: DwC:MonthCollected

dayCollected ¶

Sources: DwC:DayCollected

yearIdentified ¶

Sources: DwC:YearIdentified

monthIdentified ¶

Sources: DwC:MonthIdentified

dayIdentified ¶

Sources: DwC:DayIdentified

longitude_DMS ¶

Sources: DwC:Longitude

Comments: Added units

latitude_DMS ¶

Sources: DwC:Latitude

Comments: Added units

dateCollected ¶

Sources: DwC:EarliestDateCollected-2007-04-17

Comments: Prefix removed to use for non-ranges

accordingTo ¶

"Information about the authorship of this concept which uses the Name in their sense (i.e. secundum, sensu)" (TCS)

Sources: TCS:AccordingTo