InfraspecificRank,taxonRank,,

Taxon,taxonName,,

AuthorOfScientificName,scientificNameAuthorship,,

LocalityDescription,verbatimLocality,,

TaxonomyID_index,OMIT,,

Family_index,OMIT,,

PlotObsID,individualID,,

NoInd,stemCount,,

stem_dbh,diameterBreastHeight_cm,,"Assuming units based on the units for plotObservations.intercept_cm, which measures the same dimension"

stem_tag1,tag,/_alt/2,"The second tag supercedes the first. Brad: Another type of code, typically a number, used by the original data provider to indicate an individual tree. These are numbers on physical tags attached to the tree. Tag2 Is the same thing, only used if the first tag was lost. Obviously not a good system as it's possible a tree tag could be lost and changed more than once."

stem_tag2,tag,/_alt/1,"The second tag supercedes the first. Brad: See commend for tag1. Your mapping for tag2 looks correct. Probably both values would go here, only nested, with one superceding the other."

stem_height_m,height_m,,"""Total height of this stem only, in meters"" (stem_height_m definition at < http://salvias.net/Documents/salvias_data_dictionary.html#Plot+data>). Brad: Same as for height, but applies to individuals stems, not trees. Rare."

stem_height_first_branch_m,heightFirstBranch,,"Brad: Same as for ht_first_branch_m, but applies to individuals stems, not trees. Rare."

plotobs_id_index,OMIT,,Placeholder column created by MySQL to PostgreSQL translation

PlotObsID,individualID,,"Brad: Neither is correct; this is just an internal ID for table plotObservations. However, it has the important property of uniquely identifying an ""observation"", which is an individual tree, in the case of an individual observation, or a records of a species with an associated count of individuals or measurement of percent cover, in the case of aggregate observations. Not sure where to store this. Main point is that it is not part of the original data, but an auto_increment added later."

PlotCode,locationName,,

census_date,eventDate,,"This is for the subplot, not the organism, as all organisms in a subplot have the same value for it. The following query returns no rows:

-----

SELECT ""PlotID"", ""Line"", count(DISTINCT census_date) AS census_date_count

Line,subplot,,

Ind,individualCode,,"Brad: Code, if any, used by the data provider to indicate an individual tree. Scope is unknown, although typically this value is unique only within plot, or sometimes only within subplot."

tag1,tag,/_alt/2,"The second tag supercedes the first. Brad: Another type of code, typically a number, used by the original data provider to indicate an individual tree. These are numbers on physical tags attached to the tree. Tag2 Is the same thing, only used if the first tag was lost. Obviously not a good system as it's possible a tree tag could be lost and changed more than once."

x_position,organismX_m,,"""x coordinate in meters"" (x_position definition at <http://salvias.net/Documents/salvias_data_dictionary.html#Plot+data>). Brad: These are important, fundamental values of many tree plots"

y_position,organismY_m,,"""y coordinate in meters"" (y_position definition at <http://salvias.net/Documents/salvias_data_dictionary.html#Plot+data>). Brad: See comment above for x_position"

SourceVoucher,recordNumber,/_alt/2,"Brad: OMIT. This is the verbatim text, which includes both collectors name and collection number. I would use coll_number, below."

coll_number,recordNumber,/_alt/1,Brad: Map instead as for voucher_string

coll_lastname,recordedBy_surName,,"Brad: This is the collector of a separate specimen which vouchers this tree or species. I worry that vouchers are not properly accommodated in VegX. Again, we need to check with Nick."

coll_firstname,recordedBy_givenName,,Brad: See comment above

det_by,identifiedBy,,

fam_status,OMIT,,Brad: OMIT. This will be determined later by using TNRS.

gen_status,OMIT,,Brad: OMIT. This will be determined later by using TNRS.

auth,scientificNameAuthorship,,Brad: This is the author of the scientificName.

infra_rank_1,taxonRank,,

infra_ep_1,infraspecificEpithet,,

NoInd,individualCount,,"Brad: This is a count of number of indiiduals for an *aggregate* observation. For VegBank, I'm not sure. Not exactly the same as stemCount. An individual tree could have 3 stems but would still only count as 1. We need to check with Bob on this."

cfaff,identificationQualifier,,"Brad: Not sure where this goes. Indicator of identification uncertainty. 'cf.'=similar to the species listed, 'aff.'=related to the species list, but not the same. You'll need to check with Bob and with Nick where these go in VegX and VegBank."

OrigFamily,originalFamily,,Brad: OMIT

Temp,temperature,,

soil_N,nitrogen_percent,,Assuming units are % based on the range of values

soil_P,phosphorus_percent,"/_map:[""<1,5""=0,*=*]/value",Assuming units are % based on the range of values

soil_K,potassium_percent,,Assuming units are % based on the range of values

soil_Mg,magnesium_percent,,Assuming units are % based on the range of values

soil_base,baseSaturation_percent,,Assuming units are % based on the range of values

Locality_Description,locality,,"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,landform,,

vegetation_1,communityID,/_alt/2,Second because less detailed than vegetation_2

plotMethod,samplingProtocol,,

latitude,decimalLatitude,,

longitude,decimalLongitude,,

isNewWorld,isNewWorld,,

elevation_m,elevationInMeters,,

isCultivated,cultivated,,

abund10,*abund10,,

pctCover,coverPercent,,

traitName,traitName,,

traitUnit,*traitUnit,,

traitMethod,*traitMethod,,

observationID_index,OMIT,,Placeholder column created by MySQL to PostgreSQL translation

isCultivatedReason,,** No join mapping for cultivatedBasis ** 

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

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

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

isNewWorld,,** No join mapping for isNewWorld ** 

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

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

localityDescription,,** No join mapping for *localityDescription ** 

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

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

traitUnit,,** No join mapping for *traitUnit ** 

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

observationID,occurrenceID,,

taxon,scientificName,,

taxonAuthor,scientificNameAuthorship,,

taxonMorphospecies,scientificNameWithMorphospecies,,

*stateProvinceError

*localityDescription

*plotMinDbh

isNewWorld

cultivatedBasis

*abund

*abund2.5

*abund10

traitName

*traitUnit

*traitMethod

LatitudeDecDeg,decimalLatitude,,

LongitudeDecDeg,decimalLongitude,,

UpperName,stateProvince,,

OBSERVATION_ID,individualID,,"Brad: Neither is correct; this is just an internal ID for table plotObservations. However, it has the important property of uniquely identifying an ""observation"", which is an individual tree, in the case of an individual observation, or a records of a species with an associated count of individuals or measurement of percent cover, in the case of aggregate observations. Not sure where to store this. Main point is that it is not part of the original data, but an auto_increment added later."

plot_code,locationName,,

census_date,eventDate,,"This is for the subplot, not the organism, as all organisms in a subplot have the same value for it. The following query returns no rows:

-----

SELECT ""PLOT_ID"", subplot, count(DISTINCT census_date) AS census_date_count

HAVING count(DISTINCT census_date) > 1

-----"

tag1,tag,/_alt/2/_alt/2,"The second tag supercedes the first. The stem tag supercedes the tree tag. Brad: Another type of code, typically a number, used by the original data provider to indicate an individual tree. These are numbers on physical tags attached to the tree. Tag2 Is the same thing, only used if the first tag was lost. Obviously not a good system as it's possible a tree tag could be lost and changed more than once."

x_position,organismX_m,,"""x coordinate in meters"" (x_position definition at <http://salvias.net/Documents/salvias_data_dictionary.html#Plot+data>). Brad: These are important, fundamental values of many tree plots"

y_position,organismY_m,,"""y coordinate in meters"" (y_position definition at <http://salvias.net/Documents/salvias_data_dictionary.html#Plot+data>). Brad: See comment above for x_position"

voucher_string,recordNumber,/_alt/2,"Brad: OMIT. This is the verbatim text, which includes both collectors name and collection number. I would use coll_number, below."

coll_number,recordNumber,/_alt/1,Brad: Map instead as for voucher_string

coll_lastname,recordedBy_surName,,"Brad: This is the collector of a separate specimen which vouchers this tree or species. I worry that vouchers are not properly accommodated in VegX. Again, we need to check with Nick."

coll_firstname,recordedBy_givenName,,Brad: See comment above

specific_authority,scientificNameAuthorship,,Brad: This is the author of the scientificName.

infra_rank_1,taxonRank,,

infra_ep_1,infraspecificEpithet,,

cf_aff,identificationQualifier,,"Brad: Not sure where this goes. Indicator of identification uncertainty. 'cf.'=similar to the species listed, 'aff.'=related to the species list, but not the same. You'll need to check with Bob and with Nick where these go in VegX and VegBank."

no_of_individuals,individualCount,,"Brad: This is a count of number of indiiduals for an *aggregate* observation. For VegBank, I'm not sure. Not exactly the same as stemCount. An individual tree could have 3 stems but would still only count as 1. We need to check with Bob on this."

stem_tag1,tag,/_alt/1/_alt/2,"The second tag supercedes the first. The stem tag supercedes the tree tag. Brad: Same as tag1 & tag2, but applied to individual stems. I'm still not clear how to distinguish between methods which tag only individuals trees, and those which tag individual stems."

stem_tag2,tag,/_alt/1/_alt/1,The second tag supercedes the first. The stem tag supercedes the tree tag. Brad: see above

stem_dbh,diameterBreastHeight_cm,,"Assuming units based on the units for intercept_cm, which measures the same dimension"

stem_height_m,height_m,/_alt/1,"""Total height of this stem only, in meters"" (stem_height_m definition at < http://salvias.net/Documents/salvias_data_dictionary.html#Plot+data>). Brad: Same as for height, but applies to individuals stems, not trees. Rare."

stem_height_first_branch_m,heightFirstBranch,,"Brad: Same as for ht_first_branch_m, but applies to individuals stems, not trees. Rare."

orig_family,originalFamily,,Brad: OMIT

orig_species,originalSpecificEpithet,,Brad: OMIT

elev_max_m,maximumElevationInMeters,,

elev_min_m,minimumElevationInMeters,,

temp_c,temperature,,

soil_N,nitrogen_percent,,Assuming units are % based on the range of values

soil_P,phosphorus_percent,"/_map:[""<0.05""=0,*=*]/value",Assuming units are % based on the range of values

soil_K,potassium_percent,,Assuming units are % based on the range of values

soil_Mg,magnesium_percent,,Assuming units are % based on the range of values

soil_base,baseSaturation_percent,,Assuming units are % based on the range of values

holdridge_life_zone,communityID,,

life_zone_code,communityName,,

plot_methodology,samplingProtocol,,

OBSERVATION_ID,eventID,,

methodNarrative,samplingProtocol,,

soilOrganic,organic_percent,,

soilSand,sand_percent,,

soilSilt,silt_percent,,

soilClay,clay_percent,,

soilPH,ph,,

confidentialityStatus,accessRights,"/_map:[./{0,1,2,3,4}=public,5=""data by request"",6=private]/value",Values defined at <http://vegbank.org/vegbank/views/dba_fielddescription_detail.jsp?view=detail&wparam=1581&entity=dba_fielddescription&params=1581>

confidentialityStatus,coordinateUncertaintyInMeters,"/_alt/1/_km_to_m/value/_map:[1=1,2=10,3=100,./{0,4,5,6}=]/value",Values defined at <http://vegbank.org/vegbank/views/dba_fielddescription_detail.jsp?view=detail&wparam=1581&entity=dba_fielddescription&params=1581>

shape,footprintWKT,,

area|country|territory,country,,

region|state|province,stateProvince,,

Plot,locationName,,

Altitude,elevationInMeters,,Altitude Units is always m

Slope,slopeAspect,,

Physiography,landform,,

observation_id,eventID,,

methodnarrative,samplingProtocol,,

soilorganic,organic_percent,,"""Percent organic content of the soil"" (soilOrganic definition at <http://vegbank.org/vegbank/views/dba_tabledescription_detail.jsp?view=detail&wparam=soilobs&entity=dba_tabledescription&where=where_tablename>)"

soilsand,sand_percent,,"""Percent sand in the soil horizon"" (soilSand definition at <http://vegbank.org/vegbank/views/dba_tabledescription_detail.jsp?view=detail&wparam=soilobs&entity=dba_tabledescription&where=where_tablename>)"

soilsilt,silt_percent,,"""Percent silt in the soil horizon"" (soilSilt definition at <http://vegbank.org/vegbank/views/dba_tabledescription_detail.jsp?view=detail&wparam=soilobs&entity=dba_tabledescription&where=where_tablename>)"

soilclay,clay_percent,,"""Percent clay in the soil horizon"" (soilClay definition at <http://vegbank.org/vegbank/views/dba_tabledescription_detail.jsp?view=detail&wparam=soilobs&entity=dba_tabledescription&where=where_tablename>)"

soilph,ph,,

confidentialitystatus,accessRights,"/_map:[./{0,1,2,3,4}=public,5=""data by request"",6=private]/value",Values defined at <http://vegbank.org/vegbank/views/dba_fielddescription_detail.jsp?view=detail&wparam=1581&entity=dba_fielddescription&params=1581>

confidentialitystatus,coordinateUncertaintyInMeters,"/_alt/1/_km_to_m/value/_map:[1=1,2=10,3=100,./{0,4,5,6}=]/value",Values defined at <http://vegbank.org/vegbank/views/dba_fielddescription_detail.jsp?view=detail&wparam=1581&entity=dba_fielddescription&params=1581>

shape,footprintWKT,,

area|country|territory,country,,

region|state|province,stateProvince,,