DwC,VegBIEN:/taxonoccurrence,Comments,Order

identificationRemarks,,,123

minimumDepthInMeters,//waterdepth/min,,74

footprintSRS,,,92

verbatimLatitude,//location/reallatitude,,81

month,,,49

measurementDeterminedDate,,,171

informationWithheld,,,16

lithostratigraphicTerms,,,113

latestPeriodOrHighestSystem,,,106

reproductiveCondition,,,28

continent,,Brad: OMIT,59

endDayOfYear,,,47

identificationID,,,118

latestEraOrHighestErathem,,,104

occurrenceID,"/{aggregateoccurrence/*_id/plantobservation/authorplantcode,specimenreplicate/sourceaccessioncode}","Brad: OMIT; Aaron: We need this field because it is the only ID column with an entry in every row; Brad: OK, use this as primary key",19

locationAccordingTo,,,78

latestEpochOrHighestSeries,,,108

coordinateUncertaintyInMeters,,,88

coordinatePrecision,//location/locationaccuracy,,89

maximumDepthInMeters,//waterdepth/max,,75

waterBody,,,60

resourceRelationshipID,,,159

kingdom,"/taxondetermination[rolecode=identifier,plantlevel=Kingdom]/*_id/plantconcept/*_id/*/plantname",,142

decimalLatitude,,,85

verbatimTaxonRank,,,152

earliestEraOrLowestErathem,,,103

verbatimCoordinates,,,80

acceptedNameUsageID,,,128

infraspecificEpithet,,,150

namePublishedIn,,,139

originalNameUsage,,,137

nameAccordingToID,,,131

dataGeneralizations,,,17

nomenclaturalStatus,,,157

dcterms:bibliographicCitation,,,6

recordNumber,,,22

day,,Brad: OMIT,50

individualCount,,Brad: OMIT; not relevant for DwC plant specimen data.,25

dcterms:type,,,0

measurementType,,,167

institutionID,,,8

georeferenceVerificationStatus,,,98

lifeStage,,,27

measurementUnit,,,170

locationRemarks,,,79

scientificName,/taxondetermination[rolecode=identifier]/*_id/plantconcept/*_id/*/plantname/_alt/1,"Brad: Bob, Nick, please is this mapping OK?",134

parentNameUsage,,,136

datasetID,,,10

eventID,,,41

lowestBiostratigraphicZone,,,111

habitat,"//stemobservation/definedvalue[*_id/userdefined[tablename=stemobservation,userdefinedname=habitat]]/definedvalue","Brad: Free-text description of vegetation community where collected, frequently redundane wrt 'Vegetation'. Bob, Nick: keep as user defined or create special element?",52

higherGeographyID,,,57

dcterms:references,,,7

sex,"/taxondetermination[rolecode=identifier]/definedvalue[*_id/userdefined[tablename=taxondetermination,userdefinedname=sex]]/definedvalue","Brad: OMIT. Apparently not used by this institution and of uncertain applicability to plants. With other collections, *sometimes* used for phenological information (if specimen in flower, in fruit, sterile, etc.). If so, this is important information we should keep. Bob, Nick, anywhere for phenological information in VB and VX?; Aaron: Keeping it because it's useful for some collections",26

dcterms:accessRights,,,5

scientificNameAuthorship,"/taxondetermination[rolecode=identifier,plantlevel=Authority]/*_id/plantconcept/*_id/*/plantname","Brad: Mapping probably incorrect. This DwC element refers to scientific name author; does not correspond to the VegBank and VegX elements you have listed (Bob, Nick�where does name author belong in VegBank and VegX?); Aaron: The mapped VegX element is the author linked to the taxon name, so it seems like this is the scientific name author",153

associatedTaxa,,,40

year,,,48

taxonRemarks,,,158

dcterms:rightsHolder,,,4

namePublishedInYear,,,140

identificationVerificationStatus,,,122

eventTime,,Brad: OMIT,45

basisOfRecord,,Brad: OMIT? See http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/index.htm#basisOfRecord for definition of this term.,15

latestEonOrHighestEonothem,,,102

otherCatalogNumbers,,,34

georeferenceRemarks,,,99

acceptedNameUsage,,,135

georeferenceSources,,,97

specificEpithet,"/taxondetermination[rolecode=identifier,plantlevel=Species]/*_id/plantconcept/*_id/*/plantname",,149

verbatimLocality,//namedplace/placedescription,"Brad: Correct for VB; Nick, is there no specific element for locality description in VegX? Definitely need one.",69

identificationReferences,,,121

measurementRemarks,,,174

georeferencedBy,//specimenreplicate/verbatimcollectorname,Brad: Correct for VB. Nick: is there a way to specifically identify this party as collector of a specimen?,94

geodeticDatum,,,87

occurrenceRemarks,,,21

collectionCode,"/specimenreplicate/{museum_id/party/organizationname/_name/last,collectioncode_dwc}",Brad: Not sure if mapping correct. DwC element; code for entire collection; often same as InstitutionCode; Aaron: Combining with InstitutionCode to create collection name,12

higherGeography,,,58

nameAccordingTo,,,138

latestAgeOrHighestStage,,,110

fieldNumber,//specimenreplicate/catalognumber_dwc,"Brad: Correct for VB, not sure about VX; Nick, is there an element in VX fo Collection Number?",53

measurementMethod,,,173

disposition,,,33

earliestEpochOrLowestSeries,,,107

group,,,114

highestBiostratigraphicZone,,,112

ownerInstitutionCode,,,14

scientificNameID,,,127

relationshipEstablishedDate,,,164

earliestAgeOrLowestStage,,,109

country,"//*_id/namedplace[placesystem=""area|country|territory""]/placename",Brad: Required; reject record if this field NULL,63

measurementDeterminedBy,,,172

decimalLongitude,,,86

locationID,,,56

dcterms:rights,,,3

relationshipRemarks,,,165

startDayOfYear,,,46

formation,,,115

genus,"/taxondetermination[rolecode=identifier,plantlevel=Genus]/*_id/plantconcept/*_id/*/plantname",,147

family,"/taxondetermination[rolecode=identifier,plantlevel=Family]/*_id/plantconcept/*_id/*/plantname",,146

collectionID,,,9

dynamicProperties,,,18

eventRemarks,,,55

municipality,,,67

individualID,//specimenreplicate/collectornumber_dwc,"Brad: OMIT; db-specific element, not relevant to VB/VX",24

footprintWKT,,,91

county,//*_id/namedplace[placesystem=county]/placename,,66

associatedMedia,,,36

associatedSequences,,,39

subgenus,,,148

footprintSpatialFit,,,93

measurementValue,,,168

higherClassification,,,141

islandGroup,,,61

resourceID,,,160

class,"/taxondetermination[rolecode=identifier,plantlevel=Class]/*_id/plantconcept/*_id/*/plantname",,144

verbatimSRS,,,84

associatedOccurrences,,,38

catalogNumber,,"Brad: Not sure if mapping correct. Nick, is there an element for institutional accession codes in VegX?; Aaron: This can't be used as the accession code (primary key) because some rows don't have a value for it",20

verbatimLongitude,//location/reallongitude,,82

preparations,,Brad: OMIT,32

taxonID,,,126

nomenclaturalCode,,,155

maximumElevationInMeters,"/*_id/locationevent/*_id/location/{elevation/_alt/2/_avg/max,elevationrange/_range/to}",,72

verbatimCoordinateSystem,,,83

measurementID,,,166

relatedResourceID,,Brad: OMIT,161

datasetName,,,13

earliestEonOrLowestEonothem,,,101

measurementAccuracy,,,169

verbatimDepth,,,73

bed,,,117

georeferencedDate,,,95

behavior,,,29

island,,,62

parentNameUsageID,,,129

minimumElevationInMeters,"/*_id/locationevent/*_id/location/{elevation/_alt/2/_avg/min,elevationrange/_range/from}",,71

occurrenceStatus,,,31

vernacularName,,,154

pointRadiusSpatialFit,,,90

countryCode,,,64

phylum,"/taxondetermination[rolecode=identifier,plantlevel=Subkingdom]/*_id/plantconcept/*_id/*/plantname",,143

institutionCode,/specimenreplicate/{museum_id/party/organizationname/_name/first},,11

identificationQualifier,,,124

namePublishedInID,,,132

identifiedBy,"/taxondetermination[rolecode=identifier]/*_id/party/{givenname/_namePart/first,middlename/_namePart/middle,surname/_namePart/last}",Brad: Bob: does this look correct for VegBank?,119

earliestPeriodOrLowestSystem,,,105

minimumDistanceAboveSurfaceInMeters,,,76

dcterms:language,,,2

maximumDistanceAboveSurfaceInMeters,,,77

taxonConceptID,,,133

georeferenceProtocol,,,96

locality,,,68

associatedReferences,,,37

stateProvince,"//*_id/namedplace[placesystem=""region|state|province""]/placename",,65

taxonomicStatus,,,156

relationshipAccordingTo,,,163

member,,,116

relationshipOfResource,,Brad: OMIT,162

taxonRank,,,151

previousIdentifications,,Brad: OMIT,35

samplingEffort,,,43

verbatimElevation,,,70

establishmentMeans,,,30

typeStatus,,Brad: OMIT (?). Indicates whether this specimen served as type for taxon name. Probably not relevant for BIEN,125

samplingProtocol,,,42

originalNameUsageID,,,130

eventDate,//locationevent/obsstartdate/_*/date,,44

geologicalContextID,,,100

fieldNotes,/taxondetermination[rolecode=identifier]/notes,"Brad: mapping OK; NY appears to be using this field for almost anything, but mostly internal collections notes",54

dateIdentified,/taxondetermination[rolecode=identifier]/determinationdate/_*/date,,120

verbatimEventDate,,,51

recordedBy,,,23

dcterms:modified,,"Brad: Mapping to VegX is incorrect. I think is this merely an internal timestamp indicated when record last modified, not necessarily when determination (taxon name) last modified. Probably we should omit this field, although might be useful for updating changed records from this source.",1

order,"/taxondetermination[rolecode=identifier,plantlevel=Order]/*_id/plantconcept/*_id/*/plantname",,145