VegCore data dictionary¶

VegCore combines 360+ terms from existing vegetation data formats

Notes¶

Copying a term name gives you a permalink to that term, which can be pasted into an HTML-formatted e-mail
In the data dictionary, terms are placed in the table they are most applicable to.
In a VegCore export, they can also be placed in any other table they apply to, according to how the data is normalized.
A leading ? indicates an ambiguous term
Some links point to a location within a text file. For these links, mouse over the link to see the location within the file.

Editing¶

Field names start with a lowercase letter (fieldName), while table names are capitalized (TableName)
Table names should always be singular, not plural
To get the Redmine syntax for linking to a term, copy that term's header (which will have the form [[VegCore#term_anchor|term_name]])
When adding a term or synonym, make sure its header has the form [[VegCore#term|term]]
- For an ambiguous term, instead use the form [[VegCore#term|?term]]
  The leading ? will be displayed in the data dictionary but won't be part of the HTML anchor. This allows the term to be permalinked using just its name.

Ambiguous terms¶

Ambiguous terms must start with ? .
This differentiates them from composites (fieldName_componentName), which use the same _-based naming convention.
Ambiguous terms' alternatives must use h4.
This differentiates them from synonyms (h3) and composites¹ (h2).
Ambiguous terms, other than for quantities with different units, must be defined after all alternatives to ensure that the alternatives' anchors link to their definition rather than to their appearance in the alternatives list

¹ naming scheme fieldName_componentName
.

Examples¶

Example specimen data¶

See ACAD.Specimen.csv², which contains well-formed Darwin Core data.

² The dataset is from ACAD, a Canadensys herbarium, so it's public domain.
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Index¶

Tables¶

Source
Method
Project
Event
Coordinates
Placename
Geovalidation
Location
LocationObservation
SoilObservation
Subplot
SubplotObservation
GeologicalContext
Community
Occurrence
Taxon
TaxonConcept
TaxonOccurrence
TaxonDetermination
TaxonObservation
AggregateObservation
Individual
IndividualObservation
Stem
StemObservation
Specimen
Voucher
Measurement
ResourceRelationship

Terms¶

VegCore data dictionary
- Notes
  - Editing
  - Ambiguous terms
- Examples
  - Example specimen data
Index
- Tables
- Terms
Namespaces
- DwC
- TCS
- VegX
- VegBank
- SALVIAS
- CTFS
- BIEN2
- VegBIEN
- VegCore
Special
- OMIT
- PRIVATE
- UNUSED
Source
- - Reference
  - Record
- datasource
  - datasourceName
- type
  - dcterms_type
- referenceType
  - aggregatorOrPrimary
- isHerbarium
- modified
  - dcterms_modified
  - dateLastModified
- language
  - dcterms_language
- rights
  - dcterms_rights
- rightsHolder
  - dcterms_rightsHolder
- accessRights
  - dcterms_accessRights
- bibliographicCitation
  - dcterms_bibliographicCitation
- references
  - dcterms_references
- institutionID
- collectionID
- datasetID
- institutionCode
- collectionCode
- datasetName
  - dataset
- ownerInstitutionCode
- basisOfRecord
- informationWithheld
- dataGeneralizations
- dynamicProperties
Method
- - SamplingProtocol
- samplingProtocolID
- samplingProtocol
- samplingEffort
- observationGranularity
  - observationType_BIEN2
- observationMeasure
  - observationType_SALVIAS
- ?observationType
  - - observationType_SALVIAS
    - observationType_BIEN2
Project
- projectID
- projectName
  - projectTitle
- projectStartDate
- projectEndDate
Event
- eventID
  - censusID
- eventDate
- startDate
  - obsStartDate
- endDate
  - obsEndDate
- eventTime
  - timeOfDay
- startDayOfYear
  - julianDay
- endDayOfYear
- year
- month
- day
- verbatimEventDate
- habitat
- authorEventCode
- eventRemarks
  - fieldNotes_DwC_terms
Coordinates
- decimalLatitude
  - latitude
- acceptedDecimalLatitude
- decimalLongitude
  - longitude
- acceptedDecimalLongitude
- coordinateSource
  - coordinateSource_bien
- ?realLatitude
  - - PRIVATE
- ?realLongitude
  - - PRIVATE
- longitude_DMS
- latitude_DMS
- verbatimCoordinates
- verbatimLatitude
- verbatimLongitude
- verbatimCoordinateSystem
- verbatimSRS
- geodeticDatum
- coordinateUncertaintyInMeters
- coordinatePrecision_deg
- pointRadiusSpatialFit
- footprintWKT
  - boundingBox
  - shapeOfSite
- footprintSRS
- footprintSpatialFit
Placename
- - NamedPlace
- higherGeographyID
- higherGeography
- continent
  - continentOcean
- waterBody
- islandGroup
- island
- country
  - countryName
- acceptedCountry
- countryCode
- stateProvince
  - state
- acceptedStateProvince
- county
- acceptedCounty
- municipality
- locality
  - locationNarrative
  - descriptionOfSite
- verbatimLocality
Geovalidation
- - Geoscrub
- geovalid
  - isGeovalid
- latLongDomainValid
  - isValidLatLong
- latLongDomainInvalid
  - isBadLatLong
- latLongInCountry
  - isInCountry
- ?distanceToCountry
  - ?distErrCountry
    - distanceToCountry_m
    - distanceToCountry_km
- latLongInStateProvince
  - isInStateProvince
- ?distanceToStateProvince
  - ?distErrStateProvince
    - distanceToStateProvince_m
    - distanceToStateProvince_km
- latLongInCounty
  - isInCountyParish
- isNewWorld
  - isNewWorld_bien
- georeferencedBy
- georeferencedDate
- georeferenceProtocol
  - georeferenceProtocol_bien
- georeferenceSources
- georeferenceVerificationStatus
- georeferenceRemarks
Location
- - Plot
  - PlotLocation
- locationID
  - plotID
  - plotUniqueIdentifierID
- locationName
- parentLocationID
- parentPlotName
- locationAccordingTo
LocationObservation
- - PlotObservation_VegX
  - Observation_VegBank
  - PlotInventory
- locationRemarks
  - plotNotes
  - plotNote
  - notes_Madidi
- ?elevation
- ?minimumElevation
  - - minimumElevationInMeters
    - minimumElevation_verbatim
- ?maximumElevation
  - - maximumElevationInMeters
    - maximumElevation_verbatim
- ?depth
  - - verbatimDepth
- ?minimumDepth
  - - minimumDepthInMeters
    - minimumDepth_verbatim
- ?maximumDepth
  - - maximumDepthInMeters
    - maximumDepth_verbatim
- distanceAboveSurfaceInMeters
- minimumDistanceAboveSurfaceInMeters
- maximumDistanceAboveSurfaceInMeters
- ?plotArea
  - ?area
    - plotArea_m2
    - plotArea_ha
- slopeAspect
- minSlopeAspect
- maxSlopeAspect
- slopeGradient
- minSlopeGradient
- maxSlopeGradient
- landform
- ?temperature
  - - temperature_C
  - temp_C
    - temperature_F
- ?precipitation
  - - precipitation_m
    - precipitation_mm
  - precip_mm
SoilObservation
- - AbioticObservation
  - SoilObs
- ?phosphorus
  - - phosphorus_fraction
    - phosphorus_percent
- ?potassium
  - pottasium
    - potassium_fraction
    - potassium_percent
- ?magnesium
  - - magnesium_fraction
    - magnesium_percent
- ?nitrogen
  - - nitrogen_fraction
    - nitrogen_percent
- ?carbon
  - ?soilC
    - carbon_fraction
    - carbon_percent
- ?calcium
  - ?soilCa
    - calcium_fraction
    - calcium_percent
- ?sodium
  - ?soilNa
    - sodium_fraction
    - sodium_percent
- ?acidity
  - ?soilAcidity
    - acidity_fraction
    - acidity_percent
- ?organic
  - ?soilOrganic
    - organic_fraction
    - organic_percent
- texture
  - soilTexture
- ?sand
  - ?soilSand
    - sand_fraction
    - sand_percent
- ?silt
  - ?soilSilt
    - silt_fraction
    - silt_percent
- ?clay
  - ?soilClay
    - clay_fraction
    - clay_percent
- ph
- ?cationExchangeCapacity
  - ?exchangeCapacity
  - ?soilCationCap
    - cationExchangeCapacity_cmol_kg
    - cationExchangeCapacity_meq_100g
- ?baseSaturation
  - - baseSaturation_fraction
    - baseSaturation_percent
- conductivity
  - soilConductivity
Subplot
- subplotID
  - quadratID
- subplot
  - quadratName
- subplotX
  - plotRelativeX
  - startX
- subplotY
  - plotRelativeY
  - startY
SubplotObservation
GeologicalContext
- geologicalContextID
- earliestEonOrLowestEonothem
- latestEonOrHighestEonothem
- earliestEraOrLowestErathem
- latestEraOrHighestErathem
- earliestPeriodOrLowestSystem
- latestPeriodOrHighestSystem
- earliestEpochOrLowestSeries
- latestEpochOrHighestSeries
- earliestAgeOrLowestStage
- latestAgeOrHighestStage
- lowestBiostratigraphicZone
- highestBiostratigraphicZone
- lithostratigraphicTerms
- group
- formation
- member
- bed
Community
- communityID
- communityName
  - communityConceptName
Occurrence
- - Observation_VegCore
- occurrenceID
  - globalUniqueIdentifier_DwC
- ?globalUniqueIdentifier
  - - globalUniqueIdentifier_DwC
    - globalUniqueIdentifier_SpeciesLink
- datasetRecordID
- datasourceRecordID
  - ID
  - globalUniqueIdentifier_SpeciesLink
- occurrenceRemarks
- recordNumber
  - collectorNumber
  - fieldNumber_DwC_curatorial
- ?fieldNumber
  - - fieldNumber_DwC_curatorial
    - fieldNumber_DwC_terms
- recordedBy
  - collector
- recordedBy_givenName
- recordedBy_middleName
- recordedBy_surName
- occurrenceStatus
- previousIdentifications
- associatedMedia
- associatedReferences
- associatedOccurrences
- associatedSequences
- associatedTaxa
?Observation
- - - Observation_VegCore
    - Observation_VegBank
Taxon
- - TaxonName
  - PlantName
- taxonID
- parentTaxonID
- scientificNameID
- acceptedScientificNameID
- parentScientificNameID
- acceptedNameUsageID
- parentNameUsageID
- originalNameUsageID
- namePublishedInID
- scientificName
- taxonName
- acceptedTaxonName
- originalTaxonName
- taxonNameOrEpithet
- verbatimTaxonName
- acceptedScientificName
- originalScientificName
- verbatimScientificName
- taxonNameWithMorphospecies
- morphoname
- speciesBinomial
  - species_VegBank
- acceptedNameUsage
- parentNameUsage
- originalNameUsage
- namePublishedIn
- namePublishedInYear
- higherClassification
- higherPlantGroup
  - higherPlantGroup_bien
- kingdom
- acceptedKingdom
- originalKingdom
- phylum
- acceptedPhylum
- originalPhylum
- class
- acceptedClass
- originalClass
- order
- acceptedOrder
- originalOrder
- family
- acceptedFamily
- originalFamily
- genus
- acceptedGenus
- originalGenus
- subgenus
- specificEpithet
  - species_DwC
  - speciesName
- ?species
  - - species_DwC
    - species_VegBank
- acceptedSpecificEpithet
- originalSpecificEpithet
- morphospecies
- infraspecificEpithet
- acceptedInfraspecificEpithet
- originalInfraspecificEpithet
- forma
  - fm
- acceptedForma
- originalForma
- variety
  - var
- acceptedVariety
- originalVariety
- cultivar
  - cv
- acceptedCultivar
- originalCultivar
- subspecies
  - ssp
  - subspeciesName
- acceptedSubspecies
- originalSubspecies
- taxonRank
- acceptedTaxonRank
- originalTaxonRank
- verbatimTaxonRank
- scientificNameAuthorship
  - scientificNameAuthor
- acceptedScientificNameAuthorship
- originalScientificNameAuthorship
- vernacularName
- nomenclaturalCode
- taxonomicStatus
- taxonIsCanonical
  - taxonIsAccepted
- nomenclaturalStatus
- taxonRemarks
- threatened
TaxonConcept
- - PlantConcept
- taxonConceptID
- parentTaxonConceptID
- nameAccordingTo
  - accordingTo
- nameAccordingToID
TaxonOccurrence
- - TaxonNameUsageConcept
- authorTaxonCode
  - authorPlantName
- taxonOccurrencePkey
- taxonOccurrenceID
  - taxonNameUsageConceptID
- dateCollected
  - collectedDate
- yearCollected
- monthCollected
- dayCollected
- growthForm
  - habit
- oldGrowth
TaxonDetermination
- - Identification
  - TaxonInterpretation
- identificationID
- identificationType
  - interpretationType
- identifiedBy
- dateIdentified
  - identifiedDate
- yearIdentified
- monthIdentified
- dayIdentified
- identificationReferences
- identificationVerificationStatus
- identificationRemarks
- identificationQualifier
  - taxonFit
- acceptedIdentificationQualifier
- originalIdentificationQualifier
- matchedTaxonFit_fraction
  - overallScore
- matchedFamilyFit_fraction
  - familyScore
- matchedGenusFit_fraction
  - genusScore
- matchedSpeciesFit_fraction
  - specificEpithetScore
- typeStatus
TaxonObservation
- - SpeciesInventory
- taxonObservationID
  - speciesInvID
AggregateObservation
- aggregateOrganismObservationID
  - aggregateOccurrenceID
- individualCount
- coverPercent
- ?intercept
  - - intercept_m
    - intercept_cm
- individualCount_1cm_or_more
  - abund1cm
- individualCount_2_5cm_or_more
  - abund2_5cm
- individualCount_10cm_or_more
  - abund10cm
Individual
- individualID
- tag
  - identificationLabel
  - tag2
IndividualObservation
- - IndividualOrganismObservation
  - OrganismObservation
  - PlotObservation_SALVIAS
- individualObservationID
  - individualOrganismObservationID
- individualCode
  - authorPlantCode
- organismX_m
  - individualOrganismObservationRelativeX
- organismY_m
  - individualOrganismObservationRelativeY
- censusNumber
  - censusNo
- stemCount
- sex
- lifeStage
- reproductiveCondition
  - phenology
- behavior
- establishmentMeans
- cultivated
  - cultivated_bien
- cultivatedBasis
  - cultivatedBasis_bien
- canopyForm
  - stemCanopyForm
- canopyPosition
  - stemCanopyPosition
- lianaInfestation
  - stemLianaInfestation
- organismNotes
  - fieldNotes_DwC_curatorial
  - remarks
  - notes_SALVIAS
- ?fieldNotes
  - - fieldNotes_DwC_curatorial
    - fieldNotes_DwC_terms
- ?notes
  - - notes_SALVIAS
    - notes_Madidi
?PlotObservation
- - - PlotObservation_VegX
    - PlotObservation_SALVIAS
Stem
- - StemLocation
- stemID
- stemTag
  - stemTag2
StemObservation
- authorStemCode
  - stemCode
- ?height
  - ?stemHeight
    - height_m
    - height_ft
- ?heightFirstBranch
  - - heightFirstBranch_m
  - htFirstBranch_m
    - heightFirstBranch_ft
- ?diameterBreastHeight
  - ?stemDbh
  - ?DBH
- ?diameterBreastHeightGentry
  - ?gentryDbh
- ?basalDiameter
  - ?basalDiam
- stemNotes
Specimen
- barcode
- catalogNumber
- preparations
  - preparationType
  - preparation
- disposition
- otherCatalogNumbers
  - previousCatalogNumber
Voucher
- voucherType
  - detType
Measurement
- measurementID
- measurementType
  - traitName
- measurementValue
  - traitValue
- measurementAccuracy
- measurementUnit
  - unit
- measurementDeterminedDate
- measurementDeterminedBy
- measurementMethod
- measurementRemarks
ResourceRelationship
- resourceRelationshipID
- resourceID
- relatedResourceID
  - relatedCatalogItem
- relationshipOfResource
  - relationshipType
- relationshipAccordingTo
- relationshipEstablishedDate
- relationshipRemarks
Changes from other formats
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¶

VegBank¶

SALVIAS¶

CTFS¶

Center for Tropical Forest Science

current schema | previous schema

BIEN2¶

web schema | core schema | databases

VegBIEN¶

VegCore¶

The namespace of all new terms (i.e. terms that do not come from another schema)

Special¶

OMIT ¶

The field contains data but should be omitted

Comments: The reason for omission should be described in the mapping's comments

PRIVATE ¶

The field contains private data which should be omitted from a public database

UNUSED ¶

The field does not contain any data

Comments: The following query should return no rows: SELECT * FROM table WHERE field IS NOT NULL

Source ¶

a "reference[...] cited within the database" (VegBank)

Synonyms:

Reference ¶

From: VegBank

Record ¶

From: DwC

datasource ¶

"Internal BIEN string. Uniquely identifies the person on institution that provided the data to BIEN (the proximate data provider). This could be an aggregator (such as GBIF or SALVIAS) or an original source (a herbarium such as ARIZ)." (Brad's DwC ID terms)

Synonyms:

datasourceName ¶

From: BIEN2

Related: institutionCode

type ¶

Synonyms:

dcterms_type ¶

From: DwC

referenceType ¶

Values: herbarium, primary database, aggregator, ...

From: VegBank

Synonyms:

aggregatorOrPrimary ¶

From: BIEN2

Components:

isHerbarium ¶

From: BIEN2

modified ¶

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

Synonyms:

dcterms_modified ¶

From: DwC

dateLastModified ¶

From: DwC

language ¶

Synonyms:

dcterms_language ¶

From: DwC

rights ¶

Synonyms:

dcterms_rights ¶

From: DwC

rightsHolder ¶

Synonyms:

dcterms_rightsHolder ¶

From: DwC

accessRights ¶

Synonyms:

dcterms_accessRights ¶

From: DwC

bibliographicCitation ¶

Synonyms:

dcterms_bibliographicCitation ¶

From: DwC

references ¶

A list of datasources through which the record passed, starting with the original provider (where the record was created) and ending with the top-level provider (where the record was obtained)

Synonyms:

dcterms_references ¶

From: DwC

institutionID ¶

From: DwC

collectionID ¶

From: DwC

datasetID ¶

From: DwC

institutionCode ¶

"Identifies the institution where a specimen is held. For herbaria, this will be the acronym of the herbarium. In general, use the verbatim value provided by the data provider, unless this is incorrect. For an aggregator such as GBIF, this column will contain many values corresponding to different data providers. For a primary source (e.g., New York Botanical Garden), all values should be the same (e.g., "NY"). Some herbaria incorrectly list the acronym that sent them the specimen if it was an exchange or trade. This is incorrect. Only the acronym of the herbarium providing the data should be listed here, regardless of whether they collected the specimen themselves or received it as a duplicate from another herbarium." (Brad's DwC ID terms)

From: DwC

collectionCode ¶

"Identifies the collection within the institution where a specimen is held. This is not an important field for herbaria because the herbarium acronym (institutionCode) is already globally unique. Herbaria typically use a word describing the type of collection, such as "herbarium", although I have also seen the acronym repeated here. Needed for animal collections where institutionCode is the name of a university and collectionCode distinguishes one of several collections (e.g., institutionCode="University of Colorado", collectionCode="Mammals"). In general, use whatever the data provider provides, unless badly formed." (Brad's DwC ID terms)

From: DwC

datasetName ¶

"Internal BIEN string. Uniquely identifies a dataset belonging to a designated primary data owner, either a person or an institution. For a specimen record provided to BIEN by an aggregator, datasource<>(dataset=institutionCode). For a specimen record provided to BIEN by the herbarium which holds that specimen, datasource= dataset =institutionCode. For a plot provided by the data owner, datasource= dataset <>(institutionCode=NULL). For a plot provided by an aggregator, datasource<> dataset <>(institutionCode=NULL)." (Brad's DwC ID terms)

From: DwC

Synonyms:

dataset ¶

From: Brad's DwC ID terms

ownerInstitutionCode ¶

The institution which owns the specimen replicate

From: DwC

basisOfRecord ¶

From: DwC

informationWithheld ¶

From: DwC

dataGeneralizations ¶

From: DwC

dynamicProperties ¶

From: DwC

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)

From: VegX

Related: VegBank:stratumMethod, VegBank:coverMethod

Synonyms:

SamplingProtocol ¶

From: DwC

samplingProtocolID ¶

samplingProtocol ¶

From: DwC

Synonyms:

method ¶

Named like: Method

methodology ¶

Named like: plotMethodology

plotMethodology ¶

From: SALVIAS

samplingEffort ¶

From: DwC

observationGranularity ¶

Values: plot, specimen

Synonyms:

observationType_BIEN2 ¶

From: BIEN2

observationMeasure ¶

From: Brad Boyle's method attribute examples spreadsheet

Values: count, cover, presence, points-intercepted, distance-intercepted

Synonyms:

observationType_SALVIAS ¶

From: SALVIAS

?observationType ¶

AMBIGUOUS

Alternatives:

observationType_SALVIAS ¶

observationType_BIEN2 ¶

Project ¶

A "project established to collect vegetation plot data. Each plot originates as part of a project." (VegBank)

From: VegX, VegBank

projectID ¶

"A reference to a specific 'project'" (VegX)

From: VegX

projectName ¶

"Title of the project" (VegX)

Synonyms:

projectTitle ¶

From: VegX

Named like: plotName

projectStartDate ¶

"Project start date" (VegBank)

Related: VegBank:startDate, VegX:obsStartDate

projectEndDate ¶

"Project stop date" (VegBank)

Related: VegBank:stopDate, VegX:obsEndDate

Event ¶

"an action that occurs at a place and during a period of time" (DwC)

From: DwC (fields)

eventID ¶

From: DwC

Synonyms:

censusID ¶

From: CTFS

eventDate ¶

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

From: DwC

startDate ¶

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

Synonyms:

obsStartDate ¶

From: VegX

Related: eventDate

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)

Synonyms:

obsEndDate ¶

From: VegX

Related: eventDate

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

eventTime ¶

From: DwC

Synonyms:

timeOfDay ¶

From: DwC (Classic)

startDayOfYear ¶

From: DwC

Synonyms:

julianDay ¶

From: DwC (MaNIS)

endDayOfYear ¶

From: DwC

year ¶

From: DwC

month ¶

From: DwC

day ¶

From: DwC

verbatimEventDate ¶

From: DwC

habitat ¶

From: DwC

authorEventCode ¶

Synonyms:

authorObsCode ¶

From: VegBank

plotCensusNumber ¶

From: CTFS

fieldNumber_DwC_terms ¶

From: DwC

Named like: authorPlotCode

eventRemarks ¶

From: DwC

Synonyms:

fieldNotes_DwC_terms ¶

From: DwC

Coordinates ¶

A numerically-defined location

From: CTFS

decimalLatitude ¶

From: DwC

Synonyms:

latitude ¶

From: DwC (Classic)

acceptedDecimalLatitude ¶

Related: decimalLatitude, acceptedNameUsage

decimalLongitude ¶

From: DwC

Synonyms:

longitude ¶

From: DwC (Classic)

acceptedDecimalLongitude ¶

Related: decimalLongitude, acceptedNameUsage

coordinateSource ¶

Where the coordinates came from

Values: source data, GPS, georeferencing

Synonyms:

coordinateSource_bien ¶

From: VegBIEN

?realLatitude ¶

From: VegBank

Replace with:

PRIVATE ¶

?realLongitude ¶

From: VegBank

Replace with:

PRIVATE ¶

longitude_DMS ¶

Related: DwC:longitude

Comments: Added units

latitude_DMS ¶

Related: DwC:latitude

Comments: Added units

verbatimCoordinates ¶

From: DwC

verbatimLatitude ¶

From: DwC

verbatimLongitude ¶

From: DwC

verbatimCoordinateSystem ¶

From: DwC

verbatimSRS ¶

From: DwC

geodeticDatum ¶

From: DwC

coordinateUncertaintyInMeters ¶

From: DwC

coordinatePrecision_deg ¶

Related: coordinatePrecision

Comments: Added units

pointRadiusSpatialFit ¶

From: DwC

footprintWKT ¶

From: DwC

Synonyms:

boundingBox ¶

From: DwC (MaNIS)

shapeOfSite ¶

From: CTFS

footprintSRS ¶

From: DwC

footprintSpatialFit ¶

From: DwC

Placename ¶

Synonyms:

NamedPlace ¶

From: VegBank

higherGeographyID ¶

From: DwC

higherGeography ¶

From: DwC

continent ¶

From: DwC

Synonyms:

continentOcean ¶

From: DwC (MaNIS)

waterBody ¶

From: DwC

islandGroup ¶

From: DwC

island ¶

From: DwC

country ¶

From: DwC

Synonyms:

countryName ¶

From: CTFS

acceptedCountry ¶

Related: country, acceptedNameUsage

countryCode ¶

From: DwC

stateProvince ¶

From: DwC

Synonyms:

state ¶

From: NCU-NCSC#State, REMIB#state, UNCC#state

acceptedStateProvince ¶

Related: stateProvince, acceptedNameUsage

county ¶

From: DwC

acceptedCounty ¶

Related: county, acceptedNameUsage

municipality ¶

From: DwC

locality ¶

From: DwC

Synonyms:

locationNarrative ¶

From: VegX

descriptionOfSite ¶

From: CTFS

verbatimLocality ¶

From: DwC

Geovalidation ¶

Synonyms:

Geoscrub ¶

From: BIEN2

Named like: geovalid

geovalid ¶

Synonyms:

isGeovalid ¶

From: BIEN2

latLongDomainValid ¶

Whether the coordinates are in the range of valid decimal values

Synonyms:

isValidLatLong ¶

From: BIEN2

latLongDomainInvalid ¶

Whether the coordinates are not in the range of valid decimal values

Synonyms:

isBadLatLong ¶

From: BIEN2

Named like: BIEN2:isValidLatLong

latLongInCountry ¶

Synonyms:

isInCountry ¶

From: BIEN2

Named like: BIEN2:isBadLatLong, country

?distanceToCountry ¶

Requires units

Synonyms:

?distErrCountry ¶

From: BIEN2

Named like: country

Unit alternatives:

distanceToCountry_m ¶

distanceToCountry_km ¶

latLongInStateProvince ¶

Synonyms:

isInStateProvince ¶

From: BIEN2

Named like: BIEN2:isBadLatLong, stateProvince

?distanceToStateProvince ¶

Requires units

Synonyms:

?distErrStateProvince ¶

From: BIEN2

Named like: stateProvince

Unit alternatives:

distanceToStateProvince_m ¶

distanceToStateProvince_km ¶

latLongInCounty ¶

Synonyms:

isInCountyParish ¶

From: BIEN2

Named like: BIEN2:isBadLatLong, county

isNewWorld ¶

From: BIEN2

Synonyms:

isNewWorld_bien ¶

From: VegBIEN

georeferencedBy ¶

From: DwC

georeferencedDate ¶

From: DwC

georeferenceProtocol ¶

From: DwC

Synonyms:

georeferenceProtocol_bien ¶

From: VegBIEN

georeferenceSources ¶

From: DwC

georeferenceVerificationStatus ¶

From: DwC

georeferenceRemarks ¶

From: DwC

Location ¶

"A spatial region" (DwC) or point

From: DwC (fields)

Synonyms:

Plot ¶

From: VegX, VegBank

PlotLocation ¶

From: Madidi

locationID ¶

From: DwC

Synonyms:

plotID ¶

From: VegX

plotUniqueIdentifierID ¶

From: VegX

locationName ¶

"Name or label for a plot" (VegX)

Synonyms:

plotName ¶

From: VegX

authorPlotCode ¶

From: VegBank

locationNumber ¶

Named like: recordNumber

parentLocationID ¶

Related: locationID, VegBank:PARENT_ID

parentPlotName ¶

"Name or label" (VegX) for "the parent plot when plot is nested within another plot" (VegBank)

Related: VegX:plotName, VegBank:PARENT_ID

locationAccordingTo ¶

From: DwC

LocationObservation ¶

A sampling of a Location

Synonyms:

PlotObservation_VegX ¶

From: VegX

Observation_VegBank ¶

From: VegBank

PlotInventory ¶

From: Madidi

Related: Location, VegBank:plot

locationRemarks ¶

From: DwC

Synonyms:

plotNotes ¶

plotNote ¶

From: VegX (table added for uniqueness)

notes_Madidi ¶

From: Madidi#Notes

?elevation ¶

From: DwC, CTFS

Requires units

Unit alternatives:

elevationInMeters ¶

verbatimElevation ¶

Value must include units

From: DwC

verbatimElevation_m ¶

Components:

?minimumElevation ¶

Requires units

From: DwC (Classic)

Unit alternatives:

minimumElevationInMeters ¶

From: DwC

minimumElevation_verbatim ¶

Value must include units

?maximumElevation ¶

Requires units

From: DwC (Classic)

Unit alternatives:

maximumElevationInMeters ¶

From: DwC

maximumElevation_verbatim ¶

Value must include units

?depth ¶

Requires units

Unit alternatives:

verbatimDepth ¶

From: DwC

Components:

?minimumDepth ¶

Requires units

From: DwC (Classic)

Unit alternatives:

minimumDepthInMeters ¶

From: DwC

minimumDepth_verbatim ¶

Value must include units

?maximumDepth ¶

Requires units

From: DwC (Classic)

Unit alternatives:

maximumDepthInMeters ¶

From: DwC

maximumDepth_verbatim ¶

Value must include units

distanceAboveSurfaceInMeters ¶

Components:

minimumDistanceAboveSurfaceInMeters ¶

From: DwC

maximumDistanceAboveSurfaceInMeters ¶

From: DwC

?plotArea ¶

Requires units

"Total area of the plot" (VegX)

Synonyms:

?area ¶

From: VegX

Unit alternatives:

plotArea_m2 ¶

plotArea_ha ¶

From: SALVIAS

slopeAspect ¶

"Representative azimuth of slope gradient (0-360 degrees) or as a cardinal direction (e.g. N, S, NE)" (VegX)

From: VegX

minSlopeAspect ¶

From: VegBank

maxSlopeAspect ¶

From: VegBank

slopeGradient ¶

"Representative inclination of slope in degrees" (VegX)

From: VegX

minSlopeGradient ¶

From: VegBank

maxSlopeGradient ¶

From: VegBank

landform ¶

"A recognizable physical feature on the surface of the earth, often including consideration of the natural cause of its formation" (VegX)

From: VegX

?temperature ¶

Requires units

"Temperature during observation" (VegX)
"Mean annual temperature" (SALVIAS)

From: VegX

Unit alternatives:

temperature_C ¶

Synonyms:

temp_C ¶

From: SALVIAS

temperature_F ¶

?precipitation ¶

Requires units

Unit alternatives:

precipitation_m ¶

precipitation_mm ¶

Synonyms:

precip_mm ¶

From: SALVIAS

SoilObservation ¶

A sampling of a Location's soil

Synonyms:

AbioticObservation ¶

From: VegX

SoilObs ¶

From: VegBank

?phosphorus ¶

Requires units

"Phosphorus of soil" (VegX)

From: VegX

Unit alternatives:

phosphorus_fraction ¶

phosphorus_percent ¶

?potassium ¶

Requires units

"Pottasium of soil" (VegX)

Synonyms:

pottasium ¶

From: VegX

Unit alternatives:

potassium_fraction ¶

potassium_percent ¶

?magnesium ¶

Requires units

"Magnesium of soil" (VegX)

From: VegX

Unit alternatives:

magnesium_fraction ¶

magnesium_percent ¶

?nitrogen ¶

Requires units

"Nitrogen of soil" (VegX)

From: VegX

Unit alternatives:

nitrogen_fraction ¶

nitrogen_percent ¶

?carbon ¶

Requires units

Synonyms:

?soilC ¶

From: SALVIAS

Unit alternatives:

carbon_fraction ¶

carbon_percent ¶

?calcium ¶

Requires units

Synonyms:

?soilCa ¶

From: SALVIAS

Unit alternatives:

calcium_fraction ¶

calcium_percent ¶

?sodium ¶

Requires units

Synonyms:

?soilNa ¶

From: SALVIAS

Unit alternatives:

sodium_fraction ¶

sodium_percent ¶

?acidity ¶

Requires units

Synonyms:

?soilAcidity ¶

From: SALVIAS

Unit alternatives:

acidity_fraction ¶

acidity_percent ¶

?organic ¶

Requires units

Synonyms:

?soilOrganic ¶

From: VegBank

Unit alternatives:

organic_fraction ¶

organic_percent ¶

texture ¶

Synonyms:

soilTexture ¶

From: VegBank

?sand ¶

Requires units

Synonyms:

?soilSand ¶

From: VegBank

Unit alternatives:

sand_fraction ¶

sand_percent ¶

?silt ¶

Requires units

Synonyms:

?soilSilt ¶

From: VegBank

Unit alternatives:

silt_fraction ¶

silt_percent ¶

?clay ¶

Requires units

Synonyms:

?soilClay ¶

From: VegBank

Unit alternatives:

clay_fraction ¶

clay_percent ¶

ph ¶

"The pH of the soil" (VegX)

From: VegX

?cationExchangeCapacity ¶

Requires units

From: Wikipedia

Synonyms:

?exchangeCapacity ¶

From: VegBank

?soilCationCap ¶

From: SALVIAS

Unit alternatives:

cationExchangeCapacity_cmol_kg ¶

From: Wikipedia

cationExchangeCapacity_meq_100g ¶

From: Wikipedia

?baseSaturation ¶

Requires units

From: VegBank

Unit alternatives:

baseSaturation_fraction ¶

baseSaturation_percent ¶

conductivity ¶

Synonyms:

soilConductivity ¶

From: SALVIAS

Subplot ¶

"subplot, line, or any other subsample or subdivision of plot" (SALVIAS)

Related: SALVIAS:subplot

subplotID ¶

Related: locationID, SALVIAS:subplot

Synonyms:

quadratID ¶

From: CTFS

subplot ¶

From: SALVIAS

Synonyms:

quadratName ¶

From: CTFS

subplotX ¶

"The X-coordinate of the related items position in meters. The user will enter the relative position of related item with respect to the plot origin (in meters) with the x-axis defined by the plot azimuth." (VegX)

Synonyms:

plotRelativeX ¶

From: VegX (table added for uniqueness)

Named like: SALVIAS:subplot

startX ¶

From: CTFS

subplotY ¶

"The Y-coordinate of the related items position in metres. The user will enter the relative position of related item with respect to the plot origin (in meters) with the y-axis defined by the plot azimuth." (VegX)

Synonyms:

plotRelativeY ¶

From: VegX (table added for uniqueness)

Named like: SALVIAS:subplot

startY ¶

From: CTFS

SubplotObservation ¶

A sampling of a Subplot

Related: Subplot, LocationObservation

GeologicalContext ¶

"information pertaining to a location within a geological context, such as stratigraphy" (DwC)

From: DwC (fields)

geologicalContextID ¶

From: DwC

earliestEonOrLowestEonothem ¶

From: DwC

latestEonOrHighestEonothem ¶

From: DwC

earliestEraOrLowestErathem ¶

From: DwC

latestEraOrHighestErathem ¶

From: DwC

earliestPeriodOrLowestSystem ¶

From: DwC

latestPeriodOrHighestSystem ¶

From: DwC

earliestEpochOrLowestSeries ¶

From: DwC

latestEpochOrHighestSeries ¶

From: DwC

earliestAgeOrLowestStage ¶

From: DwC

latestAgeOrHighestStage ¶

From: DwC

lowestBiostratigraphicZone ¶

From: DwC

highestBiostratigraphicZone ¶

From: DwC

lithostratigraphicTerms ¶

From: DwC

group ¶

From: DwC

formation ¶

From: DwC

member ¶

From: DwC

bed ¶

From: DwC

Community ¶

communityID ¶

"A community type is an abstract grouping of organisms that tend to co-occur on the landscape due to shared ecological requirements or preferences. May be designated by syntaxon or physiognomic types." (VegX)

Related: VegX:communityConcept, occurrenceID

Comments: Table shortened for standardization

communityName ¶

"A textual label for a community type" (VegX)

Synonyms:

communityConceptName ¶

From: VegX

Comments: Table shortened for standardization

Occurrence ¶

An observation of any entity, biological or otherwise

From: DwC (fields)

Synonyms:

Observation_VegCore ¶

Named like: Observation_VegBank

occurrenceID ¶

"A globally unique identifier for the specimen or observation, formed by combining the [...] unique identifier of the collection with the locally unique identifier of the specimen. For specimens, construct as follows: "urn:catalog:[institutionCode]:[collectionCode]:[catalogNumber]". If a properly formed occurrenceID is provided by the data provider, use it. For plots, construct as follows: "urn:observation:[datasource]:[dataset]:[catalogNumber]. Replace any spaces in dataset name with hyphens." (Brad's DwC ID terms)

From: DwC

Synonyms:

globalUniqueIdentifier_DwC ¶

From: DwC (dwcore)

?globalUniqueIdentifier ¶

AMBIGUOUS

Alternatives:

globalUniqueIdentifier_DwC ¶

globalUniqueIdentifier_SpeciesLink ¶

datasetRecordID ¶

"Unique ID (database primary key) for the specimen or observation in the dataset, if provided." (Brad's DwC ID terms)

From: Brad's DwC ID terms

Related: dataset, Record

datasourceRecordID ¶

"Unique ID (primary key) within datasource database. Will be same as datasetRecordID if dataset and datasource are the same." (Brad's DwC ID terms)

From: Brad's DwC ID terms

Synonyms:

ID ¶

From: Canadensys, TEAM#Id, U#ID

globalUniqueIdentifier_SpeciesLink ¶

From: SpeciesLink#dwc_dwcore_GlobalUniqueIdentifier

Related: datasource, Record

occurrenceRemarks ¶

From: DwC

recordNumber ¶

From: DwC

Synonyms:

collectorNumber ¶

From: DwC

fieldNumber_DwC_curatorial ¶

From: DwC (curatorial)

?fieldNumber ¶

AMBIGUOUS

Alternatives:

fieldNumber_DwC_curatorial ¶

fieldNumber_DwC_terms ¶

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)

From: DwC

Synonyms:

collector ¶

From: DwC

Components:

recordedBy_givenName ¶

"The given name" (VegX)

From: VegX

recordedBy_middleName ¶

The "middle name or initial" (VegBank)

From: VegBank

recordedBy_surName ¶

"The last name" (VegX)

From: VegX

occurrenceStatus ¶

From: DwC

previousIdentifications ¶

From: DwC

associatedMedia ¶

From: DwC

associatedReferences ¶

From: DwC

associatedOccurrences ¶

From: DwC

associatedSequences ¶

From: DwC

associatedTaxa ¶

From: DwC

?Observation ¶

AMBIGUOUS

Alternatives:

Observation_VegCore ¶

Observation_VegBank ¶

Taxon ¶

"a group of one (or more) populations of organism(s), which a taxonomist adjudges to be a unit" (Wikipedia)

From: Wikipedia, DwC (fields)

Synonyms:

TaxonName ¶

From: VegX

PlantName ¶

From: VegBank

taxonID ¶

From: DwC

parentTaxonID ¶

Related: taxonID, VegBank:plantParent_ID

scientificNameID ¶

From: DwC

acceptedScientificNameID ¶

Related: scientificNameID, acceptedNameUsage

parentScientificNameID ¶

Related: scientificNameID, VegBank:plantParent_ID

acceptedNameUsageID ¶

From: DwC

parentNameUsageID ¶

From: DwC

originalNameUsageID ¶

From: DwC

namePublishedInID ¶

From: DwC

scientificName ¶

Taxonomic name with author

From: DwC

Compare to: taxonName

taxonName ¶

Taxonomic name without author

Compare to: scientificName

Named like: DwC:Taxon

acceptedTaxonName ¶

Taxonomic name without author

Related: scientificName, Taxon, acceptedNameUsage

originalTaxonName ¶

Taxonomic name without author

Related: scientificName, Taxon, originalNameUsage

taxonNameOrEpithet ¶

Related: scientificName, Taxon, specificEpithet, higherClassification

verbatimTaxonName ¶

Taxonomic name without author

Related: scientificName, Taxon, verbatimTaxonRank

acceptedScientificName ¶

Related: scientificName, acceptedNameUsage

originalScientificName ¶

Related: scientificName, originalNameUsage

verbatimScientificName ¶

Related: scientificName, verbatimTaxonRank

taxonNameWithMorphospecies ¶

Related: taxonName, SALVIAS:morphospecies

morphoname ¶

The name assigned in the field (the original TaxonDetermination), which is unique within the plot

From: SALVIAS

speciesBinomial ¶

genus+specificEpithet

From: Wikipedia

Synonyms:

species_VegBank ¶

From: VegBank

acceptedNameUsage ¶

From: DwC

parentNameUsage ¶

From: DwC

originalNameUsage ¶

From: DwC

namePublishedIn ¶

From: DwC

namePublishedInYear ¶

From: DwC

higherClassification ¶

From: DwC

higherPlantGroup ¶

From: BIEN2

Related: higherClassification

Synonyms:

higherPlantGroup_bien ¶

From: VegBIEN

kingdom ¶

From: DwC

acceptedKingdom ¶

Related: kingdom, acceptedNameUsage

originalKingdom ¶

Related: kingdom, originalNameUsage

phylum ¶

From: DwC

acceptedPhylum ¶

Related: phylum, acceptedNameUsage

originalPhylum ¶

Related: phylum, originalNameUsage

class ¶

From: DwC

acceptedClass ¶

Related: class, acceptedNameUsage

originalClass ¶

Related: class, originalNameUsage

order ¶

From: DwC

acceptedOrder ¶

Related: order, acceptedNameUsage

originalOrder ¶

Related: order, originalNameUsage

family ¶

From: DwC

acceptedFamily ¶

Related: family, acceptedNameUsage

originalFamily ¶

Related: family, originalNameUsage

genus ¶

From: DwC

acceptedGenus ¶

Related: genus, acceptedNameUsage

originalGenus ¶

Related: genus, originalNameUsage

subgenus ¶

From: DwC

specificEpithet ¶

From: DwC

Synonyms:

species_DwC ¶

From: DwC (Classic)

speciesName ¶

From: CTFS

?species ¶

AMBIGUOUS

Alternatives:

species_DwC ¶

species_VegBank ¶

acceptedSpecificEpithet ¶

Related: specificEpithet, acceptedNameUsage

originalSpecificEpithet ¶

Related: specificEpithet, originalNameUsage

morphospecies ¶

From: SALVIAS

infraspecificEpithet ¶

From: DwC

acceptedInfraspecificEpithet ¶

Related: infraspecificEpithet, acceptedNameUsage

originalInfraspecificEpithet ¶

Related: infraspecificEpithet, originalNameUsage

forma ¶

From: Wikipedia

Synonyms: