AVH data

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Delivery mechanism

AVH data is delivered to ALA in the form of Darwin Core Archives, the structure of which is described on a separate subpage, Darwin Core Archive.

Concepts delivered

Collection Object group

institutionCode

HISPID <5	± insid
ABCD / HISPID 5	abcd://Unit/SourceInstitutionID
DwC	dwc:institutionCode

collectionCode

HISPID <5	insid
ABCD / HISPID 5	abcd://Unit/SourceID
DwC	dwc:collectionCode

catalogNumber

HISPID <5	insid + accid
ABCD / HISPID 5	abcd://Unit/SourceID + abcd://Unit/UnitID
DwC	dwc:catalogNumber

occurrenceID

HISPID <5	–
ABCD / HISPID 5	abcd://Unit/UnitGUID
DwC	dwc:occurrenceID

HISPID <5	recsou
ABCD / HISPID 5	abcd://Unit/RecordBasis
DwC	dwc:basisOfRecord

Notes:

basisOfRecord is a required term in Darwin Core. If it is not provided by the herbarium, it will be set to 'PreservedSpecimen' (set as default in the meta.xml file).

HISPID < 5	ckin
ABCD / HISPID 5	abcd://Unit/KindOfUnit
DwC	dwc:preparations

HISPID <5	moddat
ABCD / HISPID 5	abcd://Unit/DateLastEdited
DwC	dcterms:modified

Notes:

While in ABCD this is called a 'Date', it is in fact a dateTime. If you have the time as well, please deliver it. It might prevent some records from ending up in limbo if the harvesting coincides with the updating of the BioCASe tables.

Collecting Event

recordedBy

HISPID <5	cnam
ABCD / HISPID 5	abcd://Unit/Gathering/Agents/GatheringAgent/@sequence + abcd://Unit/Gathering/Agents/GatheringAgent/AgentText with abcd://Unit/Gathering/Agents/GatheringAgent/@primarycollector = TRUE or abcd://Unit/Gathering/Agents/GatheringAgentsText
Darwin Core	dwc:recordedBy

AdditionalCollectors

HISPID <5	cnam2
ABCD / HISPID 5	abcd://Unit/Gathering/Agents/GatheringAgent/@sequence + abcd://Unit/Gathering/Agents/GatheringAgent/AgentText with abcd://Unit/Gathering/Agents/GatheringAgent/@primarycollector = FALSE
Darwin Core	–

recordNumber

HISPID <5	cid
ABCD / HISPID 5	abcd://Unit/CollectorsFieldNumber
Darwin Core	dwc:fieldNumber dwc:recordNumber

Notes:

This has so far been incorrectly delivered (by me, to ALA) as dwc:fieldNumber, but ended up in AVH correctly.

eventDate

HISPID 5	cdat, cdat2
ABCD / HISPID 5	abcd://Unit/Gathering/DateTime/ISODateTimeBegin abcd://Unit/Gathering/DateTime/ISODateTimeEnd
Darwin Core	dwc:eventDate

Notes

Collecting start date and end date are combined in this concept. In Darwin Core, as in ISO 8601 intervals, they are separated by a slash.
Note that incomplete dates (like '2000-11', '2007') can and should be delivered in the IsoDateTime concepts, both for collecting and determination date. This means that the date fields in your BioCASe tables can not be of the datetime types, but have to be text strings, as otherwise either your DBMS won't let you store incomplete dates, or the BioCASe provider will not let them through, as the database's incomplete dates are not valid XML dateTimes.

verbatimEventDate

HISPID <5	textcdat
ABCD / HISPID 5	abcd://Unit/Gathering/DateTime/DateText
Darwin Core	dwc:verbatimEventDate

Notes:

Please note that the abcd://Unit/Gathering/DateTime/ISODateTimeBegin can deal with incomplete dates. Hence such dates should be provided in that field and not in abcd://Unit/Gathering/DateTime/DateText

country

HISPID <5	cou
ABCD / HISPID 5	abcd://Unit/Gathering/Country/Name
Darwin Core	dwc:country

countryCode

HISPID <5	iso
ABCD / HISPID 5	abcd://Unit/Gathering/Country/ISO3166Code
Darwin Core	dwc:countryCode

stateProvince

HISPID <5	pru
ABCD / HISPID 5	abcd:Unit/Gathering/NamedAreas/NamedArea[AreaClass="State"]/AreaName
Darwin Core	dwc:stateProvince

locality

HISPID <5	loc
ABCD / HISPID 5	abcd://Unit/Gathering/LocalityText
Darwin Core	dwc:locality

GeneralisedLocality

HISPID <5	nnp
ABCD / HISPID 5	abcd://Unit/Gathering/NearNamedPlaces/NamedPlaceRelation/NearNamedPlace
Darwin Core	–

NearNamedPlaceRelationTo

HISPID <5	–
ABCD / HISPID 5	abcd://Unit/Gathering/NearNamedPlaces/NamedPlaceRelation/NearNamedPlaceRelationTo
Darwin Core	–

decimalLatitude

HISPID <5	–
ABCD / HISPID 5	abcd://Unit/Gathering/SiteCoordinateSets/SiteCoordinates/CoordinatesLatLong/LatitudeDecimal
Darwin Core	dwc:decimalLatitude

verbatimLatitude

HISPID <5	latdeg° [latmin' [latsec"]] latdir
ABCD / HISPID 5	abcd://Unit/Gathering/SiteCoordinateSets/SiteCoordinates/CoordinatesLatLong/VerbatimLatitude
Darwin Core	dwc:verbatimLatitude

Notes:

ALA has its own use for verbatimLatitude and verbatimLongitude, as for records of sensitive taxa these fields are used for the non-generalised latitude and longitude (for those who have access to the sensitive data).

decimalLongitude

HISPID <5	–
ABCD / HISPID 5	abcd://Unit/Gathering/SiteCoordinateSets/SiteCoordinates/CoordinatesLatLong/LongitudeDecimal
Darwin Core	dwc:decimalLongitude

verbatimLongitude

HISPID <5	londeg° [lonmin' [lonsec"]] londir
ABCD / HISPID 5	abcd://Unit/Gathering/SiteCoordinateSets/SiteCoordinates/CoordinatesLatLong/VerbatimLongitude
Darwin Core	dwc:verbatimLongitude

verbatimCoordinates

HISPID <5	sgp sgz sgn
ABCD / HISPID 5	abcd://Unit/Gathering/SiteCoordinateSets/SiteCoordinates/CoordinatesLatLong/CoordinatesText
Darwin Core	dwc:verbatimCoordinates

Notes:

Only to be used for UTM type georeferences. Sexagesimal latitudes and longitudes may be delivered as verbatimLatitude and verbatimLongitude.
The HISPID 5 extension elements for the atomised sexagesimal latitudes and longitudes are not supported.

geodeticDatum

HISPID <5	spadat
ABCD / HISPID 5	abcd://Unit/Gathering/SiteCoordinateSets/SiteCoordinates/CoordinatesLatLong/SpatialDatum
Darwin Core	dwc:geodeticDatum

coordinateUncertaintyInMeters

HISPID <5	geoacy
ABCD / HISPID 5	abcd://Unit/Gathering/SiteCoordinateSets/SiteCoordinates/CoordinatesLatLong/CoordinateErrorDistanceInMeters
Darwin Core	dwc:coordinateUncertaintyInMeters

georeferencedBy

HISPID <5	geosou p.p.
ABCD / HISPID 5	–
Darwin Core	http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/georeferencedBy

Notes:

The HISPID Geocode Source is a mixed concept, as it is a mixture of by whom and how the record was georeferenced. In Darwin Core we map the items 'collector' and 'compiler' to dwc:georeferencedBy and the items 'generalised arbitrary point', 'automatically generated', 'gps' and 'topo' to dwc:georeferenceProtocol (next element)
There is currently no element in ABCD to indicate who provided the georeference. This would be a good candidate for addition in a future version.

georeferenceProtocol

HISPID <5	geosou p.p.
ABCD / HISPID 5 /HISPID 5	abcd://Unit/Gathering/SiteCoordinateSets/SiteCoordinates/CoordinateMethod
Darwin Core	dwc:georeferenceProtocol

Notes:

See georeferencedBy.

minimumElevationinMeters

HISPID <5	alt
ABCD / HISPID 5	abcd://Unit/Gathering/Altitude/MeasurementOrFactAtomised/LowerValue with abcd://Unit/Gathering/Altitude/MeasurementOrFactAtomised/UnitOfMeasurement = 'metres'
Darwin Core	dwc:minimumElevationInMeters

Notes:

Altitudes in units other than metres will be converted to metres.

maximumElevationinMeters

HISPID <5	altx
ABCD / HISPID 5	abcd://Unit/Gathering/Altitude/MeasurementOrFactAtomised/UpperValue with abcd://Unit/Gathering/Altitude/MeasurementOrFactAtomised/UnitOfMeasurement = 'metres'
Darwin Core	dwc:maximumElevationInMeters

verbatimElevation

HISPID <5	–
ABCD / HISPID 5	abcd://Unit/Gathering/Altitude/MeasurementOrFactText
Darwin Core	dwc:verbatimElevation

Notes:

Use this for altitude strings like 'below 1100 m' (you can't just have maximumElevationInMeters).
If altitudes are delivered in units other than metres the provided values will be stored as verbatimElevation (HISPID has always required altitude to be transferred in metres though).

minimumDepthInMeters

HISPID <5	dep
ABCD / HISPID 5 /HISPID 5	abcd://Unit/Gathering/Depth/MeasurementOrFactAtomised/LowerValue with abcd://Unit/Gathering/Depth/MeasurementOrFactAtomised/UnitOfMeasurement = 'metres'
Darwin Core	dwc:minimumDepthInMeters

Notes:

Depths in units other than metres will be converted to metres.

maximumDepthinMeters

HISPID <5	depx
ABCD / HISPID 5	abcd://Unit/Gathering/Depth/MeasurementOrFactAtomised/UpperValue with abcd://Unit/Gathering/Depth/MeasurementOrFactAtomised/UnitOfMeasurement = 'metres'
Darwin Core	dwc:maximumDepthInMeters

verbatimDepth

HISPID <5	–
ABCD / HISPID 5	abcd://Unit/Gathering/Depth/MeasurementOrFactText
Darwin Core	dwc:verbatimDepth

Notes:

Use this for depth strings like 'below 1100 m'. Can also be used for depth in fathoms etc.

habitat

HISPID <5	hab
ABCD / HISPID 5	abcd://Unit/Gathering/Biotope/Text
Darwin Core	dwc:habitat

HISPID also has the following elements that together can make up the habitat description. Of these Topography and Associated Taxa have Darwin Core equivalents. For AVH we could either concatenate all other elements into dwc:habitat or see to what extent the Darwin Core MeasurementOrFact class is available to us.

Substrate

HISPID <5	sub
ABCD / HISPID 5	hispid5://Unit/UnitExtension/HispidGathering/Substrate or abcd://Unit/Gathering/Biotope/MeasurementsOrFacts/MeasurementOrFact/MeasurementOrFactAtomised/LowerValue with abcd://Unit/Gathering/Biotope/MeasurementsOrFacts/MeasurementOrFact/MeasurementOrFactAtomised/Parameter = 'substrate'
Darwin Core	–

Soil

HISPID <5	soil
ABCD / HISPID 5	hispid5://Unit/UnitExtension/HispidGathering/Soil or abcd://Unit/Gathering/Biotope/MeasurementsOrFacts/MeasurementOrFact/MeasurementOrFactAtomised/LowerValue with abcd://Unit/Gathering/Biotope/MeasurementsOrFacts/MeasurementOrFact/MeasurementOrFactAtomised/Parameter = 'soil'
Darwin Core	–

Vegetation

HISPID <5	veg
ABCD / HISPID 5	hispid5://Unit/UnitExtension/HispidGathering/Vegetation or abcd://Unit/Gathering/Biotope/MeasurementsOrFacts/MeasurementOrFact/MeasurementOrFactAtomised/LowerValue with abcd://Unit/Gathering/Biotope/MeasurementsOrFacts/MeasurementOrFact/MeasurementOrFactAtomised/Parameter = 'vegetation'
Darwin Core	–

Topography

HISPID <5	top
ABCD / HISPID 5	abcd://Unit/Gathering/AreaDetail
Darwin Core	dwc:locationRemarks

Aspect

HISPID <5	top
ABCD / HISPID 5	abcd://Unit/Gathering/Aspect/Ordination
Darwin Core	–

Associated taxa

HISPID <5	asspp
ABCD / HISPID 5	abcd://Unit/Gathering/Synecology/AssociatedTaxa/TaxonIdentified/ScientificName/FullScientificNameString or abcd://Unit/Gathering/Synecology/Comment
Darwin Core	dwc:associatedTaxa

occurrenceRemarks

HISPID < 5	cnot (misc)
ABCD / HISPID 5	abcd://Unit/Gathering/Notes
Darwin Core

Notes

We need to discuss our Notes fields. To me the HISPID Collection notes (cnot) are occurrenceRemarks, but in Darwin Core occurrenceRemarks is mapped to the ABCD abcd://Unit/Notes while eventRemarks is mapped to abcd://Unit/Gathering/Notes. In HISPID 5 Miscellaneous notes (misc) is mapped to abcd://Unit/Notes.
In any case, I think we should use both elements, which we haven't done so far. AD and DNA deliver abcd://Unit/Notes as well as abcd://Unit/Gathering/Notes, but the former has been ignored in the aggregation script (because I only just worked out what it meant).

Current Determination

The current determination is stored in the Core file, while previous determinations are stored in the Determination History Extension file. If there is a single determination per record, this determination will be considered the current determination, no matter whether the PreferredFlag has been set or not.

nomenclaturalCode

HISPID <5	–
ABCD / HISPID 5	abcd://Unit/Identifications/Identification[PreferredFlag="true"]/Result/TaxonIdentified/Code
Darwin Core	dwc:nomenclaturalCode

Notes

Nobody is delivering this information and it is also not delivered to ALA. I have just indicated in the meta.xml file that all scientific names provided by Australian herbaria are botanical names (which is not exactly true, but they are provided as botanical names).

scientificName

HISPID <5	fulnam
ABCD / HISPID 5	abcd://Unit/Identifications/Identification[PreferredFlag="true"]/Result/TaxonIdentified/ScientificName/FullScientificNameString
Darwin Core	dwc:scientificName

Notes:

The GBIF name parser (that is used by ALA) does not recognise the most common determination qualifier in AVH, the question mark, as a determination qualifier and most herbaria currently supply scientific names with qualifiers. Scientific names that are supplied with a question mark will, unless the question mark precedes the name, not be part of the results when you search for the scientific name.

kingdom

HISPID <5	–
ABCD / HISPID 5	abcd://Unit/Identifications/Identification[PreferredFlag="true"]/Result/TaxonIdentified/HigherTaxa/HigherTaxon/HigherTaxonName with abcd://Unit/Identifications/Identification[PreferredFlag="true"]/Result/TaxonIdentified/HigherTaxa/HigherTaxon/HigherTaxonRank = 'regnum'
Darwin Core	dwc:kingdom

phylum

HISPID <5	–
ABCD / HISPID 5	abcd://Unit/Identifications/Identification[PreferredFlag="true"]/Result/TaxonIdentified/HigherTaxa/HigherTaxon/HigherTaxonName with abcd://Unit/Identifications/Identification[PreferredFlag="true"]/Result/TaxonIdentified/HigherTaxa/HigherTaxon/HigherTaxonRank = 'phylum'
Darwin Core	dwc:phylum

class

HISPID <5	–
ABCD / HISPID 5	abcd://Unit/Identifications/Identification[PreferredFlag="true"]/Result/TaxonIdentified/HigherTaxa/HigherTaxon/HigherTaxonName with abcd://Unit/Identifications/Identification[PreferredFlag="true"]/Result/TaxonIdentified/HigherTaxa/HigherTaxon/HigherTaxonRank = 'classis'
Darwin Core	dwc:class

order

HISPID <5	–
ABCD / HISPID 5	abcd://Unit/Identifications/Identification[PreferredFlag="true"]/Result/TaxonIdentified/HigherTaxa/HigherTaxon/HigherTaxonName with abcd://Unit/Identifications/Identification[PreferredFlag="true"]/Result/TaxonIdentified/HigherTaxa/HigherTaxon/HigherTaxonRank = 'ordo'
Darwin Core	dwc:order

family

HISPID <5	fam
ABCD / HISPID 5	abcd://Unit/Identifications/Identification[PreferredFlag="true"]/Result/TaxonIdentified/HigherTaxa/HigherTaxon/HigherTaxonName with abcd://Unit/Identifications/Identification[PreferredFlag="true"]/Result/TaxonIdentified/HigherTaxa/HigherTaxon/HigherTaxonRank = 'familia'
Darwin Core	dwc:family

genus

HISPID < 5	gen
ABCD / HISPID 5	abcd://Unit/Identifications/Identification[PreferredFlag="true"]/Result/TaxonIdentified/ScientificName/NameAtomised/Botanical/GenusOrMonomial
Darwin Core	dwc:genus

Notes:

In ABCD this field can contain the name of a genus or of a family, order etc., while in Darwin Core it can only be the name of a genus.
This field is used by ALA. Please only deliver generic names in this element.

specificEpithet

HISPID 5	sp
ABCD / HISPID 5	abcd://Unit/Identifications/Identification[PreferredFlag="true"]/Result/TaxonIdentified/ScientificName/NameAtomised/Botanical/FirstEpithet
Darwin Core	dwc:specificEpithet

Notes:

This is called FirstEpithet in ABCD, because in ABCD it can also be a name of a subgenus or subfamily etc. Not so in Darwin Core.

taxonRank

HISPID <5	isprk
ABCD / HISPID 5	abcd://Unit/Identifications/Identification[PreferredFlag="true"]/Result/TaxonIdentified/ScientificName/NameAtomised/Botanical/Rank
Darwin Core	dwc:taxonRank

infraspecificEpithet

HISPID <5	isp
ABCD / HISPID 5	abcd://Unit/Identifications/Identification[PreferredFlag="true"]/Result/TaxonIdentified/ScientificName/NameAtomised/Botanical/InfraspecificEpithet
Darwin Core	dwc:infraspecificEpithet

CultivarName

HISPID <5	culnam
ABCD / HISPID 5	abcd://Unit/Identifications/Identification[PreferredFlag="true"]/Result/TaxonIdentified/ScientificName/NameAtomised/Botanical/CultivarName
Darwin Core	–

scientificNameAuthorship

HISPID <5	spau \| ispau
ABCD / HISPID 5	abcd://Unit/Identifications/Identification[PreferredFlag="true"]/Result/TaxonIdentified/ScientificName/NameAtomised/Botanical/AuthorTeamParenthesis abcd://Unit/Identifications/Identification[PreferredFlag="true"]/Result/TaxonIdentified/ScientificName/NameAtomised/Botanical/AuthorTeam
Darwin Core	dwc:scientificNameAuthorship

Notes:

If you don't split off the parenthetical authors, but deliver the entire string as AuthorTeam, you are forgiven. That's what I do. This seems to be atomisation gone mad a bit.

nomenclaturalStatus

HISPID <5	–
ABCD / HISPID 5	abcd://Unit/Identifications/Identification[PreferredFlag="true"]/Result/TaxonIdentified/NameComments
Darwin Core	dwc:nomenclaturalStatus

Notes:

While ABCD has this as any free text comments about the name, my use of this element would be very close to the definition of the Darwin Core term nomenclaturalStatus. Nobody is delivering it and ALA is not using the atomised taxon names, so this term is here merely for completeness.
Actually, it turns out CNS and NSW deliver this –NielsKlazenga 12:28, 13 May 2012 (EST)

identificationQualifier

HISPID <5	idql
ABCD / HISPID 5	abcd://Unit/Identifications/Identification[PreferredFlag="true"]/Result/TaxonIdentified/ScientificName/IdentificationQualifier
Darwin Core	–

IdentificationQualifierInsertionPoint

HISPID <5	rkql
ABCD / HISPID 5	abcd://Unit/Identifications/Identification[PreferredFlag="true"]/Result/TaxonIdentified/ScientificName/IdentificationQualifier/@insertionpoint
Darwin Core	–

DwC identificationQualifier

HISPID <5	–
ABCD / HISPID 5	abcd://Unit/Identifications/Identification[PreferredFlag="true"]/Result/TaxonIdentified/ScientificName/IdentificationQualifier abcd://Unit/Identifications/Identification[PreferredFlag="true"]/Result/TaxonIdentified/ScientificName/IdentificationQualifier/@insertionpoint
Darwin Core	http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/identificationQualifier

Notes:

In Darwin Core determination qualifier works differently from ABCD. In Darwin Core the identification qualifier consists of the qualifier plus all parts of the name that come after it. This will be concatenated from the atomised name using the insertion point to know where to start. If the insertion point (or even the qualifier) is not provided, we'll try to reconstruct it from the scientific name string. We also deliver the ABCD terms, as they are easier to work with.

NameAddendum

HISPID <5	spql
ABCD / HISPID 5	abcd://Unit/Identifications/Identification[PreferredFlag="true"]/Result/TaxonIdentified/ScientificName/NameAddendum
Darwin Core	–

Notes

Perhaps we could combine this with the identification qualifier, so that it can be used in the same facet?

DeterminerRole

HISPID <5	det
ABCD / HISPID 5	abcd://Unit/Identifications/Identification[PreferredFlag="true"]/Identifiers/IdentifierRole
Darwin Core	–

Notes:

There is no Darwin Core equivalent. I don't think we need it, as everybody uses it slightly differently and it can be derived from the chronology of the determinations. It is already in AVH, so I'll shut up.

identifiedBy

HISPID <5	vnam
ABCD / HISPID 5	abcd://Unit/Identifications/Identification[PreferredFlag="true"]/Identifiers/IdentifiersText
Darwin Core	dwc:identifiedBy

dateIdentified

HISPID <5	vdat
ABCD / HISPID 5	abcd://Unit/Identifications/Identification[PreferredFlag="true"]/Date/ISODateTimeBegin
Darwin Core	dwc:dateIdentified

VerbatimDeterminationDate

HISPID <5	texvdat
ABCD / HISPID 5	abcd://Unit/Identifications/Identification[PreferredFlag="true"@#93;/Date/DateText
Darwin Core	–

Notes:

Do we need this? Verbatim determination dates are often delivered, but they are (almost) always incomplete dates, which should be provided as abcd://Unit/Identifications/Identification/Date/ISODateTimeBegin. Rather than the AVH harvester trying to find proper dates that are delivered as verbatim dates (which I did once), it would be much better if herbaria corrected this in their providers.

identificationRemarks

HISPID <5	namcom idcom
ABCD / HISPID 5	abcd://Unit/Identifications/Identification[PreferredFlag="true"]/Notes
Darwin Core	dwc:identificationRemarks

Identification history

We currently present this as a separate file in the Darwin Core Archive, which is stored, but which otherwise ALA can't do anything with it. There is a Darwin Core element dwc:previousIdentifications that I propose to concatenate the determination history into. Preferred delivery method is still using the ABCD //Unit/Identifications/Identification/* elements listed above, using one Identification element for each determination and with the //Unit/Identifications/Identification/PreferredFlag set to FALSE, but for herbaria that can't provide identification history in atomised form (but can as a string) the ABCD //Unit/Identifications/IdentificationHistory element is available.

previousIdentifications

HISPID <5	vhist
ABCD / HISPID 5	//Unit/Identifications/Identification/* with //Unit/Identifications/Identification/PreferredFlag = FALSE or abcd://Unit/Identifications/IdentificationHistory
Darwin Core	dwc:previousIdentifications

Type status designations

Type status designations are delivered both as the atomised ABCD concepts and as the concatenated Darwin Core string. Note that type status designations will only be passed on if at least the typified name and the type status name have been delivered.

typeStatus

HISPID <5	tsta
ABCD / HISPID 5	abcd://Unit/SpecimenUnit/NomenclaturalTypeDesignations/NomenclaturalTypeDesignation[0]/TypeStatus
Darwin Core	–

TypifiedName

HISPID <5	basnam
ABCD / HISPID 5	abcd://Unit/SpecimenUnit/NomenclaturalTypeDesignations/NomenclaturalTypeDesignation[0]/TypifiedName/FullScientificNameString
Darwin Core	–

DoubtfulFlag

HISPID <5	tql
ABCD / HISPID 5	abcd://Unit/SpecimenUnit/NomenclaturalTypeDesignations/NomenclaturalTypeDesignation[0]/DoubtfulFlag
Darwin Core	–

Verifier

HISPID <5	–
ABCD / HISPID 5	abcd://Unit/SpecimenUnit/NomenclaturalTypeDesignations/NomenclaturalTypeDesignation[0]/Verifier/FullName
Darwin Core	–

VerificationDate

HISPID <5	–
ABCD / HISPID 5	abcd://Unit/SpecimenUnit/NomenclaturalTypeDesignations/NomenclaturalTypeDesignation[0]/VerificationDate
Darwin Core

VerificationNotes

HISPID <5	–
ABCD / HISPID 5	abcd://Unit/SpecimenUnit/NomenclaturalTypeDesignations/NomenclaturalTypeDesignation[0]/VerificationNotes
Darwin Core	–

DwC typeStatus

HISPID <5	–
ABCD / HISPID 5	abcd://Unit/SpecimenUnit/NomenclaturalTypeDesignations/NomenclaturalTypeDesignation[0]/DoubtfulFlag abcd://Unit/SpecimenUnit/NomenclaturalTypeDesignations/NomenclaturalTypeDesignation[0]/TypeStatus abcd://Unit/SpecimenUnit/NomenclaturalTypeDesignations/NomenclaturalTypeDesignation[0]/TypifiedName/FullScientificNameString abcd://Unit/SpecimenUnit/NomenclaturalTypeDesignations/NomenclaturalTypeDesignation[0]/Verifier/FullName abcd://Unit/SpecimenUnit/NomenclaturalTypeDesignations/NomenclaturalTypeDesignation[0]/VerificationDate abcd://Unit/SpecimenUnit/NomenclaturalTypeDesignations/NomenclaturalTypeDesignation[0]/VerificationNotes
Darwin Core	http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/typeStatus

Notes:

DwC typeStatus will be concatenated from the various ABCD NomenclaturalTypeDesignation fields.

Exchange

ExHerb

HISPID <5	don
ABCD / HISPID 5	abcd://Unit/SpecimenUnit/History/PreviousUnits/PreviousUnit/PreviousSourceID
Darwin Core	&dash;

ExHerbCatalogNumber

HISPID <5	donacc
ABCD / HISPID 5	abcd://Unit/SpecimenUnit/History/PreviousUnits/PreviousUnit/PreviousSourceID + abcd://Unit/SpecimenUnit/History/PreviousUnits/PreviousUnit/PreviousUnitID
Darwin Core	–

DuplicatesDistributedTo

HISPID <5	desrep
ABCD / HISPID 5	abcd://Unit/HerbariumUnit/DuplicatesDistributedTo abcd://Unit/SpecimenUnit/DuplicatesDistributedTo
Darwin Core	–

Notes :

abcd://Unit/HerbariumUnit/DuplicatesDistributedTo was deprecated in ABCD2.06b (never published) in favour of abcd://Unit/SpecimenUnit/DuplicatesDistributedTo, God knows why. AVH supports both elements. --NielsKlazenga 22:13, 3 April 2013 (EST)
The term 'duplicates elsewhere' occurs in dwc:disposition, but recommended best practice for this field is a controlled vocabulary, so it should probably not be used for this.

Loans

LoanNumber

HISPID <5	loaid
ABCD / HISPID 5	abcd://Unit/HerbariumUnit/LoanIdentifier
Darwin Core	–

LoanDestination

HISPID <5	loades
ABCD / HISPID 5	abcd://Unit/HerbariumUnit/LoanDestination
Darwin Core	–

LoanForBotanist

HISPID <5	loabot
ABCD / HISPID 5	abcd://Unit/HerbariumUnit/LoanForBotanist
Darwin Core	–

LoanDate

HISPID <5	loadat
ABCD / HISPID 5	abcd://Unit/HerbariumUnit/LoanDate
Darwin Core	–

LoanReturnDate

HISPID <5	loaret
ABCD / HISPID 5	abcd://Unit/HerbariumUnit/LoanReturnDate
Darwin Core	–

Denormalised Named Areas

None of the following elements is actually used by ALA, but they are included in the Darwin Core Archive we deliver to ALA anyway. They may also serve a purpose for exchange between herbaria.

Question: what is the implication of this for specimens lacking georeference data? I assume this means that these specimens will lack that information, however these regions may be signficant for users attempting to find data (e.g., NZ Ecological regions) (AWilton 12:35, 19 March 2013 (EST))

Australian Herbarium Region

HISPID <5	sru
ABCD / HISPID 5	abcd://Unit/Gathering/NamedAreas/NamedArea/AreaName with abcd://Unit/Gathering/NamedAreas/NamedArea/AreaClass = 'Australian Herbarium Region'
Darwin Core	–

IBRARegion

HISPID <5	sgu
ABCD / HISPID 5	abcd://Unit/Gathering/NamedAreas/NamedArea/AreaName with abcd://Unit/Gathering/NamedAreas/NamedArea/AreaClass = 'IBRA Region'
Darwin Core	–

IBRASubregion

HISPID <5	sgu
ABCD / HISPID 5	abcd://Unit/Gathering/NamedAreas/NamedArea/AreaName with abcd://Unit/Gathering/NamedAreas/NamedArea/AreaClass = 'IBRA Subregion'
Darwin Core	–

Denormalised Measurement or Facts

Phenology

HISPID <5	phe
ABCD / HISPID 5	abcd://Unit/MeasurementsOrFacts/MeasurementOrFact/MeasurementOrFactAtomised/LowerValue with abcd://Unit/MeasurementsOrFacts/MeasurementOrFact/MeasurementOrFactAtomised/Parameter = 'phenology' or hispid5://Unit/UnitExtension/HISPIDUnit/Phenology
Darwin Core	–

Notes:

Multiple occurrences of the HISPID Phenology element within the same record will be concatenated.
This seems to map very nicely to dwc:reproductiveCondition. --NielsKlazenga 10:59, 11 November 2012 (EST)
- I agree --AWilton 12:37, 19 March 2013 (EST)

CultivatedOccurrence

HISPID <5	poscul
ABCD / HISPID 5	abcd://Unit/MeasurementsOrFacts/MeasurementOrFact/MeasurementOrFactAtomised/LowerValue with abcd://Unit/MeasurementsOrFacts/MeasurementOrFact/MeasurementOrFactAtomised/Parameter = 'CultivatedOccurrence' or abcd://Unit/HerbariumUnit/CultivatedOccurrence
Darwin Core	–

NaturalOccurrence

HISPID <5	posnat
ABCD / HISPID 5	abcd://Unit/MeasurementsOrFacts/MeasurementOrFact/MeasurementOrFactAtomised[Parameter="NaturalOccurrence"]/LowerValue with abcd://Unit/MeasurementsOrFacts/MeasurementOrFact/MeasurementOrFactAtomised/Parameter = 'NaturalOccurrence' or abcd://Unit/HerbariumUnit/NaturalOccurrence
Darwin Core	–

establishmentMeans

HISPID <5	posnat + poscul
ABCD / HISPID 5	abcd://Unit/MeasurementsOrFacts/MeasurementOrFact/MeasurementOrFactAtomised[Parameter="CultivatedOccurrence"]/LowerValue + abcd://Unit/MeasurementsOrFacts/MeasurementOrFact/MeasurementOrFactAtomised[Parameter="NaturalOccurrence"]/LowerValue
Darwin Core	dwc:establishmentMeans

Notes:

I propose to combine CultivatedOccurrence and NaturalOccurrence into this concept.
That was in February, so this is not merely a proposal anymore. –NielsKlazenga 21:13, 6 November 2012 (EST)

Determination History Extension file

Determination History is an extension in the GBIF Darwin Core Archive Assistant. ALA will use it to display determination history on the Specimen detail pages. Individual elements are the same as for the current determination.

scientificName

HISPID <5	–
ABCD / HISPID 5	abcd://Unit/Identifications/Identification[PreferredFlag="false"]/Result/TaxonIdentified/ScientificName/FullScientificNameString
Darwin Core	http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/scientificName

nomenclaturalCode

HISPID <5	–
ABCD / HISPID 5	abcd://Unit/Identifications/Identification[PreferredFlag="false"]/Result/TaxonIdentified/Code
Darwin Core	http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/nomenclaturalCode

family

HISPID <5	–
ABCD / HISPID 5	abcd://Unit/Identifications/Identification[PreferredFlag="false"]/Result/TaxonIdentified/HigherTaxa/HigherTaxon/HigherTaxonName with abcd://Unit/Identifications/Identification[PreferredFlag="false"]/Result/TaxonIdentified/HigherTaxa/HigherTaxon/HigherTaxonRank = 'familia'
Darwin Core	http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/family

genus

HISPID <5	–
ABCD / HISPID 5	abcd://Unit/Identifications/Identification[PreferredFlag="false"]/Result/TaxonIdentified/ScientificName/NameAtomised/Botanical/GenusOrMonomial
Darwin Core	http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/genus

specificEpithet

HISPID <5	–
ABCD / HISPID 5	abcd://Unit/Identifications/Identification[PreferredFlag="false"]/Result/TaxonIdentified/ScientificName/NameAtomised/Botanical/FirstEpithet
Darwin Core	http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/specificEpithet

taxonRank

HISPID <5	–
ABCD / HISPID 5	abcd://Unit/Identifications/Identification[PreferredFlag="false"]/Result/TaxonIdentified/ScientificName/NameAtomised/Botanical/Rank
Darwin Core	http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/taxonRank

infraspecificEpithet

HISPID <5	–
ABCD / HISPID 5	abcd://Unit/Identifications/Identification[PreferredFlag="false"]/Result/TaxonIdentified/ScientificName/NameAtomised/Botanical/InfraspecificEpithet
Darwin Core	http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/infraspecificEpithet

CultivarName

HISPID <5	–
ABCD / HISPID 5	abcd://Unit/Identifications/Identification[PreferredFlag="false"]/Result/TaxonIdentified/ScientificName/NameAtomised/Botanical/CultivarName
Darwin Core

scientificNameAuthorship

HISPID <5	–
ABCD / HISPID 5	abcd://Unit/Identifications/Identification[PreferredFlag="false"]/Result/TaxonIdentified/ScientificName/NameAtomised/Botanical/AuthorTeamParenthesis abcd://Unit/Identifications/Identification[PreferredFlag="false"]/Result/TaxonIdentified/ScientificName/NameAtomised/Botanical/AuthorTeam
Darwin Core	http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/scientificNameAuthorship

nomenclaturalStatus

HISPID <5	–
ABCD / HISPID 5	abcd://Unit/Identifications/Identification[PreferredFlag="false"]/Result/TaxonIdentified/NameComments
Darwin Core	http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/nomenclaturalStatus

identificationQualifier

HISPID <5	–
ABCD / HISPID 5	abcd://Unit/Identifications/Identification[PreferredFlag="true"]/Result/TaxonIdentified/ScientificName/IdentificationQualifier
Darwin Core

IdentificationQualifierInsertionPoint

HISPID <5	–
ABCD / HISPID 5	abcd://Unit/Identifications/Identification[PreferredFlag="true"]/Result/TaxonIdentified/ScientificName/IdentificationQualifier/@insertionpoint
Darwin Core	http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/identificationQualifier

DwC identificationQualifier

HISPID <5	–
ABCD / HISPID 5	abcd://Unit/Identifications/Identification[PreferredFlag="true"]/Result/TaxonIdentified/ScientificName/IdentificationQualifier abcd://Unit/Identifications/Identification[PreferredFlag="true"]/Result/TaxonIdentified/ScientificName/IdentificationQualifier/@insertionpoint
Darwin Core	http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/identificationQualifier

NameAddendum

HISPID <5	–
ABCD / HISPID 5	abcd://Unit/Identifications/Identification[PreferredFlag="false"]/Result/TaxonIdentified/ScientificName/NameAddendum
Darwin Core

DeterminerRole

HISPID <5	–
ABCD / HISPID 5	abcd://Unit/Identifications/Identification[PreferredFlag="false"]/Identifiers/IdentifierRole
Darwin Core

identifiedBy

HISPID <5	–
ABCD / HISPID 5	abcd://Unit/Identifications/Identification[PreferredFlag="false"]/Identifiers/IdentifiersText
Darwin Core	http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/identifiedBy

dateIdentified

HISPID <5	–
ABCD / HISPID 5	abcd://Unit/Identifications/Identification[PreferredFlag="false"]/Date/ISODateTimeBegin
Darwin Core	http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/dateIdentified

VerbatimDeterminationDate

HISPID <5	–
ABCD / HISPID 5	abcd://Unit/Identifications/Identification[PreferredFlag="false"@#93;/Date/DateText
Darwin Core

identificationRemarks

HISPID <5	–
ABCD / HISPID 5	abcd://Unit/Identifications/Identification[PreferredFlag="false"]/Notes
Darwin Core	http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/identificationRemarks

AVH data

Contents

Delivery mechanism

Concepts delivered

Collection Object group

institutionCode

collectionCode

catalogNumber

occurrenceID

Collecting Event

recordedBy

AdditionalCollectors

recordNumber

eventDate

verbatimEventDate

country

countryCode

stateProvince

locality

GeneralisedLocality

NearNamedPlaceRelationTo

decimalLatitude

verbatimLatitude

decimalLongitude

verbatimLongitude

verbatimCoordinates

geodeticDatum

coordinateUncertaintyInMeters

georeferencedBy

georeferenceProtocol

minimumElevationinMeters

maximumElevationinMeters

verbatimElevation

minimumDepthInMeters

maximumDepthinMeters

verbatimDepth

habitat

Substrate

Soil

Vegetation

Topography

Aspect

Associated taxa

occurrenceRemarks

Current Determination

nomenclaturalCode

scientificName

kingdom

phylum

class

order

family

genus

specificEpithet

taxonRank

infraspecificEpithet

CultivarName

scientificNameAuthorship

nomenclaturalStatus

identificationQualifier

IdentificationQualifierInsertionPoint

DwC identificationQualifier

NameAddendum

DeterminerRole

identifiedBy

dateIdentified

VerbatimDeterminationDate

identificationRemarks

Identification history

previousIdentifications

Type status designations

typeStatus

TypifiedName

DoubtfulFlag

Verifier

VerificationDate

VerificationNotes

DwC typeStatus

Exchange

ExHerb