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1 | revised | Category | original_HC_label | original_HC_definition | current_termName | review_decision | notes | term_localName | label | rdfs_comment [DEFINITION] | dcterms_description [COMMENTS] | examples | rdf_type | tdwgutility_abcdEquivalence | tdwgutility_organizedInClass | tdwgutility_decision | tdwgutility_usageScope | |||||||||||
2 | General Dataset & Identification | dataset name | Specified by data entry person. Title of paper in most cases. | datasetName | direct mapping to DwC | datasetName | Dataset Name | The name identifying the data set from which the record was derived. | Grinnell Resurvey Mammals, Lacey Ctenomys Recaptures | http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property | Record-level | simple | ||||||||||||||||
3 | General Dataset & Identification | dataset identifier | A unique identifer automatically filled out for the record when ingested to MOL | datasetID | direct mapping to DwC | datasetID | Dataset ID | An identifier for the set of data. May be a global unique identifier or an identifier specific to a collection or institution. | b15d4952-7d20-46f1-8a3e-556a512b04c5 | http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property | Record-level | simple | ||||||||||||||||
4 | General Dataset & Identification | dataset publisher | The entity making the dataset available | deprecate | https://github.com/tdwg/hc/issues/5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | General Dataset & Identification | dataset license | The legal description giving official permission to do something with the dataset | license | direct mapping to DwC | license | License | A legal document giving official permission to do something with the resource. | http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode | http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property | Record-level | simple | ||||||||||||||||
6 | General Dataset & Identification | dataset rights holder | The entity that holds the rights to the dataset | rightsHolder | direct mapping to DwC | rightsHolder | Rights Holders | A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource. | The Regents of the University of California | http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property | Record-level | simple | ||||||||||||||||
7 | General Dataset & Identification | dataset modified | The date when the dataset was changed | modified | direct mapping to DwC | modified | Modified | The most recent date-time on which the resource was changed. | Recommended best practice is to use a date that conforms to ISO 8601-1:2019. | 1963-03-08T14:07-0600 (8 Mar 1963 at 2:07pm in the time zone six hours earlier than UTC). 2009-02-20T08:40Z (20 February 2009 8:40am UTC). 2018-08-29T15:19 (3:19pm local time on 29 August 2018). 1809-02-12 (some time during 12 February 1809). 1906-06 (some time in June 1906). 1971 (some time in the year 1971). 2007-03-01T13:00:00Z/2008-05-11T15:30:00Z (some time during the interval between 1 March 2007 1pm UTC and 11 May 2008 3:30pm UTC). 1900/1909 (some time during the interval between the beginning of the year 1900 and the end of the year 1909). 2007-11-13/15 (some time in the interval between 13 November 2007 and 15 November 2007). | http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property | Record-level | simple | |||||||||||||||
8 | yes | General Dataset & Identification | inventory performed by | The person or people who performed the inventory | samplingPerformedBy | HC term | samplingPerformedBy | Sampling Performed By | A person, group, or organization responsible for recording the Event. | The sampling Event could be at any level of hierarchy. In the case of a higher level Event (parent), include all the organizations or people involved in the child Events that contributed to the parent Event. Recommended best practice is to separate multiple values in a list with space vertical bar space ( | ). | `North American Butterlfy Association`, `KK Wall`, `JJ Green`, `LL Pink and FF Grey | Aspen Center for Environmental Studies` | http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property | http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/Event | extension | ||||||||||||||
9 | General Dataset & Identification | citation reference | The APA formatted reference to the published description of the checklist | bibliographicCitation | direct mapping to DwC | Request to add event example in DwC: https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/311 | bibliographicCitation | Bibliographic Citation | A bibliographic reference for the resource as a statement indicating how this record should be cited (attributed) when used. | Recommended practice is to include sufficient bibliographic detail to identify the resource as unambiguously as possible. | Specimen example: Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, UC Berkeley. MVZ Mammal Collection (Arctos). Record ID: http://arctos.database.museum/guid/MVZ:Mamm:165861?seid=101356. Source: http://ipt.vertnet.org:8080/ipt/resource.do?r=mvz_mammal. Taxon example: Oliver P. Pearson. 1985. Los tuco-tucos (genera Ctenomys) de los Parques Nacionales Lanin y Nahuel Huapi, Argentina Historia Natural, 5(37):337-343.. | http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property | Record-level | simple | ||||||||||||||
10 | General Dataset & Identification | citation identifier | A reference identifer. DOI is preferred but a URI or ISBN number is adequate | deprecate/indirect mapping | Included in citation reference / bibliographicCitation | |||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | General Dataset & Identification | citation URL | A full URL to the cited document, if available | deprecate/indirect mapping | Included in citation reference / bibliographicCitation | |||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | General Dataset & Identification | metadata recorder | Names of the data entry recorders and validators for this dataset | EML | EML route would be: eml:dataset/associatedParty and eml:dataset/associatedParty/role. See https://eml.ecoinformatics.org/schema/eml-resource_xsd.html#ResourceGroup_associatedParty. See https://github.com/tdwg/hc/issues/14 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | General Dataset & Identification | metadata reviewer | Names of those reviewing entries during a QA/QC process | EML | EML route would be: eml:dataset/associatedParty and eml:dataset/associatedParty/role. See https://eml.ecoinformatics.org/schema/eml-resource_xsd.html#ResourceGroup_associatedParty. See https://github.com/tdwg/hc/issues/14 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | yes | General Dataset & Identification | taxa identified by | The agent(s) who performed taxonomic identifications in the field | identifiedBy | HC term (borrowed DwC) | https://github.com/tdwg/hc/issues/7 | identifiedBy | Identified By | A list (concatenated and separated) of names of people, groups, or organizations who assigned the Taxon to the subject. | Recommended best practice is to separate multiple values in a list with space vertical bar space ( | ). | `James L. Patton`, `Theodore Pappenfuss | Robert Macey` | http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property | http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/Identification | extension | |||||||||||||
15 | General Dataset & Identification | assessed quality of taxonomic identifications | How confident is the assessor in the quality of identifications on a scale from 1 (not confident) to 5 (fully confident) | identificationQuality OR identificationQualifier | deprecate | https://github.com/tdwg/hc/issues/6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | yes | General Dataset & Identification | citation reference of taxonomic authority for identification | The published reference to the taxonomic authority used in the checklist | identificationReferences | HC term (borrowed DwC) | similar to issue https://github.com/tdwg/hc/issues/7 | identificationReferences | Identification References | A list (concatenated and separated) of references (publication, global unique identifier, URI) used in the Identification. | Recommended best practice is to separate the values in a list with space vertical bar space (` | `). | `Aves del Noroeste Patagonico. Christie et al. 2004.`, `Stebbins, R. Field Guide to Western Reptiles and Amphibians. 3rd Edition. 2003. | Irschick, D.J. and Shaffer, H.B. (1997). The polytypic species revisited: Morphological differentiation among tiger salamanders (Ambystoma tigrinum) (Amphibia: Caudata). Herpetologica, 53(1), 30-49.` | http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property | http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/Identification | extension | |||||||||||||
17 | yes | Geospatial Scope & Habitat | number of separate sites | Author-reported number of separate sites inventoried | siteCount | HC term | Complete dcterms_description (comments) when issue is solved. https://github.com/tdwg/hc/issues/8 Check some ontologies to refer to | siteCount | Site Count | Total number of individual sites surveyed during the Event. | Site refers to the location at which observations are made or samples/measurements are taken. The site could be at any level of hierarchy. | `1`, `15` | http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property | http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/Event | extension | |||||||||||||
18 | yes | Geospatial Scope & Habitat | site nesting | Author-reported hierarchical sample design e.g. sampled subunits nested with larger units | siteNestingDescription | HC term | Complete dcterms_description (comments) when issue is solved. https://github.com/tdwg/hc/issues/8 | siteNestingDescription | Site Nesting Description | Textual description of the hierarchical sampling design. | Site refers to the location at which observations are made or samples/measurements are taken. The site could be at any level of hierarchy. | `5 sampling sites of 3-5 plots each` | http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property | http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/Event | extension | |||||||||||||
19 | yes | Geospatial Scope & Habitat | site names | Author-reported site names | siteNames | HC term | Proposed term name change. Complete dcterms_description (comments) when issue is solved. https://github.com/tdwg/hc/issues/8 | verbatimSiteNames | Verbatim Site Names | A list (concatenated and separated) of original site names. | Site refers to the location at which observations are made or samples/measurements are taken. The site could be at any level of hierarchy. Recommended best practice is to separate multiple values in a list with space vertical bar space ( | ). | `East Coastal Fringe | St. Marks Wildlife Management Area`, `S1 | S2 | C1 | C2 | R14 | R22 | W1` | http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property | http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/Event | extension | |||||||||||||
20 | yes | Geospatial Scope & Habitat | site details | Author-reported site information (utilizes terms below per site if more than one) | siteDetails | HC term | Proposed term name change. Complete dcterms_description (comments) when issue is solved. https://github.com/tdwg/hc/issues/8 | verbatimSiteDescriptions | Verbatim Site Descriptions | Original textual description of the site(s). | Site refers to the location at which observations are made or samples/measurements are taken. The site could be at any level of hierarchy. Recommended best practice is to separate multiple values in a list with space vertical bar space ( | ). | `Wet flatwoods | Wet depression surrounded by mesic longleaf pine flatwoods | Ground cover of thick Andropogon spp., Sporobolus floridanus, Vaccinium spp, Rhynchospora spp., Centella erecta, Panicum rigidulum.` | http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property | http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/Event | extension | |||||||||||||
21 | Geospatial Scope & Habitat | geospatial scope | The region of the inventory as described in text form (e.g. "Kruger National Park" or "Alberta") | deprecate/indirect mapping | Mapping to several DwC terms in Location class, all in the Event Core. Request to DwC to add protected area example in dwc:locality https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/315. See https://github.com/tdwg/hc/issues/15 | 25 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | yes | Geospatial Scope & Habitat | total area covered by geospatial scope | Author's reported total area of the geospatial scope in km2 | geospatialScopeAreaInSquareKilometers | HC term | https://github.com/tdwg/hc/issues/15 | geospatialScopeAreaInSquareKilometers | Geospatial Scope Area In Square Kilometers | Total area in km2 of the geospatial scope of the Event. | Geospatial scope refers to the Event location reported using the dwc:Location class terms. This area is always greater than or equal to totalAreaSampledInSquareKilometers. | `25` | ||||||||||||||||
23 | yes | Geospatial Scope & Habitat | total area covered by species inventory | Author's reported total area covered by effort to inventory species in km2 (always less than or equal to "geospatial scope" term above | totalAreaSampledInSquareKilometers | HC term | https://github.com/tdwg/hc/issues/15 | totalAreaSampledInSquareKilometers | Total Area Sampled In Square Kilometers | Total area in km2 surveyed during the Event. | This area is always less than or equal to geospatialScopeAreaInSquareKilometers. | `0.8` | ||||||||||||||||
24 | Geospatial Scope & Habitat | latitude range | Author's reported latitude or latitude range reported for the geospatial scope | deprecate/indirect mapping | Could actually be mapped to more than one DwC term (verbatimLatitude, decimalLatitude, verbatimCoordinates) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
25 | Geospatial Scope & Habitat | longitude range | Author's reported latitude or longitude range reported for the geospatial scope | deprecate/indirect mapping | Could actually be mapped to more than one DwC term (verbatimLongitude, decimalLongitude, verbatimCoordinates) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
26 | Geospatial Scope & Habitat | elevation (lower bound) | Author's reported elevational lower bound | deprecate/indirect mapping | Could actually be mapped to more than one DwC term (minimumElevationInMeters, verbatimElevation) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
27 | Geospatial Scope & Habitat | elevation (upper bound) | Author's reported elevation upper bound | deprecate/indirect mapping | Could actually be mapped to more than one DwC term (maximumElevationInMeters, verbatimElevation) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
28 | Geospatial Scope & Habitat | elevation unit | Author's reported unit of elevation (e.g. meters, feet) | deprecate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
29 | Geospatial Scope & Habitat | depth (lower bound) | Author's reported depth lower bound | deprecate/indirect mapping | Could actually be mapped to more than one DwC term (verbatimDepth, minimumDepthInMeters) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
30 | Geospatial Scope & Habitat | depth (upper bound) | Author's reported depth upper bound | deprecate/indirect mapping | Could actually be mapped to more than one DwC term (verbatimDepth, maximumDepthInMeters) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
31 | Geospatial Scope & Habitat | depth unit | Author's reported unit of depth (e.g. meters, feet) | deprecate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
32 | Geospatial Scope & Habitat | survey time blocks | The time blocks in which surveys were performed, either in sum or by site. | deprecate | https://github.com/tdwg/hc/issues/9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
33 | Geospatial Scope & Habitat | number of time units spent surveying in each block | The number of (months, days, hours) spent in each time block. | deprecate | https://github.com/tdwg/hc/issues/9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
34 | yes | Temporal Scope | HC term | New term | eventDuration | Event Duration | The length of the Event in the unit reported in hc:eventDurationUnit. | Recommended best practice is to use a controlled vocabulary. An hc:eventDuration should have a corresponding hc:eventDurationUnit. | `1`, `30` | |||||||||||||||||||
35 | yes | Temporal Scope | temporal unit | The temporal units described for the time block (months, days, years) | HC term | https://github.com/tdwg/hc/issues/9 | eventDurationUnit | Event Duration Unit | The temporal unit used to report hc:eventDuration. | An hc:eventDurationUnit should have a corresponding hc:eventDuration. | `minutes`, `hours`, `days`, `months`, `years` | |||||||||||||||||
36 | Temporal Scope | start year | The year surveying began | deprecate/indirect mapping | Could actually be mapped to more than one DwC term (eventDate, verbatimEventDate, year) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
37 | Temporal Scope | start month | The month surveying began | deprecate/indirect mapping | Could actually be mapped to more than one DwC term (eventDate, verbatimEventDate, month) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
38 | Temporal Scope | start day | The day surveying began | deprecate/indirect mapping | Could actually be mapped to more than one DwC term (eventDate, verbatimEventDate, day) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
39 | Temporal Scope | end year | The year surveying ended | deprecate/indirect mapping | Could actually be mapped to more than one DwC term (eventDate, verbatimEventDate, year) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
40 | Temporal Scope | end month | The month surveying ended | deprecate/indirect mapping | Could actually be mapped to more than one DwC term (eventDate, verbatimEventDate, month) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
41 | Temporal Scope | end day | The day surveying ended | deprecate/indirect mapping | Could actually be mapped to more than one DwC term (eventDate, verbatimEventDate, day) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
42 | Temporal Scope | start time | The hour of day started | deprecate/indirect mapping | Could actually be mapped to more than one DwC term (eventDate, eventTime) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
43 | Temporal Scope | end time | The hour of day ended | deprecate/indirect mapping | Could actually be mapped to more than one DwC term (eventDate, eventTime) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
44 | Temporal Scope | study diurnality | Author reported sampling during day, night, or both? | diurnality | deprecate | |||||||||||||||||||||||
45 | Temporal Scope | study season | Did the author report seasons surveyed? Which ones (from a pick list). | season | deprecate | |||||||||||||||||||||||
46 | yes | Taxonomic Scope | prospective taxonomic scope | Set of searched species during inventory | taxonomicScope | HC term | targetTaxonomicScope | Target Taxonomic Scope | Taxonomic group(s) targeted for sampling during the Event. | The Event could be at any level of hierarchy. In the case of a higher level Event (parent), include all taxonomic groups surveyed in the child Events that contributed to the parent Event. Recommended best practice is to separate multiple values in a list with space vertical bar space ( | ). | `Aves`, `Aves | Mammalia`, `Procellariformes` | http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property | http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/Event | extension | ||||||||||||||
47 | yes | Taxonomic Scope | taxonomic group(s) excluded from study | Set of species explicitly excluded from the inventory | excludedTaxonomicScope | HC term | excludedTaxonomicScope | Excluded Taxonomic Scope | Taxonomic group(s) explicitly excluded from sampling during the Event. | The Event could be at any level of hierarchy. In the case of a higher level Event (parent) include all the taxonomic groups explicitly excluded from the child Events that contributed to the parent Event. Recommended best practice is to separate multiple values in a list with space vertical bar space ( | ). | `nocturnal Aves`, `Quercus` | http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property | http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/Event | extension | ||||||||||||||
48 | yes | Taxonomic Scope | developmental stage | Type(s) of individuals included when sampling due to developmental stage. Pick list: "Adult/Reproductive/Juvenile/Larval/Seedling/Vegetative/Reproductive" | lifeStageScope | HC term | related question posted to DwC repo: https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/321 | targetLifestageScope | Target Life Stage Scope | The targeted age class(es) or life stage(s) of the Organism(s) sampled during the Event. | This term i s defined based on the definition of the Darwin Core term lifeStage (http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/lifeStage). Recommended best practice is to use a controlled vocabulary and separate multiple values in a list with space vertical bar space ( | ). | `larva`, `adult | juvenile` | http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property | http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/Event | extension | |||||||||||||
49 | yes | Taxonomic Scope | developmental stage excluded | Type(s) of individuals excluded when sampling due to developmental stage. Pick list: "Adult/Reproductive/Juvenile/Larval/Seedling/Vegetative/Reproductive" | excludedLifeStageScope | HC term | related question posted to DwC repo: https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/321 | excludedLifeStageScope | Excluded Life Stage Scope | The explicitly excluded age class(es) or life stage(s) of the organism(s) sampled during the Event. | This term is defined based on the definition of the Darwin Core term lifeStage (http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/lifeStage). Recommended best practice is to use a controlled vocabulary and to separate multiple values in a list with space vertical bar space ( | ). | `seedling`, `nestling | fledgling` | http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property | http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/Event | extension | |||||||||||||
50 | yes | Taxonomic Scope | distributional status | Distributional status explicitly included in inventory. Pick list: "Native/Non-Native/Invasive/Naturalized" | degreeOfEstablishmentScope | HC term | targetDegreeOfEstablishmentScope | Target Degree Of Establishment Scope | Degree(s) of establishment targeted for sampling during the Event. | Recommended best practice is to use controlled value strings from the controlled vocabulary (http://rs.tdwg.org/dwcdoe/) for the Darwin Core term degreeOfEstablishment. For details, refer to https://doi.org/10.3897/biss.3.38084. Recommended best practice is to separate multiple values in a list with space vertical bar space ( | ). | `native`, `invasive | widespreadInvasive` | http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property | http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/Event | extension | ||||||||||||||
51 | yes | Taxonomic Scope | distributional status excluded | Distributional status explicitly exluded in inventory. Pick list: "Native/Non-Native/Invasive/Naturalized" | excludedDegreeOfEstablishmentScope | HC term | excludedDegreeOfEstablishmentScope | Excluded Degree Of Establishment Scope | Degree(s) of establishment explicitly excluded from sampling during the Event. | Recommended best practice is to use controlled value strings from the controlled vocabulary (http://rs.tdwg.org/dwcdoe/) for the Darwin Core term degreeOfEstablishment. For details, refer to https://doi.org/10.3897/biss.3.38084. Recommended best practice is to separate multiple values in a list with space vertical bar space ( | ). | `native`, `invasive | widespreadInvasive` | http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property | http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/Event | extension | ||||||||||||||
52 | yes | Taxonomic Scope | growth form | Growth form explicitly included in inventory. Current controlled vocab. list: tree/shrub. | growthFormScope | HC term | related question posted to DwC repo: https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/321 | targetGrowthFormScope | Target Growth Form Scope | Targeted growth form(s) or habit(s) of the Organism(s) sampled during the Event. | Recommended best practice is to use a controlled vocabulary and separate multiple values in a list with space vertical bar space ( | ). | `tree`, `shrub | sub-shrub` | http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property | http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/Event | extension | |||||||||||||
53 | yes | Taxonomic Scope | growth form excluded | Growth form explicitly excluded in inventory. Current controlled vocab. list: tree/shrub. | excludedGrowthFormScope | HC term | related question posted to DwC repo: https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/321 | excludedGrowthFormScope | Excluded Growth Form Scope | Explicitly excluded growth form(s) or habit(s) of the Organism(s) sampled during the Event. | Recommended best practice is to use a controlled vocabulary and separate multiple values in a list with space vertical bar space ( | ). | `tree`, `shrub | sub-shrub` | http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property | http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/Event | extension | |||||||||||||
54 | Taxonomic Scope | size class | Size classes included in the study for the prospective taxa (e.g., only small mammals) | sizeClassScope | deprecate | https://github.com/tdwg/hc/issues/10 [agreement to deprecate...close issue] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
55 | Taxonomic Scope | size class excluded | Size classes excluded in the study for the prospective taxa (e.g., only small mammals) | excludedSizeClassScope | deprecate | https://github.com/tdwg/hc/issues/10 [agreement to deprecate...close issue] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
56 | Organismal information | environmental information provided | Controlled vocabulary includes "Environment reported by site", "reported but not by site", and "not reported" | environmentReported | deprecate | |||||||||||||||||||||||
57 | yes | Geospatial Scope & Habitat | habitat inclusion | A verbatim text description of the habitats reported as included in the surveys | habitatScope | HC term | is this part of geospatial scope? | habitatScope | Habitat Scope | Targeted habitat(s) sampled during the Event. | Recommended best practice is to use a controlled vocabulary and separate the values in a list with space vertical bar space ( | ). | `dunes`, `pine forest`, `riparian`, `scrub | grassland` | http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property | http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/Event | extension | |||||||||||||
58 | yes | Geospatial Scope & Habitat | habitat exclusion | A verbatim text description of the habitats explicitly reported as not included in the surveys | excludedHabitatScope | HC term | is this part of geospatial scope? | excludedHabitatScope | Excluded Habitat Scope | Explicitly excluded habitat(s) sampled during the Event. | Recommended best practice is to use a controlled vocabulary and separate multiple values in a list with space vertical bar space ( | ). | `wet flatwoods`, `swamp | estuary` | http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property | http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/Event | extension | |||||||||||||
59 | yes | Geospatial Scope & Habitat | reported on the ground weather conditions | Weather or climate conditions experienced during the survey (e.g., drought, frost) | reportedWeather | HC term | is this part of geospatial scope? | reportedWeather | Reported Weather | A list of weather or climatic conditions present at the time of the Event. | Recommended best practice is to use a key:value encoding schema for a data interchange format such as JSON. | `{'minimumTemperatureInDegreesFarenheit':18, 'maximumTemperatureInDegreesFarenheit':32, 'stillWaterCondition':'Partly Frozen'}` | http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property | http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/Event | extension | |||||||||||||
60 | yes | Geospatial Scope & Habitat | reported local conditional impacts | Adverse conditions that affected the survey or survey sites (e.g., fire, floods) | reportedImpacts | HC term | is this part of geospatial scope? | reportedExtremeConditions | Reported Extreme Conditions | A description of any extreme weather or environmental condition(s) that may have affected the Event. | `flooding during week 3 of surveys`, `rockslide at site 2` | http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property | http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/Event | extension | ||||||||||||||
61 | yes | Methodology | inventory type | Inventory type can be restricted search, open search, opportunistic search, trap, incidental or adventitous or material sample. Recommend using a subclasee of bco:taxonomic inventory process. | inventoryType | HC term | inventoryTypes | Inventory Types | The type(s) of search process(es) used to conduct the inventory. | This term is only relevant if the Event represents an inventory. Recommended best practice is to use a controlled vocabulary such as the terms included under the Biological Collections Ontology superclass 'taxonomic inventory process' (http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BCO_0000047). Recommended best practice is to separate multiple values in a list with space vertical bar space ( | ). | `restricted search`, `open search`, `opportunistic search`, `adventitious`, `compilation`, `open search | opportunistic search` | http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property | http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/Event | extension | ||||||||||||||
62 | yes | Methodology | inventory compilation type | Compiled data is ancillary data that was not directly collected by authors but assembled from other sources. Inventories can be compiled only, survey only, or both. | compilationType | HC term | compilationType | Compilation Type | A statement specifying whether data reported are derived from sampling event(s), ancillary data compiled from other sources, or a combination of both. | This term is only relevant if the Event is an inventory. Recommended best practice is to use a controlled vocabulary. | `surveyOnly`, `compilationIncludingSurveys`, `compilationNotIncludingSurveys` | http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property | http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/Event | extension | ||||||||||||||
63 | yes | Methodology | type of compilation | Compilation types include expert and local knowledge, museum specimens, literature, or other sources | complicationSources | HC term | Proposed term name change. | compilationSourceTypes | Compilation Source Types | The type(s) of data sources contributing to the compilation reported. | This term is only relevant if the Event is a compilation in which one or more types of data sources were used. Recommended best practice is to use a controlled vocabulary and separate multiple values in a list with space vertical bar space ( | ). | `museum specimens`, `literature`, `expert knowledge | local knowledge` | http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property | http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/Event | extension | |||||||||||||
64 | Methodology | shape of search area (if restricted or open search) | The shape of the search area can be rectangle, circle, line, or polygon | inventoryGeometryType | deprecate [group decision] | Ultimately the term is not necessary provided that the info would already be captured with the combination of footprintWKT and protocol, protocol details. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
65 | yes | Methodology | protocol name | The published name of the protocol used to carry out survey (e.g., Pollard walk) | samplingProtocol | HC term | Suggestion made to DwC to tweak definition slightly (to include plurals) and to add comment. See: https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/322 Screen reader support enabled. first round review suggested to use dwc:samplingProtocol Difficult to map to dwc::samplingProtocol because the mapping would be 3 to 1 Group discussion decided to keep it as a separate term | protocolNames | Protocol Names | Categorical descriptive name(s) for the method(s) used during the Event. | Recommended best practice is to use a controlled vocabulary and separate multiple values in a list with space vertical bar space ( | ). | `boxTrapping`, `floraInventory`, `boxTrapping | funnelTrapping` | http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property | http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/Event | extension | |||||||||||||
66 | yes | Methodology | protocol detail | Any variations in the published protocol. For compilations that don't have a standard protocol or have an unpublished protocol, details are presented here. | samplingProtocol | HC term | Included in samplingProtocol First round review suggested to use dwc:samplingProtocol Group discussion decided to keep it as a separate term | protocolDescription | Protocol Description | A detailed description of the method(s) used during the Event. | This description should be associated with reporting of protocolNames. This may include deviations from the published protocol referred to in protocolReferences. Good practices may include instruments used, calibration, etc. | `Three conventional harp traps (3.2m ht x 2.2m w) were established in flight path zones for a period of 4 hrs at dawn and dusk for a total of 10 trap nights. Traps were visited on an hourly basis during each deployment period and the trap catch recorded for species, size, weight, sex, age and maternal status. | http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property | http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/Event | extension | |||||||||||||
67 | Methodology | protocol citation | APA (American Psychological Association) formatted reference to protocol used | samplingProtocol | deprecate [group decision] | Included in samplingProtocol | ||||||||||||||||||||||
68 | yes | Methodology | protocol reference | DOI, URL or ISBN to the published protocol reference if available | samplingProtocol | HC term | Included in samplingProtocol First round review suggested to use dwc:samplingProtocol Group discussion decided to keep it as a separate term | protocolReferences | Protocol References | The reference(s) to the method(s) used during the Event. | Recommended best practice is to separate multiple values in a list with space vertical bar space ( | ). | `Penguins from space: faecal stains reveal the location of emperor penguin colonies, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1466-8238.2009.00467.x` | http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property | http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/Event | extension | |||||||||||||
69 | yes | Methodology | were abundances reported? | Did the survey results include number of individuals captured per species? (yes/no) | isAbundanceReported | HC term | isAbundanceReported | Is Abundance Reported | A statement about whether the number of Organisms collected or observed is reported. | If the Event is a compilation that contains at least one reported abundance, the value should be 'true'. Typically abundance values reported would be associated with related occurrences, either under the term dwc:individualCount or the combination of terms dwc:organismQuantity and dwc:organismQuantityType. | `true`, `false` | http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property | http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/Event | extension | ||||||||||||||
70 | yes | Methodology | reported abundance cap | What value, if any, was used a maximum cap on reported abundances? (yes/no) | isAbundanceCapReported | HC term | isAbundanceCapReported | Is Abundance Cap Reported | A statement about whether a maximum number of Organisms is reported, as specified or restricted by the protocol used. | If the Event is a compilation that contains at least one reported abundance capped, the value should be 'true'. Values of abundance cap should be captured under the term hc:abundanceCap. | `true`, `false` | http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property | http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/Event | extension | ||||||||||||||
71 | yes | Methodology | HC term | New term. Implementation advice: if there is a non-Null value provided here, code isAbundanceCapReported boolean field to automatic=YES | abundanceCap | Abundance Cap | Maximum number of Organisms reported. | If the Event is a compilation that contains at least one reported abundance capped, the value should be the maximum abundance cap among the ones reported. | `300`,`700` | http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property | http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/Event | extension | ||||||||||||||||
72 | yes | Methodology | was vegetation cover reported? | In vegetation surveys, was cover metric reported as output (yes/no) | isVegetationCoverReported | HC term | isVegetationCoverReported | Is Vegetation Cover Reported | A statement about whether a vegetation cover metric is reported. | If the Event is a compilation that contains at least one reported vegetation cover metric, the value should be 'true'. Typically values or descriptions of vegetation cover would be captured under the term hc:verbatimSiteDescriptions. | `true`, `false` | http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property | http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/Event | extension | ||||||||||||||
73 | yes | Methodology | were absences reported? | Did the authors report species expected in the survey that were not found? (yes/no) | isAbsenceReported | HC term | isAbsenceReported | Is Absence Reported | A statement about whether taxonomic absences are reported. | If the Event is a compilation that contains at least one reported taxonomic absence, the value should be 'true'. Absences could be reported at any taxonomic level. | `true`, `false` | http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property | http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/Event | extension | ||||||||||||||
74 | yes | Methodology | taxonomic list of reported absences | List of taxa reported absence(s) at whatever taxonomic level reported | absentTaxa | HC term | Suggested new name: notRecordedTaxa | absentTaxa | Absent Taxa | A list (concatenated and separated) of taxa reported absent during the Event. | Absences could be reported at any taxonomic level. Recommended best practice is to separate multiple values in a list with space vertical bar space ( | ). | `Parabuteo unicinctus | Geranoaetus melanoleucus`, `Cetoniinae | Aclopinae | Cyclocephala modesta` | http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property | http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/Event | extension | |||||||||||||
75 | yes | Methodology | were specimen vouchers taken during survey? | Did the authors collect specimen vouchers? (yes/no) | hasVouchers | HC term | Check GGBN and materialSample task group. | hasVouchers | Has Vouchers | A statement about whether specimen voucher(s) were collected during Event. | If the Event is a compilation that contains at least one specimen voucher collected, the value should be 'true'. | `true`, `false` | http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property | http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/Event | extension | |||||||||||||
76 | yes | Methodology | where were vouchers deposited? | If collected, the name of the repository where vouchers were deposited | voucherLocations | HC term | Check GGBN and materialSample task group. | voucherInstitutions | Voucher Institutions | A list (concatenated and separated) of the name(s) or acronym(s) of the institution(s) where voucher(s) collected during the Event were deposited. | Recommended best practice is to separate multiple values in a list with space vertical bar space ( | ). | `FMNH`, `AMNH | MVZ`, `Nairobi National Museum` | http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property | http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/Event | extension | |||||||||||||
77 | yes | Methodology | were samples taken from organisms during survey? | Did the author collect samples from organisms during the survey? | hasSamples | HC term | Proposed term name change. Check GGBN and materialSample task group. | hasMaterialSamples | Has Material Samples | A statement about whether MaterialSample(s) were collected during the Event. | If the Event is a compilation that contains at least one MaterialSample, the value should be 'true'. | `true`, `false` | http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property | http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/Event | extension | |||||||||||||
78 | yes | Methodology | what kind of samples were taken from organisms? | Sample types include blood, tissue, fecal, etc. | sampleTypes | HC term | Proposed term name change. Check GGBN and materialSample task group. | materialSampleTypes | Material Sample Types | A list (concatenated and separated) of MaterialSample type(s) collected during the Event. | Recommended best practice is to use a controlled vocabulary and separate multiple values in a list with space vertical bar space ( | ). | `whole organism`, `skeleton`, `tissue | blood | fecal | stomach content` | http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property | http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/Event | extension | |||||||||||||
79 | Methodology | were measurements of organisms taken during survey? | This explicitly refers to physical measurements e.g. length, mass, etc. (yes/no) | hasTraits | deprecate | true', 'false' | http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property | http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/Event | extension | |||||||||||||||||||
80 | Methodology | recording or measurement agent type | The agent taking the recording. This can be "human" or "machine" (e.g., camera traps) | deprecate | https://github.com/tdwg/hc/issues/13 Final decision to deprecate since multiple other grups are working on this definition | |||||||||||||||||||||||
81 | Completeness & Effort | inferred compilation effort | Measured as "low, medium and high" and discussed in more detail in paper text. | compilationEffortLevel | deprecate | See sections in HC paper: - Reporting on methodology and effort - Determining overall compilation and survey effort. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
82 | yes | Completeness & Effort | was information about effort provided? | Measured as "no/partial/complete". | isEffortReported | HC term | isSamplingEffortReported | Is Sampling Effort Reported | A statement about whether sampling effort associated with the Event is reported. | If the Event is a compilation that contains at least one sampling effort reported, the value should be 'true'. Typically values of effort would be captured under the terms hc:samplingEffortValue and hc:samplingEffortUnit. | `true`, `false` | http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property | http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/Event | extension | ||||||||||||||
83 | Completeness & Effort | if partial, for which part did authors provide info? | For cases where effort was made clear for only some parts of the surveying effort | deprecate | See 3 new terms | |||||||||||||||||||||||
84 | Completeness & Effort | effort amount upper bound | Maximum amount of effort based on author reporting or data-entry person | samplingEffort | deprecate | https://github.com/tdwg/hc/issues/11 See 3 new terms | Sampling Effort | The amount of effort expended during an Event. | "40 trap-nights", "10 observer-hours; 10 km by foot; 30 km by car" | http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property | http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/Event | simple | ||||||||||||||||
85 | Completeness & Effort | effort upper bound unit | The units of efforts (bucket-night, net-hours, person-hours, sample-days, trap-nights, or other) | deprecate | See 3 new terms | |||||||||||||||||||||||
86 | Completeness & Effort | effort amount lower bound | Minimum anount of effort based on author reporting or data-entry person | deprecate | See 3 new terms | |||||||||||||||||||||||
87 | Completeness & Effort | effort lower bound unit | The units of efforts (bucket-night, net-hours, person-hours, sample-days, trap-nights, or other) | deprecate | See 3 new terms | |||||||||||||||||||||||
88 | Completeness & Effort | more granular breakdown of effort reported? | Choose "yes" if effort was broken down by day/night, individual site, or other criteria, otherwise "no" | deprecate | See 3 new terms | |||||||||||||||||||||||
89 | Completeness & Effort | granular effort breakdown description | A verbal description of how effort was reported in more detail, e.g. by individual sites or sampling time blocks | deprecate | See 3 new terms | |||||||||||||||||||||||
90 | Completeness & Effort | effort calculated by author or by data entry person? | Was the final assessment of effort reported directly by author or an assessment by data entry person? | effortCalculatedBy | deprecate | https://github.com/tdwg/hc/issues/12 See 3 new terms | ||||||||||||||||||||||
91 | Completeness & Effort | description of effort calculation | If calculated, what data and what method were used to determine assessment of effort? | effortCalculationProtocol | deprecate | See 3 new terms | Effort Calculation Protocol | A description of or reference to (publication, URI) the method or rationale used to determine the sampling effort. | The sampling effort may be originally reported or inferred. | summed from reporting of hours', 'summed time trawled' | http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property | http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/Event | extension | |||||||||||||||
92 | yes | Completeness & Effort | HC term | New term | samplingEffortProtocol | Sampling Effort Protocol | A description of or reference to (publication or URL) the method(s) used to determine the sampling effort. | This description should be associated with reporting of hc:samplingEffortValue and hc:samplingEffortUnit. This is a specialisation of hc:protocolDescritption focused on the effort as distinct from the survey method itself. The effort relates to the intensity of sampling and therefore can assist in interpreting measures of completeness. | `40 box traps deployed at even spacings along 4 parallel 100m transects placed 50m apart and visited at 6 hourly intervals over a 48 hour period`, `2 people occupying a bird hide for a period of 8 hours and undertaking a 30 minute count of species within the 150 degree field of view every 2 hours`, `A single baited camera trap station with motion sensor trigger, deployed for a period of 10 days and configured for detecting large fauna moving through a known traffic way` | |||||||||||||||||||
93 | yes | Completeness & Effort | HC term | New term | samplingEffortValue | Sampling Effort Value | The numeric value of sampling effort expended during the Event in the unit reported in hc:samplingEffortUnit. | This term is meant to capture the total sampling effort value, to express details use hc:samplingEffortProtocol. For compilations it is recommend not to infer effort. | `1900`, `40`, `5.5` | |||||||||||||||||||
94 | yes | Completeness & Effort | HC term | New term | samplingEffortUnit | Sampling Effort Unit | The unit used to report hc:samplingEffortValue. | Recommended best practice is to use a controlled vocabulary. hc:samplingEffortUnit should always be used in conjunction with hc:samplingEffortValue. | `trap hours`, `person hours`, `trap days` | |||||||||||||||||||
95 | Completeness & Effort | quality assurance procedure | A list of any data quality procedures that were reported by the inventory authors. | EML | EML route would be: eml:dataset/methods/qualityControl. See https://eml.ecoinformatics.org/schema/eml-dataset_xsd.html. See https://github.com/tdwg/hc/issues/14 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
96 | yes | Completeness & Effort | was taxonomic completeness reported? | Choices for this field: "No, not reported", "Yes, reported as complete", "Yes, reported as incomplete". | isTaxonCompletenessReported | HC term | Proposed term name change. | taxonCompletenessReported | Taxon Completeness Reported | Statement about whether, given the hc:targetTaxonomicScope, the Event yielded a complete list of the expected taxa. | Recommended best practice is to use a controlled vocabulary. For compilations it is recommended not to infer completeness. | `notReported`, `reportedComplete`, `reportedIncomplete` | http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property | http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/Event | extension | |||||||||||||
97 | yes | Completeness & Effort | if reported incomplete, was how incompleteness assessed? | If author reported their assessment of incompleteness, capture author reported measurement or inferred assessment of incompleteness. | taxonCompletenessMethod | HC term | Proposed term name change. | taxonCompletenessProtocols | Taxon Completeness Protocols | A description of or reference to (publication, URL) the method(s) used to determined hc:taxonCompletenessReported. | This term allows users to determine how comprehensively an area has been sampled. Recommended best practice is to separate multiple values in a list with space vertical bar space ( | ). | `Census | Based on sampling effort`, `Based on species accumulation curves` | http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property | http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/Event | extension | |||||||||||||
98 | Completeness & Effort | how was completeness inferred? | A description of the rationale for the inferred completeness assessment often based on how well sampling was done across the geospatial scope, and the survey and compilation effort. | inferredTaxonCompletenessMethod | deprecate | |||||||||||||||||||||||
99 | Completeness & Effort | inferred or reported taxonomic completeness , lower bound | Inferred lower bound completeness is captured in quartiles (0, 25, 50, 75, 100). | minimumTaxonCompleteness | deprecate | |||||||||||||||||||||||
100 | Completeness & Effort | inferred or reported taxonomic completeness, upper bound | Inferred upper bound completeness is captured in quartlies (0, 25, 50, 75, 100). | maximumTaxonCompleteness | deprecate | |||||||||||||||||||||||