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Title
Humboldt Extension Vocabulary List of Terms
Date version issued
2024-03-26
Date created
2024-02-28
Part of TDWG Standard
http://www.tdwg.org/standards/450
This version
http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/doc/eco/2024-03-26
Latest version
http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/doc/eco/
Previous version
http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/doc/eco/2024-02-28
Abstract
The Humboldt Extension for Ecological Inventories provides a standardized vocabulary to report key information about biodiversity inventories, checklists and surveys, maximizing the usability and interoperability of these data. This vocabulary is employed along with the Darwin Core (DwC) terms, effectively broadening the scope of dwc:Event records by incorporating terms absent from the main DwC vocabulary. Terms included in the extension are defined such that they can accommodate hierarchical data structures allowing the representation of complex, highly nested survey designs, permitting the computation of relative abundances of species. This document lists all terms currently used in the vocabulary providing comments and examples of their usage along with ancillary documents that provide guidance on the use and interpretation of terms and the data structure needed to accommodate dwc:Event hierarchies frequently observed in ecological inventories.
Contributors
Yanina V. Sica (Yale University), Kate Ingenloff (Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)), Paula Zermoglio (Instituto de Investigaciones en Recursos Naturales, Agroecología y Desarrollo Rural (IRNAD), UNRN-CONICET), Yi-Ming Gan (Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences), Peter Brenton (Atlas of Living Australia, CSIRO), John Wieczorek (VertNet), Wesley M. Hochachka (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), Zachary R. Kachian (Keller Science Action Center, Field Museum of Natural History), Robert D. Stevenson (Department of Biology, University of Massachusetts Boston), Anahita J. N. Kazem (German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research, Leipzig and Friedrich Schiller University, Jena), Dmitry Schigel (Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)), Steven J. Baskauf (Vanderbilt University Libraries), Tomomi Suwa (Keller Science Action Center, Field Museum of Natural History), Robert Guralnick (Florida Museum of Natural History), Ramona L. Walls (University of Arizona), Walter Jetz (Yale University)
Creator
TDWG Humboldt Extension Task Group
Bibliographic citation
TDWG Humboldt Extension Task Group. 2024. Humboldt Extension Vocabulary List of Terms. Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG). http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/doc/eco/2024-03-26

1 Introduction

This document contains all former and current terms in the 2024-03-26 version of the Humboldt Extension for Ecological Inventories vocabulary (http://rs.tdwg.org/version/eco/2024-03-26). The vocabulary uses the namespace abbreviation eco: for http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/terms/ and ecoiri: for http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/iri/.

For a simplified list that contains only the currently recommended terms, see the Humboldt Extension Quick Reference Guide (https://eco.tdwg.org/terms/).

1.1 Status of the content of this document

In Section 4, the values of the Term IRI, and Definition are normative. The values of Term Name are non-normative, although one can expect that the namespace abbreviation prefix is one commonly used for the term namespace. Label and the values of all other properties (such as Notes and Examples) are non-normative.

1.2 RFC 2119 key words

The key words “MUST”, “MUST NOT”, “REQUIRED”, “SHALL”, “SHALL NOT”, “SHOULD”, “SHOULD NOT”, “RECOMMENDED”, “MAY”, and “OPTIONAL” in this document are to be interpreted as described in BCP 14 [RFC 2119] and [RFC 8174] when, and only when, they appear in all capitals, as shown here.

2 Use of Terms

The terms in this extension are meant to provide stable definitions that can be used in a variety of biodiversity inventory contexts but were envisioned principally to function together as an extension to Darwin Core. This vocabulary allows the reporting of detailed information about the inventory process such as i) a general description of the survey, ii) where an inventory takes place and the habitat characteristics and environmental conditions of survey sites, iii) when an inventory takes place, iv) the target taxonomic group, life stages, growth forms, and degrees of establishment of the organisms sampled, v) the methodology implemented (inventory type performed, protocol(s) used, absence reported, material samples or vouchers collected, non-target taxa reported), and vi) the completeness of the inventory and the sampling effort applied.

This extension allows the representation of complex, highly nested survey designs. An ancillary document explaining how dwc:Event hierarchies for ecological inventories should be structured and providing guidance on the use of the terms in the context of parent and child dwc:Event(s) can be found at http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/doc/hierarchy/.

To assist in the interpretation of the term eco:isLeastSpecificTargetCategoryQuantityInclusive a detailed description of its use is provided at http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/doc/inclusive/.

Terms that are expected to have Booleans as values should use controlled value strings from the TDWG Boolean Controlled Vocabulary at http://rs.tdwg.org/tag/doc/boolean/ when those values are serialized in text form. See also the Best practices for serializing booleans and the Boolean Values Best Practices Reference.

3 Term index

3.1 Index By Term Name

(See also 3.2 Index By Label)

Literal-value terms

eco:absentTaxa | eco:abundanceCap | eco:areNonTargetTaxaFullyReported | eco:compilationSourceTypes | eco:compilationTypes | eco:eventDurationUnit | eco:eventDurationValue | eco:excludedDegreeOfEstablishmentScope | eco:excludedGrowthFormScope | eco:excludedHabitatScope | eco:excludedLifeStageScope | eco:excludedTaxonomicScope | eco:geospatialScopeAreaUnit | eco:geospatialScopeAreaValue | eco:hasMaterialSamples | eco:hasNonTargetOrganisms | eco:hasNonTargetTaxa | eco:hasVouchers | eco:inventoryTypes | eco:isAbsenceReported | eco:isAbundanceCapReported | eco:isAbundanceReported | eco:isDegreeOfEstablishmentScopeFullyReported | eco:isGrowthFormScopeFullyReported | eco:isLeastSpecificTargetCategoryQuantityInclusive | eco:isLifeStageScopeFullyReported | eco:isSamplingEffortReported | eco:isTaxonomicScopeFullyReported | eco:isVegetationCoverReported | eco:materialSampleTypes | eco:nonTargetTaxa | eco:protocolDescriptions | eco:protocolNames | eco:protocolReferences | eco:reportedExtremeConditions | eco:reportedWeather | eco:samplingEffortProtocol | eco:samplingEffortUnit | eco:samplingEffortValue | eco:samplingPerformedBy | eco:siteCount | eco:siteNestingDescription | eco:targetDegreeOfEstablishmentScope | eco:targetGrowthFormScope | eco:targetHabitatScope | eco:targetLifeStageScope | eco:targetTaxonomicScope | eco:taxonCompletenessProtocols | eco:taxonCompletenessReported | eco:totalAreaSampledUnit | eco:totalAreaSampledValue | eco:verbatimSiteDescriptions | eco:verbatimSiteNames | eco:verbatimTargetScope | eco:voucherInstitutions

IRI-value terms

ecoiri:absentTaxa | ecoiri:compilationSourceTypes | ecoiri:compilationTypes | ecoiri:eventDurationUnit | ecoiri:excludedDegreeOfEstablishmentScope | ecoiri:excludedGrowthFormScope | ecoiri:excludedHabitatScope | ecoiri:excludedLifeStageScope | ecoiri:excludedTaxonomicScope | ecoiri:geospatialScopeAreaUnit | ecoiri:inventoryTypes | ecoiri:materialSampleTypes | ecoiri:nonTargetTaxa | ecoiri:protocolNames | ecoiri:samplingEffortProtocol | ecoiri:samplingEffortUnit | ecoiri:samplingPerformedBy | ecoiri:targetDegreeOfEstablishmentScope | ecoiri:targetGrowthFormScope | ecoiri:targetHabitatScope | ecoiri:targetLifeStageScope | ecoiri:targetTaxonomicScope | ecoiri:taxonCompletenessProtocols | ecoiri:taxonCompletenessReported | ecoiri:totalAreaSampledUnit

3.2 Index By Label

(See also 3.1 Index By Term Name)

Literal-value terms

Absent Taxa | Abundance Cap | Are Non-target Taxa Fully Reported | Compilation Source Types | Compilation Types | Event Duration Unit | Event Duration Value | Excluded Degree of Establishment Scope | Excluded Growth Form Scope | Excluded Habitat Scope | Excluded Life Stage Scope | Excluded Taxonomic Scope | Geospatial Scope Area Unit | Geospatial Scope Area Value | Has Material Samples | Has Non-target Organisms | Has Non-target Taxa | Has Vouchers | Inventory Types | Is Absence Reported | Is Abundance Cap Reported | Is Abundance Reported | Is Degree of Establishment Scope Fully Reported | Is Growth Form Scope Fully Reported | Is Least Specific Target Category Quantity Inclusive | Is Life Stage Scope Fully Reported | Is Sampling Effort Reported | Is Taxonomic Scope Fully Reported | Is Vegetation Cover Reported | Material Sample Types | Non-target Taxa | Protocol Descriptions | Protocol Names | Protocol References | Reported Extreme Conditions | Reported Weather | Sampling Effort Protocol | Sampling Effort Unit | Sampling Effort Value | Sampling Performed By | Site Count | Site Nesting Description | Target Degree of Establishment Scope | Target Growth Form Scope | Target Habitat Scope | Target Life Stage Scope | Target Taxonomic Scope | Taxon Completeness Protocols | Taxon Completeness Reported | Total Area Sampled Unit | Total Area Sampled Value | Verbatim Site Descriptions | Verbatim Site Names | Verbatim Target Scope | Voucher Institutions

IRI-value terms

Absent Taxa (IRI) | Compilation Source Types (IRI) | Compilation Types (IRI) | Event Duration Unit (IRI) | Excluded Degree of Establishment Scope (IRI) | Excluded Growth Form Scope (IRI) | Excluded Habitat Scope (IRI) | Excluded Life Stage Scope (IRI) | Excluded Taxonomic Scope (IRI) | Geospatial Scope Area Unit (IRI) | Inventory Types (IRI) | Material Sample Types (IRI) | Non-target Taxa (IRI) | Protocol Names (IRI) | Sampling Effort Protocol (IRI) | Sampling Effort Unit (IRI) | Sampling Performed By (IRI) | Target Degree of Establishment Scope (IRI) | Target Growth Form Scope (IRI) | Target Habitat Scope (IRI) | Target Life Stage Scope (IRI) | Target Taxonomic Scope (IRI) | Taxon Completeness Protocols (IRI) | Taxon Completeness Reported (IRI) | Total Area Sampled Unit (IRI)

4 Vocabulary

Term Name eco:absentTaxa
Term IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/terms/absentTaxa
Modified 2024-03-26
Term version IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/terms/version/absentTaxa-2024-03-26
Label Absent Taxa
Definition A list (concatenated and separated) of taxa reported absent during the dwc:Event.
Notes Absences can be reported at any taxonomic level. Recommended best practice is to separate multiple values in a list with space vertical bar space ( | ). This term has an equivalent in the dwciri: namespace that allows only an IRI as a value, whereas this term allows for any string literal value.
Examples
  • Parabuteo unicinctus | Geranoaetus melanoleucus
  • Cetoniinae | Aclopinae | Cyclocephala modesta
ABCD equivalence not in ABCD
Type Property
Executive Committee decision http://rs.tdwg.org/decisions/decision-2024-02-28_42
Executive Committee decision http://rs.tdwg.org/decisions/decision-2024-03-26_42
Term Name ecoiri:absentTaxa
Term IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/iri/absentTaxa
Modified 2024-03-26
Term version IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/iri/version/absentTaxa-2024-03-26
Label Absent Taxa (IRI)
Definition A taxon reported absent during the dwc:Event.
Notes Absences can be reported at any taxonomic level. Terms in the dwciri namespace are intended to be used in RDF with non-literal objects.
ABCD equivalence not in ABCD
Type Property
Executive Committee decision http://rs.tdwg.org/decisions/decision-2024-03-26_42
Term Name eco:abundanceCap
Term IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/terms/abundanceCap
Modified 2024-02-28
Term version IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/terms/version/abundanceCap-2024-02-28
Label Abundance Cap
Definition The reported maximum number of dwc:Organisms.
Examples
  • 300
  • 700
ABCD equivalence not in ABCD
Type Property
Executive Committee decision http://rs.tdwg.org/decisions/decision-2024-02-28_42
Term Name eco:areNonTargetTaxaFullyReported
Term IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/terms/areNonTargetTaxaFullyReported
Modified 2024-02-28
Term version IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/terms/version/areNonTargetTaxaFullyReported-2024-02-28
Label Are Non-target Taxa Fully Reported
Definition Every dwc:Organism that was outside of the target taxonomic scope (the combination of eco:targetTaxonomicScope and eco:excludedTaxonomicScope) and detected during the dwc:Event, and that was detectable using the given protocol (given in eco:protocolDescription and dwc:samplingProtocol), was reported.
Notes This term is meant to inform a user of the data whether there were non-target taxa that were detected, but left unreported. This term is only relevant if the dwc:Event used restricted search or open search methods and if a target taxonomic scope is declared. Taxonomic scope is based on the combination of eco:targetTaxonomicScope and eco:excludedTaxonomicScope. Within dwc:Events that used either a restricted search or an open search method and declared a taxonomic scope, if all dwc:Organisms that are not included within the target taxonomic scope and that were detected during the dwc:Event were reported, the value of this term should be 'true', otherwise the value of this term should be ‘false'.
Examples
  • true
  • false
ABCD equivalence not in ABCD
Type Property
Executive Committee decision http://rs.tdwg.org/decisions/decision-2024-02-28_42
Term Name ecoiri:compilationSourceTypes
Term IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/iri/compilationSourceTypes
Modified 2024-03-26
Term version IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/iri/version/compilationSourceTypes-2024-03-26
Label Compilation Source Types (IRI)
Definition The type of data source contributing to the compilation reported.
Notes This term is only relevant if the dwc:Event is a compilation in which one or more types of data sources were used. Terms in the dwciri namespace are intended to be used in RDF with non-literal objects.
ABCD equivalence not in ABCD
Type Property
Executive Committee decision http://rs.tdwg.org/decisions/decision-2024-03-26_42
Term Name eco:compilationSourceTypes
Term IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/terms/compilationSourceTypes
Modified 2024-03-26
Term version IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/terms/version/compilationSourceTypes-2024-03-26
Label Compilation Source Types
Definition The types of data sources contributing to the compilation reported.
Notes This term is only relevant if the dwc: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 ( | ). This term has an equivalent in the dwciri: namespace that allows only an IRI as a value, whereas this term allows for any string literal value.
Examples
  • museumSpecimens
  • literature
  • expertKnowledge | localKnowledge
ABCD equivalence not in ABCD
Type Property
Executive Committee decision http://rs.tdwg.org/decisions/decision-2024-02-28_42
Executive Committee decision http://rs.tdwg.org/decisions/decision-2024-03-26_42
Term Name eco:compilationTypes
Term IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/terms/compilationTypes
Modified 2024-03-26
Term version IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/terms/version/compilationTypes-2024-03-26
Label Compilation Types
Definition A statement specifying whether data reported are derived from sampling events, ancillary data compiled from other sources, or a combination of both.
Notes This term is only relevant if the dwc:Event is an inventory. Recommended best practice is to use a controlled vocabulary. Recommended best practice is to separate the values in a list with space vertical bar space ( | ). This term has an equivalent in the dwciri: namespace that allows only an IRI as a value, whereas this term allows for any string literal value.
Examples
  • samplingEvents
  • compilationOfExistingSourcesAndSamplingEvents
  • compilationOfExistingSources
  • compilationOfExistingSourcesAndSamplingEvents | compilationOfExistingSources
ABCD equivalence not in ABCD
Type Property
Executive Committee decision http://rs.tdwg.org/decisions/decision-2024-02-28_42
Executive Committee decision http://rs.tdwg.org/decisions/decision-2024-03-26_42
Term Name ecoiri:compilationTypes
Term IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/iri/compilationTypes
Modified 2024-03-26
Term version IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/iri/version/compilationTypes-2024-03-26
Label Compilation Types (IRI)
Definition A statement specifying whether data reported are derived from sampling events, ancillary data compiled from other sources, or a combination of both.
Notes This term is only relevant if the dwc:Event is an inventory. Recommended best practice is to use an IRI from a controlled vocabulary. Terms in the dwciri namespace are intended to be used in RDF with non-literal objects.
ABCD equivalence not in ABCD
Type Property
Executive Committee decision http://rs.tdwg.org/decisions/decision-2024-03-26_42
Term Name ecoiri:eventDurationUnit
Term IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/iri/eventDurationUnit
Modified 2024-03-26
Term version IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/iri/version/eventDurationUnit-2024-03-26
Label Event Duration Unit (IRI)
Definition The units associated with the eco:eventDurationValue.
Notes Recommended best practice is to use an IRI from a controlled vocabulary of SI units, derived units, or other non-SI units accepted for use within the SI.
ABCD equivalence not in ABCD
Type Property
Executive Committee decision http://rs.tdwg.org/decisions/decision-2024-03-26_42
Term Name eco:eventDurationUnit
Term IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/terms/eventDurationUnit
Modified 2024-03-26
Term version IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/terms/version/eventDurationUnit-2024-03-26
Label Event Duration Unit
Definition The units associated with the eco:eventDurationValue.
Notes Recommended best practice is to use a controlled vocabulary. This term has an equivalent in the dwciri: namespace that allows only an IRI as a value, whereas this term allows for any string literal value.
Examples
  • minutes
  • hours
  • days
  • months
  • years
ABCD equivalence not in ABCD
Type Property
Executive Committee decision http://rs.tdwg.org/decisions/decision-2024-02-28_42
Executive Committee decision http://rs.tdwg.org/decisions/decision-2024-03-26_42
Term Name eco:eventDurationValue
Term IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/terms/eventDurationValue
Modified 2024-02-28
Term version IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/terms/version/eventDurationValue-2024-02-28
Label Event Duration Value
Definition The numeric value for the duration of the dwc:Event.
Notes An eco:eventDurationValue must have a corresponding eco:eventDurationUnit.
Examples
  • 1
  • 30
ABCD equivalence not in ABCD
Type Property
Executive Committee decision http://rs.tdwg.org/decisions/decision-2024-02-28_42
Term Name eco:excludedDegreeOfEstablishmentScope
Term IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/terms/excludedDegreeOfEstablishmentScope
Modified 2024-03-26
Term version IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/terms/version/excludedDegreeOfEstablishmentScope-2024-03-26
Label Excluded Degree of Establishment Scope
Definition The degrees of establishment of the dwc:Organisms explicitly excluded from sampling during the dwc:Event.
Notes Recommended best practice is to use controlled value strings from the controlled vocabulary (http://rs.tdwg.org/dwcdoe/) for dwc: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 ( | ). This term has an equivalent in the dwciri: namespace that allows only an IRI as a value, whereas this term allows for any string literal value.
Examples
  • native
  • invasive | widespreadInvasive
ABCD equivalence not in ABCD
Type Property
Executive Committee decision http://rs.tdwg.org/decisions/decision-2024-02-28_42
Executive Committee decision http://rs.tdwg.org/decisions/decision-2024-03-26_42
Term Name ecoiri:excludedDegreeOfEstablishmentScope
Term IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/iri/excludedDegreeOfEstablishmentScope
Modified 2024-03-26
Term version IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/iri/version/excludedDegreeOfEstablishmentScope-2024-03-26
Label Excluded Degree of Establishment Scope (IRI)
Definition The degree of establishment of the dwc:Organisms explicitly excluded from sampling during the dwc:Event.
Notes Recommended best practice is to use an IRI from the controlled vocabulary designated for use with this term, listed at http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/doc/doe/. For details, refer to https://doi.org/10.3897/biss.3.38084 . Terms in the dwciri namespace are intended to be used in RDF with non-literal objects.
Examples
ABCD equivalence not in ABCD
Type Property
Executive Committee decision http://rs.tdwg.org/decisions/decision-2024-03-26_42
Term Name ecoiri:excludedGrowthFormScope
Term IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/iri/excludedGrowthFormScope
Modified 2024-03-26
Term version IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/iri/version/excludedGrowthFormScope-2024-03-26
Label Excluded Growth Form Scope (IRI)
Definition The growth form or habit of the dwc:Organisms explicitly excluded from sampling during the dwc:Event.
Notes Recommended best practice is to use an IRI from a controlled vocabulary. Terms in the dwciri namespace are intended to be used in RDF with non-literal objects.
ABCD equivalence not in ABCD
Type Property
Executive Committee decision http://rs.tdwg.org/decisions/decision-2024-03-26_42
Term Name eco:excludedGrowthFormScope
Term IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/terms/excludedGrowthFormScope
Modified 2024-03-26
Term version IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/terms/version/excludedGrowthFormScope-2024-03-26
Label Excluded Growth Form Scope
Definition The growth forms or habits of the dwc:Organisms explicitly excluded from sampling during the dwc:Event.
Notes Recommended best practice is to use a controlled vocabulary and separate multiple values in a list with space vertical bar space ( | ). This term has an equivalent in the dwciri: namespace that allows only an IRI as a value, whereas this term allows for any string literal value.
Examples
  • tree
  • shrub | subShrub
ABCD equivalence not in ABCD
Type Property
Executive Committee decision http://rs.tdwg.org/decisions/decision-2024-02-28_42
Executive Committee decision http://rs.tdwg.org/decisions/decision-2024-03-26_42
Term Name ecoiri:excludedHabitatScope
Term IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/iri/excludedHabitatScope
Modified 2024-03-26
Term version IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/iri/version/excludedHabitatScope-2024-03-26
Label Excluded Habitat Scope (IRI)
Definition The habitat explicitly excluded from sampling during the dwc:Event.
Notes Recommended best practice is to use an IRI from a controlled vocabulary. Terms in the dwciri namespace are intended to be used in RDF with non-literal objects.
ABCD equivalence not in ABCD
Type Property
Executive Committee decision http://rs.tdwg.org/decisions/decision-2024-03-26_42
Term Name eco:excludedHabitatScope
Term IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/terms/excludedHabitatScope
Modified 2024-03-26
Term version IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/terms/version/excludedHabitatScope-2024-03-26
Label Excluded Habitat Scope
Definition The habitats explicitly excluded from sampling during the dwc:Event.
Notes Recommended best practice is to use a controlled vocabulary and separate multiple values in a list with space vertical bar space ( | ). This term has an equivalent in the dwciri: namespace that allows only an IRI as a value, whereas this term allows for any string literal value.
Examples
  • wetFlatwoods
  • swamp | estuary
ABCD equivalence not in ABCD
Type Property
Executive Committee decision http://rs.tdwg.org/decisions/decision-2024-02-28_42
Executive Committee decision http://rs.tdwg.org/decisions/decision-2024-03-26_42
Term Name eco:excludedLifeStageScope
Term IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/terms/excludedLifeStageScope
Modified 2024-03-26
Term version IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/terms/version/excludedLifeStageScope-2024-03-26
Label Excluded Life Stage Scope
Definition The age classes or life stages of the dwc:Organisms explicitly excluded from sampling during the dwc:Event.
Notes This term is defined based on dwc:lifeStage (http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/lifeStage). Recommended best practice is to use the same controlled vocabulary as for dwc:lifeStage and to separate multiple values in a list with space vertical bar space ( | ). This term has an equivalent in the dwciri: namespace that allows only an IRI as a value, whereas this term allows for any string literal value.
Examples
  • seedling
  • nestling | fledgling
ABCD equivalence not in ABCD
Type Property
Executive Committee decision http://rs.tdwg.org/decisions/decision-2024-02-28_42
Executive Committee decision http://rs.tdwg.org/decisions/decision-2024-03-26_42
Term Name ecoiri:excludedLifeStageScope
Term IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/iri/excludedLifeStageScope
Modified 2024-03-26
Term version IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/iri/version/excludedLifeStageScope-2024-03-26
Label Excluded Life Stage Scope (IRI)
Definition The age class or life stage of the dwc:Organisms explicitly excluded from sampling during the dwc:Event.
Notes This term is defined based on dwciri:lifeStage (http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/iri/lifeStage). Recommended best practice is to use an IRI from the same controlled vocabulary as for dwciri:lifeStage. Terms in the dwciri namespace are intended to be used in RDF with non-literal objects.
ABCD equivalence not in ABCD
Type Property
Executive Committee decision http://rs.tdwg.org/decisions/decision-2024-03-26_42
Term Name eco:excludedTaxonomicScope
Term IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/terms/excludedTaxonomicScope
Modified 2024-03-26
Term version IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/terms/version/excludedTaxonomicScope-2024-03-26
Label Excluded Taxonomic Scope
Definition The taxonomic group(s) explicitly excluded from sampling during the dwc:Event.
Notes The dwc:Event to which the eco:excludedTaxonomicScope refers could be at any level of hierarchy. In the case of a higher level (parent) dwc:Event, include all the taxonomic groups explicitly excluded from the child dwc:Events that contributed to the parent dwc:Event. Recommended best practice is to separate multiple values in a list with space vertical bar space ( | ). This term has an equivalent in the dwciri: namespace that allows only an IRI as a value, whereas this term allows for any string literal value.
Examples
  • Aves
  • Quercus | Acer
ABCD equivalence not in ABCD
Type Property
Executive Committee decision http://rs.tdwg.org/decisions/decision-2024-02-28_42
Executive Committee decision http://rs.tdwg.org/decisions/decision-2024-03-26_42
Term Name ecoiri:excludedTaxonomicScope
Term IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/iri/excludedTaxonomicScope
Modified 2024-03-26
Term version IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/iri/version/excludedTaxonomicScope-2024-03-26
Label Excluded Taxonomic Scope (IRI)
Definition The taxonomic group explicitly excluded from sampling during the dwc:Event.
Notes The dwc:Event to which the ecoiri:excludedTaxonomicScope refers could be at any level of hierarchy. In the case of a higher level (parent) dwc:Event, include all the taxonomic groups explicitly excluded from the child dwc:Events that contributed to the parent dwc:Event. Terms in the dwciri namespace are intended to be used in RDF with non-literal objects.
ABCD equivalence not in ABCD
Type Property
Executive Committee decision http://rs.tdwg.org/decisions/decision-2024-03-26_42
Term Name eco:geospatialScopeAreaUnit
Term IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/terms/geospatialScopeAreaUnit
Modified 2024-03-26
Term version IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/terms/version/geospatialScopeAreaUnit-2024-03-26
Label Geospatial Scope Area Unit
Definition The units associated with eco:geospatialScopeAreaValue
Notes Recommended best practice is to use a controlled vocabulary. For units containing exponents, use characters from the Unicode Latin-1 Supplement character set (hex 00B2 for squared and 00B3 for cubed). This term has an equivalent in the dwciri: namespace that allows only an IRI as a value, whereas this term allows for any string literal value.
Examples km²
ABCD equivalence not in ABCD
Type
Executive Committee decision http://rs.tdwg.org/decisions/decision-2024-02-28_42
Executive Committee decision http://rs.tdwg.org/decisions/decision-2024-03-26_42
Term Name ecoiri:geospatialScopeAreaUnit
Term IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/iri/geospatialScopeAreaUnit
Modified 2024-03-26
Term version IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/iri/version/geospatialScopeAreaUnit-2024-03-26
Label Geospatial Scope Area Unit (IRI)
Definition The units associated with eco:geospatialScopeAreaValue
Notes Recommended best practice is to use an IRI from a controlled vocabulary of SI units, derived units, or other non-SI units accepted for use within the SI.
ABCD equivalence not in ABCD
Type
Executive Committee decision http://rs.tdwg.org/decisions/decision-2024-03-26_42
Term Name eco:geospatialScopeAreaValue
Term IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/terms/geospatialScopeAreaValue
Modified 2024-02-28
Term version IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/terms/version/geospatialScopeAreaValue-2024-02-28
Label Geospatial Scope Area Value
Definition The numeric value for the total area of the geospatial scope of the dwc:Event.
Notes Geospatial scope refers to the dwc:Event location reported using the terms organized in Darwin Core under dcterms:Location. This area is always greater than or equal to the eco:totalAreaSampledValue. An eco:geospatialScopeAreaValue must have a corresponding eco:geospatialScopeAreaUnit.
Examples 25
ABCD equivalence not in ABCD
Type
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Term Name eco:hasMaterialSamples
Term IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/terms/hasMaterialSamples
Modified 2024-02-28
Term version IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/terms/version/hasMaterialSamples-2024-02-28
Label Has Material Samples
Definition Material samples were collected during the dwc:Event.
Examples
  • true
  • false
ABCD equivalence not in ABCD
Type Property
Executive Committee decision http://rs.tdwg.org/decisions/decision-2024-02-28_42
Term Name eco:hasNonTargetOrganisms
Term IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/terms/hasNonTargetOrganisms
Modified 2024-02-28
Term version IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/terms/version/hasNonTargetOrganisms-2024-02-28
Label Has Non-target Organisms
Definition One or more dwc:Organisms outside the target organismal scopes (eco:targetDegreeOfEstablishmentScope, eco:targetGrowthFormScope, and eco:targetLifeStageScope) were detected and reported for this dwc:Event.
Notes This term is meant to alert users to the presence of non-target organisms (in some disciplines called “bycatch”) reported in this dwc:Event. This term is relevant only if a target organismal scope is declared. Organismal scope is based on the combination of all of the following terms: eco:targetLifeStageScope, eco:excludedLifeStageScope, eco:targetDegreeOfEstablishmentScope, eco:excludedDegreeOfEstablishmentScope, eco:targetGrowthFormScope, and eco:excludedGrowthFormScope. Examination of the organismal scope is needed in order to identify the non-target dwc:Organisms. It should be possible to confirm the expectations by investigating the dwc:Occurrences in this dwc:Event and in its child dwc:Events (if available). The value of this term should be 'true' if dwc:Occurrences of dwc:Organisms outside the organismal scope(s) as defined at the time of the dwc:Event are reported, otherwise the value of this term should be 'false'.
Examples
  • true
  • false
ABCD equivalence not in ABCD
Type Property
Executive Committee decision http://rs.tdwg.org/decisions/decision-2024-02-28_42
Term Name eco:hasNonTargetTaxa
Term IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/terms/hasNonTargetTaxa
Modified 2024-02-28
Term version IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/terms/version/hasNonTargetTaxa-2024-02-28
Label Has Non-target Taxa
Definition One or more dwc:Organisms of taxa outside the target taxonomic scope (the combination of eco:targetTaxonomicScope and eco:excludedTaxonomicScope) were detected and reported for this dwc:Event.
Notes This term is meant to alert users to the presence of non-target taxa (in some disciplines called “bycatch”) reported in this dwc:Event. This term is relevant only if a target taxonomic scope is declared. Taxonomic scope is based on the combination of eco:targetTaxonomicScope and eco:excludedTaxonomicScope. Examination of the taxonomic scope is needed in order to identify the non-target taxa. It should be possible to confirm the expectations by investigating the dwc:Occurrences in this dwc:Event and in its child dwc:Events (if available) or by exploring eco:nonTargetTaxa for this dwc:Event (if populated). The value of this term should be 'true' if dwc:Occurrences of taxa outside the taxonomic scope as defined at the time of the dwc:Event are reported, otherwise the value of this term should be 'false'.
Examples
  • true
  • false
ABCD equivalence not in ABCD
Type Property
Executive Committee decision http://rs.tdwg.org/decisions/decision-2024-02-28_42
Term Name eco:hasVouchers
Term IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/terms/hasVouchers
Modified 2024-02-28
Term version IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/terms/version/hasVouchers-2024-02-28
Label Has Vouchers
Definition Specimen vouchers were collected during the dwc:Event.
Examples
  • true
  • false
ABCD equivalence not in ABCD
Type Property
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Term Name ecoiri:inventoryTypes
Term IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/iri/inventoryTypes
Modified 2024-03-26
Term version IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/iri/version/inventoryTypes-2024-03-26
Label Inventory Types (IRI)
Definition The type of search process used to conduct the inventory.
Notes This term is only relevant if the dwc:Event represents an inventory. Recommended best practice is to use an IRI from a controlled vocabulary. Terms in the dwciri namespace are intended to be used in RDF with non-literal objects.
ABCD equivalence not in ABCD
Type Property
Executive Committee decision http://rs.tdwg.org/decisions/decision-2024-03-26_42
Term Name eco:inventoryTypes
Term IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/terms/inventoryTypes
Modified 2024-03-26
Term version IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/terms/version/inventoryTypes-2024-03-26
Label Inventory Types
Definition The types of search processes used to conduct the inventory.
Notes This term is only relevant if the dwc:Event represents an inventory. Recommended best practice is to use a controlled vocabulary. Recommended best practice is to separate multiple values in a list with space vertical bar space ( | ). This term has an equivalent in the dwciri: namespace that allows only an IRI as a value, whereas this term allows for any string literal value.
Examples
  • restrictedSearch
  • openSearch
  • opportunisticSearch
  • adventitious
  • compilation
  • openSearch | opportunisticSearch
ABCD equivalence not in ABCD
Type Property
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Executive Committee decision http://rs.tdwg.org/decisions/decision-2024-03-26_42
Term Name eco:isAbsenceReported
Term IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/terms/isAbsenceReported
Modified 2024-02-28
Term version IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/terms/version/isAbsenceReported-2024-02-28
Label Is Absence Reported
Definition Taxonomic absences were reported.
Notes Absences can be reported at any taxonomic level.
Examples
  • true
  • false
ABCD equivalence not in ABCD
Type Property
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Term Name eco:isAbundanceCapReported
Term IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/terms/isAbundanceCapReported
Modified 2024-02-28
Term version IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/terms/version/isAbundanceCapReported-2024-02-28
Label Is Abundance Cap Reported
Definition A maximum number of dwc:Organisms was reported, as specified or restricted by the protocol used.
Notes Values of abundance cap should be captured under the term eco:abundanceCap.
Examples
  • true
  • false
ABCD equivalence not in ABCD
Type Property
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Term Name eco:isAbundanceReported
Term IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/terms/isAbundanceReported
Modified 2024-02-28
Term version IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/terms/version/isAbundanceReported-2024-02-28
Label Is Abundance Reported
Definition The number of dwc:Organisms collected or observed was reported.
Notes Typically the abundance values would be reported in the dwc:organismQuantity and dwc:organismQuantityType terms for the child dwc:Occurrence records for this dwc:Event.
Examples
  • true
  • false
ABCD equivalence not in ABCD
Type Property
Executive Committee decision http://rs.tdwg.org/decisions/decision-2024-02-28_42
Term Name eco:isDegreeOfEstablishmentScopeFullyReported
Term IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/terms/isDegreeOfEstablishmentScopeFullyReported
Modified 2024-02-28
Term version IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/terms/version/isDegreeOfEstablishmentScopeFullyReported-2024-02-28
Label Is Degree of Establishment Scope Fully Reported
Definition Every dwc:Organism that was included within the degree of establishment scope, and was detected during the dwc:Event, was reported.
Notes This term is only relevant if the dwc:Event used restricted search or open search methods. If all dwc:Organisms included within the degree of establishment scope and detected during the dwc:Event were reported, the value should be 'true'. Degree of establishment scope is based on the combination of eco:targetDegreeOfEstablishmentScope and eco:excludedDegreeOfEstablishmentScope.
Examples
  • true
  • false
ABCD equivalence not in ABCD
Type Property
Executive Committee decision http://rs.tdwg.org/decisions/decision-2024-02-28_42
Term Name eco:isGrowthFormScopeFullyReported
Term IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/terms/isGrowthFormScopeFullyReported
Modified 2024-02-28
Term version IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/terms/version/isGrowthFormScopeFullyReported-2024-02-28
Label Is Growth Form Scope Fully Reported
Definition Every dwc:Organism that was included within the growth form scope, and was detected during the dwc:Event, was reported.
Notes This term is only relevant if the dwc:Event used restricted search or open search methods. If all dwc:Organisms included within the growth form scope and detected during the dwc:Event were reported, the value should be 'true'. Growth form scope is based on the combination of eco:targetGrowthFormScope and eco:excludedGrowthFormScope.
Examples
  • true
  • false
ABCD equivalence not in ABCD
Type Property
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Term Name eco:isLeastSpecificTargetCategoryQuantityInclusive
Term IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/terms/isLeastSpecificTargetCategoryQuantityInclusive
Modified 2024-02-28
Term version IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/terms/version/isLeastSpecificTargetCategoryQuantityInclusive-2024-02-28
Label Is Least Specific Target Category Quantity Inclusive
Definition The total detected quantity for a dwc:Taxon (including subcategories thereof) in a dwc:Event is given explicitly in a single record (dwc:organismQuantity value) for that dwc:Taxon.
Notes Recommended values are 'true' and 'false'. This term is only relevant if dwc:organismQuantity is a number. For a detailed explanation, see http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/docs/inclusive/.
Examples
  • true
  • false
ABCD equivalence not in ABCD
Type Property
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Term Name eco:isLifeStageScopeFullyReported
Term IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/terms/isLifeStageScopeFullyReported
Modified 2024-02-28
Term version IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/terms/version/isLifeStageScopeFullyReported-2024-02-28
Label Is Life Stage Scope Fully Reported
Definition Every dwc:Organism that was included within the life stage scope, and was detected during the dwc:Event, was reported.
Notes This term is only relevant if the dwc:Event used restricted search or open search methods. If all dwc:Organisms included within the life stage scope and detected during the dwc:Event were reported, the value should be 'true'. Life stage scope is based on the combination of eco:targetLifeStageScope and eco:excludedLifeStageScope.
Examples
  • true
  • false
ABCD equivalence not in ABCD
Type Property
Executive Committee decision http://rs.tdwg.org/decisions/decision-2024-02-28_42
Term Name eco:isSamplingEffortReported
Term IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/terms/isSamplingEffortReported
Modified 2024-02-28
Term version IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/terms/version/isSamplingEffortReported-2024-02-28
Label Is Sampling Effort Reported
Definition The sampling effort associated with the dwc:Event was reported.
Notes Typically values of effort would be captured under the terms eco:samplingEffortValue and eco:samplingEffortUnit.
Examples
  • true
  • false
ABCD equivalence not in ABCD
Type Property
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Term Name eco:isTaxonomicScopeFullyReported
Term IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/terms/isTaxonomicScopeFullyReported
Modified 2024-02-28
Term version IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/terms/version/isTaxonomicScopeFullyReported-2024-02-28
Label Is Taxonomic Scope Fully Reported
Definition Every dwc:Organism that was included within the taxonomic scope, and was detected during the dwc:Event, was reported.
Notes This term is only relevant if the dwc:Event used restricted search or open search methods. If all dwc:Organisms included within the taxonomic scope and detected during the dwc:Event were reported, the value should be 'true'. Taxonomic scope is based on the combination of eco:targetTaxonomicScope and eco:excludedTaxonomicScope.
Examples
  • true
  • false
ABCD equivalence not in ABCD
Type Property
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Term Name eco:isVegetationCoverReported
Term IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/terms/isVegetationCoverReported
Modified 2024-02-28
Term version IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/terms/version/isVegetationCoverReported-2024-02-28
Label Is Vegetation Cover Reported
Definition A vegetation cover metric was reported.
Notes Typically values or descriptions of vegetation cover would be captured under the term eco:verbatimSiteDescriptions.
Examples
  • true
  • false
ABCD equivalence not in ABCD
Type Property
Executive Committee decision http://rs.tdwg.org/decisions/decision-2024-02-28_42
Term Name eco:materialSampleTypes
Term IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/terms/materialSampleTypes
Modified 2024-03-26
Term version IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/terms/version/materialSampleTypes-2024-03-26
Label Material Sample Types
Definition A list (concatenated and separated) of material sample types collected during the dwc:Event.
Notes Recommended best practice is to use a controlled vocabulary and separate multiple values in a list with space vertical bar space ( | ). This term has an equivalent in the dwciri: namespace that allows only an IRI as a value, whereas this term allows for any string literal value.
Examples
  • wholeOrganism
  • skeleton
  • tissue | blood | fecal | stomachContent
ABCD equivalence not in ABCD
Type Property
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Term Name ecoiri:materialSampleTypes
Term IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/iri/materialSampleTypes
Modified 2024-03-26
Term version IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/iri/version/materialSampleTypes-2024-03-26
Label Material Sample Types (IRI)
Definition A material sample type collected during the dwc:Event.
Notes Recommended best practice is to use an IRI from a controlled vocabulary. Terms in the dwciri namespace are intended to be used in RDF with non-literal objects.
ABCD equivalence not in ABCD
Type Property
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Term Name eco:nonTargetTaxa
Term IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/terms/nonTargetTaxa
Modified 2024-03-26
Term version IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/terms/version/nonTargetTaxa-2024-03-26
Label Non-target Taxa
Definition A list (concatenated and separated) of taxa reported during the dwc:Event that are outside of the target taxonomic scope (the combination of eco:targetTaxonomicScope and eco:excludedTaxonomicScope).
Notes This term is meant to allow the full list of taxa that are considered outside of the taxonomic scope and yet were reported in the dataset to be shared. This term is relevant only if a target taxonomic scope is declared and eco:hasNonTargetTaxa is ‘true’. Taxonomic scope is based on the combination of eco:targetTaxonomicScope and eco:excludedTaxonomicScope. Non-target taxa (in some disciplines called “bycatch”) can be reported at any taxonomic level. Recommended best practice is to separate multiple values in a list with space vertical bar space ( | ). This term has an equivalent in the dwciri: namespace that allows only an IRI as a value, whereas this term allows for any string literal value.
Examples
  • Parabuteo unicinctus | Geranoaetus melanoleucus
  • Cetoniinae | Aclopinae | Cyclocephala modesta
ABCD equivalence not in ABCD
Type Property
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Term Name ecoiri:nonTargetTaxa
Term IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/iri/nonTargetTaxa
Modified 2024-03-26
Term version IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/iri/version/nonTargetTaxa-2024-03-26
Label Non-target Taxa (IRI)
Definition A taxon reported during the dwc:Event that is outside of the target taxonomic scope (the combination of ecoiri:targetTaxonomicScope and ecoiri:excludedTaxonomicScope).
Notes This term is meant to allow a taxon that is considered outside of the taxonomic scope and yet was reported in the dataset to be shared. This term is relevant only if a target taxonomic scope is declared and eco:hasNonTargetTaxa is ‘true’. Taxonomic scope is based on the combination of ecoiri:targetTaxonomicScope and ecoiri:excludedTaxonomicScope. Non-target taxa (in some disciplines called “bycatch”) can be reported at any taxonomic level. Terms in the dwciri namespace are intended to be used in RDF with non-literal objects.
ABCD equivalence not in ABCD
Type Property
Executive Committee decision http://rs.tdwg.org/decisions/decision-2024-03-26_42
Term Name eco:protocolDescriptions
Term IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/terms/protocolDescriptions
Modified 2024-02-28
Term version IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/terms/version/protocolDescriptions-2024-02-28
Label Protocol Descriptions
Definition A detailed description of the methods used during the dwc:Event.
Notes This description should be associated with protocols provided in eco:protocolNames. The description may include deviations from a protocol referred to in eco:protocolReferences. Recommended good practice is to provide information about instruments used, calibration, etc. Recommended best practice is to separate multiple values in a list with space vertical bar space ( | ).
Examples 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.
ABCD equivalence not in ABCD
Type Property
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Term Name ecoiri:protocolNames
Term IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/iri/protocolNames
Modified 2024-03-26
Term version IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/iri/version/protocolNames-2024-03-26
Label Protocol Names (IRI)
Definition Categorical descriptive name for the methods used during the dwc:Event.
Notes Recommended best practice is to use an IRI from a controlled vocabulary. Terms in the dwciri namespace are intended to be used in RDF with non-literal objects.
ABCD equivalence not in ABCD
Type Property
Executive Committee decision http://rs.tdwg.org/decisions/decision-2024-03-26_42
Term Name eco:protocolNames
Term IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/terms/protocolNames
Modified 2024-03-26
Term version IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/terms/version/protocolNames-2024-03-26
Label Protocol Names
Definition Categorical descriptive names for the methods used during the dwc:Event.
Notes Recommended best practice is to use a controlled vocabulary and separate multiple values in a list with space vertical bar space ( | ). This term has an equivalent in the dwciri: namespace that allows only an IRI as a value, whereas this term allows for any string literal value.
Examples
  • boxTrapping
  • floraInventory
  • boxTrapping | funnelTrapping
ABCD equivalence not in ABCD
Type Property
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Term Name eco:protocolReferences
Term IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/terms/protocolReferences
Modified 2024-02-28
Term version IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/terms/version/protocolReferences-2024-02-28
Label Protocol References
Definition The references to the methods used during the dwc:Event.
Notes Recommended best practice is to separate multiple values in a list with space vertical bar space ( | ).
Examples Penguins from space: faecal stains reveal the location of emperor penguin colonies, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1466-8238.2009.00467.x
ABCD equivalence not in ABCD
Type Property
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Term Name eco:reportedExtremeConditions
Term IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/terms/reportedExtremeConditions
Modified 2024-02-28
Term version IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/terms/version/reportedExtremeConditions-2024-02-28
Label Reported Extreme Conditions
Definition A description of any extreme weather or environmental conditions that may have affected the dwc:Event.
Examples
  • flooding during week 3 of surveys
  • rockslide at site 2
ABCD equivalence not in ABCD
Type Property
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Term Name eco:reportedWeather
Term IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/terms/reportedWeather
Modified 2024-02-28
Term version IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/terms/version/reportedWeather-2024-02-28
Label Reported Weather
Definition A list of weather or climatic conditions present during the dwc:Event.
Notes Recommended best practice is to use a key:value encoding schema for a data interchange format such as JSON.
Examples {"minimumTemperatureInDegreesFahrenheit": 18, "maximumTemperatureInDegreesFahrenheit": 32}
ABCD equivalence not in ABCD
Type Property
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Term Name eco:samplingEffortProtocol
Term IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/terms/samplingEffortProtocol
Modified 2024-03-26
Term version IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/terms/version/samplingEffortProtocol-2024-03-26
Label Sampling Effort Protocol
Definition A description of or reference (publication or URL) to the methods used to determine the sampling effort.
Notes This description should be associated with the values reported in eco:samplingEffortValue and eco:samplingEffortUnit. This is a specialization of eco:protocolDescription focused on effort, distinct from the survey method. The effort relates to the intensity of sampling and therefore can assist in interpreting estimates of completeness. This term has an equivalent in the dwciri: namespace that allows only an IRI as a value, whereas this term allows for any string literal value.
Examples
  • 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
ABCD equivalence not in ABCD
Type Property
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Term Name ecoiri:samplingEffortProtocol
Term IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/iri/samplingEffortProtocol
Modified 2024-03-26
Term version IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/iri/version/samplingEffortProtocol-2024-03-26
Label Sampling Effort Protocol (IRI)
Definition A method or protocol used to determine the sampling effort, denoted by an IRI.
Notes This protocol should be associated with the values reported in eco:samplingEffortValue and eco:samplingEffortUnit. This is a specialization of eco:protocolDescription focused on effort, distinct from the survey method. The effort relates to the intensity of sampling and therefore can assist in interpreting estimates of completeness. Terms in the dwciri namespace are intended to be used in RDF with non-literal objects.
ABCD equivalence not in ABCD
Type Property
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Term Name eco:samplingEffortUnit
Term IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/terms/samplingEffortUnit
Modified 2024-03-26
Term version IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/terms/version/samplingEffortUnit-2024-03-26
Label Sampling Effort Unit
Definition The units associated with the eco:samplingEffortValue.
Notes Recommended best practice is to use a controlled vocabulary. This term has an equivalent in the dwciri: namespace that allows only an IRI as a value, whereas this term allows for any string literal value.
Examples
  • trapHours
  • personHours
  • trapDays
ABCD equivalence not in ABCD
Type Property
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Term Name ecoiri:samplingEffortUnit
Term IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/iri/samplingEffortUnit
Modified 2024-03-26
Term version IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/iri/version/samplingEffortUnit-2024-03-26
Label Sampling Effort Unit (IRI)
Definition The units associated with the eco:samplingEffortValue.
Notes Recommended best practice is to use an IRI from a controlled vocabulary of SI units, derived units, or other non-SI units accepted for use within the SI.
ABCD equivalence not in ABCD
Type Property
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Term Name eco:samplingEffortValue
Term IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/terms/samplingEffortValue
Modified 2024-02-28
Term version IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/terms/version/samplingEffortValue-2024-02-28
Label Sampling Effort Value
Definition The numeric value for the sampling effort expended during the dwc:Event.
Notes This term is meant to capture the total sampling effort value. To express details of how the effort was determined use eco:samplingEffortProtocol. For compilations it is recommend not to infer effort. An eco:samplingEffortValue must have a corresponding eco:samplingEffortUnit.
Examples
  • 1900
  • 40
  • 5.5
ABCD equivalence not in ABCD
Type Property
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Term Name ecoiri:samplingPerformedBy
Term IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/iri/samplingPerformedBy
Modified 2024-03-26
Term version IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/iri/version/samplingPerformedBy-2024-03-26
Label Sampling Performed By (IRI)
Definition A person, group, or organization responsible for recording the dwc:Event.
Notes The sampling dwc:Event could be at any level of hierarchy. In the case of a higher level (parent) dwc:Event, include all the organizations or people involved in the child dwc:Events that contributed to the parent dwc:Event. Terms in the dwciri namespace are intended to be used in RDF with non-literal objects.
ABCD equivalence not in ABCD
Type Property
Executive Committee decision http://rs.tdwg.org/decisions/decision-2024-03-26_42
Term Name eco:samplingPerformedBy
Term IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/terms/samplingPerformedBy
Modified 2024-03-26
Term version IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/terms/version/samplingPerformedBy-2024-03-26
Label Sampling Performed By
Definition A person, group, or organization responsible for recording the dwc:Event.
Notes The sampling dwc:Event could be at any level of hierarchy. In the case of a higher level (parent) dwc:Event, include all the organizations or people involved in the child dwc:Events that contributed to the parent dwc:Event. Recommended best practice is to separate multiple values in a list with space vertical bar space ( | ). This term has an equivalent in the dwciri: namespace that allows only an IRI as a value, whereas this term allows for any string literal value.
Examples
  • North American Butterlfy Association
  • KK Wall
  • JJ Green
  • LL Pink and FF Grey | Aspen Center for Environmental Studies
ABCD equivalence not in ABCD
Type Property
Executive Committee decision http://rs.tdwg.org/decisions/decision-2024-02-28_42
Executive Committee decision http://rs.tdwg.org/decisions/decision-2024-03-26_42
Term Name eco:siteCount
Term IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/terms/siteCount
Modified 2024-02-28
Term version IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/terms/version/siteCount-2024-02-28
Label Site Count
Definition Total number of individual sites surveyed during the dwc:Event.
Notes Site refers to the location at which observations are made or samples/measurements are taken. The site can be at any level of hierarchy.
Examples
  • 1
  • 15
ABCD equivalence not in ABCD
Type Property
Executive Committee decision http://rs.tdwg.org/decisions/decision-2024-02-28_42
Term Name eco:siteNestingDescription
Term IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/terms/siteNestingDescription
Modified 2024-02-28
Term version IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/terms/version/siteNestingDescription-2024-02-28
Label Site Nesting Description
Definition Textual description of the hierarchical sampling design.
Notes Site refers to the location at which observations are made or samples/measurements are taken. The site can be at any level of hierarchy.
Examples 5 sampling sites of 3-5 plots each
ABCD equivalence not in ABCD
Type Property
Executive Committee decision http://rs.tdwg.org/decisions/decision-2024-02-28_42
Term Name eco:targetDegreeOfEstablishmentScope
Term IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/terms/targetDegreeOfEstablishmentScope
Modified 2024-03-26
Term version IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/terms/version/targetDegreeOfEstablishmentScope-2024-03-26
Label Target Degree of Establishment Scope
Definition The degrees of establishment of the dwc:Organisms targeted for sampling during the dwc:Event.
Notes Recommended best practice is to use controlled value strings from the controlled vocabulary (http://rs.tdwg.org/dwcdoe/) for dwc: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 ( | ). This term has an equivalent in the dwciri: namespace that allows only an IRI as a value, whereas this term allows for any string literal value.
Examples
  • native
  • invasive | widespreadInvasive
ABCD equivalence not in ABCD
Type Property
Executive Committee decision http://rs.tdwg.org/decisions/decision-2024-02-28_42
Executive Committee decision http://rs.tdwg.org/decisions/decision-2024-03-26_42
Term Name ecoiri:targetDegreeOfEstablishmentScope
Term IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/iri/targetDegreeOfEstablishmentScope
Modified 2024-03-26
Term version IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/iri/version/targetDegreeOfEstablishmentScope-2024-03-26
Label Target Degree of Establishment Scope (IRI)
Definition The degree of establishment of the dwc:Organisms targeted for sampling during the dwc:Event.
Notes Recommended best practice is to use an IRI from the controlled vocabulary designated for use with this term, listed at http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/doc/doe/. For details, refer to https://doi.org/10.3897/biss.3.38084 . Terms in the dwciri namespace are intended to be used in RDF with non-literal objects.
Examples
ABCD equivalence not in ABCD
Type Property
Executive Committee decision http://rs.tdwg.org/decisions/decision-2024-03-26_42
Term Name eco:targetGrowthFormScope
Term IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/terms/targetGrowthFormScope
Modified 2024-03-26
Term version IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/terms/version/targetGrowthFormScope-2024-03-26
Label Target Growth Form Scope
Definition The growth forms or habits of the dwc:Organisms targeted for sampling during the dwc:Event.
Notes Recommended best practice is to use a controlled vocabulary and separate multiple values in a list with space vertical bar space ( | ). This term has an equivalent in the dwciri: namespace that allows only an IRI as a value, whereas this term allows for any string literal value.
Examples
  • tree
  • shrub | subShrub
ABCD equivalence not in ABCD
Type Property
Executive Committee decision http://rs.tdwg.org/decisions/decision-2024-02-28_42
Executive Committee decision http://rs.tdwg.org/decisions/decision-2024-03-26_42
Term Name ecoiri:targetGrowthFormScope
Term IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/iri/targetGrowthFormScope
Modified 2024-03-26
Term version IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/iri/version/targetGrowthFormScope-2024-03-26
Label Target Growth Form Scope (IRI)
Definition The growth form or habit of the dwc:Organisms targeted for sampling during the dwc:Event.
Notes Recommended best practice is to use an IRI from a controlled vocabulary. Terms in the dwciri namespace are intended to be used in RDF with non-literal objects.
ABCD equivalence not in ABCD
Type Property
Executive Committee decision http://rs.tdwg.org/decisions/decision-2024-03-26_42
Term Name ecoiri:targetHabitatScope
Term IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/iri/targetHabitatScope
Modified 2024-03-26
Term version IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/iri/version/targetHabitatScope-2024-03-26
Label Target Habitat Scope (IRI)
Definition The habitat targeted for sampling during the dwc:Event.
Notes Recommended best practice is to use an IRI from a controlled vocabulary. Terms in the dwciri namespace are intended to be used in RDF with non-literal objects.
ABCD equivalence not in ABCD
Type Property
Executive Committee decision http://rs.tdwg.org/decisions/decision-2024-03-26_42
Term Name eco:targetHabitatScope
Term IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/terms/targetHabitatScope
Modified 2024-03-26
Term version IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/terms/version/targetHabitatScope-2024-03-26
Label Target Habitat Scope
Definition The habitats targeted for sampling during the dwc:Event.
Notes Recommended best practice is to use a controlled vocabulary and separate the values in a list with space vertical bar space ( | ). This term has an equivalent in the dwciri: namespace that allows only an IRI as a value, whereas this term allows for any string literal value.
Examples
  • dunes
  • pineForest
  • riparian
  • scrub | grassland
ABCD equivalence not in ABCD
Type Property
Executive Committee decision http://rs.tdwg.org/decisions/decision-2024-02-28_42
Executive Committee decision http://rs.tdwg.org/decisions/decision-2024-03-26_42
Term Name ecoiri:targetLifeStageScope
Term IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/iri/targetLifeStageScope
Modified 2024-03-26
Term version IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/iri/version/targetLifeStageScope-2024-03-26
Label Target Life Stage Scope (IRI)
Definition The age class or life stage of the dwc:Organisms targeted for sampling during the dwc:Event.
Notes This term is defined based on dwciri:lifeStage (http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/iri/lifeStage). Recommended best practice is to use an IRI from the same controlled vocabulary as for dwciri:lifeStage. Terms in the dwciri namespace are intended to be used in RDF with non-literal objects.
ABCD equivalence not in ABCD
Type Property
Executive Committee decision http://rs.tdwg.org/decisions/decision-2024-03-26_42
Term Name eco:targetLifeStageScope
Term IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/terms/targetLifeStageScope
Modified 2024-03-26
Term version IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/terms/version/targetLifeStageScope-2024-03-26
Label Target Life Stage Scope
Definition The age classes or life stages of the dwc:Organisms targeted for sampling during the dwc:Event.
Notes This term is defined based on dwc:lifeStage (http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/lifeStage). Recommended best practice is to use the same controlled vocabulary as for dwc:lifeStage and to separate multiple values in a list with space vertical bar space ( | ). This term has an equivalent in the dwciri: namespace that allows only an IRI as a value, whereas this term allows for any string literal value.
Examples
  • larva
  • adult | juvenile
ABCD equivalence not in ABCD
Type Property
Executive Committee decision http://rs.tdwg.org/decisions/decision-2024-02-28_42
Executive Committee decision http://rs.tdwg.org/decisions/decision-2024-03-26_42
Term Name ecoiri:targetTaxonomicScope
Term IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/iri/targetTaxonomicScope
Modified 2024-03-26
Term version IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/iri/version/targetTaxonomicScope-2024-03-26
Label Target Taxonomic Scope (IRI)
Definition The taxonomic group targeted for sampling during the dwc:Event.
Notes The dwc:Event to which the ecoiri:targetTaxonomicScope refers could be at any level of hierarchy. In the case of a higher level (parent) dwc:Event, include all taxonomic groups surveyed in the child dwc:Events that contributed to the parent dwc:Event. Terms in the dwciri namespace are intended to be used in RDF with non-literal objects.
ABCD equivalence not in ABCD
Type Property
Executive Committee decision http://rs.tdwg.org/decisions/decision-2024-03-26_42
Term Name eco:targetTaxonomicScope
Term IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/terms/targetTaxonomicScope
Modified 2024-03-26
Term version IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/terms/version/targetTaxonomicScope-2024-03-26
Label Target Taxonomic Scope
Definition The taxonomic group(s) targeted for sampling during the dwc:Event.
Notes The dwc:Event to which the eco:targetTaxonomicScope refers could be at any level of hierarchy. In the case of a higher level (parent) dwc:Event, include all taxonomic groups surveyed in the child dwc:Events that contributed to the parent dwc:Event. Recommended best practice is to separate multiple values in a list with space vertical bar space ( | ).
Examples
  • Aves
  • Aves | Mammalia
  • Procellariformes
ABCD equivalence not in ABCD
Type Property
Executive Committee decision http://rs.tdwg.org/decisions/decision-2024-02-28_42
Executive Committee decision http://rs.tdwg.org/decisions/decision-2024-03-26_42
Term Name ecoiri:taxonCompletenessProtocols
Term IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/iri/taxonCompletenessProtocols
Modified 2024-03-26
Term version IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/iri/version/taxonCompletenessProtocols-2024-03-26
Label Taxon Completeness Protocols (IRI)
Definition A method or protocol used to determine ecoiri:taxonCompletenessReported, denoted by an IRI.
Notes This term allows users to determine how comprehensively an area has been sampled. Terms in the dwciri namespace are intended to be used in RDF with non-literal objects.
ABCD equivalence not in ABCD
Type Property
Executive Committee decision http://rs.tdwg.org/decisions/decision-2024-03-26_42
Term Name eco:taxonCompletenessProtocols
Term IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/terms/taxonCompletenessProtocols
Modified 2024-03-26
Term version IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/terms/version/taxonCompletenessProtocols-2024-03-26
Label Taxon Completeness Protocols
Definition A description of or reference (publication, URL) to the methods used to determine eco:taxonCompletenessReported.
Notes 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 ( | ). This term has an equivalent in the dwciri: namespace that allows only an IRI as a value, whereas this term allows for any string literal value.
Examples
  • census | based on sampling effort
  • based on species accumulation curves
ABCD equivalence not in ABCD
Type Property
Executive Committee decision http://rs.tdwg.org/decisions/decision-2024-02-28_42
Executive Committee decision http://rs.tdwg.org/decisions/decision-2024-03-26_42
Term Name eco:taxonCompletenessReported
Term IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/terms/taxonCompletenessReported
Modified 2024-03-26
Term version IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/terms/version/taxonCompletenessReported-2024-03-26
Label Taxon Completeness Reported
Definition Statement about whether the taxonomic completeness of the dwc:Event was assessed.
Notes This term is meant to alert users that the inventory was conducted in such a way that all of the target taxa (the combination of eco:targetTaxonomicScope and eco:excludedTaxonomicScope) should have been detectable if they were present during the dwc:Event. This term can provide data users with a qualitative measure of how comprehensively an area has been surveyed, which assists in interpreting species populations, areas of occupancy, inferring species absences, etc. This term is only relevant if the dwc:Event used restricted search or open search methods. If taxonomic completeness was assessed, the methods used or an explanation of the basis of the completeness should be stated in eco:taxonCompletenessProtocols. Recommended best practice is to use controlled value strings from the controlled vocabulary designated for use with this term, listed at http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/doc/tcr/. This term has an equivalent in the dwciri: namespace that allows only an IRI as a value, whereas this term allows for any string literal value.
Examples
  • notReported
  • reportedComplete
  • reportedIncomplete
ABCD equivalence not in ABCD
Type Property
Executive Committee decision http://rs.tdwg.org/decisions/decision-2024-02-28_42
Executive Committee decision http://rs.tdwg.org/decisions/decision-2024-03-26_42
Term Name ecoiri:taxonCompletenessReported
Term IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/iri/taxonCompletenessReported
Modified 2024-03-26
Term version IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/iri/version/taxonCompletenessReported-2024-03-26
Label Taxon Completeness Reported (IRI)
Definition Statement about whether the taxonomic completeness of the dwc:Event was assessed.
Notes This term is meant to alert users that the inventory was conducted in such a way that all of the target taxa (the combination of ecoiri:targetTaxonomicScope and ecoiri:excludedTaxonomicScope) should have been detectable if they were present during the dwc:Event. This term can provide data users with a qualitative measure of how comprehensively an area has been surveyed, which assists in interpreting species populations, areas of occupancy, inferring species absences, etc. This term is only relevant if the dwc:Event used restricted search or open search methods. If taxonomic completeness was assessed, the methods used or an explanation of the basis of the completeness should covered by ecoiri:taxonCompletenessProtocols. Recommended best practice is to use an IRI from the controlled vocabulary designated for use with this term, listed at http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/doc/tcr/. Terms in the dwciri namespace are intended to be used in RDF with non-literal objects.
Examples
ABCD equivalence not in ABCD
Type Property
Executive Committee decision http://rs.tdwg.org/decisions/decision-2024-03-26_42
Term Name ecoiri:totalAreaSampledUnit
Term IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/iri/totalAreaSampledUnit
Modified 2024-03-26
Term version IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/iri/version/totalAreaSampledUnit-2024-03-26
Label Total Area Sampled Unit (IRI)
Definition The units associated with eco:totalAreaSampledValue
Notes Recommended best practice is to use an IRI from a controlled vocabulary of SI units, derived units, or other non-SI units accepted for use within the SI.
ABCD equivalence not in ABCD
Type
Executive Committee decision http://rs.tdwg.org/decisions/decision-2024-03-26_42
Term Name eco:totalAreaSampledUnit
Term IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/terms/totalAreaSampledUnit
Modified 2024-03-26
Term version IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/terms/version/totalAreaSampledUnit-2024-03-26
Label Total Area Sampled Unit
Definition The units associated with eco:totalAreaSampledValue
Notes Recommended best practice is to use a controlled vocabulary. For units containing exponents, use characters from the Unicode Latin-1 Supplement character set (hex 00B2 for squared and 00B3 for cubed). This term has an equivalent in the dwciri: namespace that allows only an IRI as a value, whereas this term allows for any string literal value.
Examples km²
ABCD equivalence not in ABCD
Type
Executive Committee decision http://rs.tdwg.org/decisions/decision-2024-02-28_42
Executive Committee decision http://rs.tdwg.org/decisions/decision-2024-03-26_42
Term Name eco:totalAreaSampledValue
Term IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/terms/totalAreaSampledValue
Modified 2024-02-28
Term version IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/terms/version/totalAreaSampledValue-2024-02-28
Label Total Area Sampled Value
Definition The numeric value for the total area surveyed during the dwc:Event.
Notes This area is always less than or equal to the eco:geospatialScopeAreaValue. An eco:totalAreaSampledValue must have a corresponding eco:totalAreaSampledUnit.
Examples 0.8
ABCD equivalence not in ABCD
Type
Executive Committee decision http://rs.tdwg.org/decisions/decision-2024-02-28_42
Term Name eco:verbatimSiteDescriptions
Term IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/terms/verbatimSiteDescriptions
Modified 2024-02-28
Term version IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/terms/version/verbatimSiteDescriptions-2024-02-28
Label Verbatim Site Descriptions
Definition Original textual description of the site(s).
Notes Site refers to the location at which observations are made or samples/measurements are taken. The site can be at any level of hierarchy. Recommended best practice is to separate multiple values in a list with space vertical bar space ( | ).
Examples 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.
ABCD equivalence not in ABCD
Type Property
Executive Committee decision http://rs.tdwg.org/decisions/decision-2024-02-28_42
Term Name eco:verbatimSiteNames
Term IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/terms/verbatimSiteNames
Modified 2024-02-28
Term version IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/terms/version/verbatimSiteNames-2024-02-28
Label Verbatim Site Names
Definition A list (concatenated and separated) of original site names.
Notes Site refers to the location at which observations are made or samples/measurements are taken. The site can be at any level of hierarchy. Recommended best practice is to separate multiple values in a list with space vertical bar space ( | ).
Examples
  • East Coastal Fringe | St. Marks Wildlife Management Area
  • S1 | S2 | C1 | C2 | R14 | R22 | W1
ABCD equivalence not in ABCD
Type Property
Executive Committee decision http://rs.tdwg.org/decisions/decision-2024-02-28_42
Term Name eco:verbatimTargetScope
Term IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/terms/verbatimTargetScope
Modified 2024-02-28
Term version IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/terms/version/verbatimTargetScope-2024-02-28
Label Verbatim Target Scope
Definition The verbatim original description of the dwc:Event scope.
Notes Recommended best practice is first to populate explicit scope terms to the fullest extent possible (e.g., eco:targetTaxonomicScope). It is not recommended to use this term in assessing absence or completeness.
Examples
  • small mammals
  • freshwater macroinvertebrates
  • dead animals, ground-living insects
ABCD equivalence not in ABCD
Type
Executive Committee decision http://rs.tdwg.org/decisions/decision-2024-02-28_42
Term Name eco:voucherInstitutions
Term IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/terms/voucherInstitutions
Modified 2024-02-28
Term version IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/eco/terms/version/voucherInstitutions-2024-02-28
Label Voucher Institutions
Definition A list (concatenated and separated) of the names or acronyms of the institutions where vouchers collected during the dwc:Event were deposited.
Notes Recommended best practice is to separate multiple values in a list with space vertical bar space ( | ).
Examples
  • FMNH
  • AMNH | MVZ
  • Nairobi National Museum
ABCD equivalence not in ABCD
Type Property
Executive Committee decision http://rs.tdwg.org/decisions/decision-2024-02-28_42