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Revision as of 08:33, 28 September 2018

This page provides an overview of the most commonly used ABCD elements with short explanations and sample values. If you're looking for a complete list of ABCD elements, please refer to the full documentation at the ABCD Wiki.

Mandatory fields are marked with an asterisk. If you don't provide them, the element - and potentially non-mandatory sibling/parental elements - will be removed from the ABCD document.

Metadata

Metadata describe the dataset as whole - as opposed to individual specimens.

General metadata

Group Element Example Remark
ContentContact Name* John Doe Contact information for the curator of the dataset.
Address Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin. Königin-Luise-Str. 6-8; 14195 Berlin, Germany
Email john.doe@acme.com
Phone +49 30 838 99999
TechnicalContact Name* John Doe Contact information of the person that is responsible for the BioCASe installation - in most cases, this will be the IT department.
Address Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin. Königin-Luise-Str. 6-8; 14195 Berlin, Germany
Email john.doe@acme.com
Phone +49 30 838 99999
Metadata IconURI http://ww3.bgbm.org/providerResources/BGBM.jpg Link to an image that represents the dataset.
Metadata/RevisionData DateCreated 2018-07-19 Date when the dataset has been first published (DateCreated) and of the last changes/additions/removals (DateModified).
DateModified* 2018-09-27
Metadata/Version DateIssued 2018-09-27 If you keep track of dataset versions, the info can be specified in this section.
Major* 3
Minor 1
Metadata/Description/Representation Title* Herbarium Berolinense Short description of the dataset (preferrably in english), consisting of a title, a 2-3 sentences long description and an optional URL.
@language* en
Description The herbarium of the Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem (herbarium acronym: B) is ...
URL https://www.bgbm.org/en/herbarium
Metadata/Owners/Owner Addresses/Address Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin. Königin-Luise-Str. 6-8; 14195 Berlin, Germany Institution that owns the dataset.
EmailAddresses/EmailAddress john.doe@acme.com
TelephoneNumbers/TelephoneNumber +49 30 838 99999
URIs/URL https://www.bgbm.org
LogoURI http://ww3.bgbm.org/providerResources/BGBM.jpg
Organisation/Name/Representation/Text* Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem
Organisation/Name/Representation/Abbrevation BGBM

IPR Statements

The section Metadata/IPRStatements contains several sub-sections that allow to provide IPR (intellectual property rights) statements. Each sub-section contains the mandatory element Text for the statement and the optional elements Details and URI for delivering more details and/or a link to a web page mit more information. The seven sections are as follows:

Section Example Remark
Acknowledgements The project was funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) A free text acknowledging support for the dataset (e.g. grant money, help, permission to reuse published material, etc.).
Citation Röpert D. (ed.) 2000+ [continuously updated]: Digital specimen images at the Herbarium Berolinense. - Published at http://ww2.bgbm.org/herbarium/default.cfm [accessed dd Mmm yyyy]. Citation guidline for using the data in publications.
Disclaimer No responsibility is accepted for the accuracy of the information in this database. A disclaimer statement for the dataset (e. g. concerning responsibility for data quality or legal implications).
License Creative Commons 1.0 Public Domain Dedication waiver The license for using the data; we suggest one of the Creative Commons licenses that can be found at here.
TermsOfUse Textual metadata on specimens from the Herbarium Berolinense (B) are released under the Creative Commons 1.0 Public Domain Dedication waiver. Terms for using the published data.

Specimen Data

In ACBD terminology, a specimen is called a Unit; for each specimen, one Units/Unit will be created. Below you'll find the most commonly used ABCD elements in this sub-tree.

General unit data

ABCD element Example Remark
SourceID* Herbarium Berolinense The name or code of the data source.
SourceInstitutionID* B The unique identifier (code or name) of the institution holding the original data source.
UnitID* B -W 08738 -01 0 A unique identifier for the unit record within the data source.
UnitGUID http://herbarium.bgbm.org/object/BW08738010 A globally unique identifier for the unit record.
CollectorsFieldNumber 765/10 The original number assigned to the unit by the collector or observer.
RecordBasis PreservedSpecimen An indication of what the unit record describes; needs to comply with a coontrolled vocabulary.
KindOfUnit Whole plant Part(s), physical state, or class of materials represented by this specimen.
Sex Male Sex of the unit.
RecordURI http://herbarium.bgbm.org/object/BW08738010 The web address of the page where more information on this particular unit record can be found.
Notes Specimen examined in a review of the genera of the tribe Eupatorieae, R. M. King & H. Robinson 1968-1969 A free text description of the unit. Any notes that do not fit elsewhere.
DateLastEdited 2009-030-7 The date of the creation of or last change to this unit record.
LastEditor John Doe The name or other indication of the person or team that created or last edited this record.

Gathering event

The Gathering sub section of ABCD covers all details about the gathering site and the gathering agents. All the follwing groups and elements are located in Units/Unit/Gathering.

Group Element Example Remark
Agents GatheringAgentsText Scholz, Sipman A free text representation or concatenated version of those responsible for collecting or recording. In case of a gathering team, it is advised not to provide a concatenated text of the collectors, but individual gathering agents (see below).
GatheringAgent/AgentText Sipman Name of an individual gathering agent. The element GatheringAgent is repeatable, so it can be provided several times in case of a gathering team.
Altitude MeasurementOrFactText 1500-1600m Use this element if you have the altitude stored as a free text, that is as a single, concatenated text. If the boundaries of a range are stored as separate values in your database, use the MeasurementOrFactAtomised elements below.
MeasurementOrFactAtomised/LowerValue* 1500 The lower or only value of the gathering site altitude.
MeasurementOrFactAtomised/UpperValue 1600 The upper value for the measured gathering site altitude, if there is a range.
MeasurementOrFactAtomised/UnitOfMeasurement m The unit of measurement used to measure the gathering site altitude.
Country ISO3166Code US ISO code of the country where the voucher was collected/observed.
Name* United States of America Name of the gathering country.
Gathering/DateTime *DateText date when voucher was collected, if you have content yuo can also use ISO format e.g. 21. April 1951
Gathering/Locality *LocalityText e.g. 5km NO Berlin
Gathering/NamedArea AreaName name of continent e.g. Europe
Gathering/NamedArea @language language of the name of continent e.g. "en"
Gathering/SiteCoordinates *LatitudeDecimal e.g. -15,88876
Gathering/SiteCoordinates *LongitudeDecimal e.g. 72,88876

Botanical Garden Unit

ABCD element Example Remark
AccessionStatus C(urrent) The current status of the accession in the garden (current or not current).
Cultivation Allows for cultivation information to be passed as free text in order to help the receiving garden care for the transferred accession or to record the garden's experience made with this accession.
Hardiness 1 A flag indicating that the accession is grown outdoors in the botanical garden.
IPEN XX-0-HEID-3253 A unique number given to plant materials accessioned in conformance with the rules of the International Plant Exchange Network.
LocationInGarden MD4 The current location of the living plant in the botanical garden.
Perennation A code to indicate the means of perennation.
PlantingDate 2007-07-07 The date in ISO format the plant was planted at its current location in the botanical garden.

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ABCD element Example Remark
SourceID* Herbarium Berolinense The name or code of the data source.

Identification history of the voucher

Mostly specimen databases record the complete determination or identification history of a single specimen. For GGBN we try to get all available information into the portal.

Group Element Remarks Example
Identification *PreferredFlag mark the presently preferred Identification e.g. true, false, 0, 1
Identification/HigherTaxon *HigherTaxonName the name of the higher taxon, please have a look at the BioCASE Wiki for how to prepare your database for the repeatable elements e.g. Asteraceae, Animalia
Identification/HigherTaxon *HigherTaxonRank the rank of the taxon in english or latin e.g. familia, regnum, phylum
Identification/ScientificName *FullScientificName the complete name of the taxon including Authors (and years for animals) e.g. Aaronsohnia factorovskyi Warb. & Eig. var. factorovskyi
Identification/ScientificName/NameAtomised *FirstEpithet Please note: ABCD has several container for NameAtomised, it depens on your sampes which one to choose (Botanical or Zoology etc.) e.g. factorovskyi
Identification/ScientificName/NameAtomised *GenusOrMonomial e.g. Aaronsohnia
Identification/ScientificName/NameAtomised *InfraspecificEpithet Please note: ABCD has several container for NameAtomised, it depens on your sampes which one to choose (Botanical or Zoology etc.) e.g. factorovskyi
Identification/ScientificName/NameAtomised *Rank Please note: ABCD has several container for NameAtomised, it depens on your sampes which one to choose (Botanical or Zoology etc.) e.g. var.