ABCD2Concepts
From BioCASe Provider Software
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.
Contents
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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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. |
