Data Items

Data Item List

Name

Code

Type

authorship type

author_type

A1

catalogue code

catalogue_code

VA10

code

code

VA50

code

code

A2

code

code

A1

description

description

VA255

description

description

VA255

description

description

VA255

description

description

VA255

description

description

VA255

determination timestamp

det_timestamp

DT

first name

fname

VA50

id

id

I

is abstract

is_abstract

BL

is edited

is_edited

BL

is obligatory

is_obligatory

BL

middle names

mname

VA100

name

name

VA50

name

name

VA255

name

name

VA100

name

name

VA50

name

name

VA50

name element

name_element

VA50

publication year

pub_year

N4

sequence number

seq_num

SI

suffix

suffix

VA10

taxonomic rank

tax_rank

VA20

taxonomic rank group

tax_rank_group

VA10

title

title

VA255

Data Item authorship type

Name: authorship type
Code: author_type
Label:
Domain:
Type: A
Length: 1 Precision: 0

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High Value:
Default Value:
Unit:
Format:
Uppercase: No Lowercase: No Can't modify: No
List of Values: P   Publishing Author
I   In Author
E   Ex Author

Description

This attribute indicates the type of situation under which the name of the Nominal Taxon was made available. There are three cases: publishing author, in-author, or ex-author.

In the publishing author case, the author team responsible for making the name available, by writing a description of the taxon to which it was applied, is the same as the team that authored the publication in which the description was given. This is the usual case.

In the in -author case, the author team responsible for making the name of a Nominal Taxon available is different from the author team that published the work in which the name is made available. If a Nominal Taxon has an in-author team, the publishing author team need not be cited, but when cited should follow the in-author team separated by the word "in."

In the ex-author case, the first use of the name of a Nominal Taxon is attributed by its publishing authors to an author team that did not publish the name in a manner sufficient to make it available. The ex-author team need not be cited; however, if cited, the ex-author team precedes the publishing author team, the two separated by the word "ex."

An in-author team differs from an ex-author team in that the in-author team is responsible for the name use and description of the taxon that makes the taxon available whereas an ex-author team is not

Annotation

If either in-author or ex-author is selected for this attribute, the relationship of Nominal Taxon to Team must contain a reference to the in or ex author team, otherwise that relationship is null.

Reference List

Reference

Name

Code

Entity

Nomenclatural Taxon

Nom_Tax

Data Item catalogue code

Name: catalogue code
Code: catalogue_code
Label:
Domain:
Type: VA
Length: 10 Precision: 0

Description

The Stock-Center code used to catalogue reprints of this reference.

Reference List

Reference

Name

Code

Entity

Reference Work

Ref_Work

Data Item code

Name: code
Code: code
Label:
Domain:
Type: VA
Length: 50 Precision: 0

Description

Short, unique code for identifying a particular classification.

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Reference

Name

Code

Entity

Classification

Classification

Data Item code

Name: code
Code: code
Label:
Domain:
Type: A
Length: 2 Precision: 0

Description

A short, unique identifying code.

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Reference

Name

Code

Entity

Nomenclatural Status

Nom_Status

Data Item code

Name: code
Code: code
Label:
Domain:
Type: A
Length: 1 Precision: 0

Description

A unique identifying code.

Reference List

Reference

Name

Code

Entity

Taxonomic Relationship Type

Tax_Rlnshp_Type

Data Item description

Name: description
Code: description
Label:
Domain: DESCRIPTION
Type: VA
Length: 255 Precision: 0

Description

A description of the taxonomic relationship type.

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Reference

Name

Code

Entity

Taxonomic Relationship Type

Tax_Rlnshp_Type

Data Item description

Name: description
Code: description
Label:
Domain: DESCRIPTION
Type: VA
Length: 255 Precision: 0

Description

A description of the classification.

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Reference

Name

Code

Entity

Classification

Classification

Data Item description

Name: description
Code: description
Label:
Domain: DESCRIPTION
Type: VA
Length: 255 Precision: 0

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Reference

Name

Code

Entity

Type Description

Type_Description

Data Item description

Name: description
Code: description
Label:
Domain: DESCRIPTION
Type: VA
Length: 255 Precision: 0

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Reference

Name

Code

Entity

Type Locality

Type_Locality

Data Item description

Name: description
Code: description
Label:
Domain: DESCRIPTION
Type: VA
Length: 255 Precision: 0

Description

A textual description of the nomenclatural status.

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Reference

Name

Code

Entity

Nomenclatural Status

Nom_Status

Data Item determination timestamp

Name: determination timestamp
Code: det_timestamp
Label:
Domain: TIMESTAMP
Type: DT
Length: 0 Precision: 0

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Reference

Name

Code

Entity

Taxonomic Taxon Determination

Tax_Tax_Det

Data Item first name

Name: first name
Code: fname
Label:
Domain: SHORT_NAME
Type: VA
Length: 50 Precision: 0

Description

The person's first name.

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Reference

Name

Code

Entity

Person

Person

Data Item id

Name: id
Code: id
Label: Agent ID Number
Domain: INT_ID
Type: I
Length: 0 Precision: 0

Description

A system-generated, unique integer identifier.

Reference List

Reference

Name

Code

Entity

Party

Party

Entity

Reference Work

Ref_Work

Entity

Name Bearing Type

Name_Bearing_Type

Entity

Taxonomic Taxon

Tax_Tax

Entity

Nomenclatural Taxon

Nom_Tax

Entity

Datum

Datum

Data Item is abstract

Name: is abstract
Code: is_abstract
Label:
Domain:
Type: BL
Length: 0 Precision: 0

Description

Yes/No attribute specifying whether the reference work is an abstract or not.

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Reference

Name

Code

Entity

Reference Work

Ref_Work

Data Item is edited

Name: is edited
Code: is_edited
Label:
Domain:
Type: BL
Length: 0 Precision: 0

Description

Yes/No attribute specifying whether the reference work is an edited volume or not.

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Reference

Name

Code

Entity

Reference Work

Ref_Work

Data Item is obligatory

Name: is obligatory
Code: is_obligatory
Label:
Domain:
Type: BL
Length: 0 Precision: 0

Description

A true/false flag that indicates whether or not a taxonomic rank is one of the seven traditionally obligatory ranks ( Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species ).

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Reference

Name

Code

Entity

Taxonomic Rank

Tax_Rank

Data Item middle names

Name: middle names
Code: mname
Label:
Domain: LONG_NAME
Type: VA
Length: 100 Precision: 0

Description

All names of a person between the first name and the surname.

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Reference

Name

Code

Entity

Person

Person

Data Item name

Name: name
Code: name
Label:
Domain: SHORT_NAME
Type: VA
Length: 50 Precision: 0

Description

A name by which to identify a particular classification.

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Reference

Name

Code

Entity

Classification

Classification

Data Item name

Name: name
Code: name
Label:
Domain: VERY_LONG_NAME
Type: VA
Length: 255 Precision: 0

Description

The full name of an organization or the surname of a person.

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Reference

Name

Code

Entity

Party

Party

Data Item name

Name: name
Code: name
Label:
Domain: LONG_NAME
Type: VA
Length: 100 Precision: 0

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Reference

Name

Code

Entity

Common Name

Common_Name

Data Item name

Name: name
Code: name
Label:
Domain: SHORT_NAME
Type: VA
Length: 50 Precision: 0

Description

A unique identifying name.

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Reference

Name

Code

Entity

Taxonomic Relationship Type

Tax_Rlnshp_Type

Data Item name

Name: name
Code: name
Label:
Domain: SHORT_NAME
Type: VA
Length: 50 Precision: 0

Description

A descriptive identifying name.

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Reference

Name

Code

Entity

Nomenclatural Status

Nom_Status

Data Item name element

Name: name element
Code: name_element
Label:
Domain:
Type: VA
Length: 50 Precision: 0

Description

The name element as it is to be printed in a taxon name. Name elements for nominal taxa below the rank of subgenus should be written in all lowercase letters. All others should begin with a capital letter.

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Reference

Name

Code

Entity

Name Element

Name_Element

Data Item publication year

Name: publication year
Code: pub_year
Label:
Domain: YEAR
Type: N
Length: 4 Precision: 0

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Low Value: 1700
High Value: 2999
Default Value:
Unit:
Format: 9999
Uppercase: No Lowercase: No Can't modify: No
List of Values:

Description

The year of publication of the reference work.

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Reference

Name

Code

Entity

Reference Work

Ref_Work

Data Item sequence number

Name: sequence number
Code: seq_num
Label:
Domain:
Type: SI
Length: 0 Precision: 0

Description

An integer that specifies the order of an instance of this entity-type in a sequence of related instances.

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Reference

Name

Code

Entity

Taxon Author

Taxon_Author

Data Item suffix

Name: suffix
Code: suffix
Label:
Domain:
Type: VA
Length: 10 Precision: 0

Description

Suffix such as 'Jr.', 'II', or 'III'.

Annotation

Currently defined as 3 char field, which is fine for English-style suffixes. Are there suffixes in other languages that we need to deal with?

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Reference

Name

Code

Entity

Person

Person

Data Item taxonomic rank

Name: taxonomic rank
Code: tax_rank
Label:
Domain:
Type: VA
Length: 20 Precision: 0

Description

The name of a rank in the taxonomic hierarchy.

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Reference

Name

Code

Entity

Taxonomic Rank

Tax_Rank

Data Item taxonomic rank group

Name: taxonomic rank group
Code: tax_rank_group
Label:
Domain:
Type: VA
Length: 10 Precision: 0

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Reference

Name

Code

Entity

Taxonomic Rank Group

Tax_Rank_Group

Data Item title

Name: title
Code: title
Label:
Domain: TITLE
Type: VA
Length: 255 Precision: 0

Description

A textual title, written or transliterated in the English alphabet

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Reference

Name

Code

Entity

Reference Work

Ref_Work
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