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. 2019 Jul 1;7:e34621. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.7.e34621

Data set 1.

Column label Column description
Table Event The sub-table with events
id Identifier of the events, unique for the dataset
type Type of the record, as defined by the Public Core standard
license Reference to the license under which the record is published
institutionID The identity of the institution publishing the data
institutionCode The code of the institution publishing the data
datasetName Name of the dataset
eventID Identifier of the events, unique for the dataset
samplingProtocol The sampling protocol used to capture the species
samplingEffort The amount of time of each sampling
eventDate The date-time or interval during which an Event occurred. For occurrences, this is the date-time when the event was recorded.
startDayOfYear The earliest ordinal day of the year on which the Event occurred
habitat The habitat for an Event
continent The name of the continent in which the Location occurs
islandGroup The name of the island group in which the Location occurs
island The name of the island on or near which the Location occurs
country The name of the country or major administrative unit in which the Location occurs
countryCode The standard code for the country in which the Location occurs
municipality The full, unabbreviated name of the next smaller administrative region than county (city, municipality, etc.) in which the Location occurs
locality The specific description of the place
verbatimCoordinates Original coordinates recorded
decimalLatitude Approximate centre point decimal latitude of the field site in GPS coordinates
decimalLongitude Approximate centre point decimal longitude of the field site in GPS coordinates
Table Occurrences The sub-table with occurrence data
id Identifier of the events, unique for the dataset
license Reference to the license under which the record is published
institutionID The identity of the institution publishing the data
institutionCode The code of the institution publishing the data
collectionCode The code of the collection where the specimens are conserved
datasetName Name of the dataset
basisOfRecord The nature of the data record
dynamicProperties A list of additional measurements, facts, characteristics, or assertions about the record. Meant to provide a mechanism for structured content
occurrenceID Identifier of the record, coded as a global unique identifier
occurrenceRemarks Remarks on the occurrence substracte from where the specimens were captured
recordNumber An identifier given to the Occurrence at the time it was recorded
recordedBy A list (concatenated and separated) of names of people, groups, or organizations responsible for recording the original Occurrence
organismQuantity A number or enumeration value for the quantity of organisms
organismQuantityType The unit of the identification of the organisms
establishmentMeans The process of establishment of the species in the location, using a controlled vocabulary: 'native non-endemic', 'introduced', 'endemic'
disposition The current state of a specimen with respect to the collection identified in collectionCode or collectionID
eventID Identifier of the events, unique for the dataset
fieldNumber An identifier given to the event in the field
minimumElevationInMeters Minimum elevation in metres
identifiedBy Name of the person who made the identification
dateIdentified Date on which the record was identified
scientificName Complete scientific name including author
kingdom Kingdom name
phylum Phylum name
class Class name
order Order name
family Family name
genus Genus name
specificEpithet Specific epithet
infraspecificEpithet Infraspecific epithet
taxonRank Lowest taxonomic rank of the record
scientificNameAuthorship The authorship information for the scientificName formatted according to the conventions of the applicable nomenclaturalCode