Species Products Discovery Objects

TaxonomyItem

Field	Description	Mapping
author	If the authority is known and can be separated from the rest of the scientific name, the authority string should also be placed in the ‘author’ field. Example: (Schltdl.) Crins Data Type: string Required: false DwC term: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/scientificNameAuthorship	brazilian-flora-spd-plugin: au catalogue-of-life-spd-plugin: author irmng-spd-plugin: scientificnameauthorship itis-spd-plugin: table taxon_authors_lkp → taxon_author obis-spd-plugin: ncbi-spd-plugin: worms-spd-plugin: AphiaRecord record - record.getAuthority()
citation	Citation information specified by the data publisher. Example: Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=105838 on 2012-11-27 Data Type: string Required: false DwC term: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/nameAccordingTo	brazilian-flora-spd-plugin: catalogue-of-life-spd-plugin: irmng-spd-plugin: nameaccordingto itis-spd-plugin: obis-spd-plugin: ncbi-spd-plugin: worms-spd-plugin: AphiaRecord record - record.getCitation()
commonNames	A common or vernacular name. Example: “Andean Condor", "Condor Andino", "American Eagle", "Gönsegeier" Data Type: List <CommonName> Required: false DwC term: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/vernacularName	brazilian-flora-spd-plugin: catalogue-of-life-spd-plugin: common_names irmng-spd-plugin: itis-spd-plugin: Table vernaculars → obis-spd-plugin: ncbi-spd-plugin: worms-spd-plugin: WormsPlugin.binding.getAphiaVernacularsByID(record.getAphiaID())
credits	Citation information specified by the data publisher. Example: This information object has been generated via the Species Product Discovery service on 2012-11-26 by interfacing with speciesLink (http://splink.cria.org.br/) Data Type: string Required: false DwC term: http://purl.org/dc/terms/bibliographicCitation	brazilian-flora-spd-plugin: catalogue-of-life-spd-plugin: irmng-spd-plugin: itis-spd-plugin: obis-spd-plugin: ncbi-spd-plugin: worms-spd-plugin:
id	The unique identifier used for a name or taxon reference in the core data file. Data Type: string Required: true DwC term: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/taxonID	brazilian-flora-spd-plugin: id catalogue-of-life-spd-plugin: id irmng-spd-plugin: taxonid itis-spd-plugin: Table longnames → tsn obis-spd-plugin: ncbi-spd-plugin: Table nodes → tax_id worms-spd-plugin: AphiaRecord record - record.getAphiaID()
lsid	Exclusively used to reference an external and resolvable identifier that returns nomenclatural (not taxonomic) details of a name. Use taxonID to refer to taxa. Use to explicitly refer to an external nomenclatural record. Example: “urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:37829-1:1.3” Data Type: string Required: false DwC term: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/scientificNameID	brazilian-flora-spd-plugin: catalogue-of-life-spd-plugin: irmng-spd-plugin: itis-spd-plugin: urn:lsid:itis.gov:itis_tsn:TSN obis-spd-plugin: ncbi-spd-plugin: worms-spd-plugin: AphiaRecord record - record.getLsid()
modified	Date when the record was last updated Example: “2009-08-21” Data Type: calendar Required: false DwC term: http://purl.org/dc/terms/modified	brazilian-flora-spd-plugin: catalogue-of-life-spd-plugin: record_scrutiny_date irmng-spd-plugin: modified itis-spd-plugin: table taxonomic_units → update_date obis-spd-plugin: ncbi-spd-plugin: worms-spd-plugin:
parent	The TaxonomyItem of the immediate higher-rank parent taxon (in a classification). Data Type: TaxonomyItem Required: false DwC term: none	brazilian-flora-spd-plugin: catalogue-of-life-spd-plugin: classification irmng-spd-plugin: parentnameusageid itis-spd-plugin: table taxonomic_units → parent_tsn obis-spd-plugin: ncbi-spd-plugin: table nodes → parent_tax_id worms-spd-plugin: WormsPlugin.binding.getAphiaClassificationByID(record.getAphiaID())
properties	Comments or notes about the taxon or name or data sources. Data Type: List<ElementProperty> Required: false DwC term: none	brazilian-flora-spd-plugin: catalogue-of-life-spd-plugin: references irmng-spd-plugin: itis-spd-plugin: obis-spd-plugin: ncbi-spd-plugin: worms-spd-plugin:
rank	The taxonomic rank of the most specific name in the scientificName. Recommended vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/rank.xml Example: "subspecies", "varietas", "forma", "species", "genus" Data Type: string Required: true DwC term: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/taxonRank	brazilian-flora-spd-plugin: rank catalogue-of-life-spd-plugin: rank irmng-spd-plugin: taxonrank itis-spd-plugin: table taxon_unit_types → rank_name obis-spd-plugin: ncbi-spd-plugin: Table nodes → rank worms-spd-plugin: AphiaRecord record - record.getRank()
scientificName	The scientific name of taxon with or without authorship information depending on the format of the source database. Examples: "Coleoptera" , "Vespertilionidae”, "Manis" , "Ctenomys sociabilis", "Ambystoma tigrinum diaboli", "Quercus agrifolia var. oxyadenia (Torr.)" Data Type: string Required: true DwC term: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/scientificName	brazilian-flora-spd-plugin: html_full_name catalogue-of-life-spd-plugin: name irmng-spd-plugin: scientificname itis-spd-plugin: table longnames → completename obis-spd-plugin: ncbi-spd-plugin: Table names → name_txt worms-spd-plugin: AphiaRecord record - record.getScientificname()
status	The status of a taxon. Data Type: TaxonomyStatus Required: true DwC term: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/taxonomicStatus

TaxonomyStatus

Field	Description	DwC term
status	The status of the use of the scientificName as a label for a taxon. Controlled vocabulary: "accepted", "invalid", "misapplied", "provisional", “synonym”, “unknown”, “valid”. Data Type: string Required: true DwC term: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/taxonomicStatus	brazilian-flora-spd-plugin: status catalogue-of-life-spd-plugin: name_status irmng-spd-plugin: taxonomicstatus itis-spd-plugin: table taxonomic_units → name_usage obis-spd-plugin: ncbi-spd-plugin: Table names → name_class worms-spd-plugin: AphiaRecord record - record.getStatus()
refId	This value points to the record representing the valid (zoological) or accepted (botanical) name using the taxonID of that record as the “pointer.” Data Type: string Required: false DwC term: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/acceptedNameUsageID	brazilian-flora-spd-plugin: catalogue-of-life-spd-plugin: gbif-spd-plugin: irmng-spd-plugin: acceptednameusageid itis-spd-plugin: obis-spd-plugin: ncbi-spd-plugin: species-link-spd-plugin: worms-spd-plugin: AphiaRecord record - record.getValid_AphiaID()
statusAsString	Comments or notes about the taxon or name. Example: “Type consists of a skull and skeletal fragments”. Data Type: string Required: false DwC term: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/taxonRemarks	brazilian-flora-spd-plugin: qualifier catalogue-of-life-spd-plugin: irmng-spd-plugin: taxonremarks itis-spd-plugin: table taxonomic_units → unaccept_reason obis-spd-plugin: ncbi-spd-plugin: worms-spd-plugin: AphiaRecord record - record.getStatus()

CommonName

Field	Description	DwC term
language	The language of the resource. Data Type: string Required: true DwC term: http://purl.org/dc/terms/language	brazilian-flora-spd-plugin: status catalogue-of-life-spd-plugin: name_status irmng-spd-plugin: taxonomicstatus itis-spd-plugin: obis-spd-plugin: ncbi-spd-plugin: worms-spd-plugin: Vernacular vernacular - vernacular.getLanguage()
name	A common or vernacular name. Data Type: string Required: false DwC term: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/vernacularName	brazilian-flora-spd-plugin: catalogue-of-life-spd-plugin: irmng-spd-plugin: acceptednameusageid itis-spd-plugin: obis-spd-plugin: ncbi-spd-plugin: worms-spd-plugin: Vernacular vernacular - vernacular.getVernacular()

ElementProperty

Field	Description	DwC term
name	Key used to identify comments or notes. Example: “Reference”, “Source” Data Type: string Required: false DwC term: none	brazilian-flora-spd-plugin: catalogue-of-life-spd-plugin: Source Database, Reference irmng-spd-plugin: itis-spd-plugin: Source obis-spd-plugin: ncbi-spd-plugin: worms-spd-plugin: additional source, basis of record, context source (Deepsea)
value	Example: “Compagno, L.J.V.1999Checklist of living elasmobranchs.p. 471-498. In W.C. Hamlett (ed.) Sharks, skates, and rays: the biology of elasmobranch fishes. John Hopkins University Press, Maryland.”, “DatabaseFishBase” Data Type: string Required: false DwC term: none	brazilian-flora-spd-plugin: catalogue-of-life-spd-plugin: irmng-spd-plugin: itis-spd-plugin: obis-spd-plugin: ncbi-spd-plugin: worms-spd-plugin: Source source – source.getReference(), source.getLink(), source.getUrl()

Occurrence

The following schema specifies the content field in a occurrence object.

Field	Description	DwC term
basisOfRecord	The specific nature of the data record. Recommended best practice is to use a controlled vocabulary such as the Darwin Core Type Vocabulary (http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/type-vocabulary/index.htm). Examples: "PreservedSpecimen", "FossilSpecimen", "LivingSpecimen", "HumanObservation", "MachineObservation". Data Type: string Required: false DwC term: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/basisOfRecord	gbif-spd-plugin: obis-spd-plugin: species-link-spd-plugin:
catalogNumber	An identifier (preferably unique) for the record within the data set or collection. Data Type: string Required: false DwC term: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/catalogNumber	gbif-spd-plugin: obis-spd-plugin: species-link-spd-plugin:
citation	Citation information specified by the data publisher. Example: Accessed through: speciesLink at http://splink.cria.org.br Data Type: string Required: false DwC term: ?	gbif-spd-plugin: obis-spd-plugin: species-link-spd-plugin:
country	The name of the country or major administrative unit in which the Location occurs. Data Type: string Required: false DwC term: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/country	gbif-spd-plugin: obis-spd-plugin: species-link-spd-plugin:
collectionCode	The name, acronym, coden, or initialism identifying the collection or data set from which the record was derived. Data Type: string Required: false DwC term: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/collectionCode	gbif-spd-plugin: obis-spd-plugin: species-link-spd-plugin:
decimalLatitude	The geographic latitude. Data Type: float Required: false DwC term: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/decimalLatitude	gbif-spd-plugin: obis-spd-plugin: species-link-spd-plugin:
decimalLongitude	The geographic longitude. Data Type: float Required: false DwC term: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/decimalLongitude	gbif-spd-plugin: obis-spd-plugin: species-link-spd-plugin:
EventDate	The date-time when the event was recorded. Examples: "1963-03-08T14:07-0600" Data Type: date Required: false DwC term: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/eventDate	gbif-spd-plugin: obis-spd-plugin: species-link-spd-plugin:
kingdom	The full scientific name of the kingdom in which the taxon is classified. Data Type: string Required: false DwC term: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/kingdom	gbif-spd-plugin: obis-spd-plugin: species-link-spd-plugin:
family	The full scientific name of the family in which the taxon is classified. Data Type: string Required: false DwC term: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/family	gbif-spd-plugin: obis-spd-plugin: species-link-spd-plugin:
institutionCode	The name (or acronym) in use by the institution having custody of the object(s) or information referred to in the record. Data Type: string Required: false DwC term: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/institutionCode	gbif-spd-plugin: obis-spd-plugin: species-link-spd-plugin:
country	The name of the country or major administrative unit in which the Location occurs. Data Type: string Required: false DwC term: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/country	gbif-spd-plugin: obis-spd-plugin: species-link-spd-plugin:
maximumDepthInMeters	The greater depth of a range of depth below the local surface, in meters. Data Type: float Required: false DwC term: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/maximumDepthInMeters	gbif-spd-plugin: obis-spd-plugin: species-link-spd-plugin:
minimumDepthInMeters	The lesser depth of a range of depth below the local surface, in meters. Data Type: float Required: false DwC term: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/minimumDepthInMeters	gbif-spd-plugin: obis-spd-plugin: species-link-spd-plugin:
dateLastModified	The most recent date-time on which the resource was changed. Examples: "1963-03-08T14:07-0600" Data Type: date Required: false DwC term: http://purl.org/dc/terms/modified	gbif-spd-plugin: obis-spd-plugin: species-link-spd-plugin:
identifiedBy	A list (concatenated and separated) of names of people, groups, or organizations who assigned the Taxon to the subject. Example: "James L. Patton" Data Type: string Required: false DwC term: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/identifiedBy	gbif-spd-plugin: obis-spd-plugin: species-link-spd-plugin:
scientificName	The scientific name of taxon with or without authorship information depending on the format of the source database. Data Type: string Required: true DwC term: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/scientificName	gbif-spd-plugin: obis-spd-plugin: species-link-spd-plugin: