Meta

Metadata item. These elements describe the content, reference or base of the dataset, an individual record or an object linked to a record (e.g. a picture).

Label: Metadata

Identifiers

Codes or fields that serve to identify data objects or physical objects, including record identifiers, field and accession ID's and Codes, unique IDs, named collections, collector's field number etc.

Label: Identifiers

Basis

Items that classify the underlying physical object of the record.

Label: Basis and kind

IPRS

Items relating to intellectual property rights, ownership, versioning (editions), restrictions for use, or responsibility for the data.

Label: IPR, versioning, edit history and other statements

Language

Items related to the language and/or script of the text or the document. All language attributes belong here. In the introduction, some text on the identification of the character set in XML (and that in current use in implementations) would be appropriate.

Label: Language and character sets.

UDDI

Technical data items used in the UDDI registry.

Label: UDDI Registry items

Identification

Items releated to the identification event, including Identifier, date and source of the identification. Not the taxon or name identified

Label: Identification event

IResult

Identification result. Has the following subgroups:

Label: Identification Result

Taxon

Subgroup with items related to the (biological) taxon name identified, including its classification and vernacular names but not the security of its identification.

Label: Taxonomic result

Other

Subgroup with items related to non biological identification results.

Label: Non-taxonomic result

Gathering

Items describing the collection or observation event including the geographical location, ecological observations at the site, and numbers or other codes given at the time of the gathering event.

Label: Gathering

Domain

Items that are specific to a certain collection domain. Subgroups are the respective container names in the schema.

Label: Collection domain-specific items.

Specimen

Data items that are specific to units representing specimens (as opposed to observations without a physical object transferred to a collection institution.

Suggested label: Specimen collections

Observation

Data items that are specific to units representing observation records (as opposed to specimens).

Suggested label: Observation records

Culture

Data items specific to units in microbial and similar culture collections.

Proposed label: Culture collections

Mycological

Data items specific to mycological and lichenological units.

Proposed label: Mycological and lichenological collections

Herbarium

Data items specific to units in herbaria.

Proposed label: Herbaria

BG

Data items specific to units in botanical gardens.

Proposed label: Botanic gardens

PGR

Data items specific to units in plant genetic resource collections.

Proposed label: Plant genetic resources

Zoological

Data items specific to zoological units.

Proposed label: Zoological collections

Palaeontological

Data items specific to palaeontological units.

Proposed label: Palaeontological collections

MOF

Elements stating Measurements and Facts.

Label: Measurements and Facts

MOF-Gathering

Subgroup for measurements and facts relating to the gathering event and site. Includes Altitude, Co-ordinates etc.

Label: Gathering-related measurements and facts

MOF-Unit

Subgroup for measurements and facts relating to the unit itself

Label: Unit-related measurements and facts

Sequences

Subgroup for molecular sequences as a special type of "facts"

Label: Molecular sequence data

SAS

Stage, Age and Sex

Label: Stage, Age and Sex

Media

Elements found in the Multimedia type and the Reference type (with links to other groups where appropriate)

Label: Multimedia and References

Multimedia

Images, soundfiles etc.

Label: Multimedia

References

Literature references

Label: Bibliographic references

Record-URI

Direct link to an on-line version of this unit record.

Label: Record URI

Agent

Elements used in the types contacts, i.e. person or organisation names and related items (addresses)

Label: Agents

Container

Label: n/a

Repeatable

Subgroup for items that only serve as containers for repeatable (unbounded). In the item description, both "Content" and "Documentation" should be set to the text "A container element for several full name of repeatable element?

Label: n/a

Structural

Subgroup for container elements that serve to subdivide the schema and group many different items (e.g. Unit)

Label: n/a

Technical

Items used to add or extend technical typing (e.g. restrictions on string length; imposing exclusive choices ["representation"], etc.).

Label: n/a

AA

Items to describe relationships between units

Label: Unit Relations: Associations and Assemblages

Association

Label: Associations

Assemblage

Label: Assemblages

Unit Extension

Label: Unit extensions

Other

Items that cannot be assigned to one of the groups defined, e.g. Notes under Unit.