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---+!! ABCD - Access to Biological Collection Data

---+++ Welcome to ABCD!

This Wiki was created for documenting the [[http://rs.tdwg.org/abcd/2.06/][ABCD schema, version2]] which is hosted at TDWG and the CODATA Task Group site. Please note that this is work in progress for a planned publication, this Wiki is therefore not open for public editing. Questions and additions should be addressed to the Editor at w.berendsohn [at] bgbm.org.

---+++ ABCD Documentation

* AbcdIntroduction

* AbcdPrimer

* AbcdSchemaGroups

* AbcdConcepts, list of the nearly 1200 concepts in ABCD 2.06 with individual documentation pages for each of them (note that updates to v.2.06b are not yet included)

* [[http://www.bgbm.org/TDWG/CODATA/Schema/Mappings/DwCAndExtensions.htm][AbcdAndDwC]], lists the concepts used by *Darwin Core and its extensions (also OBIS)* and maps them to ABCD 2.06b

* AbcdAcknowledgements

* AbcdReferencesCited

---+++ ABCD Extension Schemas

* How to DesignAbcdExtensions

* Extension for Geosciences (EFG): http://www.geocase.eu/

* Extension for DNA data (ABCDDNA): http://www.dnabank-network.org/

* HISPID Extension for herbarium collections: http://hiscom.chah.org.au/wiki/HISPID_5

---+++ Editorial process

* GeneralConsiderations

* ItemDescriptions

* New Version 2.06d (forthcoming)

* SchemaChangesVersion206 to 2.06b and 2.06c (2.06a to c also documented in cvs)

* SchemaChanges from version 2.00 to 2.06

* FurtherSteps

* DiscussionItems