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Attribute Collection Object Id (Attributes:ATTRIBUTES) collection object to which this attribute applies
Attribute Determination Method (Attributes:ATTRIBUTES) method by which the attribute value was determined
Attribute Determined By Agent (pick) (Attributes:ATTRIBUTES) agent who asserted the attribute value
Attribute Determined Date [yyyy-mm-dd] (Attributes:ATTRIBUTES) date on which the attribute value was determined.
Attribute Remark (Attributes:ATTRIBUTES) remarks concerning the attribute value
Attribute Type (Attributes:ATTRIBUTES) the kind of atrribute
Attribute Units (Attributes:ATTRIBUTES) units, if any, for the attribute value.
Attribute Value (Attributes:ATTRIBUTES) the value of the attribute
Associated Species (Cataloged Item:COLL_OBJECT_REMARK) Species found in association with the collection object in its gathering.
Catalog Number (Cataloged Item:CATALOGED_ITEM) The catalog number of the cataloged item, including any prefix or suffix. Automatically assembled from cat_num_prefix, cat_num_integer, and cat_num_suffix.
Catalog Number Integer (Cataloged Item:CATALOGED_ITEM) The numeric portion of the catalog number.
Catalog Number Prefix (Cataloged Item:CATALOGED_ITEM) The prefix portion of the catalog number, if any. Including any separator. Example "R-"
Catalog Number Suffix (Cataloged Item:CATALOGED_ITEM) The suffix portion of the catalog number, if any. Including any separator. Example "-a"
Cataloged Item Type [not working yet] (Cataloged Item:CATALOGED_ITEM)
Coll Obj Disposition (Cataloged Item:COLL_OBJECT) The current disposition of the collection object.
Coll Object Entered Date [yyyy-mm-dd] (Cataloged Item:COLL_OBJECT) The date on which the collection object record was created.
Coll Object Remarks (Cataloged Item:COLL_OBJECT_REMARK) Comments or notes regarding the specimen.
Coll Object Type [not working yet] (Cataloged Item:COLL_OBJECT) type of collection object record, for cataloged item or for part thereof. Domain: SP, CI, SS
Collecting Event (pick specific locality/date) (Cataloged Item:CATALOGED_ITEM) The collecting event in which this cataloged item was collected.
Collection (pick) (Cataloged Item:CATALOGED_ITEM) Foreign key to the collection within which this cataloged item is held. Enforces virtual private database limitiations on collection.
Collection Code (Cataloged Item:CATALOGED_ITEM) The collection code for the collection within which this cataloged item is held. Autopopulated convenience field with value obtained from collection.
Disposition Remarks (Cataloged Item:COLL_OBJECT_REMARK) Comments or notes regarding the disposition of the collection object.
Entered By Person (pick) (Cataloged Item:COLL_OBJECT) The agent who created the collection object record.
GUID (pick by GUID/Locality/Identification) (Cataloged Item:CATALOGED_ITEM) cataloged items are a subtype of collection objects.
Last Edit Date (dwc:modified) [yyyy-mm-dd] (Cataloged Item:COLL_OBJECT) The date on which the collection object record was most recently edited
Last Edited By (pick) (Cataloged Item:COLL_OBJECT) The agent who most recently edited the collection object record.
Lot Count (Cataloged Item:COLL_OBJECT) The number of items making up the collection object.
Lot Count Modifier (Cataloged Item:COLL_OBJECT) A textual modifier for the lot count indicating range or uncertainty in the count.
Microhabitat (Cataloged Item:COLL_OBJECT_REMARK) Microhabitat information related to the gathering of the collection object. See also collecting_event.habitat_desc for habitat information.
Other Number (Cataloged Item:COLL_OBJ_OTHER_ID_NUM) The value of the other number, assembled automatically by concatenationg other-id_prefix, other_id_number, and other_id_suffix. No additional characters are included in the concatenation.
Other Number Integer (Cataloged Item:COLL_OBJ_OTHER_ID_NUM) The numeric portion of the other number.
Other Number Prefix (Cataloged Item:COLL_OBJ_OTHER_ID_NUM) An alphanumeric prefix for the other number. If a separator is needed between the prefix and the number, it must be included in the prefix.
Other Number Suffix (Cataloged Item:COLL_OBJ_OTHER_ID_NUM) An alphanumeric prefix for the other number. If a separator is needed between the other umber and the suffix, it must be included in the suffix.
Other Number Type (Cataloged Item:COLL_OBJ_OTHER_ID_NUM) The type of the other number
Cit Current Flag (Citations:CITATION) Deprecated? Flag indicating whether this is a current citation or not. Domain: 0, 1. Almost all values are 1, Not used in UI.
Citation Category (Primary,Secondary,Voucher) (Citations:CTCITATION_TYPE_STATUS)
Citation Description (Citations:CTCITATION_TYPE_STATUS)
Citation Page IRI (Citations:CITATION) A URI at which a resource representing the page in the publication on which the collection object is cited occurs.
Citation Remarks (Citations:CITATION) Comments or notes about the citation.
Citation Text (Citations:CITATION) Text quoted from the citation.
Citation Type Status (Citations:CITATION) Primary, Secondary, or Voucher status, or other category of assertion about the cataloged item asserted by the publication.
Cited Collection Object (pick) (Citations:CITATION) The collection object mentioned in the publication
Cited Publication (pick) (Citations:CITATION) The publication being cited
Cited Taxon Name (pick) (Citations:CITATION) The taxon name applied to the collection object in the publication.
Occurs Page Number (Citations:CITATION) The first page number in the publication on which the collection object is cited using the cited taxon name.
Reported Year of Publcation (Citations:CITATION) Year that the portion of the publication containing the citation is reported to have been published.
Accepted Lat Long Flag (Collecting Events:LAT_LONG)
Agent who set Date Determined (pick) (Collecting Events:COLLECTING_EVENT)
Began Date (yyyy-mm-dd) (Collecting Events:COLLECTING_EVENT)
Collecting Event (pick) (Collecting Events:COLLECTING_EVENT) Surrogate numeric primary key.
Collecting Events Determined By Agent (pick) (Collecting Events:LAT_LONG)
Collecting Events Determined Date [yyyy/mm/dd] (Collecting Events:LAT_LONG)
Collecting Events Source Authority (Collecting Events:GEOG_AUTH_REC)
Collecting Events Valid Catalog Term Flag (Collecting Events:GEOG_AUTH_REC)
Collecting Method (Collecting Events:COLLECTING_EVENT)
Collecting Source (Collecting Events:COLLECTING_EVENT)
Collecting Time (Collecting Events:COLLECTING_EVENT)
Continent Ocean (Collecting Events:GEOG_AUTH_REC)
Country (Collecting Events:GEOG_AUTH_REC)
County/Shire/Parish (Collecting Events:GEOG_AUTH_REC)
Curated Flag (Collecting Events:LOCALITY) Marker that this locality record has been edited and curated to a target state and shouldn't normally be edited.
Date Began Date [yyyy-mm-dd] (Collecting Events:COLLECTING_EVENT) deprecated field, legacy values retained.
Date Ended Date [yyyy-mm-dd] (Collecting Events:COLLECTING_EVENT) deprecated field, legacy values retained.
Datum (Collecting Events:LAT_LONG)
Day of year for end of event (dwc:endDayOfYear) (Collecting Events:COLLECTING_EVENT)
Day of year for start of event (dwc:startDayOfYear) (Collecting Events:COLLECTING_EVENT)
Dec Lat (Collecting Events:LAT_LONG)
Dec Lat Min (Collecting Events:LAT_LONG)
Dec Long (Collecting Events:LAT_LONG)
Dec Long Min (Collecting Events:LAT_LONG)
Depth Units (Collecting Events:LOCALITY)
Ended Date (yyyy-mm-dd) (Collecting Events:COLLECTING_EVENT)
Extent (Collecting Events:LAT_LONG)
Feature (Collecting Events:GEOG_AUTH_REC)
Field Verified Flag (Collecting Events:LAT_LONG)
Fish Field Number (Collecting Events:COLLECTING_EVENT) Field number assigned to the collecting event by the Ichtyology department.
GPS/GNSS Accuracy (Collecting Events:LAT_LONG)
Geolocate Number of Results (Collecting Events:LAT_LONG)
Geological Attribute Determined Date [yyyy-mm-dd] (Collecting Events:GEOLOGY_ATTRIBUTES) date on which the attribute value was determined for this locality
Geological Attribute Determined Method (Collecting Events:GEOLOGY_ATTRIBUTES) method by which the attribute value was determined for this locality
Geological Attribute Determiner (pick) (Collecting Events:GEOLOGY_ATTRIBUTES) agent id for the person who applied this attribute to this locality
Geological Attribute Remark (Collecting Events:GEOLOGY_ATTRIBUTES) remarks concerning this geological attribute.
Geological Atttribute Value (Collecting Events:GEOLOGY_ATTRIBUTES) value of attribute
Geology Attribute (Collecting Events:GEOLOGY_ATTRIBUTES) type of attribute
Georef Updated Date [yyyy-mm-dd] (Collecting Events:LOCALITY)
Georeference Max Error Units (Collecting Events:LAT_LONG)
Georeference Maximum Error Distance (Collecting Events:LAT_LONG)
Georeference Method (Collecting Events:LAT_LONG)
Georeference Verification Status (Collecting Events:LAT_LONG)
Georeferenced By (username) (Collecting Events:LOCALITY)
Habitat (Collecting Events:COLLECTING_EVENT) Information about the habitat present at the locality at the time of the collecting event. See also coll_object_remarks.habitat for microhabitat.
Higher Geography (Collecting Events:GEOG_AUTH_REC)
Island (Collecting Events:GEOG_AUTH_REC)
Island Group (Collecting Events:GEOG_AUTH_REC)
Lat Long Ref Source (Collecting Events:LAT_LONG)
Lat Long Remarks (Collecting Events:LAT_LONG)
Latitude Degrees (Collecting Events:LAT_LONG)
Latitude Direction (N/S) (Collecting Events:LAT_LONG)
Latitude Minutes (Collecting Events:LAT_LONG)
Latitude Sec (Collecting Events:LAT_LONG)
Locality (pick) (Collecting Events:LOCALITY)
Locality Remarks (Collecting Events:LOCALITY)
Longitude Degrees (Collecting Events:LAT_LONG)
Longitude Direction (E/W) (Collecting Events:LAT_LONG)
Longitude Minutes (Collecting Events:LAT_LONG)
Longitude Seconds (Collecting Events:LAT_LONG)
Maximum Depth (Collecting Events:LOCALITY)
Maximum Elevation (Collecting Events:LOCALITY)
Minimum Depth (Collecting Events:LOCALITY)
Minimum Elevation (Collecting Events:LOCALITY)
Nearest Named Place (Collecting Events:LAT_LONG)
No Georefernce Because (Collecting Events:LOCALITY)
Ocean Region (Collecting Events:GEOG_AUTH_REC)
Ocean Subregion (Collecting Events:GEOG_AUTH_REC)
Original Elevation Units (Collecting Events:LOCALITY)
Original Lat Long Units (Collecting Events:LAT_LONG)
Quadrangle Name (Collecting Events:GEOG_AUTH_REC)
Range (PLSS) (Collecting Events:LOCALITY) PLSS range
Range Direction (PLSS) (Collecting Events:LOCALITY)
SRS for Verbatim Lat/Long (Collecting Events:COLLECTING_EVENT)
Sea (Collecting Events:GEOG_AUTH_REC)
Section (PLSS) (Collecting Events:LOCALITY) PLSS section
Section Part (PLSS) (Collecting Events:LOCALITY) PLSS subsection designatiors
Sovereign Nation (Collecting Events:LOCALITY) The nation with sovereignty over the place described by this locality.
Spatial fit (Collecting Events:LAT_LONG)
Specific Locality (Collecting Events:LOCALITY)
State/Province (Collecting Events:GEOG_AUTH_REC)
Township (PLSS) (Collecting Events:LOCALITY) PLSS township
Township Direction (PLSS) (Collecting Events:LOCALITY) PLSS township direction off base line.
UTM Easting (Collecting Events:LAT_LONG)
UTM Northing (Collecting Events:LAT_LONG)
UTM Zone (Collecting Events:LAT_LONG)
Valid Distribution Flag (Collecting Events:COLLECTING_EVENT)
Verbatim Coordinate System (Collecting Events:COLLECTING_EVENT)
Verbatim Coordinates (Collecting Events:COLLECTING_EVENT)
Verbatim Date (Collecting Events:COLLECTING_EVENT) Verbatim text information about the collecting event date.
Verbatim Depth (Collecting Events:COLLECTING_EVENT)
Verbatim Elevation (Collecting Events:COLLECTING_EVENT)
Verbatim Latitude (Collecting Events:COLLECTING_EVENT)
Verbatim Locality (Collecting Events:COLLECTING_EVENT)
Verbatim Longitude (Collecting Events:COLLECTING_EVENT)
Water Feature (Collecting Events:GEOG_AUTH_REC)
Agent Public Biography (Collectors:AGENT) Biographical information to be provided to the public.
Agent Type (Collectors:AGENT) person, or other type of agent. Agents of type person have corresponding record in the person table.
Coll Num (Collectors:COLLECTOR)
Coll Num Prefix (Collectors:COLLECTOR)
Coll Num Suffix (Collectors:COLLECTOR)
Collector (pick) (Collectors:AGENT) surrogate numeric primary key
Collector Agent GUID (Collectors:AGENT) A globaly unique indetifier for this agent, suitable for serving in Darwin Core as dwciri:identifiedBy, dwciri:recordedBy, dwciri:georeferencedBy etc.
Collector Role (c,p) (Collectors:COLLECTOR)
Collector is Vetted Agent (Collectors:AGENT) agent record has been vetted (if value is 1)
Collectors Agent Name (Collectors:AGENT_NAME) The value of the name
First Name (Collectors:PERSON) First portion of name, usually personal name in european contexts and family name in asian contexts.
Last Name (Collectors:PERSON) Last portion of name, family name in most european contexts, may be hyphenated, or may be more than one word, usually the personal name in asian contexts.
Middle Name (Collectors:PERSON) Middle names not included in first or last.
Prefix (Collectors:PERSON)
Suffix (Collectors:PERSON) Suffix to append after person's name, e.g. Jr.
Accepted Id Flag (Identifications:IDENTIFICATION)
Authorship (Identifications:TAXONOMY) Authorship string for the scientific name.
Class (Identifications:TAXONOMY)
Common Name (Identifications:COMMON_NAME) A common name for a taxon.
Date Made Date [yyyy-mm-dd] (Identifications:IDENTIFICATION) Deprecated
Determiner (pick) (Identifications:IDENTIFICATION_AGENT)
Display Name (Identifications:TAXONOMY) Scientific name for display in html markup, with italics where appropriate, Does not include authorship string.
Division (Identifications:TAXONOMY)
Family (Identifications:TAXONOMY)
Full Taxon Name (Identifications:TAXONOMY)
Genus (Identifications:TAXONOMY)
Identification Remarks (Identifications:IDENTIFICATION)
Identification sensu Publication (pick) (Identifications:IDENTIFICATION)
Identifications Agent Name (Identifications:AGENT_NAME) The value of the name
Identifications Scientific Name (Identifications:TAXONOMY)
Identifications Source Authority (Identifications:TAXONOMY)
Identifications Taxon Name (Identifications:IDENTIFICATION_TAXONOMY)
Identifications Valid Catalog Term Flag (Identifications:TAXONOMY)
Infraclass (Identifications:TAXONOMY)
Infraorder (Identifications:TAXONOMY)
Infraspecific Author (ICNafp) (Identifications:TAXONOMY)
Infraspecific Rank (Identifications:TAXONOMY)
Kingdom (Identifications:TAXONOMY)
Made Date as Text (Identifications:IDENTIFICATION) Date the identification was made in ISO format.
Nature Of Identification (Identifications:IDENTIFICATION)
Nomenclatural Code (Identifications:TAXONOMY)
Nomenclatural Status (Identifications:TAXONOMY) Nomenclatural status for the taxon record if unavailable. Actionable, prevents italiciation of display name.
Order (Identifications:TAXONOMY)
Phylum (Identifications:TAXONOMY)
Species (Identifications:TAXONOMY)
Stored As Flag (Identifications:IDENTIFICATION) Flag indicating that the collection object is stored under this name.
Subclass (Identifications:TAXONOMY)
Subdivision (Identifications:TAXONOMY)
Subfamily (Identifications:TAXONOMY)
Subgenus (Identifications:TAXONOMY)
Suborder (Identifications:TAXONOMY)
Subphylum (Identifications:TAXONOMY)
Subsection (Identifications:TAXONOMY)
Subspecies (Identifications:TAXONOMY)
Superclass (Identifications:TAXONOMY)
Superfamily (Identifications:TAXONOMY)
Superorder (Identifications:TAXONOMY)
Taxa Formula (Identifications:IDENTIFICATION)
Taxon Remarks (Identifications:TAXONOMY)
Tribe (Identifications:TAXONOMY)
Variable (Identifications:IDENTIFICATION_TAXONOMY)
dwc:scientificNameID (Identifications:TAXONOMY) dwc:scientificNameID, guid for the nomenclatural act on which the taxon found in scientific_name is based.
dwc:taxonID (Identifications:TAXONOMY)
dwc:taxonID (Identifications:TAXONOMY) dwc:taxonID, a guid for the taxon record.
Any Geography (Keywords:FLAT)
Keywords (Keywords:FLAT)
File Extension (Media:MEDIA) Autogenerated filename extension portion of the media_uri
Filename (Media:MEDIA) Autogenerated filename portion of the media_uri
Host (Media:MEDIA) Autogenerated host portion of the media_uri
Label Value (Media:MEDIA_LABELS)
Media Label (Media:MEDIA_LABELS)
Media License Id (Media:MEDIA)
Media Relationship (Media:MEDIA_RELATIONS)
Media Type (Media:MEDIA) Human descriptor of the media
Media URI (IRI for the media object) (Media:MEDIA) IRI for the referenced media object
Mime Type (Media:MEDIA) Mime type of the resource at the IRI provided by the media_uri.
Path (Media:MEDIA) Autogenerated path portion of the media_uri
Preview URI (IRI for a thumbnail) (Media:MEDIA) IRI for a thumbnail for the media object.
HTML Description (Named Groups:UNDERSCORE_COLLECTION) HTML markup description for the public page for the collection.
Name of Named Group (Named Groups:UNDERSCORE_COLLECTION) The name for this collection, e.g. Smith Collection.
Named Group (pick) (Named Groups:UNDERSCORE_COLLECTION)
Named Group Agent (pick) (Named Groups:UNDERSCORE_COLLECTION) Deprecated. The agent for which this is the collection of (e.g. Smith for Smith Collection).
Named Group Description (Named Groups:UNDERSCORE_COLLECTION) Text description of this collection.
Related From Collection Object Id (pick) (Relationships:BIOL_INDIV_RELATIONS) The resource that is the subject of the relationship, identified by a collection_object_id
Related To Collection Object Id (pick) (Relationships:BIOL_INDIV_RELATIONS) The resource that is the object of the relationship.
Relationship Remarks (Relationships:BIOL_INDIV_RELATIONS) Comments or notes about the relationship between the two resources
Type of Relationship (Relationships:BIOL_INDIV_RELATIONS) The relationship of the subject (collection_object_id) to the object (related_coll_object_id)
Is Tissue [0 or 1] (Specimen Parts:SPECIMEN_PART)
Part Modifier (Specimen Parts:SPECIMEN_PART)
Part Name (Specimen Parts:SPECIMEN_PART)
Part Remarks (Specimen Parts:COLL_OBJECT_REMARK) Comments or notes regarding the specimen.
Part of Cataloged Item (Specimen Parts:SPECIMEN_PART)
Preserve Method (Specimen Parts:SPECIMEN_PART)
Specimen Parts Attribute Remark (Specimen Parts:SPECIMEN_PART_ATTRIBUTE)
Specimen Parts Attribute Type (Specimen Parts:SPECIMEN_PART_ATTRIBUTE)
Specimen Parts Attribute Units (Specimen Parts:SPECIMEN_PART_ATTRIBUTE)
Specimen Parts Attribute Value (Specimen Parts:SPECIMEN_PART_ATTRIBUTE)
Specimen Parts Determined By Agent (Specimen Parts:SPECIMEN_PART_ATTRIBUTE)
Specimen Parts Determined Date [yyyy-mm-dd] (Specimen Parts:SPECIMEN_PART_ATTRIBUTE)
Any Taxonomy (Taxonomy:TAXA_TERMS_ALL)
Any Taxonomy (Current Id Only) (Taxonomy:TAXA_TERMS)
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