Hand out
"ATBI Planning Meeting"
Gatlinburg Dec 8-9, 1999
PROPOSED STANDARDS FOR ATBI DATA SUBMISSION
by N. F. Johnosn & L. Musetti
Each data contribution has two components:
1. information on the source of the data
• name of contact
• e-mail of contact
• TWIG authorization for submission
• date of contribution
2. data associated with one or more specimens or observations
each with:
a. unique identifier
b. a collecting locality
• country: USA
• state: TN or NC
• county: Blount, Sevier, or Cooke; or
Haywood, Jackson, Swain,
or Graham
• named place: from GNIS, Coggins,
etc.
• specific locality name
• geographical coordinates, including
source
latitude values between +35 and
+36
longitude values between -83 and
-84
• elevation (optional, with one or two
values)
values between 250-2025 m or
850-6643 ft
c. a time of collection
• one or two dates, year in 4 digits
• time of day (one or two values)
d. collectors
• 1 or more persons or groups
• number specifying order in which to
cite collectors names
e. method
f. details of specimen/individual
• sex: male, female, unknown, both,
more?
• lifestage: many possibilities
• depository
code being used must be
specified, e.g., entomology, botany
- entomology: 4 letter
codens of Arnett et al.
- botany: Index
Herbariorum
(http://www.nybg.org.bsci/ih/ih.html)
- others?
g. Identification
• authority file: Integrated Taxonomic
Information System
• taxa not in ITIS:
- require Kingdom,
Phylum/Division, Family, Genus, Species
- optional (if available):
Class, Order
- Twig authorization (?) for
addition of taxa
- Reconciling differences"