Last Revision: 1 September 1991; J.H. Beach, beach@huh.harvard.edu
Abbreviations for encoding levels I and II: R = Required, RA = Required if Applicable/Available, O = Optional, RS = Required by system
Field ID | Entity Name | Mnemonic | I | II |
0xx | Specimen Management | |||
001 | Unique Object Identifier | UNQID | R | R |
002 | Accession Number Identifier | ACCSID | RA | RA |
003 | Bar Code Identifier | BARCID | RA | RA |
004 | Identifier Code for Herbarium which owns object | OHRBCD | R | R |
005 | Collection/Herbarium owning object (N.B. Object refers to the actual item being catalogued which could be an image of a specimen.) | OHRBNA | RA | RA |
006 | Name of Department owning object | ODEPT | O | O |
007 | Name of Institution owning object | OINST | O | O |
008 | Identifier Code for Herbarium which owns specimen | SHRBCD | RA | RA |
009 | Name of Collection or Herbarium | SHRBNA | O | O |
010 | Name of Department owning specimen | SDEPT | O | O |
011 | Name of Institution owning specimen | SINST | O | O |
012 | Image Identifier (negative, fiche photo, binary file name, illustration number, etc.) | IMGID | RA | RA |
013 | OCLC code for Collection | OCLC | RA | RA |
014 | Number of Parts in Collection | COLPAR | O | RA |
015 | Number of Individuals on or in Specimen | NUMIND | O | RA |
016 | Number of Replicate Specimens | REPLIC | O | O |
017 | Replicates Destination | REPDEST | O | O |
018 | Type of Image (film, resolution medium, laserdisk, bit-mapped file, line drawing) | IMAGTY | RA | RA |
019 | Type of Specimen | PECTYP | R | R |
020 | Accession Status of Specimen | ACCSTAT | O | O |
021 | Loan Identifier | LOANID | O | O |
022 | Loan Sequence Number | LOANSEQ | O | O |
023 | Loan Destination | LOANDES | O | O |
024 | Loan Date | LOANDAT | O | O |
025 | Loan Return Date | LOANRET | O | O |
026 | Source of Object | SOURCE | O | O |
027 | Related Specimens | RELSPEC | O | RA |
028 | Location of Specimen | SPECLOC | O | RA |
029 | Voucher Citation | VOCHCIT | O | RA |
030 | Inventory Number (living collection) | INVENNUM | O | RA |
031 | General Specimen Management Note | MANNOTE | O | O |
1xx | Taxonomic Identification | |||
101 | Full Name | FNAME | RA | RA |
102 | Supra Family Group | SUPGRP | R | R |
103 | Family | FAMILY | O | O |
104 | Familiy Code | FAMCODE | O | O |
105 | Genus | GENUS | O | RA |
106 | Generic Author | GENAU | O | RA |
107 | Generic Taxon Note | GENNOTE | O | O |
108 | Intergeneric Hybrid Indicator | INTERGEN | O | RA |
109 | Specific Epithet | SPEPITH | O | RA |
110 | Specific Author | SPECAU | O | RA |
111 | Specific Taxon Note | SPNOTE | O | O |
112 | Aggregate Species Indicator | AGGSP | O | RA |
113 | Interspecific Hybrid Indicator | INTERSP | O | RA |
114 | Subspecies Epithet | SUBSPEP | O | RA |
115 | Subspecies Authority | SUBSPAU | O | RA |
116 | Variety Epithet | VAREPITH | O | RA |
117 | Variety Author | VARAU | O | RA |
118 | Forma | FORM | O | RA |
119 | Forma Author | FORMAU | O | RA |
120 | Infraspecific Taxon Note | INFRAN | O | O |
121 | Cultivar Indicator | CULTIV | O | RA |
122 | Cultivar Name | CULTNAM | O | RA |
123 | Identifier's Name | IDNAM | RA | RA |
124 | Identification Date | IDDAT | RA | RA |
125 | Identification Note | IDNOTE | O | O |
126 | Type Status | TYPESTAT | RA | RA |
127 | Type Status Note *** | TYSTATN | O | O |
128 | Type Verification Note | TYPEVER | RA | RA |
129 | Basionym Full Name | BASINAM | O | RA |
130 | Basionym Genus | BASIGEN | O | RA |
131 | Basionym Epithet | BASIEPI | O | RA |
132 | Basionym Rank | BASIRANK | O | RA |
133 | Basionym Author | BASIAU | O | RA |
134 | Basionym Citation Source | BASCITSO | O | RA |
135 | Basionym Citation Date | BASCITDA | O | RA |
136 | Basionym Citation Collation | BASCITCO | O | RA |
137 | Lectotype Author | LECTAU | O | RA |
138 | Lectotype Citation Source | LCTCITSO | O | RA |
139 | Lectotype Citation Date | LCTCITDA | O | RA |
140 | Lectotype Citation Collation | LCTCITCO | O | RA |
141 | Name specimen is field under | FILNAM | RA | RA |
2xx | Specimen Source | |||
201 | Collecting Team | COLTEAM | RA | RA |
202 | Primary Collector Surname | PRMSUR | RA | RA |
203 | Primary Collector Given Name & Init. | PRMINIT | RA | RA |
204 | Other Collectors | OTHERCOL | RA | RA |
205 | Collection Number Prefix | CNUMPRE | RA | RA |
206 | Collection Number | CNUM | RA | RA |
207 | Collection Number Suffix | CNUMSUF | RA | RA |
208 | Collection Date | CODATE | RA | RA |
209 | Collection Date Day | CDAY | RA | O |
210 | Collection Date Month | CMON | RA | O |
211 | Collection Date Year | CYR | RA | O |
212 | Additional Collection Date | CDATE2 | O | RA |
213 | Collection Date Note | CDATENO | O | O |
214 | Source Note | SRCNOT | O | O |
215 | Title on Label | TITLAB | O | O |
216 | Project Name | PROJNAM | O | O |
217 | Expedition Name | EXPEDNAM | O | O |
218 | Sponsor Name | SPONSOR | O | O |
219 | Source of Image | IMAGSRC | O | RA |
220 | Name of Person who Isolated Cultured Specimen | ISOLTR | RA | RA |
3xx | Provenance of Specimen | |||
301 | Full Locality as stated on label | FULLOC | RA | O |
302 | New World/Old World Indicator | NEWOLD | O | O |
303 | Continent (TDWG Standard) | CONTIN | O | O |
304 | ISO Country Code | ISOCNCO | O | O |
305 | ISO Country Name | ISOCN | RA | RA |
306 | Country on Label | LABLCN | RA | RA |
307 | Region (TDWG) | REGION | R | R |
308 | Botanical Country Name (TDWG) | BOTCNAM | R | R |
309 | Botanical Country Code | BOTCOCO | R | R |
310 | Basic Recording Unit Name | BRUNAM | R | R |
311 | Basic Recording Unit Code | BRUCO | R | R |
312 | Geator Political Unit (e.g. district) | GRPOLU | RA | RA |
313 | Lessor Political Unit (county, parish) | LSRPOLU | RA | RA |
314 | Locality Name (local Municipalities) | LOCNA | RA | RA |
315 | Locality Description ("3 km from ...") | LOCDE | O | O |
316 | Special Locality (e.g. parks, mtns.) | SPECLOC | O | O |
317 | Water Body | WATB | RA | RA |
318 | Project Locality Keywords | PRLCKW | O | O |
319 | Physiographic Province | PHYSPROV | O | O |
320 | Township | TWNSHP | RA | RA |
321 | Range | RANGE | RA | RA |
322 | Section | SEC | RA | RA |
323 | Map or Atlas Reference | MAPREF | O | O |
324 | Geographic Coordinate Grid System | GRIDSYS | RA | RA |
325 | Geographic Grid Zone | GRIDZON | RA | RA |
326 | X-coordinate | COORDX | RA | RA |
327 | Y-coordinate | COORDY | RA | RA |
328 | X-coordinate Accuracy | ACCOORX | O | RA |
329 | Y-coordinate Accuracy | COORY | O | RA |
330 | NW point X- coordinate | WCOORX | O | RA |
331 | NW point Y-coordinate | NWCOORY | O | RA |
332 | NE point X-coordinate | NECOORX | O | RA |
333 | NE point Y-coordinate | NECOORY | O | RA |
334 | SW point X-coordinate | SWCOORX | O | RA |
335 | SW point Y-coordinate | SWCOORY | O | RA |
336 | SE point X-coordinate | SECOORX | O | RA |
337 | SE point Y-coordinate | SECOORY | O | RA |
338 | Spheroid | SPHER | O | RA |
339 | Source of Grid Coordinates | GRIDSRC | O | RA |
340 | Longitude | LONG | RA | RA |
341 | Latitude | LAT | RA | RA |
342 | Latitude Accuracy | LATACC | O | RA |
343 | Longitude Accuracy | LONGACC | O | RA |
344 | Longitude NW point | LONGNW | O | RA |
345 | Latitude NW point | LATNW | O | RA |
346 | Longitude NE point | LONGNE | O | RA |
347 | Latitude NE point | LATNE | O | RA |
348 | Longitude SW point | LONGSW | O | RA |
349 | Latitude SW point | LATSW | O | RA |
350 | Longitude SE point | LONGSE | O | RA |
351 | Latitude SE point | LATSE | O | RA |
352 | Source of Latitude and Longitude | LALOGSRC | O | RA |
353 | Elevation | ELEV | RA | RA |
354 | Elevation Range Lower Boundary | ELEVL | RA | RA |
355 | Elevation Range Higher Boundary | ELEVH | RA | RA |
356 | Elevation Units of Measure | ELEVU | RA | RA |
357 | Source of Elevation | ELEVSRC | O | RA |
358 | Elevation Note | ELEVNO | O | O |
359 | Depth | DEPTH | O | RA |
360 | Minimum Depth | DEPMIN | O | RA |
361 | Maximum Depth | DEPMAX | O | RA |
362 | Depth Units of Measure | DEPTHU | RA | RA |
363 | Depth Note | DEPTHNO | O | O |
364 | General Provenance Note | PROVNO | O | O |
4xx | Ecological Information | |||
401 | Vegetation Type | VEG | O | RA |
402 | Plant Association Type | PLASSOC | O | RA |
403 | Habitat Type | HABITAT | O | RA |
404 | Frequency | FREQ | RA | RA |
405 | Native Status (IWGTDPS Standard) | NATSTAT | RA | RA |
406 | Introduced Status (") | INTRSTAT | RA | RA |
407 | Cultivated Status (") | CULTSTAT | RA | RA |
408 | Substrate (including geology) | SUBSTR | O | RA |
409 | Soil Type | SOIL | O | RA |
410 | General Ecological Note | ECONO | O | O |
5xx | Plant Description | |||
501 | Habit | HABIT | O | RA |
502 | Gender | GENDER | O | RA |
503 | Phenology/Reproductive State | PHEN | O | RA |
504 | Vernacular Name | VRNAC | O | RA |
505 | Language of Vernacular Name | VRNACNA | O | RA |
506 | Economic Uses | ECONUSE | O | RA |
507 | General Descriptive Note | DSCRPNO | O | O |
508 | Country of Vernacular Name | VRNACCO | O | RA |
6xx | Record Management | |||
601 | Record Created Date | CREATDT | RS | RS |
602 | Record Created By (Name) | CREATBY | RS | RS |
603 | Record Created By (Institution) | CREATIN | RS | RS |
604 | Record Updated Date | UPDTDT | RS | RS |
605 | Record Updated By (Name) | UPDTEBY | RS | RS |
606 | Record Updated By (Institution) | UPDTEIN | RS | RS |
607 | Cataloging Source (specimen, photo) | CATSRC | R | R |
608 | Cataloging Technique (OCR, original specimen, label image) | CATTEC | R | R |
609 | Language of Record | LANG | R | R |
610 | Level of Encoding (I, II) | ENCODLVL | R | R |
611 | Record Status (new, corrected annotated, revised) | RECSTAT | R | R |
612 | General Record Management Note | RECNOTE | O | O |