Botanic Garden

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Item Type
Botanic Garden
Description
This document describes the institutional level elements of data for the Plant Collections project.

There will typically be one Botanic Garden record for each garden participating in the project. However, the intent is to provide institutional level information that may be useful for a number of purposes besides identifying the owner of plant collection records. As such, a general recommendation would be to provide one record for each significantly different location that a particular garden exists- for example, a single institution may have two gardens with noticeably different environments (perhaps opposite sides of a town in mountainous terrain). The institutional level data will be held in Google Base (GBase). This is a global, persistent database that is replicated and provides the additional bonus of being automatically indexed for searches by Google. Each entry in GBase is provided with a persistent globally unique identifier, records may be public or private, editable by authorized accounts only, and may be deleted at any time if desired. Basic statistics about the number of times a record is "clicked" is recorded.

Google Base Example
http://base.google.com/base/feeds/snippets?bq=%5Blabel:%20ff726bfe02ca11dcba000016cb9b2e66%5D .
  1. Title
  2. Description
  3. Atom 1.0 Example
  4. Attributes
    1. indexer
    2. community
    3. link
    4. code
    5. address
    6. location
    7. phone
    8. fax
    9. environment
    10. conservatory_area
    11. number_of_taxa
    12. number_of_plants
    13. director
    14. plant_records_contact
    15. plant_introduction_contact
    16. plant_evaluation_contact
    17. harbarium_contact
    18. taxonomist_contact
    19. seed_storage_contact
    20. plant_breeder_contact
    21. DNA_analysis_contact
    22. CPC_program_contact
    23. education_contact

Title

The name of the Botanic Garden or Arboreta.

Example
Chicago Botanic Garden

Description

The description element is present in all google base records. It can be up to 10,000 characters long and is indexed for general searching. It should contain a description of the botanic garden and should be marked up in HTML.

Example
<h1>My Garden</h1>
<p>This is a simple description.</p>
<p>TODO: Example text</p>

Atom 1.0 Example

    
<feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
    xmlns:g="http://base.google.com/ns/1.0"
    xmlns:c="http://base.google.com/cns/1.0"> 
  <title>The name of your bulk upload.</title>
  <link rel="self" href="http://www.example.com"/>
  <updated>2007-05-17T00:00:00Z</updated>
  <author>
    <name>The name of the author (who created the upload).</name>
  </author>
  <id>unique id for this upload</id>
  <entry>
    <category scheme='http://base.google.com/categories/itemtypes' term='Botanic Garden'></category>
    <summary>
<h1>My Garden</h1>
<p>This is a simple description.</p>
<p>TODO: Example text</p></summary>
    <g:id>ff726bfe02ca11dcba000016cb9b2e66</g:id>
    <title>Chicago Botanic Garden</title>
    
    <c:indexer type="int">1234</c:indexer>
    <c:community type="string">Plant Collections (TM)</c:community>
    <g:link>http://www.chicagobotanic.org</g:link>
    <c:code type="string">CBG-PC</c:code>
    <c:address type="location">1000 Lake Cook Drive, Glencoe, IL 6022, USA</c:address>
    <g:location>+42.147222-87.790556</g:location>
    <c:phone type="string">+1-847-835-6935</c:phone>
    <c:fax type="string">+1-847-835-6935</c:fax>
    <c:environment type="url">http://www.google.com/base/feeds/snippets/4763099826150178813</c:environment>
    <c:conservatory_area type="floatUnit">385 acres</c:conservatory_area>
    <c:number_of_taxa type="int">9434</c:number_of_taxa>
    <c:number_of_plants type="int">2330870</c:number_of_plants>
    <c:director type="string">Barbara Whitney Carr</c:director>
    <c:plant_records_contact type="string">Boyce Tankersley (email:boyce at chicagobotanic dot org)</c:plant_records_contact>
    <c:plant_introduction_contact type="string">Chad Osbourn (email:cosborn at chicagobotanic dot org)</c:plant_introduction_contact>
    <c:plant_evaluation_contact type="string">Richard Hawke; email:rhawke at chicagobotanic dot org</c:plant_evaluation_contact>
    <c:harbarium_contact type="string">Christopher Dunn (email:cdunn at chicagobotanic dot org)</c:harbarium_contact>
    <c:taxonomist_contact type="string">Nyree Zerega (email:nzerega at chicagobotanic dot org)</c:taxonomist_contact>
    <c:seed_storage_contact type="string">Pati Vitt (email:pvitt at chicagobotanic dot org)</c:seed_storage_contact>
    <c:plant_breeder_contact type="string">Jim Auit (email:jauit at chicagobotanic dot org)</c:plant_breeder_contact>
    <c:DNA_analysis_contact type="string">Jeremie Fant (email:jfant at chicagobotanic dot org)</c:DNA_analysis_contact>
    <c:CPC_program_contact type="string">Kayri Havens (email:khavens at at chicagobotanic dot org)</c:CPC_program_contact>
    <c:education_contact type="string">Larry deBuhr (email:ldebuhr at chicagobotanic dot org)</c:education_contact>
  </entry>
</feed>
  

Attributes

Name Type Required Example
indexerint11234
communitytext1Plant Collections (TM)
linkurl0http://www.chicagobotanic.org
codetext1CBG-PC
addresslocation11000 Lake Cook Drive, Glencoe, IL 6022, USA
locationlocation0+42.147222-87.790556
phonetext0+1-847-835-6935
faxtext0+1-847-835-6935
environmenturl0http://www.google.com/base/feeds/snippets/4763099826150178813
conservatory_areafloatUnit0385 acres
number_of_taxaint09434
number_of_plantsint02330870
directortext0Barbara Whitney Carr
plant_records_contacttext0Boyce Tankersley (email:boyce at chicagobotanic dot org)
plant_introduction_contacttext0Chad Osbourn (email:cosborn at chicagobotanic dot org)
plant_evaluation_contacttext0Richard Hawke; email:rhawke at chicagobotanic dot org
harbarium_contacttext0Christopher Dunn (email:cdunn at chicagobotanic dot org)
taxonomist_contacttext0Nyree Zerega (email:nzerega at chicagobotanic dot org)
seed_storage_contacttext0Pati Vitt (email:pvitt at chicagobotanic dot org)
plant_breeder_contacttext0Jim Auit (email:jauit at chicagobotanic dot org)
DNA_analysis_contacttext0Jeremie Fant (email:jfant at chicagobotanic dot org)
CPC_program_contacttext0Kayri Havens (email:khavens at at chicagobotanic dot org)
education_contacttext0Larry deBuhr (email:ldebuhr at chicagobotanic dot org)

indexer

A numeric value that is unique for this type of record in this institution. Ideally, the values should be created sequentially. The value does not have to be preserved between updates, providing the uniqueness constraint is not violated.

Type
int
Required
1
PC Original
ABCD Equivalent
DwC Equivalent
Example
1234

community

The name of the community in which this item is participating. This is a convenience attibute only and may be repeated for multiple communities.

Type
text
Required
1
PC Original
None
ABCD Equivalent
DwC Equivalent
Example
Plant Collections (TM)

The link element provide a HTTP link to further information about the Botanic Garden described in this record.

Type
url
Required
0
PC Original
InstitutionWebsiteURL
ABCD Equivalent
/DataSets/DataSet/Units/Unit/Owner/URIs/URL
DwC Equivalent
Example
http://www.chicagobotanic.org

code

Unique identifier (code or name) of the institution holding the original data source (first part of record identifier). In specimen collections, this is normally the institution or private holder of the collection itself. For herbaria and botanical gardens, the standard abbreviations should be used. Note: If an institution has a herbarium ID they should use it; if not they should create a unique code for their institution using the suffix PC-. Chicago Botanic Garden would be "CBG-PC".

Type
text
Required
1
PC Original
InstitutionCode
ABCD Equivalent
/DataSets/DataSet/Units/Unit/SourceInstitutionID
DwC Equivalent
InstitutionCode
Example
CBG-PC

address

This is the contact address for the institution.

Type
location
Required
1
PC Original
`InstitutionStreetAddress?, InstitutionCity?, InstitutionState?, InstitutionZip? and InstitutionCountry?`
ABCD Equivalent
/DataSets/DataSet/Units/Unit/Owner/Addresses/Address
DwC Equivalent
Example
1000 Lake Cook Drive, Glencoe, IL 6022, USA

location

If a latitude, longitude is available, record that as the location. Otherwise, use the street address of the institution.

Type
location
Required
0
PC Original
InstitutionDecimalLatitude, InstitutionDecimalLongitude
ABCD Equivalent
DwC Equivalent
Example
+42.147222-87.790556

phone

General contact phone number for institution.

Type
text
Required
0
PC Original
InstitutionPhone
ABCD Equivalent
`/DataSets/DataSet/Units/Unit/Owner/TelephoneNumbers/TelephoneNumber/Number, /DataSets/DataSet/Units/Unit/Owner/TelephoneNumbers/TelephoneNumber/Device`
DwC Equivalent
Example
+1-847-835-6935

fax

General contac fax number for institution.

Type
text
Required
0
PC Original
InstitutionFax
ABCD Equivalent
`/DataSets/DataSet/Units/Unit/Owner/TelephoneNumbers/TelephoneNumber/Number, /DataSets/DataSet/Units/Unit/Owner/TelephoneNumbers/TelephoneNumber/Device`
DwC Equivalent
Example
+1-847-835-6935

environment

Type
url
Required
0
PC Original
ABCD Equivalent
DwC Equivalent
Example
http://www.google.com/base/feeds/snippets/4763099826150178813

conservatory_area

Type
floatUnit
Required
0
PC Original
InstitutionConservatoryAreaSizeInAcres
ABCD Equivalent
DwC Equivalent
Example
385 acres

number_of_taxa

Type
int
Required
0
PC Original
InstitutionNumberofTaxa
ABCD Equivalent
DwC Equivalent
Example
9434

number_of_plants

Type
int
Required
0
PC Original
InstitutionNumberofPlants
ABCD Equivalent
DwC Equivalent
Example
2330870

director

Type
text
Required
0
PC Original
InstitutionDirectorName
ABCD Equivalent
`/DataSets/DataSet/Units/Unit/Owner/Roles/Role, /DataSets/DataSet/Units/Unit/Owner/Person/FullName`
DwC Equivalent
Example
Barbara Whitney Carr

plant_records_contact

Type
text
Required
0
PC Original
InstitutionPlantRecordContactName, InstitutionPlantRecordContactEmail
ABCD Equivalent
DwC Equivalent
Example
Boyce Tankersley (email:boyce at chicagobotanic dot org)

plant_introduction_contact

Type
text
Required
0
PC Original
`InstitutionPlantIntroductionProgramContactName?, InstitutionPlantIntroductionProgramContactNameEmail?`
ABCD Equivalent
DwC Equivalent
Example
Chad Osbourn (email:cosborn at chicagobotanic dot org)

plant_evaluation_contact

Type
text
Required
0
PC Original
`InstitutionPlantEvaluationProgramContactName?, InstitutionPlantEvaluationProgramContactNameEmail?`
ABCD Equivalent
DwC Equivalent
Example
Richard Hawke; email:rhawke at chicagobotanic dot org

harbarium_contact

Type
text
Required
0
PC Original
InstitutionHerbariumContactName, InstitutionHerbariumContactNameEmail
ABCD Equivalent
DwC Equivalent
Example
Christopher Dunn (email:cdunn at chicagobotanic dot org)

taxonomist_contact

Type
text
Required
0
PC Original
InstitutionTaxonomistContactName, InstitutionTaxonomistContactNameEmail
ABCD Equivalent
DwC Equivalent
Example
Nyree Zerega (email:nzerega at chicagobotanic dot org)

seed_storage_contact

Type
text
Required
0
PC Original
`InstitutionLongTermSeedStorageContactName?, InstitutionLongTermSeedStorageContactNameEmail?`
ABCD Equivalent
DwC Equivalent
Example
Pati Vitt (email:pvitt at chicagobotanic dot org)

plant_breeder_contact

Type
text
Required
0
PC Original
InstitutionPlantBreederContactName, InstitutionPlantBreederContactNameEmail
ABCD Equivalent
DwC Equivalent
Example
Jim Auit (email:jauit at chicagobotanic dot org)

DNA_analysis_contact

Type
text
Required
0
PC Original
`InstitutionDNAAnalysisProgramContactName, InstitutionDNAAnalysisProgramContactNameEmail`
ABCD Equivalent
DwC Equivalent
Example
Jeremie Fant (email:jfant at chicagobotanic dot org)

CPC_program_contact

Type
text
Required
0
PC Original
InstitutionCPCProgramContactName, InstitutionCPCProgramContactNameEmail
ABCD Equivalent
DwC Equivalent
Example
Kayri Havens (email:khavens at at chicagobotanic dot org)

education_contact

Type
text
Required
0
PC Original
`InstitutionEducationProgramContactName?, InstitutionEducationProgramcontactNameEmail?`
ABCD Equivalent
DwC Equivalent
Example
Larry deBuhr (email:ldebuhr at chicagobotanic dot org)