Sampling Location

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Item Type
Sampling Location
Description
Used to describe the location from which a specimen was collected.

Google Base Example
http://base.google.com/base/feeds/snippets?bq=%5Blabel:%20z0c83c9002cb11dcba000016cb9b2e66%5D .
  1. Title
  2. Description
  3. Atom 1.0 Example
  4. Attributes
    1. indexer
    2. community
    3. location
    4. locality
    5. elevation
    6. slope
    7. aspect
    8. habitat
    9. soil
    10. notes
    11. park_or_protected_area

Title

The title for the item. Use the location as the title.

Example
Bainbridge Island, WA, USA

Description

Descriptive text about the record.

Example
This is a demonstration sampling location. It uses a textual description of a location
      rather than latitude and longitude.

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='Sampling Location'></category>
    <summary>This is a demonstration sampling location. It uses a textual description of a location
      rather than latitude and longitude.</summary>
    <g:id>z0c83c9002cb11dcba000016cb9b2e66</g:id>
    <title>Bainbridge Island, WA, USA</title>
    
    <c:indexer type="int">1234</c:indexer>
    <c:community type="string">Plant Collections (TM)</c:community>
    <g:location>Bainbridge Island, USA</g:location>
    <c:locality type="string">.5 miles east of parking lot along shoreline</c:locality>
    <c:elevation type="floatUnit">345 m</c:elevation>
    <c:slope type="floatUnit">15 pc</c:slope>
    <c:aspect type="float">45</c:aspect>
    <c:habitat type="string">North facing slopes on steep canyon walls with year-round streams</c:habitat>
    <c:soil type="string">thin dark soils over limestone bedrock; high clay content</c:soil>
    <c:notes type="string"></c:notes>
    <c:park_or_protected_area type="string">Puget Sound Natural Wildlife Area</c:park_or_protected_area>
  </entry>
</feed>

Attributes

Name Type Required Example
indexerint11234
communitytext1Plant Collections (TM)
locationlocation0Bainbridge Island, USA
localitytext0.5 miles east of parking lot along shoreline
elevationfloatUnit0345 m
slopefloatUnit015 pc
aspectfloat045
habitattext0North facing slopes on steep canyon walls with year-round streams
soiltext0thin dark soils over limestone bedrock; high clay content
notestext0
park_or_protected_areatext0Puget Sound Natural Wildlife Area

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
ABCD Equivalent
DwC Equivalent
Example
Plant Collections (TM)

location

A coordinate for a location (decimal degrees, WGS84 datum, geographic projection) should be used when available, otherwise the textual description of the location should be provided here. Note that the value must be parsable by the Google Maps geolocation mechanisms to be accepted.

Type
location
Required
0
PC Original
ABCD Equivalent
DwC Equivalent
Example
Bainbridge Island, USA

locality

Type
text
Required
0
PC Original
ABCD Equivalent
DwC Equivalent
Example
.5 miles east of parking lot along shoreline

elevation

The elevation relative to sea level of the sampling location.

Type
floatUnit
Required
0
PC Original
ABCD Equivalent
DwC Equivalent
Example
345 m

slope

The slope of the sampling location in percent.

Type
floatUnit
Required
0
PC Original
ABCD Equivalent
DwC Equivalent
Example
15 pc

aspect

The aspect of the sampling location in degrees from true north.

Type
float
Required
0
PC Original
ABCD Equivalent
DwC Equivalent
Example
45

habitat

Description of the habitat from which the specimen was obtined.

Type
text
Required
0
PC Original
ABCD Equivalent
DwC Equivalent
Example
North facing slopes on steep canyon walls with year-round streams

soil

Type
text
Required
0
PC Original
ABCD Equivalent
DwC Equivalent
Example
thin dark soils over limestone bedrock; high clay content

notes

Notes about the sampling location. This is a general text field that can be up to 1000 characters. If more detail is required, add relevant comments to the description.

Type
text
Required
0
PC Original
ABCD Equivalent
DwC Equivalent
Example


park_or_protected_area



    
If the sampling location is within a park, protected area, or some other conservation area, the name of the area should be recorded here.



Type
text

Required
0

PC Original


ABCD Equivalent


DwC Equivalent

    



Example


Puget Sound Natural Wildlife Area