Skip to content
nestorjal edited this page Jan 25, 2017 · 13 revisions

Information about the distribution of the species based on the studied specimens collection sites data.

DistributionScope

Type

List of regions structured and categorized.

A controlled vocabulary is recommended.

e.g. Historical, Current, Restricted and Wide.

Class: NormalString

Ancillary Data

Ancillary information.

Class: AncillaryDataClass

TemporalCoverage

This field specifies temporal coverage, and allows coverages to be a single point in time, multiple points in time, or a range of dates. Dates can be expressed in terms of both calendar dates and geologic dating systems.

Quick Reference: http://knb.ecoinformatics.org/software/eml/eml-2.1.1/eml-coverage.html#temporalCoverage

##Atomized branch##

DistributionAtomized

Distribution element in structured format.

Class: [DistributionAtomizedClass] (https://github.com/tdwg/PlinianCore/wiki/DistributionAtomizedClass)

AncillaryData

Ancillary information of the DistributionAtomized element.

Class: [AncillaryDataClass] (https://github.com/tdwg/PlinianCore/wiki/AncillaryDataClass)


##Unstructured branch##

DistributionUnstructured

Distribution element in text block format.

Class: [NormalString] (https://github.com/tdwg/PlinianCore/wiki/NormalString)

AncillaryData

Ancillary information of the DistributionUnstructured element.

Class: [AncillaryDataClass] (https://github.com/tdwg/PlinianCore/wiki/AncillaryDataClass)


Legend:

Image Description
Complex Type
Sequence structure
Choice structure
Obligatory element
Optional element
minOccurs=0 maxOccurs=unbounded
minOccurs=1 maxOccurs=unbounded
Clone this wiki locally