DistributionClass

Comment about the distribution of the species based on information from the collection sites of the studied specimens.

Distribution Scope

Type (Attribute)

List of regions structured and categorized.

A controled vocabulary is recommended.

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

Class: NormalString

Ancillary Data

Ancillary information.

Class: AncillaryDataClass

Temporal Coverage

This field specifies temporal coverage, and allows coverages to be a single point in time, multiple points in time, or a range of dates.

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

##Atomized branch##

DistributionAtomized

Distribution in structured format.

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

AncillaryData

Ancillary information of the DistributionAtomized element.

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

##Unstructured branch##

DistributionUnstructured

Distribution in block text format.

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

AncillaryData

Ancillary information of the element DistributionUnstructured.

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

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