Scientific Taxonomy Authority schema

Information Group	Information Unit	Definition	Field Type	Field Repeatable	Group Repeatable
Taxon information	Taxon display name	The name of the taxon as seen by the end user. Recommendation: Use this field for the full name with author to help disambiguate terms with the same name.	Text	No	Yes
	> Term Formatted Display Name	A representation of the display name with rich text formatting, for onscreen display and/or printing, via the use of HTML or other markup; for instance, for italicizing or boldfacing distinct parts of the display name. Field introduced in version 3.2.1	Text	No
	> Term Name	Another form of the name available in the Taxonomy record editor. Recommendation: Use this field for an abbreviated form of the name (minus authors) that can be used in certain reports.	Text	No
	> Term Language	An indication of the language of the term, particularly when the term is in a language other than the language of the catalog record. Recommendation: Hide this field because taxonomy has established international nomenclature standards.	Controlled list	No
	> Term Preferred for Language	Flag indicating that the term is the preferred form for the term language. Recommendation: Hide this field because taxonomy has established international nomenclature standards.	Check box	No
	> Term Type	An indication of the type of term to be used if the authority is intended to be compliant with standards for thesaurus construction. Recommendation: Hide this field because taxonomy has established international nomenclature standards.	Controlled list	No
	> Term Qualifier	Word or phrase used primarily to distinguish between homographs.	Text	No
	> Term Source	A reference to a bibliographic source or unpublished document that provides the warrant for a particular term. (e.g., IPNI)	Text	No
	>> Term Source Unique ID actual field name used: termSourceID -rj	Unique identifier assigned to the term by the source recorded in the Term Source field. Recommendation: Use this for the code available in the term source for this taxonomic term. (e.g. IPNI code)	Text	No
	>> Term Source Detail	Page number, volume, date accessed for Web sites, and any other information indicating where in the source the term was found. Recommendation: Use this field for a globally unique identifier published by the source.	Text	No
	>> Term Source Note	Notes or comments about the source	Text	No
	> Term Status	A field noting the status of a term in a vocabulary, whether provisional or accepted.	Controlled list	No
	> Taxonomic Status	Status in the literature, e.g., "valid", "invalid"	Controlled list	No

	Taxon rank	The taxonomic rank of the item	Controlled Text	No

	Taxon currency	How current is this form for the taxon	Controlled Text	No

	Author	Person designated as author of taxon	Name authority: Person	No	Yes
	>Author type	parenthetical, ascribed, etc.	Controlled Text	No

	Taxon year	Year taxon was named by author	Year (4-digit)	No

	Citation	Publication that cites original taxon description	Citation Authority (Text prior to version 3.2.3)	Yes

	Taxon note Changed from Remarks for consistency with other uses - rj, 16May2012	General notes	Text	No

	Named Hybrid	Indicates this is a named hybrid accepted in the literature	Boolean	No

	Common Name	Common names associated with this scientific name	Common Names vocabulary (taxon-common)	Yes
	> Common Name Language	An indication of the language of the common name	Controlled list	No
	> Common Name Source	A reference to a bibliographic source or unpublished work documenting that this common name applies to this scientific name	Citation Authority (Text prior to version 3.2.3)	No
	> Common Name Source Detail	Page number, volume, date accessed for Web sites, and any other information indicating where in the source the term was found.	Text	No

Hierarchy	Taxon broader context	The parent taxon	Scientific Taxonomy authority item	No

	Taxon narrower context	Child taxa	Scientific Taxonomy authority item	Yes

	Related Taxon	An identification of a related taxon	Scientific Taxonomy authority item	No	Yes
	> Related Taxon type of relation	An identify of the type of relationship between terms	Controlled list	No

	Hybrid Parent	Parent taxon for named hybrid	Scientific Taxonomy authority item	No	Yes
	> Hybrid Parent Type	Describes the type of hybrid parent	Controlled List	No

Notes

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Field	Value(s)	Default Value
Term Type	descriptor, alternate descriptor, used for term	none	static
Term Language	Standard Language Term List	none	dynamic
Term status	accepted; provisional; rejected; under review	none	static
Taxon rank	domain, kingdom, phylum, division, family, class, order, genus, species (may be modified per domain, for sub and super ranks)	none
Taxon Currency	current, obsolete, archaic	current	static
Author type	parenthetical, ascribed	none	static
Taxonomic status	valid, invalid, accepted, misapplied name	valid	static
Common name language	Standard Language Term List	none	dynamic

Summary fields

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Context	Fields
header	Taxon display name
right sidebar under "terms used"	Taxon display name, Vocabulary type, Field used in
right sidebar under "usage"	Taxon display name, Vocabulary type, Field used in
search results	Taxon display name, Vocabulary name
secondary tab	n/a