UCJEPS-CSpace 2.3 schema changes

Cataloging

Note: Add all new fields to naturalhistory schema unless otherwise noted.

4/20 add: See new additions in Object Identification information group

Information Group

Information Unit
Display name (Field name)

Definition

Field type

Repeatable

Set repeatable

Notes

Object Identification Information

Add: Filed in Cabinet (basicStorageLocation, naturalhistory)

Simple storage location in case specimen is no in expected location

Tie to Taxonomy authority

no

 

 

 

4/20 add: Hybrid Name (hybridName)

Hybrid plant name based on hybrid parents.  Might be derived by javascript one day

string

 

 

Group header text not needed.

 

4/20 add: Hybrid Parents (hybridParentList?)


repeating field group

 

yes

 

 

4/20 add: Hybrid Parent (hybridParentTaxon)

Parent taxon.

Tie to default taxonomy authority and to new taxon-unverified

no

 

 

 

4/20 add: Qualifier (hybridParentQualifier)

Parent taxonomy modifier, use same values that are in Determination: Qualifier.

 

no

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Type Specimen

Note make whole group repeatable

 

 

 

 

 

 

Add: Assertion By (typeSpecimenAssertionBy)

Person or persons who made the assertion that this specimen is a type

Tie to Org-Collector

no

 

 

 

Add: Verified Basionym (typeSpecimenBasionym)

Taxonomic name at the time of the assertion (often different from current or preferred name)

Tie to Taxonomy authority

no

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Donor fields

Donor (donor)

Source of specimen

Org-Institution authority

 

 

 

 

Donor Date (donorDateGroup, structured)

Date of donation

Structured date

 

 

 

 

Donor Note (donorNote)

Note about donation

Text

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Field Collection Information

Add: Field Collection Number Assignor (fieldCollectionNumberAssignor)

Collector responsible for assigning field collection number.  Often indicates which field notebook has more notes about this specimen.

Tie to Org-Collector

no

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Locality Information

(new section pulling out many fields from Field Collection Information)

 

 

yes

 

 

 

Field Collection Place (fieldLocPlace)

Exists in core but not exposed currently.  Make it visible and tie to Place authority. This needs to be a new field, because there is no way to move fieldCollectionPlace in the common schema into the repeating group we're creating in the naturalhistory schema.

Place authority

 

 

 

 

Add: Verbatim coords (vCoordinates)

Verbatim coordinates from Label, especially if in other formats (TRS, Meridian)

text

 

 

 

 

Add: Verbatim latitude (vLatitude)

 

text

 

 

 

 

Add: Verbatim longitude (vLongitude)

 

text

 

 

 

 

Exists (maybe with different name, these are from Place)? Coordinate system (vCoordSys)

 

static list

 

 

 

 

Add: Verbatim SRS (vSpatialReferenceSystem)

 

static list

 

 

 

 

Exists? Decimal latitude (decimalLatitude)

 

decimal number

 

 

 

 

Exists? Decimal longitude (decimalLongitude)

 

decimal number

 

 

 

 

Add: Uncertainty (coordUncertainty)

 

text

 

 

 

 

Add: Uncertainty units (coordUncertaintyUnit)

 

static list (or dynamic of measurement units is appropriate)

 

 

 

 

Add: Depth (vDepth)

 

text

 

 

 

 

Exists? Min (minDepth)

 

?

 

 

 

 

Exists? Max (maxDepth)

 

?

 

 

 

 

Add: Depth Unit (depthUnit)

 

static list (or dynamic of measurement units is appropriate)

 

 

 

 

Add: Elevation (vElevation)

 

text

 

 

 

 

Exists? Min (minElevation)

 

?

 

 

 

 

Exist? Max (maxElevation)

 

?

 

 

 

 

Add: Unit (elevationUnit)

 

static list (or dynamic of measurement units is appropriate)

 

 

 

 

Add: Distance Above Surface (vDistanceAboveSurface)

 

text

 

 

 

 

Add: Min (minDistanceAboveSurface)

 

?

 

 

 

 

Add: Max (maxDistanceAboveSurface)

 

?

 

 

 

 

Add: Unit (distanceAboveSurfaceUnit)

 

static list (or dynamic of measurement units is appropriate)

 

 

 

 

Add: Locality Note (localityNote)

 

 

 

 

 

Add: Locality Source (localitySource)

Reference information for Locality

Text for now; tie to Citation eventually

 

 

 

 

Add: Source Detail (localitySourceDetail)

Additional information (page numbers, figures) for the full citation.

Text

 

 

 

 

Add: Pt. radius sp. fit (pointRadiusSpatialFit)

 

Text

 

 

 

 

Add: Footprint WKT (footprintWKT)

 

Text

 

 

 

 

Add: Footprint SRS (footprintSRS)

 

Text

 

 

 

 

Add: Footprint sp. fit (footprintSpatialFit)

 

Text

 

 

 

 

Add: Precision (coordPrecision)

 

Text

 

 

 

 

Add: Georeferenced By (geoReferencedBy)

 

Text or some authority??

 

 

 

 

Add: Georeference Date (geoRefDateGroup, structured)

 

Structured date

 

 

 

 

Add: Protocol (geoRefProtocol)

 

Static list

 

 

 

 

Add: Georef Source (geoRefSource)

 

Text for now, Citation eventually

 

 

 

 

Add: Verification (geoRefVerificationStatus)

 

Static list

 

 

 

 

Add: Remarks (geoRefRemarks)

 

Text

 

 

 

 

Add: Georeference place name (geoRefPlaceName)

 

Text

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Object Description Information

Pending add: Name on Label (taxonOnLabel)

Boolean to indicate whether the taxonomic name of the specimen is visible on sheet label

Boolean

 

 

 

 

Pending add: Data in Packet (dataInPacket)

Boolean to indicate whether information is stored in a packet attached to sheet

Boolean

 

 

 

 

Add: Cultivated (cultivated)

Boolean to indicate whether source of specimen is cultivated

Boolean

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loan Out

Note: Add all new fields to naturalhistory schema unless otherwise noted.

Information Group

Information Unit
Display name (Field name)

Definition

Field type

Repeatable
(blank=no)

Set repeatable

Notes

Loan Out Information

Add: Collection (collection)

Collection to which lent items belong

Static list


 

Values: UC, JEPS

 

Add: Geography (geographyList)

General geographic area from which lent items were collected

Text

yes

 

 

 

Add: Taxonomy (taxonomyList)

Taxa of specimens being lent

Tie to
Taxonomy
authority

yes

 

 

 

Add: Shipping form date (shipDate)

Date specimens were shipped to borrower

Date

 

 

 

 

Add: Transportation (transportMethod)

Means by which specimens were shipped

Static list

 

 

UI values: surface, hand-carried, air (convert existing data values: 1,2,3)

 

Add: Acknowledge Date
(acknowledgeDate)

Date receipt of specimens was acknowledged by the
borrower

Date

 

 

 

 

Add: objKindList

Kinds of objects in loan (sheets, jars)

Static list

yes

 

 

 

Add: numPackages

Number of packages being shipped

Int

 

 

 

Sub-group: Manual
Counts

Add: Lent (numLent)

Number of specimens lent

Integer

 

 

 

 

Add: Returned (numReturned)

Number of items returned to date

Integer

 

 

Could calculate one day from Loan Return Items, but manually entered for now

 

Add: Balance (balance)

Number of items still on loan to borrower

Integer

 

 

Can we calculate this and make it read-only (loanoutNumLent-loanoutNumReturned)?  Only if it adds no time :-)

 

Add: Discrepancy (discrepancy)

A fudge factor field for the case in which there is an
unresolved loan balance discrepancy

Integer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loan Transfers

 

Transfer of items already on loan to another institution

 

 

yes

 

 

Add: Transfer Date (transferDate)

Date of the transfer

Date

 

 

 

 

Add: To Institution (transferOrg)

Institution to which the loaned specimens are transferred

Org-institution
authority

 

 

 

 

Add: To Person (transferPerson)

Contact person at transfer destination

Person
authority

 

 

 

 

Add: Under direction of (transferDirector)

Lender's authorizer

Person authority

 

 

 

 

Add: Quantity (transferQuantity)

Number of items lent

Integer

 

 

 

 

Add: Notes (transferNotes)

Notes

Text

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loan Out Items

 

Specimens lent

 

 

Yes

 

 

Add: Object number(s) (objectNumbers)

ID number(s) if item(s) lent

Text

 

 

 

 

Add: Quantity (objectQuantity)

Number of items specified in the Object number(s) field

Integer

 

 

Default to 1?

 

Add: Loan conditions (objectConditions)

Conditions governing the loan of the items specified in the Object number(s) field

Text

 

 

 

 

Add: Notes (objectNotes)

Notes about the object being lent

Text

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loan Return Items

 

Specimens returned

 

 

Yes

 

 

Add: Object number(s) (returnObjectNumbers)

ID number(s) if item(s) returned

Text

 

 

 

 

Add: Quantity (returnQuantity)

Number of items specified in the Object number(s) field

Integer

 

 

Default to 1?

 

Add: Return Date (returnDate)

Date these items were returned

Date

 

 

 

 

Add: Notes (returnNotes)

Notes

Text

 

 

 

 

Add: New Determination (returnDetermination)

New determination coming back from loan

Taxonomy authority (taxon-taxon)