original_HC_label,original_HC_definition,current_termName,review_decision,notes,term_localName,label,rdfs_comment  [DEFINITION],dcterms_description [COMMENTS],examples,rdf_type,tdwgutility_abcdEquivalence,tdwgutility_organizedInClass,tdwgutility_decision,tdwgutility_usageScope
dataset name,Specified by data entry person.  Title of paper in most cases.,datasetName,direct mapping to DwC,,datasetName,Dataset Name,The name identifying the data set from which the record was derived.,,"Grinnell Resurvey Mammals, Lacey Ctenomys Recaptures",http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property,,Record-level,,simple
dataset identifier,A unique identifer automatically filled out for the record when ingested to MOL,datasetID,direct mapping to DwC,,datasetID,Dataset ID,An identifier for the set of data. May be a global unique identifier or an identifier specific to a collection or institution.,,b15d4952-7d20-46f1-8a3e-556a512b04c5,http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property,,Record-level,,simple
dataset publisher,The entity making the dataset available,institutionCode,Needs group review,https://github.com/tdwg/hc/issues/5,,,,,,,,,,
dataset license,The legal description giving official permission to do something with the dataset,license,direct mapping to DwC,,license,License,A legal document giving official permission to do something with the resource.,,"http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode",http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property,,Record-level,,simple
dataset rights holder,The entity that holds the rights to the dataset,rightsHolder,direct mapping to DwC,,rightsHolder,Rights Holders,A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource.,,The Regents of the University of California,http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property,,Record-level,,simple
dataset modified,The date when the dataset was changed,modified,direct mapping to DwC,,modified,Modified,The most recent date-time on which the resource was changed.,Recommended best practice is to use a date that conforms to ISO 8601-1:2019.,1963-03-08T14:07-0600 (8 Mar 1963 at 2:07pm in the time zone six hours earlier than UTC). 2009-02-20T08:40Z (20 February 2009 8:40am UTC). 2018-08-29T15:19 (3:19pm local time on 29 August 2018). 1809-02-12 (some time during 12 February 1809). 1906-06 (some time in June 1906). 1971 (some time in the year 1971). 2007-03-01T13:00:00Z/2008-05-11T15:30:00Z (some time during the interval between 1 March 2007 1pm UTC and 11 May 2008 3:30pm UTC). 1900/1909 (some time during the interval between the beginning of the year 1900 and the end of the year 1909). 2007-11-13/15 (some time in the interval between 13 November 2007 and 15 November 2007).,http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property,,Record-level,,simple
inventory performed by,The person or people who performed the inventory,samplingPerformedBy,HC term,,samplingPerformedBy,Sampling Performed By,"A person, group, or organization responsible for recording the sampling event(s) contributing to the one referred to in the record.
","The sampling event could be of any hierarchy, including individual inventories and summary inventories.
In the case of a summary inventory include all the organizations or people involved in the individual sampling events that contributed to the compilation. Recommended best practice is to separate the values from different inventories in a list with space vertical bar space ( | ).","Individual sampling examples: 'North American Butterlfy Association', 'KK Wall'. Summary inventory example: 'JJ Green, LL Pink and FF Grey | Aspen Center for Environmental Studies'",http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property,,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/Event,,extension
citation reference,The APA formatted reference to the published description of the checklist,bibliographicCitation,direct mapping to DwC,Request to add event example in DwC: https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/311,bibliographicCitation,Bibliographic Citation,A bibliographic reference for the resource as a statement indicating how this record should be cited (attributed) when used.,Recommended practice is to include sufficient bibliographic detail to identify the resource as unambiguously as possible.,"Specimen example: Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, UC Berkeley. MVZ Mammal Collection (Arctos). Record ID: http://arctos.database.museum/guid/MVZ:Mamm:165861?seid=101356. Source: http://ipt.vertnet.org:8080/ipt/resource.do?r=mvz_mammal. Taxon example: Oliver P. Pearson. 1985. Los tuco-tucos (genera Ctenomys) de los Parques Nacionales Lanin y Nahuel Huapi, Argentina Historia Natural, 5(37):337-343..",http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property,,Record-level,,simple
citation identifier,A reference identifer.  DOI is preferred but a URI or ISBN number is adequate,,deprecate/indirect mapping,Included in citation reference / bibliographicCitation,,,,,,,,,,
citation URL,"A full URL to the cited document, if available",,deprecate/indirect mapping,Included in citation reference / bibliographicCitation,,,,,,,,,,
metadata recorder,Names of the data entry recorders and validators for this dataset,,EML,EML route would be: eml:dataset/associatedParty and eml:dataset/associatedParty/role. See https://eml.ecoinformatics.org/schema/eml-resource_xsd.html#ResourceGroup_associatedParty. See https://github.com/tdwg/hc/issues/14,,,,,,,,,,
metadata reviewer,Names of those reviewing entries during a QA/QC process,,EML,EML route would be: eml:dataset/associatedParty and eml:dataset/associatedParty/role. See https://eml.ecoinformatics.org/schema/eml-resource_xsd.html#ResourceGroup_associatedParty. See https://github.com/tdwg/hc/issues/14,,,,,,,,,,
taxa identified by,The agent(s) who performed taxonomic identifications in the field,identifiedBy,HC term *borrowed,https://github.com/tdwg/hc/issues/7,identifiedBy,Identified By,"A list (concatenated and separated) of names of people, groups, or organizations who assigned the Taxon to the subject.",Recommended best practice is to separate the values in a list with space vertical bar space ( | ).,"James L. Patton, Theodore Pappenfuss | Robert Macey",http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property,,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/Identification,,extension
assessed quality of taxonomic identifications,How confident is the assessor in the quality of identifications on a scale from 1 (not confident) to 5 (fully confident),identificationQuality OR identificationQualifier,deprecate,https://github.com/tdwg/hc/issues/6 ,,,,,,,,,,
citation reference of taxonomic authority for identification,The published reference to the taxonomic authority used in the checklist,identificationReferences,HC term *borrowed,similar to issue https://github.com/tdwg/hc/issues/7,identificationReferences,Identification References,"A list (concatenated and separated) of references (publication, global unique identifier, URI) used in the Identification.",Recommended best practice is to separate the values in a list with space vertical bar space ( | ).,"Aves del Noroeste Patagonico. Christie et al. 2004., Stebbins, R. Field Guide to Western Reptiles and Amphibians. 3rd Edition. 2003. | Irschick, D.J. and Shaffer, H.B. (1997). The polytypic species revisited: Morphological differentiation among tiger salamanders (Ambystoma tigrinum) (Amphibia: Caudata). Herpetologica, 53(1), 30-49.",http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property,,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/Identification,,extension
number of separate sites,Author-reported number of separate sites inventoried ,siteCount,HC term,Complete dcterms_description (comments) when issue is solved. https://github.com/tdwg/hc/issues/8,siteCount,,Total number of individual sites inventoried during sampling event(s) contributing to the one referred to in the record.,"[COMPLETE THIS when we get the definition of ""site""]"," '1', '15'",http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property,,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/Event,,extension
site nesting,Author-reported hierarchical sample design e.g. sampled subunits nested with larger units,siteNestingDescription,HC term,Complete dcterms_description (comments) when issue is solved. https://github.com/tdwg/hc/issues/8,siteNestingDescription,,Textual description of the  hierarchical sampling design.,"[COMPLETE THIS when we get the definition of ""site""]",5 individual sampling sites of 3-5 plots each',http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property,,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/Event,,extension
site names,Author-reported site names,siteNames,HC term,Proposed term name change. Complete dcterms_description (comments) when issue is solved. https://github.com/tdwg/hc/issues/8,verbatimSiteNames,,A list (concatenated and separated) of original site names.,"Recommended best practice is to separate the values in a list with space vertical bar space ( | ). [COMPLETE THIS when we get the definition of ""site""]"," 'East Coastal Fringe | St. Marks Wildlife Management Area', 'S1 | S2 | C1 | C2 | R14 | R22 | W1'",http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property,,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/Event,,extension
site details,Author-reported site information (utilizes terms below per site if more than one),siteDetails,HC term,Proposed term name change. Complete dcterms_description (comments) when issue is solved. https://github.com/tdwg/hc/issues/8,verbatimSiteDescription,,Original textual description of survey site(s).,"Recommended best practice is to separate the values in a list with space vertical bar space ( | ). [COMPLETE THIS when we get the definition of ""site""]"," 'Wet flatwoods | Wet depression surrounded by mesic longleaf pine flatwoods | Ground cover of thick Andropogon spp., Sporobolus floridanus, Vaccinium spp, Rhynchospora spp., Centella erecta, Panicum rigidulum.', 'S=scrub | G=grassland | P=pasture | I=dunes | P=Bishop Pine Forest | R=Riparian | W=Redwood Forest'",http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property,,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/Event,,extension
geospatial scope,"The region of the inventory as described in text form (e.g. ""Kruger National Park"" or ""Alberta"")",,deprecate/indirect mapping,"Mapping to several DwC terms in Location class, all in the Event Core. Request to DwC to add protected area example in dwc:locality
https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/315. See https://github.com/tdwg/hc/issues/15",,,,,,,,,,
total area covered by geospatial scope,Author's reported total area of the geospatial scope in km2,geospatialScopeAreaInSquareKilometers,Needs group review,https://github.com/tdwg/hc/issues/15,,,,,,,,,,
total area covered by species inventory,"Author's reported total area covered by effort to inventory species in km2 (always less than or equal to ""geospatial scope"" term above",totalAreaSampledInSquareKilometers,Needs group review,https://github.com/tdwg/hc/issues/15,,,,,,,,,,
latitude range,Author's reported latitude or latitude range reported for the geospatial scope,,deprecate/indirect mapping,"Could actually be mapped to more than one DwC term (verbatimLatitude, decimalLatitude, verbatimCoordinates)",,,,,,,,,,
longitude range,Author's reported latitude or longitude range reported for the geospatial scope,,deprecate/indirect mapping,"Could actually be mapped to more than one DwC term (verbatimLongitude, decimalLongitude, verbatimCoordinates)",,,,,,,,,,
elevation (lower bound),Author's reported elevational lower bound,,deprecate/indirect mapping,"Could actually be mapped to more than one DwC term  (minimumElevationInMeters, verbatimElevation)",,,,,,,,,,
elevation (upper bound),Author's reported elevation upper bound,,deprecate/indirect mapping,"Could actually be mapped to more than one DwC term  (maximumElevationInMeters, verbatimElevation)",,,,,,,,,,
elevation unit,"Author's reported unit of elevation (e.g. meters, feet)",,deprecate,,,,,,,,,,,
depth (lower bound),Author's reported depth lower bound,,deprecate/indirect mapping,"Could actually be mapped to more than one DwC term (verbatimDepth, minimumDepthInMeters)",,,,,,,,,,
depth (upper bound),Author's reported depth upper bound,,deprecate/indirect mapping,"Could actually be mapped to more than one DwC term (verbatimDepth, maximumDepthInMeters)",,,,,,,,,,
depth unit,"Author's reported unit of depth (e.g. meters, feet)",,deprecate,,,,,,,,,,,
survey time blocks,"The time blocks in which surveys were performed, either in sum or by site.",,Needs group review,https://github.com/tdwg/hc/issues/9,,,,,,,,,,
number of time units spent surveying in each block,"The number of (months, days, hours) spent in each time block.",,Needs group review,https://github.com/tdwg/hc/issues/9,,,,,,,,,,
temporal unit,"The temporal units described for the time block (months, days, years)",,Needs group review,https://github.com/tdwg/hc/issues/9,,,,,,,,,,
start year,The year surveying began,,deprecate/indirect mapping,"Could actually be mapped to more than one DwC term (eventDate, verbatimEventDate, year)",,,,,,,,,,
start month,The month surveying began,,deprecate/indirect mapping,"Could actually be mapped to more than one DwC term (eventDate, verbatimEventDate, month)",,,,,,,,,,
start day,The day surveying began,,deprecate/indirect mapping,"Could actually be mapped to more than one DwC term (eventDate, verbatimEventDate, day)",,,,,,,,,,
end year,The year surveying ended,,deprecate/indirect mapping,"Could actually be mapped to more than one DwC term (eventDate, verbatimEventDate, year)",,,,,,,,,,
end month,The month surveying ended,,deprecate/indirect mapping,"Could actually be mapped to more than one DwC term (eventDate, verbatimEventDate, month)",,,,,,,,,,
end day,The day surveying ended ,,deprecate/indirect mapping,"Could actually be mapped to more than one DwC term (eventDate, verbatimEventDate, day)",,,,,,,,,,
start time,The hour of day started,,deprecate/indirect mapping,"Could actually be mapped to more than one DwC term (eventDate, eventTime)",,,,,,,,,,
end time,The hour of day ended,,deprecate/indirect mapping,"Could actually be mapped to more than one DwC term (eventDate, eventTime)",,,,,,,,,,
study diurnality,"Author reported sampling during day, night, or both?",diurnality,HC term,,diurnality,Diurnality,Part of the day relative to the sunlight condition during which the event occurred.,"Recommended best practice is to use a controlled vocabulary and, if multiple values applicable, separate the values in a list with space vertical bar space ( | ).","Examples: 'day', 'night', 'twilight','day | twilight'",http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property,,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/Event,,extension
study season,Did the author report seasons surveyed?  Which ones (from a pick list).,season,HC term,,season,Season,Season during which the event occurred.,"Recommended best practice is to use a controlled vocabulary and, if multiple values applicable, separate the values in a list with space vertical bar space ( | ).","spring', 'summer | autumn'",http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property,,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/Event,,extension
prospective taxonomic scope,Set of searched species during inventory,taxonomicScope,HC term,,taxonomicScope,Taxonomic Scope,Taxonomic groups included in the sampling event(s) contributing to the event referred to in the record.,"The sampling event could be of any hierarchy, including individual inventories and summary inventories.
In the case of a summary inventory, include all taxonomic groups surveyed in the individual sampling events that contributed to the compilation. Recommended best practice is to separate the values in a list with space vertical bar space ( | ).","birds', 'birds | mammals', 'Procellariformes'",http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property,,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/Event,,extension
taxonomic group(s) excluded from study,Set of species explicitly excluded from the inventory,excludedTaxonomicScope,HC term,,excludedTaxonomicScope,Excluded Taxonomic Scope,Taxonomic groups explicitely excluded in the sampling event(s) contributing to the event referred to in the record.,"The sampling event could be of any hierarchy, including individual inventories and summary inventories.
In the case of a summary inventory include all the taxonomic groups explicitely excluded from the individual sampling events that contributed to the compilation. Recommended best practice is to separate the values in a list with space vertical bar space ( | ).","nocturnal bird species', 'Quercus spp.'",http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property,,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/Event,,extension
    developmental stage,"Type(s) of individuals included  when sampling due to developmental stage.  Pick list: ""Adult/Reproductive/Juvenile/Larval/Seedling/Vegetative/Reproductive""",lifeStageScope,HC term,related question posted to DwC repo: https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/321,lifeStageScope,Life Stage Scope,The age class or life stage of the biological individual(s) included in the sampling event(s) contributing to the event referred to in the record at the time it was recorded.,"This term is defined based on the definition of the Darwin Core term lifeStage (http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/lifeStage). Recommended best practice is to use a controlled vocabulary and, if many values applicable, separate the values in a list with space vertical bar space ( | )."," 'larva', 'adult | juvenile'",http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property,,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/Event,,extension
    developmental stage excluded,"Type(s) of individuals excluded when sampling due to developmental stage. Pick list: ""Adult/Reproductive/Juvenile/Larval/Seedling/Vegetative/Reproductive""",excludedLifeStageScope,HC term,related question posted to DwC repo: https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/321,excludedLifeStageScope,Excluded Life Stage Scope,The age class or life stage of the biological individual(s) explicitly excluded in the sampling event(s) contributing to the event referred to in the record at the time it was recorded.,"This term is defined based on the definition of the Darwin Core term lifeStage (http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/lifeStage). Recommended best practice is to use a controlled vocabulary and, if many values applicable, separate the values in a list with space vertical bar space ( | )."," 'seedling', 'nestling | fledgling'",http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property,,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/Event,,extension
distributional status,"Distributional status explicitly included in inventory. Pick list: ""Native/Non-Native/Invasive/Naturalized""",degreeOfEstablishmentScope,HC term,,degreeOfEstablishmentScope,Degree Of Establishment Scope,Degree(s) of establishment included in the sampling event(s) referred to in the record.,"This term is defined based on the definition of the Darwin Core term degreeOfEstablishment (http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/degreeOfEstablishment). Recommended best practice is to use controlled value strings from the http://rs.tdwg.org/dwcdoe/ controlled vocabulary designated for use with the Darwin Core term degreeOfEstablishment. For details, refer to https://doi.org/10.3897/biss.3.38084. If many values applicable, separate the values in a list with space vertical bar space ( | )."," 'native', 'invasive | widespreadInvasive'",http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property,,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/Event,,extension
distributional status excluded,"Distributional status explicitly exluded in inventory. Pick list: ""Native/Non-Native/Invasive/Naturalized""",excludedDegreeOfEstablishmentScope,HC term,,excludedDegreeOfEstablishmentScope,Excluded Degree Of Establishment Scope,Degree(s) of establishment explicitly excluded from the sampling event(s) contributing to the event referred to in the record.,"This term is defined based on the definition of the Darwin Core term degreeOfEstablishment (http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/degreeOfEstablishment). Recommended best practice is to use controlled value strings from the http://rs.tdwg.org/dwcdoe/ controlled vocabulary designated for use with the Darwin Core term degreeOfEstablishment. For details, refer to https://doi.org/10.3897/biss.3.38084. If many values applicable, separate the values in a list with space vertical bar space ( | )."," 'native', 'invasive | widespreadInvasive'",http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property,,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/Event,,extension
growth form,Growth form explicitly included in inventory. Current controlled vocab. list: tree/shrub.,growthFormScope,HC term,related question posted to DwC repo: https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/321,growthFormScope,Growth Form Scope,Growth form or habit of the biological individual(s) included in the sampling event(s) contributing to the event referred to in the record.,"Recommended best practice is to use a controlled vocabulary and, if many values applicable, separate the values in a list with space vertical bar space ( | )."," 'tree', 'shrub | sub-shrub'",http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property,,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/Event,,extension
growth form excluded,Growth form explicitly excluded in inventory.   Current controlled vocab. list: tree/shrub.,excludedGrowthFormScope,HC term,related question posted to DwC repo: https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/321,excludedGrowthFormScope,Excluded Growth Form Scope,Growth form or habit of the biological individual(s) explicitly excluded from the sampling event(s) contributing to the event referred to in the record.,"Recommended best practice is to use a controlled vocabulary and, if many values applicable, separate the values in a list with space vertical bar space ( | )."," 'tree', 'shrub | sub-shrub'",http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property,,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/Event,,extension
size class,"Size classes included in the study for the prospective taxa (e.g., only small mammals)",sizeClassScope,Needs group review,https://github.com/tdwg/hc/issues/10,,,,,,,,,,
size class excluded,"Size classes excluded in the study for the prospective taxa (e.g., only small mammals)",excludedSizeClassScope,Needs group review,https://github.com/tdwg/hc/issues/10,,,,,,,,,,
environmental information provided,"Controlled vocabulary includes ""Environment reported by site"", ""reported but not by site"", and ""not reported""",environmentReported,deprecate,,,,,,,,,,,
habitat inclusion,A verbatim text description of the habitats reported as included in the surveys,habitatsScope,HC term,,habitatsScope,Habitat Scope,The original textual description of the habitats included in the sampling event(s) contributing to the event referred to in the record.,," 'scrub', 'grassland', 'dunes', 'pine forest', 'riparian', 'Redwood burnt 5 years ago', 'wetlands mostly covered by sedges and sparse woody vegetation'",http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property,,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/Event,,extension
habitat exclusion,A verbatim text description of the habitats explicitly reported as not included in the surveys,excludedHabitatScope,HC term,,excludedHabitatScope,Excluded Habitat Scope,The original textual description of the habitats explicitly excluded from the sampling event(s) contributing to the event referred to in the record.,, 'wet flatwoods',http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property,,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/Event,,extension
reported on the ground weather conditions,"Weather or climate conditions experienced during the survey (e.g., drought, frost)",reportedWeather,HC term,,reportedWeather,Reported Weather,A list of weather or climatic conditions present at the time of the sampling event(s) referred to in the record. Meant to provide a mechanism for structured content.,Recommended best practice is to use a key:value encoding schema for a data interchange format such as JSON.,"{""minimumTemperatureInDegreesFarenheit"":18, ""maximumTemperatureInDegreesFarenheit"":32, ""stillWaterCondition"":""Partly Frozen""}",http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property,,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/Event,,extension
reported local conditional impacts,"Adverse conditions that affected the survey or survey sites (e.g., fire, floods)",reportedImpacts,HC term,Proposed term name change. ,reportedExtremeConditions,Reported Extreme Conditions,A description of any extreme weather event(s) or environmental condition(s) that may have affected the sampling event(s) referred to in the record. ,,"flooding during week 3 of surveys', 'rockslide at site 2'",http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property,,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/Event,,extension
inventory compilation type,"Compiled data is ancillary data that was not directly collected by authors but assembled from other sources. Inventories can be compiled only, survey only, or both.  ",compilationType,HC term,,compilationType,Compilation Type,"A statement specifying whether inventory data reported are derived from sampling event(s), anicillary data compiled from other sources, or a combination of both.",This term is only relevant if the event referred to in the record is an inventory. Recommended best practice is to use a controlled vocabulary.," 'surveyOnly', 'compilationIncludingSurveys', 'compilationNotIncludingSurveys'",http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property,,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/Event,,extension
type of compilation,"Compilation types include expert and local knowledge, museum specimens, literature, or other sources",complicationSources,HC term,Proposed term name change. ,compilationSourceTypes,Compilation Source Types,Types of data sources contributing to the compilation reported. ,"This term is only relevant if the event referred to in the records is a compilation in which one or more types of data sources may have been used to build the summary. Recommended best practice is to use a controlled vocabulary and, if multiple values applicable, separate the values in a list with space vertical bar space ( | )."," 'museum specimens', 'literature', 'expert knowledge | local knowledge'",http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property,,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/Event,,extension
inventory type,"Inventory type can be restricted search, open search,  opportunistic search, trap, incidental or adventitous or material sample. Recommend using a subclasee of bco:taxonomic inventory process.",inventoryType,HC term,,inventoryType,Inventory Type,The type(s) of search process(es) used to conduct the inventory.,"This term is only relevant if the event referred to in the record is an inventory. Recommended best practice is to use a controlled vocabulary such as the terms included under the Biological Collections Ontology superclass 'taxonomic inventory process' (http://
purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BCO_0000047). If multiple values applicable, separate the values in a list with space vertical bar space ( | )."," 'restricted search', 'open search', 'opportunistic search', 'trap', 'adventitious', 'compilation'",http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property,,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/Event,,extension
shape of search area  (if restricted or open search),"The shape of the search area can be rectangle, circle, line, or polygon",inventoryGeometryType,HC term,,inventoryGeometryType,Inventory Geometry Type,The type(s) of geometric shape of the survey area(s).,"Recommended best practice is to use a controlled vocabulary and, if multiple values applicable, separate the values in a list with space vertical bar space ( | ).","line', 'circle', 'rectangle', 'polygon', 'line | rectangle' ",http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property,,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/Event,,extension
protocol name,"The published name of the protocol used to carry out survey (e.g., Pollard walk)",samplingProtocol,direct mapping to DwC,Suggestion made to DwC to tweak definition slightly (to include plurals) and to add comment. See: https://github.com/tdwg/dwc/issues/322,samplingProtocol,Sampling Protocol,"The name of, reference to, or description of the method or protocol used during an Event.",,"UV light trap, mist net, bottom trawl, ad hoc observation, point count, Penguins from space: faecal stains reveal the location of emperor penguin colonies, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1466-8238.2009.00467.x, Takats et al. 2001. Guidelines for Nocturnal Owl Monitoring in North America. Beaverhill Bird Observatory and Bird Studies Canada, Edmonton, Alberta. 32 pp., http://www.bsc-eoc.org/download/Owl.pdf",http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property,,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/Event,,simple
protocol detail,"Any variations in the published protocol.  For compilations that don't have a standard protocol or have an unpublished protocol, details are presented here.",samplingProtocol,deprecate/indirect mapping,Included in samplingProtocol,,,,,,,,,,
protocol citation,APA (American Psychological Association) formatted reference to protocol used,samplingProtocol,deprecate/indirect mapping,Included in samplingProtocol,,,,,,,,,,
protocol reference,"DOI, URL or ISBN to the published protocol reference if available",samplingProtocol,deprecate/indirect mapping,Included in samplingProtocol,,,,,,,,,,
were abundances reported?  ,Did the survey results include number of individuals captured per species? (yes/no),isAbundanceReported,HC term,,isAbundanceReported,Is Abundance Reported,A statement about whether the number of individuals collected or observed per species is reported.,"If the event referred to in the record is a summary inventory that contains at least one reported abundance, the value should be 'true'. Typically abundance values reported would be associated with related occurrences, either under the term dwc:individualCount or the combination of terms dwc:organismQuantity and dwc:organismQuantityType."," 'true', 'false'",http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property,,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/Event,,extension
reported abundance cap,"What value, if any, was used a maximum cap on reported abundances? (yes/no)",isAbundanceCapReported,HC term,,isAbundanceCapReported,Is Abundance Cap Reported,A statement about whether by design a maximum number of individuals of a given species is reported.,"If the event referred to in the record is a summary inventory that contains at least one reported abundance capped, the value should be 'true'. Typically values of abundance cap would be captured under the term dwc:samplingProtocol."," 'true', 'false'",http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property,,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/Event,,extension
was vegetation cover reported?,"In vegetation surveys, was cover metric reported as output (yes/no)",isVegetationCoverReported,HC term,,isVegetationCoverReported,Is Vegetation Cover Reported,A statement about whether a vegetation cover metric is reported.,Typically values or description of vegetation cover would be captured under the term hc:verbatimSiteDescription.," 'true', 'false'",http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property,,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/Event,,extension
were absences reported?,Did the authors report species expected in the survey that were not found? (yes/no),isAbsenceReported,HC term,,isAbsenceReported,Is Absence Reported,A statement about whether taxonomic absences are reported.,Absences could be reported at any taxonomic level.," 'true', 'false'",http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property,,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/Event,,extension
taxonomic list of reported absences,List of taxa reported absence(s) at whatever taxonomic level reported,absentTaxa,HC term,,absentTaxa,Absent Taxa,A list (concatenated and separated) of taxa reported absent during the sampling event(s) referred to in the record.,Absences could be reported at any taxonomic level. Recommended best practice is to separate the values in a list with space vertical bar space ( | ).," 'Parabuteo unicinctus | Geranoaetus melanoleucus', 'Cetoniinae | Aclopinae | Cyclocephala modesta'",http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property,,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/Event,,extension
were specimen vouchers taken during survey?    ,Did the authors collect specimen vouchers? (yes/no),hasVouchers,HC term,,hasVouchers,Has Vouchers,A statement about whether specimen vouchers were collected during the sampling event(s) referred to in the record.,," 'true', 'false'",http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property,,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/Event,,extension
where were vouchers deposited?,"If collected, the name of the repository where vouchers were deposited",voucherLocations,HC term,Proposed term name change.,voucherInstitution,Voucher Institution,A list (concatenated and separated) of the name(s) (or acronyms) in use by the institution(s) where vouchers collected during the sampling event(s) were deposited.,Recommended best practice is to separate the values in a list with space vertical bar space ( | ).," 'FMNH', 'AMNH | MVZ', 'Nairobi National Museum'",http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property,,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/Event,,extension
were samples taken from organisms during survey? ,Did the author collect samples from organisms during the survey?,hasSamples,HC term,Proposed term name change.,hasMaterialSamples,Has Material Samples,A statement about whether material samples were taken during the sampling event(s) referred to in the record.,This term is based on the definition of the Darwin Core Class MaterialSample (http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/MaterialSample).," 'true', 'false'",http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property,,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/Event,,extension
what kind of samples were taken from organisms?,"Sample types include blood, tissue, fecal, etc.",sampleTypes,HC term,Proposed term name change.,materialSampleTypes,Material Sample Types,A list (concatenated and separated) of material sample types collected during the sampling event(s) referred to in the record.,"This term is based on the definition of the Darwin Core Class MaterialSample (http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/MaterialSample). Recommended best practice is to use a controlled vocabulary and, if multiple values applicable, separate the values in a list with space vertical bar space ( | )."," 'whole organism', 'skeleton',  'tissue | blood | fecal | stomach content'",http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property,,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/Event,,extension
were measurements of organisms taken during survey?,"This explicitly refers to physical measurements e.g. length, mass, etc. (yes/no)",hasTraits,HC term,,hasTraits,Has Traits,A statement about whether trait data of the organisms associated with the sampling event(s) are recorded.,," 'true', 'false'",http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property,,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/Event,,extension
recording or measurement agent type ,"The agent taking the recording.  This can be ""human"" or ""machine"" (e.g., camera traps)",,Needs group review,https://github.com/tdwg/hc/issues/13,,,,,,,,,,
inferred compilation effort,"Measured as ""low, medium and high"" and discussed in more detail in paper text.",compilationEffortLevel,deprecate,"See sections in HC paper:
- Reporting on methodology and effort
- Determining overall compilation and survey effort.",,,,,,,,,,
was information about effort provided? ,"Measured as ""no/partial/complete"".",isEffortReported,HC term,,isEffortReported,Is Effort Reported,A statement about whether effort associated with the sampling event(s) is reported.,," 'true', 'false'",http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property,,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/Event,,extension
"if partial, for which part did authors provide info?",For cases where effort was made clear for only some parts of the surveying effort,,deprecate,,,,,,,,,,,
effort amount upper bound,Maximum amount of effort based on author reporting or data-entry person,samplingEffort,direct mapping to DwC,https://github.com/tdwg/hc/issues/11,samplingEffort,Sampling Effort,The amount of effort expended during an Event.,,"""40 trap-nights"", ""10 observer-hours; 10 km by foot; 30 km by car""",http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property,,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/Event,,simple
effort upper bound unit,"The units of efforts (bucket-night, net-hours, person-hours, sample-days, trap-nights, or other)",,deprecate/indirect mapping,Included in samplingEffort,,,,,,,,,,
effort amount lower bound,Minimum anount of effort based on author reporting or data-entry person,,deprecate/indirect mapping,Included in samplingEffort,,,,,,,,,,
effort lower bound unit,"The units of efforts (bucket-night, net-hours, person-hours, sample-days, trap-nights, or other)",,deprecate/indirect mapping,Included in samplingEffort,,,,,,,,,,
more granular breakdown of effort reported?   ,"Choose ""yes"" if effort was broken down by day/night, individual site, or other criteria, otherwise ""no""",,deprecate,,,,,,,,,,,
granular effort breakdown description,"A verbal description of how effort was reported in more detail, e.g. by individual sites or sampling time blocks",,deprecate,,,,,,,,,,,
effort calculated by author or by data entry person?,Was the final assessment of effort reported directly by author or an assessment by data entry person?,effortCalculatedBy,Needs group review,https://github.com/tdwg/hc/issues/12,,,,,,,,,,
description of effort calculation,"If calculated, what data and what method were used to determine assessment of effort?",effortCalculationProtocol,HC term,,effortCalculationProtocol,Effort Calculation Protocol,"A description of or reference to (publication, URI) the method or rationale used to determine the sampling effort.",The sampling effort may be originally reported or inferred.," 'summed from reporting of hours', 'summed time trawled'",http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property,,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/Event,,extension
quality assurance procedure,A list of any data quality procedures that were reported by the inventory authors.,,EML,EML route would be: eml:dataset/methods/qualityControl. See https://eml.ecoinformatics.org/schema/eml-dataset_xsd.html. See https://github.com/tdwg/hc/issues/14,,,,,,,,,,
was taxonomic completeness reported?,"Choices for this field:  ""No, not reported"", ""Yes, reported as complete"", ""Yes, reported as incomplete"".  ",isTaxonCompletenessReported,HC term,Proposed term name change.,taxonCompletenessOriginallyReported,Taxon Completeness Originally Reported,Statement about whether the taxonomic completeness of the sampling event(s) contributing to the event referred to in the record was orginally reported.,"Recommended best practice is to use a controlled vocabulary and, if many values applicable, separate the values in a list with space vertical bar space ( | )."," 'notReported', 'reportedComplete', 'reportedIncomplete'",http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property,,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/Event,,extension
"if reported incomplete, was how incompleteness assessed?","If author reported their assessment of incompleteness, capture author reported measurement or inferred assessment of incompleteness.",taxonCompletenessMethod,HC term,Proposed term name change.,originalTaxonCompletenessMethod,Original Taxon Completeness Method,"A description of or reference to (publication, URI) the method or rationale originally used to assess reported taxonomic completeness.","If the method was not originally reported but inferred afterwards use the term inferredTaxonCompletenessMethod. If many descriptions applicable, separate them with space vertical bar space ( | ).", 'Census | Based on sampling effort',http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property,,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/Event,,extension
how was completeness inferred?,"A description of the rationale for the inferred completeness assessment often based on how well sampling was done across the geospatial scope, and the survey and compilation effort.",inferredTaxonCompletenessMethod,HC term,,inferredTaxonCompletenessMethod,Inferred Taxon Completeness Method,"A description of or reference to (publication, URI) the method or rationale used to infer taxonomic completeness, if not originally reported.","Often based on sampling thoroughness relative to the geospatial scope, and the survey and compilation effort. If the method was originally reported use the term taxonCompletenessMethod.
If many descriptions applicable, separate them with space vertical bar space ( | )."," 'Complete census likely to yield full assessment of species in area.', 'Assessed based on effort and geospatial scope.   Assumed that 26 hours was sufficient to cover 24km2 in some but not full detail.'",http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property,,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/Event,,extension
"inferred or reported taxonomic completeness , lower bound","Inferred lower bound completeness is captured in quartiles (0, 25, 50,  75, 100).   ",minimumTaxonCompleteness,HC term,Proposed term name change.,minimumTaxonCompletenessInQuartiles ,Minimum Taxon Completeness In Quartiles ,Lower reported or inferred taxonomic completeness limit in quartiles.,"In the case of events that are a compilation of multiple events, such as a summary inventory, completeness should refer to the highest level event of the compilation. "," '0', '25', '50', '75', '100'",http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property,,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/Event,,extension
"inferred or reported taxonomic completeness, upper bound","Inferred upper bound completeness is captured in quartlies (0, 25, 50, 75, 100).  ",maximumTaxonCompleteness,HC term,Proposed term name change.,maximumTaxonCompletenessInQuartiles ,Maximum Taxon Completeness In Quartiles ,Upper reported or inferred taxonomic completeness limit in quartiles.,"In the case of events that are a compilation of multiple events, such as a summary inventory, completeness should refer to the highest level event of the compilation. "," '0', '25', '50', '75', '100'",http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property,,http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/Event,,extension