{ "identifier": "http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/dwc-dp/identification-taxon", "url": "table-schemas/identification-taxon.json", "name": "identification-taxon", "title": "Identification Taxon", "description": "A construct of components and positions of dwc:Taxa in a dwc:Identification.", "comments": "", "examples": "", "namespace": "", "dcterms:isVersionOf": "http://example.com/term-pending//identification-taxon", "dcterms:references": "", "rdfs:comment": "", "fields": [ { "name": "identificationID", "title": "Identification ID", "description": "An identifier for a dwc:Identification.", "comments": "Recommended best practice is to use a globally unique identifier.", "examples": "`9992`", "type": "string", "format": "default", "namespace": "dwc", "dcterms:isVersionOf": "http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/identificationID", "dcterms:references": "http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/version/identificationID-2023-06-28", "rdfs:comment": "An identifier for the dwc:Identification (the body of information associated with the assignment of a scientific name). May be a global unique identifier or an identifier specific to the data set.", "constraints": { "required": true, "unique": false } }, { "name": "taxonSortOrder", "title": "Taxon Sort Order", "description": "A numerical position of a dwc:Taxon in a taxonFormula.", "comments": "", "examples": "", "type": "integer", "format": "default", "namespace": "dwc", "dcterms:isVersionOf": "http://example.com/term-pending/dwc/taxonSortOrder", "dcterms:references": "", "rdfs:comment": "", "constraints": { "minimum": 1 } }, { "name": "taxonID", "title": "Taxon ID", "description": "An identifier for a dwc:Taxon.", "comments": "In DwC-DP, the dwc:taxonID is always an external link to a taxon record. As such, if present, it should be a resolvable globally unique identifier. See the Identifiers section of https://github.com/CatalogueOfLife/coldp/blob/master/README.md.", "examples": "`8fa58e08-08de-4ac1-b69c-1235340b7001`; `32567`; `https://www.gbif.org/species/212`", "type": "string", "format": "default", "namespace": "dwc", "dcterms:isVersionOf": "http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/taxonID", "dcterms:references": "http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/version/taxonID-2023-06-28", "rdfs:comment": "An identifier for the set of dwc:Taxon information. May be a global unique identifier or an identifier specific to the data set." }, { "name": "scientificNameID", "title": "Scientific Name ID", "description": "An identifier for the nomenclatural (not taxonomic) details of a dwc:scientificName.", "comments": "In DwC-DP, the dwc:scientificNameID is always an external link to a taxon record. As such, if present, it should be a resolvable globally unique identifier. See the Identifiers section of https://github.com/CatalogueOfLife/coldp/blob/master/README.md.", "examples": "`urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:37829-1:1.3`", "type": "string", "format": "default", "namespace": "dwc", "dcterms:isVersionOf": "http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/scientificNameID", "dcterms:references": "http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/version/scientificNameID-2017-10-06", "rdfs:comment": "An identifier for the nomenclatural (not taxonomic) details of a scientific name." }, { "name": "geoClassificationCode", "title": "Geo Classification Code", "description": "An identifier for a minext:classificationCode.", "comments": "Classification codes are specific to a classification system and conform to a xkos:notationPattern.", "examples": "`71.02.02a.01`; `9.AD.25`", "type": "string", "format": "default", "namespace": "minext", "dcterms:isVersionOf": "http://rs.tdwg.org/mineralogy/terms/classificationCode", "dcterms:references": "", "rdfs:comment": "Alphanumeric pattern that adheres to a defined encoding scheme that identifies a particular term in a classification scheme." }, { "name": "geoName", "title": "Geo Name", "description": "A human-readable lexical label assigned to a mineral includes both informal (e.g., variety, synonym) and formal (classification) forms.", "comments": "", "examples": "`Garnet Group`; `Almandine`; `Plagioclase (Series)`; `Fluorite`", "type": "string", "format": "default", "namespace": "minext", "dcterms:isVersionOf": "http://rs.tdwg.org/mineralogy/terms/name", "dcterms:references": "", "rdfs:comment": "A human-readable lexical label assigned to a mineral includes both informal (e.g., variety, synonym) and formal (classification) forms." }, { "name": "scientificName", "title": "Scientific Name", "description": "A scientific name string, not including authorship, date or identification qualifiers.", "comments": "", "examples": "`Coleoptera` (order); `Vespertilionidae` (family); `Manis` (genus); `Ctenomys sociabilis` (genus + specificEpithet); `Ambystoma tigrinum diaboli` (genus + specificEpithet + infraspecificEpithet); `Quercus agrifolia var. oxyadenia` (genus + specificEpithet + taxonRank + infraspecificEpithet); `×Agropogon littoralis`; `Mentha ×smithiana`; `Agrostis stolonifera L. × Polypogon monspeliensis`", "type": "string", "format": "default", "namespace": "dwc", "dcterms:isVersionOf": "http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/scientificName", "dcterms:references": "http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/version/scientificName-2023-06-28", "rdfs:comment": "The full scientific name, with authorship and date information if known. When forming part of a dwc:Identification, this should be the name in lowest level taxonomic rank that can be determined. This term should not contain identification qualifications, which should instead be supplied in the dwc:identificationQualifier term." }, { "name": "scientificNameAuthorship", "title": "Scientific Name Authorship", "description": "The authorship information for a dwc:scientificName formatted according to the conventions of the applicable dwc:nomenclaturalCode.", "comments": "", "examples": "`(Torr.) J.T. Howell`; `(Martinovský) Tzvelev`; `(Györfi, 1952)`", "type": "string", "format": "default", "namespace": "dwc", "dcterms:isVersionOf": "http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/scientificNameAuthorship", "dcterms:references": "http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/version/scientificNameAuthorship-2023-06-28", "rdfs:comment": "The authorship information for the dwc:scientificName formatted according to the conventions of the applicable dwc:nomenclaturalCode." }, { "name": "vernacularName", "title": "Vernacular Name", "description": "A common or vernacular name.", "comments": "", "examples": "`Andean Condor`; `death cap`; `rainbow trout`; `Smoky Quartz`; `Amethyst`; `Agate`; `Tiger's Eye`", "type": "string", "format": "default", "namespace": "dwc", "dcterms:isVersionOf": "http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/vernacularName", "dcterms:references": "http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/version/vernacularName-2023-06-28", "rdfs:comment": "A common or vernacular name." }, { "name": "taxonRank", "title": "Taxon Rank", "description": "A taxonomic rank of the most specific name in a dwc:scientificName.", "comments": "Recommended best practice is to use a controlled vocabulary. The taxon ranks of algae, fungi and plants are defined in the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (Schenzhen Code Articles H3.2, H4.4 and H.3.1).", "examples": "`subspecies`; `varietas`; `forma`; `species`; `genus`; `nothogenus`; `nothospecies`; `nothosubspecies`", "type": "string", "format": "default", "namespace": "dwc", "dcterms:isVersionOf": "http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/taxonRank", "dcterms:references": "http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/version/taxonRank-2023-06-28", "rdfs:comment": "The taxonomic rank of the most specific name in the dwc:scientificName." }, { "name": "externalClassificationSource", "title": "External Classification Source", "description": "A reference to a source outside the dataset where the identifying name, code, or taxon concept can be found.", "comments": "The external source applies to whichever of dwc:taxonID, dwc:scientificNameID, minext:geoClassificationCode, minext:geoName, dwc:scientificName, or dwc:vernacularName is populated.", "examples": "`http://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/`; `https://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/`; `Dana, J. D., Dana, E. S., & Gaines, R. V. (1997). Dana's new mineralogy: The system of mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana.`; `Strunz H, Nickel EH (2001) Strunz Mineralogical Tables, 9th Edition. Berlin and Stuttgart 870 pp.`", "type": "string", "format": "default", "namespace": "dc", "dcterms:isVersionOf": "http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/source", "dcterms:references": "", "rdfs:comment": "A related resource from which the described resource is derived." }, { "name": "kingdom", "title": "Kingdom", "description": "A dwc:scientificName of a kingdom in which a dwc:Taxon is classified.", "comments": "", "examples": "`Animalia`; `Archaea`; `Bacteria`; `Chromista`; `Fungi`; `Plantae`; `Protozoa`; `Viruses`", "type": "string", "format": "default", "namespace": "dwc", "dcterms:isVersionOf": "http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/kingdom", "dcterms:references": "http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/version/kingdom-2023-06-28", "rdfs:comment": "The full scientific name of the kingdom in which the dwc:Taxon is classified." }, { "name": "phylum", "title": "Phylum", "description": "A dwc:scientificName of a phylum or division in which a dwc:Taxon is classified.", "comments": "", "examples": "`Chordata` (phylum); `Bryophyta` (division)", "type": "string", "format": "default", "namespace": "dwc", "dcterms:isVersionOf": "http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/phylum", "dcterms:references": "http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/version/phylum-2023-06-28", "rdfs:comment": "The full scientific name of the phylum or division in which the dwc:Taxon is classified." }, { "name": "class", "title": "Class", "description": "A dwc:scientificName of a class in which a dwc:Taxon is classified.", "comments": "", "examples": "`Mammalia`; `Hepaticopsida`", "type": "string", "format": "default", "namespace": "dwc", "dcterms:isVersionOf": "http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/class", "dcterms:references": "http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/version/class-2023-06-28", "rdfs:comment": "The full scientific name of the class in which the dwc:Taxon is classified." }, { "name": "order", "title": "Order", "description": "A dwc:scientificName of an order in which a dwc:Taxon is classified.", "comments": "", "examples": "`Carnivora`; `Monocleales`", "type": "string", "format": "default", "namespace": "dwc", "dcterms:isVersionOf": "http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/order", "dcterms:references": "http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/version/order-2023-06-28", "rdfs:comment": "The full scientific name of the order in which the dwc:Taxon is classified." }, { "name": "family", "title": "Family", "description": "A dwc:scientificName of a family in which a dwc:Taxon is classified.", "comments": "", "examples": "`Felidae`; `Monocleaceae`", "type": "string", "format": "default", "namespace": "dwc", "dcterms:isVersionOf": "http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/family", "dcterms:references": "http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/version/family-2023-06-28", "rdfs:comment": "The full scientific name of the family in which the dwc:Taxon is classified." }, { "name": "subfamily", "title": "Subfamily", "description": "A dwc:scientificName of a subfamily in which a dwc:Taxon is classified.", "comments": "", "examples": "`Periptyctinae`; `Orchidoideae`; `Sphindociinae`", "type": "string", "format": "default", "namespace": "dwc", "dcterms:isVersionOf": "http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/subfamily", "dcterms:references": "http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/version/subfamily-2023-06-28", "rdfs:comment": "The full scientific name of the subfamily in which the dwc:Taxon is classified." }, { "name": "genus", "title": "Genus", "description": "A dwc:scientificName of a genus in which a dwc:Taxon is classified.", "comments": "", "examples": "`Puma`; `Monoclea`", "type": "string", "format": "default", "namespace": "dwc", "dcterms:isVersionOf": "http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/genus", "dcterms:references": "http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/version/genus-2023-06-28", "rdfs:comment": "The full scientific name of the genus in which the dwc:Taxon is classified." }, { "name": "genericName", "title": "Generic Name", "description": "The genus part of a dwc:scientificName.", "comments": "For synonyms the accepted genus and the genus part of the name may be different. The term dwc:genericName should be used together with dwc:specificEpithet to form a binomial and with dwc:infraspecificEpithet to form a trinomial. The term dwc:genericName should only be used for combinations. Uninomials of generic rank do not have a dwc:genericName.", "examples": "`Felis` (for scientificName `Felis concolor`, with accompanying values of `Puma concolor` in acceptedNameUsage and `Puma` in genus)", "type": "string", "format": "default", "namespace": "dwc", "dcterms:isVersionOf": "http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/genericName", "dcterms:references": "http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/version/genericName-2023-06-28", "rdfs:comment": "The genus part of the dwc:scientificName without authorship. For synonyms the accepted genus and the genus part of the name may be different. The term dwc:genericName should be used together with dwc:specificEpithet to form a binomial and with dwc:infraspecificEpithet to form a trinomial. The term dwc:genericName should only be used for combinations. Uninomials of generic rank do not have a dwc:genericName." }, { "name": "subgenus", "title": "Subgenus", "description": "A dwc:scientificName of a subgenus in which a dwc:Taxon is classified.", "comments": "A value for this term should be a complete subgenus name as required by the appropriate nomenclatural code.", "examples": "`Abacetus (Parastygis)`; `Dicranum subgen. Orthodicranum`", "type": "string", "format": "default", "namespace": "dwc", "dcterms:isVersionOf": "http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/subgenus", "dcterms:references": "http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/version/subgenus-2025-06-12", "rdfs:comment": "The full scientific name of the subgenus in which the dwc:Taxon is classified." }, { "name": "infragenericEpithet", "title": "Infrageneric Epithet", "description": "The infrageneric part of a binomial name at ranks above species but below genus.", "comments": "", "examples": "`Abacetillus` (for scientificName `Abacetus (Abacetillus) ambiguus`); `Cracca` (for scientificName `Vicia sect. Cracca`)", "type": "string", "format": "default", "namespace": "dwc", "dcterms:isVersionOf": "http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/infragenericEpithet", "dcterms:references": "http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/version/infragenericEpithet-2023-06-28", "rdfs:comment": "The infrageneric part of a binomial name at ranks above species but below genus." }, { "name": "specificEpithet", "title": "Specific Epithet", "description": "The name of the first or species epithet of a dwc:scientificName.", "comments": "", "examples": "`concolor`; `gottschei`", "type": "string", "format": "default", "namespace": "dwc", "dcterms:isVersionOf": "http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/specificEpithet", "dcterms:references": "http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/version/specificEpithet-2023-06-28", "rdfs:comment": "The name of the first or species epithet of the dwc:scientificName." }, { "name": "infraspecificEpithet", "title": "Infraspecific Epithet", "description": "The name of the lowest or terminal infraspecific epithet of a dwc:scientificName, excluding any rank designation.", "comments": "In botany, name strings in literature and identifications may have multiple infraspecific ranks. According to the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (Schenzhen Code Articles 6.7 & Art. 24.1), valid names only have two epithets, with the lowest rank being the dwc:infraspecificEpithet. For example: the dwc:infraspecificEpithet in the string Indigofera charlieriana subsp. sessilis var. scaberrima is scaberrima and the dwc:scientificName is Indigofera charlieriana var. scaberrima (Schinz) J.B.Gillett. Use dwc:verbatimIdentification for the full name string used in a dwc:Identification.", "examples": "`concolor` (for scientificName `Puma concolor concolor`); `oxyadenia` (for scientificName `Quercus agrifolia var. oxyadenia`); `laxa` (for scientificName `Cheilanthes hirta f. laxa`); `scaberrima` (for scientificName `Indigofera charlieriana var. scaberrima`)", "type": "string", "format": "default", "namespace": "dwc", "dcterms:isVersionOf": "http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/infraspecificEpithet", "dcterms:references": "http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/version/infraspecificEpithet-2023-06-28", "rdfs:comment": "The name of the lowest or terminal infraspecific epithet of the dwc:scientificName, excluding any rank designation." }, { "name": "cultivarEpithet", "title": "Cultivar Epithet", "description": "Part of the name of a cultivar, cultivar group or grex that follows a dwc:scientificName.", "comments": "According to the Rules of the Cultivated Plant Code, a cultivar name consists of a botanical name followed by a cultivar epithet. The value given as the dwc:cultivarEpithet should exclude any quotes. The term dwc:taxonRank should be used to indicate which type of cultivated plant name (e.g. cultivar, cultivar group, grex) is concerned. This epithet, including any enclosing apostrophes or suffix, should be provided in dwc:scientificName as well.", "examples": "`King Edward` (for scientificName `Solanum tuberosum 'King Edward'` and taxonRank `cultivar`); `Mishmiense` (for scientificName `Rhododendron boothii Mishmiense Group` and taxonRank `cultivar group`); `Atlantis` (for scientificName `Paphiopedilum Atlantis grex` and taxonRank `grex`)", "type": "string", "format": "default", "namespace": "dwc", "dcterms:isVersionOf": "http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/cultivarEpithet", "dcterms:references": "http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/version/cultivarEpithet-2023-06-28", "rdfs:comment": "Part of the name of a cultivar, cultivar group or grex that follows the dwc:scientificName." }, { "name": "nameAccordingTo", "title": "Name According To", "description": "A reference to the source in which a specific taxon concept circumscription is defined or implied - traditionally signified by the Latin \"sensu\" or \"sec.\" (from secundum, meaning \"according to\"). For taxa that result from identifications, a reference to the keys, monographs, experts and other sources should be given.", "comments": "This term provides context to the dwc:scientificName. Together with the dwc:scientificName, separated by sensu or sec., it forms the taxon concept label, which may be seen as having the same relationship to dwc:taxonConceptID as, for example, dwc:acceptedNameUsage has to dwc:acceptedNameUsageID. When not provided, in Taxon Core data sets the dwc:nameAccordingTo can be taken to be the data set. In this case the data set mostly provides sufficient context to infer the delimitation of the taxon and its relationship with other taxa. In Occurrence Core data sets, when not provided, dwc:nameAccordingTo can be an underlying taxonomy of the data set, e.g. Plants of the World Online (http://powo.science.kew.org/) for vascular plant records in iNaturalist (in which case it should be provided), or, which is the case for most dwc:PreservedSpecimen data sets, the dwc:Identification, in which case there is no further context.", "examples": "`Franz NM, Cardona-Duque J (2013) Description of two new species and phylogenetic reassessment of Perelleschus Wibmer & O’Brien, 1986 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), with a complete taxonomic concept history of Perelleschus sec. Franz & Cardona-Duque, 2013. Syst Biodivers. 11: 209–236.` (as the full citation of the Franz & Cardona-Duque (2013) in Perelleschus splendida sec. Franz & Cardona-Duque (2013))", "type": "string", "format": "default", "namespace": "dwc", "dcterms:isVersionOf": "http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/nameAccordingTo", "dcterms:references": "http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/version/nameAccordingTo-2023-06-28", "rdfs:comment": "The reference to the source in which the specific taxon concept circumscription is defined or implied - traditionally signified by the Latin \"sensu\" or \"sec.\" (from secundum, meaning \"according to\"). For taxa that result from identifications, a reference to the keys, monographs, experts and other sources should be given." }, { "name": "nomenclaturalCode", "title": "Nomenclatural Code", "description": "A nomenclatural code (or codes in the case of an ambiregnal name) under which a dwc:scientificName is constructed.", "comments": "Recommended best practice is to use a controlled vocabulary.", "examples": "`ICN`; `ICZN`; `BC`; `ICNCP`; `BioCode`", "type": "string", "format": "default", "namespace": "dwc", "dcterms:isVersionOf": "http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/nomenclaturalCode", "dcterms:references": "http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/version/nomenclaturalCode-2023-06-28", "rdfs:comment": "The nomenclatural code (or codes in the case of an ambiregnal name) under which the dwc:scientificName is constructed." }, { "name": "nomenclaturalStatus", "title": "Nomenclatural Status", "description": "The status related to the original publication of the name and its conformance to the relevant rules of nomenclature. It is based essentially on an algorithm according to the business rules of the code. It requires no taxonomic opinion.", "comments": "", "examples": "`nom. ambig.`; `nom. illeg.`; `nom. subnud.`", "type": "string", "format": "default", "namespace": "dwc", "dcterms:isVersionOf": "http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/nomenclaturalStatus", "dcterms:references": "http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/version/nomenclaturalStatus-2023-06-28", "rdfs:comment": "The status related to the original publication of the name and its conformance to the relevant rules of nomenclature. It is based essentially on an algorithm according to the business rules of the code. It requires no taxonomic opinion." }, { "name": "namePublishedIn", "title": "Name Published In", "description": "A reference for the publication in which a dwc:scientificName was originally established under the rules of an associated dwc:nomenclaturalCode.", "comments": "A citation of the first publication of the name in its given combination, not the basionym / original name. Recombinations are often not published in zoology, in which case dwc:namePublishedIn should be empty.", "examples": "`Pearson O. P., and M. I. Christie. 1985. Historia Natural, 5(37):388`; `Forel, Auguste, Diagnosies provisoires de quelques espèces nouvelles de fourmis de Madagascar, récoltées par M. Grandidier., Annales de la Societe Entomologique de Belgique, Comptes-rendus des Seances 30, 1886`", "type": "string", "format": "default", "namespace": "dwc", "dcterms:isVersionOf": "http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/namePublishedIn", "dcterms:references": "http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/version/namePublishedIn-2023-06-28", "rdfs:comment": "A reference for the publication in which the dwc:scientificName was originally established under the rules of the associated dwc:nomenclaturalCode." }, { "name": "namePublishedInYear", "title": "Name Published In Year", "description": "The four-digit year in which the dwc:scientificName was published.", "comments": "", "examples": "`1915`; `2008`", "type": "string", "format": "default", "namespace": "dwc", "dcterms:isVersionOf": "http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/namePublishedInYear", "dcterms:references": "http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/version/namePublishedInYear-2023-06-28", "rdfs:comment": "The four-digit year in which the dwc:scientificName was published." } ], "foreignKeys": [ { "fields": "identificationID", "predicate": "for", "reference": { "resource": "identification", "fields": "identificationID" } } ] }