Standards: HISPID3
HISPID3 - Herbarium Information Standards and Protocols for Interchange of Data is an accession-based format for the interchange of electronic herbarium specimen information. It has been developed and adopted by a consortium of the Australian herbaria. Although the HISPID3 documentation makes it clear that the transferred fields should be considered as specimen-, not taxon-based, BG-BASE handles this information in a relational structure, and therefore the fields specified in HISPID3 come from a variety of tables.
Features of the HISPID3 standard include:
- variable-length field format, with field names preceding data for that field
- designed for transfer of information, not for storage of information.
See the HISPID3 home page for further information.
BG-BASE is broadly compatible with much of the HISPID3 standard, even though no attempt has yet been made to make these two systems compatible. The HISPID3 standard defines two groups of data elements to be transferred: file identification fields, and accession information fields. The former are set up during a transfer; the latter come from the database. These latter fields are listed in the table below along with a brief explanation of BG-BASE table and field that supplies each HISPID3 field.
HISPID3 fields and their relationship to BG-BASE tables/fields
| HISPID3 field | Code | BG-BASE table: field |
accession identifier group |
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| start of HISPID3 record | . | would be generated by HISPID3 output routine |
| end of HISPID3 record | . | would be generated by HISPID3 output routine |
| institution code | insid | would be generated by HISPID3 output routine |
| accession identifier | accid | SPECIMENS: SPECIMEN.NUM |
basis of record group |
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| source of record flag | recsou | SPECIMENS: KIND.OF.SPECIMEN |
record identification group |
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| suprafamilial group name | supfam | NAMES: MAJOR.TAXON.FULL |
| family name | fam | FAMILIES: FAMILY |
| suprageneric group rank | supgenrk | -- |
| suprageneric group name | supgen | -- |
| hybrid flag | hyb | NAMES: GEN.HYBR |
| genus name | gen | NAMES: GENUS |
| second hybrid genus name | genhy2 | NAMES: GENUS.2 |
| subgenus group name | subgen | NAMES: calculated from the taxonomically lowest value found in SUBGENUS, SECTION, SUBSECTION, SERIES or SUBSERIES |
| species qualifier | spql | NAMES; IDENT.QUAL |
| species epithet | sp | NAMES: SPECIES |
| second hybrid species epithet | sphy2 | NAMES: SPECIES.2 |
| species author | spau | NAMES: SPEC.AUTH |
| infraspecific rank flag | isprk | NAMES: INFRA.RANK.FULL |
| second hybrid infraspecific rank flag | isprkhy2 | NAMES: INFRA.RANK.2.FULL |
| infraspecific epithet | isp | NAMES: INFRA.EPI (note: HISPID3 specifies the lowest ranked epithet; BG-BASE handles data at all ranks) |
| second hybrid infraspecific epithet | isphy2 | NAMES: INFRA.EPI.2 (note: HISPID3 specifies the lowest ranked epithet; BG-BASE handles data at all ranks) |
| infraspecific author | ispau | NAMES: INFRA.AUTH |
| second infraspecific rank flag | isp2rk | NAMES:INFRA.RANK.2 |
| second hybrid of the second infraspecific rank flag | isp2rkhy2 | NAMES: INFRA.EPI.2 (note: HISPID3 specifies the second lowest ranked epithet; BG-BASE handles data at all ranks) |
| second infraspecific epithet | isp2 | NAMES: INFRA.EPI.2 |
| second hybrid of the second infraspecific epithet | isp2hy2 | NAMES: INFRA.EPI.2 |
| second infraspecific author | isp2au | NAMES: INFRA.AUTH.2 |
| vernacular name | vernam | NAMES: COMMON.NAME |
| cultivar group name | culgnam | NAMES: CV.GROUP |
| cultivar name | culnam | NAMES: CULTIVAR |
| trade designation name | tranam | NAMES: SOLD.AS |
| full name | fulnam | NAMES: NAME |
| name comments | namcom | NAMES: MISC |
typification group |
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| type qualifier flag | tql | -- |
| type status | tsta | SPECIMENS; NOMEN.TYPE.KIND (multivalue field) |
| basionym | basnam | SPECIMENS; NOMEN.TYPE.FREE (multivalue field) |
| second most recent type qualifier flag | tql2 | -- |
| second most recent type status | tsta2 | SPECIMENS: NOMEN.TYPE.KIND (multivalue field) |
| second most recent basionym | basnam2 | SPECIMENS; NOMEN.TYPE.FREE (multivalue field) |
| third most recent type qualifier flag | tal3 | -- |
| third most recent type status | tsta3 | SPECIMENS: NOMEN.TYPE.KIND (multivalue field) |
| third most recent basionym | basnam3 | SPECIMENS; NOMEN.TYPE.FREE (multivalue field) |
verification group |
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| verification level flag | vlev | VERIFICATIONS; VERI.LEVEL |
| verifier's name | vnam | VERIFICATIONS; VERI.BY |
| verification date | vdat | VERIFICATIONS; VERI.DT |
| text verification date | texvdat | VERIFICATIONS; VERI.DT.DISP |
| verification literature | vlit | VERIFICATIONS; DS.FULL |
| verification history | vhist | SPECIMENS; VERIFICATION.SUMMARY (symbolic field) |
| determinavit | det | VERIFICATIONS; VERI.BY |
| rank qualifier flag | rkql | -- |
| identification qualifier | idql | VERIFICATIONS; IDENT.QUAL |
| name comments | namcom | VERIFICATIONS; VERI.MISC |
location group |
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| country | cou | SPECIMENS; COUNTRY.FULL |
| ISO code for country of origin | iso | SPECIMENS: COUNTRY.CODE |
| world geographic scheme | wgs | SPECIMENS; BRU |
| primary subdivision of country of origin | pru | SPECIMENS; SUB.CNT1 |
| secondary subdivision of country of origin | sru | SPECIMENS; SUB.CNT2 (note, BG-BASE also has a tertiary subdivision of the country of origin - SUB.CNT3) |
| special geographic unit | sgu | SPECIMENS; PROTECTED.AREA |
| locality | loc | SPECIMENS; LOCALITY |
| altitude | alt | SPECIMENS; ALTITUDE |
| accuracy of altitude | altacy | SPECIMENS; ALTITUDE.QUAL |
| maximum altitude | altx | SPECIMENS; ALTITUDE (accepts a range of values) |
| accuracy of maximum altitude | altacyx | SPECIMENS; ALTITUDE.QUAL |
| source of altitude accuracy flag | altsou | -- |
| method of altitude determination | altdet | -- |
| depth | dep | SPECIMENS; DEPTH |
| accuracy of depth | depacy | SPECIMENS: DEPTH.QUAL |
| maximum depth | depx | SPECIMENS; DEPTH (accepts a range of depths) |
| accuracy of maximum depth | depacyx | SPECIMENS: DEPTH.QUAL |
| latitude degrees | latdeg | SPECIMENS; LAT.DEGREE |
| latitude minutes | latmin | SPECIMENS; LAT.MINUTE |
| latitude seconds | latsec | SPECIMENS; LAT.SECOND |
| latitude direction flag | latdir | SPECIMENS; LAT.DIR |
| longitude degrees | londeg | SPECIMENS; LONG.DEGREE |
| longitude minutes | lonmin | SPECIMENS; LONG.MINUTE |
| longitude seconds | lonsec | SPECIMENS; LONG.SECOND |
| longitude direction flag | londir | SPECIMENS; LONG.DIR |
| spatial grid, projection | sgp | -- |
| spatial grid easting | sge | -- |
| spatial grid, northing | sgn | -- |
| accuracy of geocode | geoacy | SPECIMENS: ACCURACY |
| source of geocode precision | geosou | -- |
| nearest named place | nnp | SPECIMENS: PLACE.NUM (linked to user-defined PLACES table) |
habitat group |
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| habitat | hab | SPECIMENS; HABITAT |
| topography | top | SPECIMENS; GEOMORPHOLOGY |
| aspect | asp | SPECIMENS; ASPECT |
| substrate | sub | -- |
| soil type | soil | SPECIMENS; SOIL.TYPE |
| vegetation | veg | SPECIMENS; VEGETATION |
| associated species | asspp | SPECIMENS; ASSOCIATED.TAXA.FULL |
collection group |
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| primary collector's name(s) | cnam | SPECIMENS; COLLECTOR |
| collector's identifier | cid | SPECIMENS; COLL.NUM |
| secondary collector's name | cnam2 | SPECIMENS; COLLECTED.WITH |
| 'per' collector | cper | -- |
| collection date | cdat | SPECIMENS; COLL.DT |
| second collection date | cdat2 | SPECIMENS: SECOND.COLL.DT |
| general text collection date | texcdat | SPECIMENS; COLL.DT.DISP |
kind of collection, additional components and voucher collections group |
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| kind of collection & additional components flag | ckin | SPECIMENS; ASSOCIATED.MAT |
| voucher flag | vou | -- |
| number of sheets, parts | numshe | SPECIMENS; NUM.IN.SET |
| type of cultivated material flag | tcul | ACCESSIONS: RECD.HOW |
| provenance type flag | prov | ACCESSIONS; PROV.TYPE |
| propagation history flag | prohis | ACCESSIONS; PROP.HIST |
| donor type flag | don't | PSOURCES; PS.TYPE |
| donor | don | SPECIMENS; PSOURCE.FULL |
| donor's accession identifier | donacc | SPECIMENS; PSOURCE.NUM |
additional data group |
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| collection notes | cnot | SPECIMENS; combination of COLLECTION.MISC, DESCRIPTION, HYDROLOGY, PHENOLOGY, PRECIPITATION, and USES |
| frequency | fre | SPECIMENS; ABUNDANCE |
| conservation status (threat) | consta | SPECIMENS: ABUNDANCE |
| plant occurrence and status scheme 1 | posnat | -- |
| plant occurrence and status scheme 2 | poscul | SPECIMENS; CULTIVATED |
| plant occurrence and status scheme 3 | posint | -- |
| habit, life form | form | NAMES; HABIT.FULL |
| phenology | phe | SPECIMENS; PHENOLOGY |
| non-computerized data flag | noncom | SPECIMENS: MISC |
| miscellaneous notes | misc | SPECIMENS; MISC |
| number of replicates | numrep | SPECIMENS; NUM.DUPLICATES |
| destination of replicates | desrep | SPECIMENS: ASSOCIATED.MAT.DEPO |
loan group |
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| loan identifier | loaid | LOANS; LOAN.NUM |
| loan sequence number | loanum | LOAN.ITEMS; BARCODE |
| loan destination | loades | LOANS; HERB.CODE |
| loan for botanist | loabot | LOANS; ATTN.OF |
| loan despatch method | loadis | LOANS; SENT.HOW |
| loan date | loadat | LOANS; LOAN.DT |
| loan return date | loaret | LOAN.ITEMS; RETURN.DT |
data entry and edit group |
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| record creation operator | crenam | SPECIMENS; CREATED.BY |
| record creation date | credat | SPECIMENS. CREATED |
| record creation institution | creins | -- |
| record update operator | modnam | SPECIMENS; LEDITED.BY |
| last edit date | modat | SPECIMENS; LEDITED |
| record update institution | modins | -- |
| end of HISPID3 record | . | would be generated by HISPID3 output routine |
| end of HISPID3 file | endfile | would be generated by HISPID3 output routine |
Reference
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