Plant Occurrence and Status Scheme (POSS)

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Title: Plant Occurrence and Status Scheme (POSS)
Permanent IRI (for citations and links): http://www.tdwg.org/standards/106
Publisher: Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG)
Ratified: 1995
Status: Prior standard
Abstract: The Plant Occurrence and Status Scheme (POSS) has been developed to provide standard terms for recording the occurrence of a plant taxon for a specific location. As with all standards, POSS aims to provide both a clear, unambiguous framework for information management, and at the same time provides a mechanism for information exchange. It is worth noting, that although the standard has been developed with the management of plant information in mind, the standard is equally suitable for the management of animal information, although animal movement and migration are not provided for.
Citation: World Conservation Monitoring Centre. 1995. Plant Occurrence and Status Scheme: A Standard for Recording the Relationship between a Plant and a Place. International Working Group on Taxonomic Databases (TDWG) http://www.tdwg.org/standards/106

This standard is comprised of one document.

Title: Plant Occurrence and Status Scheme: A Standard for Recording the Relationship between a Plant and a Place
Permanent IRI: http://rs.tdwg.org/poss/doc/specification/
Created: 1995-11
Last modified: 1995-11
Contributors: Hugh Synge (author) - IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre
Publisher: International Working Group on Taxonomic Databases (TDWG)
Abstract: This document describes the general principles of POSS and describes the data fields and their suggested values.
Citation: World Conservation Monitoring Centre. 1995. Plant Occurrence and Status Scheme: A Standard for Recording the Relationship between a Plant and a Place. International Working Group on Taxonomic Databases (TDWG). http://rs.tdwg.org/poss/doc/specification/