Economic Botany Data Collection Standard
Studies on the uses of plants are becoming increasingly important. Standardisation of terms and a unified system to describe uses are of enormous benefit to gatherers of information, especially where exchanges of data sets are involved. The standard provides a system whereby uses of plants (in their cultural context) can be described, using standardised descriptors and terms, and attached to taxonomic data sets. It resulted from discussions at the International Working Group on Taxonomic Databases for Plant Sciences (TDWG) between 1989 and 1992.
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Header section
- Title
- Economic Botany Data Collection Standard
- Permanent IRI (for citations and links)
- http://www.tdwg.org/standards/103
- Publisher
- Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG)
- Ratified
- 1995
- Status
- Prior standard
- Category
- Best current practice
- Abstract
- Studies on the uses of plants are becoming increasingly important. Standardisation of terms and a unified system to describe uses are of enormous benefit to gatherers of information, especially where exchanges of data sets are involved. The standard provides a system whereby uses of plants (in their cultural context) can be described, using standardised descriptors and terms, and attached to taxonomic data sets. It resulted from discussions at the International Working Group on Taxonomic Databases for Plant Sciences (TDWG) between 1989 and 1992.
- Citation
- TDWG Economic Botany Subgroup. 1995. Economic Botany Data Collection Standard. International Working Group on Taxonomic Databases for Plant Sciences (TDWG) http://www.tdwg.org/standards/103
Parts of the standard
This standard is comprised of one document.
Economic Botany Data Collection Standard
- Title
- Economic Botany Data Collection Standard
- Permanent IRI
- http://rs.tdwg.org/ebdc/doc/specification/
- Created
- 1995
- Last modified
- 1995
- Contributors
- Frances E. M. Cook (author) - Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
- Publisher
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
- Abstract
- The aim of the Economic Botany Data Collection Standard is to provide a system whereby uses of plants (in their cultural context) can be described, using standardised descriptors and terms, and attached to taxonomic data sets. This book describes the structure and implementation of the standard.
- Note
- This document was available in print. The linked document is a scan of the print book.
- Citation
- Cook, Frances E. M. 1995. Economic Botany Data Collection Standard. Prepared for the International Working Group on Taxonomic Databases for Plant Sciences (TDWG) by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. ISBN 0947643710. http://rs.tdwg.org/ebdc/doc/specification/