abis-mapping v9.0.1   survey_metadata v3.0.0

SYSTEMATIC SURVEY METADATA TEMPLATE INSTRUCTIONS

Intended Usage

This Systematic Survey Metadata template should be used to record metadata relating to a Systematic Survey dataset.

The Systematic Survey Metadata template must be used in combination with the Systematic Survey Occurrence template and, in some cases, the Systematic Survey Site template with or without the Systematic Survey Site Visit template.

Templates have been provided to facilitate integration of your data into the Biodiversity Data Repository database. Not all types of data have been catered for in the available templates at this stage; therefore, if you are unable to find a suitable template, please contact bdr-support@dcceew.gov.au to make us aware of your data needs.

Data Validation Requirements:

For data validation, you will need your data file to:

• be the correct file format,
• have fields that match the template downloaded (do not remove, or change the order of fields),
• have extant values for mandatory fields (see Table 1), and
• comply with all data value constraints; for example the geographic coordinates are consistent with a geodeticDatum type of the 5 available options.

Additional fields may be added after the templated fields (noting that the data type is not assumed and values will be encoded as strings).

FILE FORMAT

• The systematic survey metadata template is a UTF-8 encoded csv (not Microsoft Excel Spreadsheets). Be sure to save this file with your data as a .csv (UTF-8) as follows, otherwise it will not pass the in-browser csv validation step upon upload.
  [MS Excel: Save As > More options > Tools > Web options > Save this document as > Unicode (UTF-8)]
• Do not include empty rows.

FILE NAME

When making a manual submission to the Biodiversity Data Repository, the file name must include the version number of this biodiversity data template (v3.0.0). The following format is an example of a valid file name:

data_descripion-v3.0.0-additional_description.csv

where:

• data_description: A short description of the data (e.g. survey_meta, test_data).
• v3.0.0: The version number of this template.
• additional_description: (Optional) Additional description of the data, if needed (e.g. test_data).
• .csv: Ensure the file name ends with .csv.

For example, survey_meta-v3.0.0-test_data.csv or test_data-v3.0.0.csv

FILE SIZE

MS Excel imposes a limit of 1,048,576 rows on a spreadsheet, limiting a CSV file to the header row followed by 1,048,575 occurrences. Furthermore, MS Excel has a 32,767 character limit on individual cells in a spreadsheet. These limits may be overcome by using or editing CSV files with other software.

Larger datasets may be more readily ingested using the API interface. Please contact bdr-support@dcceew.gov.au to make us aware of your data needs.

TEMPLATE FIELDS

The template file contains the field names in the top row that form part of the core Survey data model. Table 1 will assist you in transferring your data to the template with the following information:

• Field name in the template (and an external link to the Darwin Core standard for that field where available);
• Description of the field;
• Required i.e. whether the field is mandatory, conditionally mandatory, or optional;
• Datatype format required for the data values for example text (string), number (integer, float), or date; and
• Example/s of an entry for that field.
• Vocabulary links within this document (for example pick list values) where relevant. The fields that have suggested values options for the fields in Table 1 are listed in Table 2 in alphabetical order of field name.

ADDITIONAL FIELDS

Data that do not match the existing template fields may be added as additional columns in the CSV files after the templated fields. For example, sampleSizeUnit, sampleSizeValue.

Table 1: Systematic Survey Metadata template fields with descriptions, conditions, datatype format, and examples.

Field #	Name	Description	Mandatory / Optional	Datatype Format	Examples
1	surveyID	A unique identifier for the survey. Important if more there is more than one survey in the project or the dataset.	Mandatory	String	COL1
2	surveyName	Brief title for the survey.	Mandatory	String	Disentangling the effects of farmland use, habitat edges, and vegetation structure on ground beetle morphological traits - Summer
3	surveyPurpose	A description of the survey objective	Optional	String	Summer sampling for peak insect diversity.
4	surveyType	Description of type of survey conducted	Optional	String	Wet pitfall trapping (Vocabulary link)
5	surveyStart	The date data collection commenced.	Mandatory	Timestamp	21/09/2020
6	surveyEnd	The date data collection was completed.	Optional	Timestamp	23/09/2020
7	targetTaxonomicScope	The range of biological taxa covered by the survey. Multiple terms are allowed, separated by a vertical bar aka pipe |	Optional	List	Coleoptera | Formicidae (Vocabulary link)
8	targetHabitatScope	The habitats targeted for sampling during the survey. Multiple terms are allowed, separated by a vertical bar aka pipe |	Optional	List	Woodland (Vocabulary link)
9	spatialCoverageWKT	Well Known Text (WKT) expression of the geographic coordinates that describe the survey's spatial extent. Ensure the coordinates are arranged in 'longitude latitude' order and do not include the CRS in the WKT expression (it comes from the geodeticDatum field).	Mandatory if geodeticDatum is provided.	WKT	POLYGON ((146.363 -33.826, 148.499 -33.826, 148.499 -34.411, 146.363 -33.826)) (WKT notes)
10	geodeticDatum	The geodetic datum upon which the geographic coordinates in the Spatial coverage (WKT) are based.	Mandatory if spatialCoverageWKT is provided.	String	GDA2020 (Vocabulary link)
11	surveyOrgs	Name of organisations or individuals for whom Survey is being conducted. Multiple terms are allowed, separated by a vertical bar aka pipe |	Optional	List	NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment | CSIRO
12	surveyMethodCitation	A citation or reference to the survey methods used.	Optional	List	Ng, K., Barton, P.S., Blanchard, W. et al. Disentangling the effects of farmland use, habitat edges, and vegetation structure on ground beetle morphological traits. Oecologia 188, 645–657 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-018-4180-9
13	surveyMethodDescription	Free text description of the survey method used.	Optional	String	Our experimental design consisted of four 400 m transects running from inside each woodland patch out into four adjoining farmland uses (crop, rested, woody debris application, revegetation plantings). To quantify potential edge efects on beetle species traits, we sampled beetles at five locations along each transect: 200 and 20 m inside woodlands, 200 and 20 m inside farmlands, and at the woodland–farmland edge (0 m). Each sampling location comprised a pair of wet invertebrate pitfall traps. separated by a drift fence (60 cm long x 10 cm high) to help direct arthropods into traps. We opened a total of 220 pairs of traps for 14 days during spring (Oct–Nov 2014), and repeated sampling during summer (January–February 2015). Beetle samples from each pitfall trap pair, and across the two time periods, were pooled to provide one sample per sampling location.
14	surveyMethodURL	A DOI or link to the reference about the survey method, if available.	Optional	List	https://biocollect.ala.org.au/document/download/2022-01/202201%20CBR%20Flora%20and%20Vegetation%20report_draftv1.pdf | https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118945568.ch11
15	keywords	Terms, phrases or descriptors that highlight the key attributes of the study. Multiple terms are allowed, separated by a vertical bar aka pipe |	Optional	List	ground beetle | habitat | morphology | traits | farmland | woodland | remnant vegetation | split-plot study

CHANGELOG

Changes from Systematic Survey Metadata Template v2.0.0

• This template now accepts multiple rows of data, to represent multiple Surveys in a Dataset.

CHANGED FIELDS

• Because multiple rows are now allowed, surveyID is now a mandatory field, and each row must have a unique value within the template, in order to identify each row.

APPENDICES

APPENDIX-I: Vocabulary List

With the exception of geodeticDatum, data validation does not require adherence to the vocabularies for the various vocabularied fields.. These vocabularies are provided as a means of assistance in developing consistent language within the database. New terms can be added to more appropriately describe your data that goes beyond the current list.

Table 2 provides some suggested values from existing sources such as: Biodiversity Information Standard (TDWG), EPSG.io Coordinate systems worldwide, the Global Biodiversity Information System, and Open Nomenclature in the biodiversity era.

Table 2: Suggested values for the controlled vocabulary fields in the template. Each term has a preferred label with a definition to aid understanding of its meaning. For some terms, alternative labels with similar semantics are provided.
Note: the value for geodeticDatum must come from one of five options in this table.

Template field name	Preferred label	Definition	Alternate label
geodeticDatum	AGD66	Australian Geodetic Datum 1966	EPSG:4202
geodeticDatum	AGD84	Australian Geodetic Datum 1984	EPSG:4203
geodeticDatum	GDA2020	Geocentric Datum of Australia 2020	EPSG:7844
geodeticDatum	GDA94	Geocentric Datum of Australia 1994	EPSG:4283
geodeticDatum	WGS84	World Geodetic System 1984, used in GPS	EPSG:4326
surveyType	WET PITFALL TRAPPING	The type/method of invertebrate fauna sampling implemented. Wet pitfall trapping consists of a grid of 20 traps (specimen containers), dug into the ground so they are flush with the soil surface, and partially filled with a liquid preservative to rapidly kill the invertebrates that fall in. The trap grid is established anywhere within the plot, consisting of 4 north-south rows of 5 traps, spaced 10 m apart.
targetHabitatScope	BEACH	Type of Landform Element, which is usually short; low; very wide slope; gently or moderately inclined; built up or eroded by waves; forming the shore of a lake or sea.
targetHabitatScope	BILLABONG OR SWAMP	A swamp is a wetland that features temporary or permanent inundation of large areas of land by shallow bodies of water, generally with a substantial number of hammocks, or dry-land protrusions, and covered by aquatic vegetation, or vegetation that tolerates periodical inundation.
targetHabitatScope	CAVE	The type of habitat representative of a naturally formed, subterranean open area or chamber.
targetHabitatScope	CHENOPOD SHRUBLAND	Refers to the NVIS dominant vegetation structural formation class, with a percent cover of about 50-80% members of Chenopodiaceae.
targetHabitatScope	CLOSED CHENOPOD SHRUBLAND	Refers to the NVIS dominant vegetation structural formation class, with a percent cover of about >80% members of Chenopodiaceae.
targetHabitatScope	CLOSED FERNLAND	Refers to the NVIS dominant vegetation structural formation class, with a percent cover of about >80% members of Fern and Fern-allies.
targetHabitatScope	CLOSED FORBLAND	Refers to the NVIS dominant vegetation structural formation class, with a percent cover of about >80% members of Forbs or herbs other than grasses.
targetHabitatScope	CLOSED FOREST	Refers to the NVIS dominant vegetation structural formation class, with a percent cover of about >80% members of Forbs or herbs other than grasses.
targetHabitatScope	CLOSED HEATHLAND	Refers to the NVIS dominant vegetation structural formation class, with a percent cover of about >80% members of heath shrubs (e.g., members of Ericaceae, Myrtaceae).
targetHabitatScope	CLOSED HUMMOCK GRASSLAND	Refers to the NVIS dominant vegetation structural formation class, with a percent cover of about >80% members of hummock (e.g., Triodia) grasses.
targetHabitatScope	CLOSED LICHENLAND	Refers to the type of habitat characterised by lichenised tree trunks and rocks.
targetHabitatScope	CLOSED LIVERWORTLAND	Refers to the type of habitat characterised by lower plant groups such as moss, liverworts and bryophytes.
targetHabitatScope	CLOSED MALLEE FOREST	Refers to the NVIS dominant vegetation structural formation class, with a percent cover of about >80% members of tree mallee (e.g., some members of Eucalyptus).
targetHabitatScope	CLOSED MALLEE SHRUBLAND	Refers to the NVIS dominant vegetation structural formation class, with a percent cover of about >80% members of mallee shrubs (e.g., some members of Eucalyptus).
targetHabitatScope	CLOSED MOSSLAND	Refers to the type of habitat characterised by lower plant groups such as moss, liverworts and bryophytes.
targetHabitatScope	CLOSED RUSHLAND	Refers to the NVIS dominant vegetation structural formation class, with a percent cover of about >80% members of Rushes (e.g., Juncaceae).
targetHabitatScope	CLOSED SEDGELAND	Refers to the NVIS dominant vegetation structural formation class, with a percent cover of about >80% members of sedges (e.g., Cyperaceae).
targetHabitatScope	CLOSED SHRUBLAND	Refers to the NVIS dominant vegetation structural formation class, with a percent cover of about >80% members of sedges (e.g., Cyperaceae).
targetHabitatScope	CLOSED SOD GRASSLAND	Refers to the type of habitat representative of a characteristic sod-like (turf) grass.
targetHabitatScope	CLOSED TUSSOCK GRASSLAND	Refers to the NVIS dominant vegetation structural formation class, with a percent cover of about >80% members of tussock grasses (e.g., Poa).
targetHabitatScope	CLOSED VINELAND	Refers to the type of habitat represented by a closed vegetation dominated by stragglers and woody climbers.
targetHabitatScope	COASTAL WATERS	Refers to the type of habitat representative of an aquatic body typically characterized by a shallow continental shelf, gently sloping seaward to a continental slope, which drops relatively abruptly to the deep ocean.
targetHabitatScope	CROP LAND	Refers to the type of habitat representative of a cultivated land or land on which agricultural crops are grown or land that is set aside or temporarily not being used for crop production.
targetHabitatScope	ESTUARY	Type of Landform Element which has a stream channel close to its junction with a sea or lake; where the action of channelled stream flow is modified by tide and waves. The width typically increases downstream.
targetHabitatScope	FERNLAND	Refers to the NVIS dominant vegetation structural formation class, with a percent cover of about 50-80% members of Fern and Fern-allies.
targetHabitatScope	FORBLAND	Refers to the NVIS dominant vegetation structural formation class, with a percent cover of about 50-80% members of Forbs or herbaceous plants other than grasses.
targetHabitatScope	FRESHWATER LAKE	Refers to the type of habitat representative of an enclosed aquatic body having a relatively low mineral content, generally less than 500 mg/l of dissolved solids.
targetHabitatScope	GRAZING LAND	Refers to the type of habitat representative of a land predominantly used for grazing.
targetHabitatScope	HEATHLAND	Refers to the NVIS dominant vegetation structural formation class, with a percent cover of about 50-80% members of Heath (e.g., Ericaceae, Myrtaceae).
targetHabitatScope	HUMMOCK GRASSLAND	Refers to the NVIS dominant vegetation structural formation class, with a percent cover of about 50-80% members of hummock grasses (e.g., Triodia).
targetHabitatScope	ISOLATED CHENOPOD SHRUBS	Refers to the NVIS dominant vegetation structural formation class, with a percent cover of about <0.25% members of Chenopodiaceae.
targetHabitatScope	ISOLATED CLUMP OF CHENOPOD SHRUBS	Refers to the type of habitat characterised by isolated clumps of chenopod shrubs.
targetHabitatScope	ISOLATED CLUMP OF HEATH SHRUBS	Refers to the type of habitat characterised by isolated clumps of heath or heath-like shrubs.
targetHabitatScope	ISOLATED CLUMP OF HUMMOCK GRASSES	Refers to the type of habitat characterised by isolated clumps of hummocky grass (e.g., Triodia spp., Spinifex spp.).
targetHabitatScope	ISOLATED CLUMP OF LIVERWORTS	Refers to the type of habitat characterised by isolated clumps of bryophytes, moss and liverworts.
targetHabitatScope	ISOLATED CLUMP OF MALLEE SHRUBS	Refers to the type of habitat characterised by isolated clumps of mallee shrubs (members of Eucalyptus spp., multistemmed from base).
targetHabitatScope	ISOLATED CLUMP OF MALLEE TREES	Refers to the type of habitat characterised by isolated clumps of tree mallee (members of Eucalyptus spp., multistemmed from base).
targetHabitatScope	ISOLATED CLUMP OF MOSSES	Refers to the type of habitat characterised by isolated clumps of bryophytes, moss and liverworts.
targetHabitatScope	ISOLATED CLUMP OF RUSHES	Refers to the type of habitat characterised by isolated clumps of rushes.
targetHabitatScope	ISOLATED CLUMP OF SEDGES	Refers to the type of habitat characterised by isolated clumps of sedges.
targetHabitatScope	ISOLATED CLUMP OF SHRUBS	Refers to the type of habitat characterised by isolated clumps of shrubs.
targetHabitatScope	ISOLATED CLUMP OF SOD GRASSES	Refers to the type of habitat characterised by isolated clumps of sod grass.
targetHabitatScope	ISOLATED CLUMP OF TREES	Refers to the type of habitat characterised by isolated clumps of trees.
targetHabitatScope	ISOLATED CLUMP OF TUSSOCK GRASSES	Refers to the type of habitat characterised by isolated clumps of tussock grasses (e.g., Poa spp).
targetHabitatScope	ISOLATED CLUMP OF VINES	Refers to the type of habitat characterised by isolated clumps of vines.
targetHabitatScope	ISOLATED CLUMPS OF FERNS	Refers to the NVIS dominant vegetation structural formation class, with a percent cover of about 0-5% members of Fern and Fern-allies.
targetHabitatScope	ISOLATED CLUMPS OF FORBS	Refers to the NVIS dominant vegetation structural formation class, with a percent cover of about 0-5% members of Forbs or herbs other than grasses.
targetHabitatScope	ISOLATED CLUP OF LICHENS	Refers to the type of habitat characterised by isolated clumps of lichens.
targetHabitatScope	ISOLATED FERNS	Refers to the NVIS dominant vegetation structural formation class, with a percent cover of about <0.25% of fern and fern allies.
targetHabitatScope	ISOLATED FORBS	Refers to the NVIS dominant vegetation structural formation class, with a percent cover of about <0.25% of forbs or herbs other than grasses.
targetHabitatScope	ISOLATED HEATH SHRUBS	Refers to the NVIS dominant vegetation structural formation class, with a percent cover of about <0.25% of heath shrubs (e.g., Ericaceae, Myrtaceae).
targetHabitatScope	ISOLATED HUMMOCK GRASSES	Refers to the NVIS dominant vegetation structural formation class, with a percent cover of about <0.25% of hummock grasses (e.g., Triodia).
targetHabitatScope	ISOLATED LICHENS	Refers to the type of habitat characterised by isolated or sparse lichens.
targetHabitatScope	ISOLATED LIVERWORTS	Refers to the type of habitat characterised by isolated or sparse liverworts.
targetHabitatScope	ISOLATED MALLEE SHRUBS	Refers to the NVIS dominant vegetation structural formation class, with a percent cover of about <0.25% of mallee shrubs (e.g., some multistemmed individuals from base of Eucalyptus).
targetHabitatScope	ISOLATED MALLEE TREES	Refers to the NVIS dominant vegetation structural formation class, with a percent cover of about <0.25% of tree mallee (e.g., some multistemmed individuals from base of Eucalyptus).
targetHabitatScope	ISOLATED MOSSES	Refers to the type of habitat characterised by isolated mosses, including bryophytes and liverworts.
targetHabitatScope	ISOLATED RUSHES	Refers to the NVIS dominant vegetation structural formation class, with a percent cover of about <0.25% of rushes (e.g., Juncaceae).
targetHabitatScope	ISOLATED SEDGES	Refers to the NVIS dominant vegetation structural formation class, with a percent cover of about <0.25% of sedges (e.g., Cyperaceae).
targetHabitatScope	ISOLATED SHRUBS	Refers to the NVIS dominant vegetation structural formation class, with a percent cover of about <0.25% of shrubs including cycads, grass-tree and tree-fern.
targetHabitatScope	ISOLATED SOD GRASSES	Refers to the type of habitat characterised by isolated or sparse sod or turf-like grasses.
targetHabitatScope	ISOLATED TREES	Refers to the NVIS dominant vegetation structural formation class, with a percent cover of about <0.25% of trees including palms.
targetHabitatScope	ISOLATED TUSSOCK GRASSES	Refers to the NVIS dominant vegetation structural formation class, with a percent cover of about <0.25% of tussock grass (e.g. Poa species).
targetHabitatScope	ISOLATED VINES	Refers to the type of habitat characterised by isolated or sparse stragglers or climbing woody vines.
targetHabitatScope	LICHENLAND	Refers to the type of habitat predominated by lichens on rocks, trees or tree stumps, etc.
targetHabitatScope	LIVERWORTLAND	Refers to the type of habitat predominated by liverworts.
targetHabitatScope	MALLEE SHRUBLAND	Refers to the NVIS dominant vegetation structural formation class, with a percent cover of about 50-80% of shrub mallee (e.g., individuals of some Eucalypts multistemmed from base).
targetHabitatScope	MALLEE WOODLAND	Refers to the dominant vegetation structural formation, with a percent cover of about 20-50% of Tree Mallee.
targetHabitatScope	MOSSLAND	Refers to the type of habitat dominated by mosses.
targetHabitatScope	MUDFLAT	Refers to the type of habitat characterised by a wetland that forms when mud is deposited by the tides, rivers, sea or oceans.
targetHabitatScope	OPEN CHENOPOD SHRUBLAND	Refers to the NVIS dominant vegetation structural formation class, with a percent cover of about 20-50% of members of Chenopodiaceae.
targetHabitatScope	OPEN FERNLAND	Refers to the NVIS dominant vegetation structural formation class, with a percent cover of about 20-50% of ferns and fern allies.
targetHabitatScope	OPEN FORBLAND	Refers to the NVIS dominant vegetation structural formation class, with a percent cover of about 20-50% of forbs or herbs other than grasses.
targetHabitatScope	OPEN FOREST	Refers to the NVIS dominant vegetation structural formation class, with a percent cover of about 20-50% of trees including palms.
targetHabitatScope	OPEN HEATH	Refers to the NVIS dominant vegetation structural formation class, with a percent cover of about 20-50% of heaths (e.g., Ericaceae, Myrtaceae).
targetHabitatScope	OPEN HUMMOCK GRASSLAND	Refers to the NVIS dominant vegetation structural formation class, with a percent cover of about 20-50% of hummock grasses (e.g., Triodia).
targetHabitatScope	OPEN LICHENLAND	Refers to the type of habitat represented by open or sparse (i.e., 10-30%) hummocky grasses (e.g., Spinifex spp., Triodia spp.).
targetHabitatScope	OPEN LIVERWORTLAND	Refers to the type of habitat characterised by open or sparse lichenised tree trunks and rocks.
targetHabitatScope	OPEN MALLEE FOREST	Refers to the NVIS dominant vegetation structural formation class, with a percent cover of about 50-80% of tree Mallee (e.g., certain individuals of Eucalypts multistemmed from base).
targetHabitatScope	OPEN MALLEE SHRUBLAND	Refers to the NVIS dominant vegetation structural formation class, with a percent cover of about 20-50% of Mallee shrubs (e.g., certain individuals of Eucalypts multistemmed from base).
targetHabitatScope	OPEN MALLEE WOODLAND	Refers to the NVIS dominant vegetation structural formation class, with a percent cover of about 0.25-20% of tree mallee (e.g., certain individuals of Eucalypts multistemmed from base).
targetHabitatScope	OPEN MOSSLAND	Refers to the type of habitat characterised by open or sparse members of lower plant groups such as moss, liverworts and bryophytes.
targetHabitatScope	OPEN OCEAN	Refers to the type of habitat surrounded by ocean, i.e., a continuous saline-water bodies that surround the continents and fill the Earth's great depressions.
targetHabitatScope	OPEN RUSHLAND	Refers to the NVIS dominant vegetation structural formation class, with a percent cover of about 20-50% of rushes (e.g. Juncaceae).
targetHabitatScope	OPEN SEDGELAND	Refers to the NVIS dominant vegetation structural formation class, with a percent cover of about 20-50% of sedges (e.g. Cyperaceae).
targetHabitatScope	OPEN SHRUBLAND	Refers to the NVIS dominant vegetation structural formation class, with a percent cover of about 20-50% of shrubs (e.g. shrubs, cycads, grass-tree, tree-fern).
targetHabitatScope	OPEN SOD GRASSLAND	Refers to the type of habitat characterised by open or sparse (10-30% ground cover) of a characteristic sod-like (turf) grass.
targetHabitatScope	OPEN TUSSOCK GRASSLAND	Refers to the NVIS dominant vegetation structural formation class, with a percent cover of about 20-50% of tussock grasses (e.g. Poa species).
targetHabitatScope	OPEN VINELAND	Refers to the type of habitat represented by a closed vegetation dominated by stragglers and woody climbers.
targetHabitatScope	OPEN WOODLAND	Refers to the NVIS dominant vegetation structural formation class, with a percent cover of about 0.25-20% of trees including palms.
targetHabitatScope	ROCK OUTCROP	Refers to the type of habitat characterised by rocks, which protrudes through the surface layer.
targetHabitatScope	RUSHLAND	Refers to the NVIS dominant vegetation structural formation class, with a percent cover of about 50-80% of rushes (e.g. Juncaceae).
targetHabitatScope	SALTWATER LAKE	Refers to the type of habitat representative of an aquatic body filled with water (with high salinity) of considerable size contained in a depression on a landmass.
targetHabitatScope	SEDGELAND	Refers to the NVIS dominant vegetation structural formation class, with a percent cover of about 50-80% of sedges (e.g., Cyperaceae).
targetHabitatScope	SHRUBLAND	Refers to the NVIS dominant vegetation structural formation class, with a percent cover of about 50-80% of shrubs (e.g., shrub, cycad, grass-tree, tree-fern).
targetHabitatScope	SOD GRASSLAND	Refers to the type of habitat characterised by mid-dense (30-70% cover) sod or turf-like grasses.
targetHabitatScope	SPARSE CHENOPOD SHRUBLAND	Refers to the NVIS dominant vegetation structural formation class, with a percent cover of about 0.25-20% of members of Chenopodiaceae.
targetHabitatScope	SPARSE FERNLAND	Refers to the NVIS dominant vegetation structural formation class, with a percent cover of about 0.25-20% of members of fern and fern-allies.
targetHabitatScope	SPARSE FORBLAND	Refers to the NVIS dominant vegetation structural formation class, with a percent cover of about 0.25-20% of members of forbs and herbs other than grasses.
targetHabitatScope	SPARSE GRASSLAND	Refers to the NVIS dominant vegetation structural formation class, with a percent cover of about 0.25-20% of grasses.
targetHabitatScope	SPARSE HEATH	Refers to the NVIS dominant vegetation structural formation class, with a percent cover of about 0.25-20% of members of heath (e.g., Ericaceae, Myrtaceae).
targetHabitatScope	SPARSE LICHENLAND	Refers to the type of habitat characterised by very sparse (<10% cover) lichens.
targetHabitatScope	SPARSE LIVERWORTLAND	Refers to the type of habitat characterised by very sparse (<10% cover) liverworts.
targetHabitatScope	SPARSE MALLEE SHRUBLAND	Refers to the NVIS dominant vegetation structural formation class, with a percent cover of about 0.25-20% of members of shrub Mallee.
targetHabitatScope	SPARSE MOSSLAND	Refers to the type of habitat characterised by very sparse (<10% cover) mosses.
targetHabitatScope	SPARSE RUSHLAND	Refers to the NVIS dominant vegetation structural formation class, with a percent cover of about 0.25-20% of rushes (e.g., Juncaceae).
targetHabitatScope	SPARSE SEDGELAND	Refers to the NVIS dominant vegetation structural formation class, with a percent cover of about 0.25-20% of sedges (e.g., Cyperaceae).
targetHabitatScope	SPARSE SHRUBLAND	Refers to the NVIS dominant vegetation structural formation class, with a percent cover of about 0.25-20% of shrubs, including cycad, grass-tree, tree-fern.
targetHabitatScope	SPARSE SOD GRASSLAND	Refers to the type of habitat characterised by very sparse (<10% cover) sod or turf-like grasses.
targetHabitatScope	SPARSE TUSSOCK GRASSLAND	Refers to the NVIS dominant vegetation structural formation class, with a percent cover of about 0.25-20% of tussock grass (e.g., Poa species).
targetHabitatScope	SPARSE VINELAND	Refers to the type of habitat characterised by well separated or very sparse crown stragglers or woody vines.
targetHabitatScope	STREAM OR RIVER	Refers to the type of habitat representative of an aquatic body with a watercourse which is linear and flows across the solid portion of a planetary surface.
targetHabitatScope	TUSSOCK GRASSLAND	Refers to the NVIS dominant vegetation structural formation class, with a percent cover of about 50-80% of tussock grass (e.g., Poa species).
targetHabitatScope	URBAN	Refers to the type of habitat relating to, located in, or characteristic of a city or densely populated area.
targetHabitatScope	VINELAND	Refers to the type of habitat characterised by woody climbers/straggling vines.
targetHabitatScope	WOODLAND	Refers to the type of habitat characterised by a low-density forest forming open habitats with plenty of sunlight and limited shade.
targetTaxonomicScope	AMPHIBIAN	Refers to the target taxa studied in a fauna survey. Amphibians are vertebrates belonging to the class amphibia such as frogs, toads, newts and salamanders that live in a semi-aquatic environment.
targetTaxonomicScope	BIRD	Refers to the target taxa studied in a fauna survey.Warm-blooded vertebrates possessing feather and belonging to the class Aves.
targetTaxonomicScope	INVERTEBRATE	Refers to the target taxa studied in a fauna survey.Animals that have no spinal column (e.g., insects, molluscs, spiders).
targetTaxonomicScope	MAMMALS	Refers to the target taxa studied in a fauna survey. Warm-blooded vertebrate animals belonging to the class Mammalia, including all that possess hair and suckle their young. Warm-blooded vertebrate animals belonging to the class Mammalia, including all that possess hair and suckle their young.
targetTaxonomicScope	NON-VASCULAR PLANT	Refers to the target taxa studied in a fauna survey. Non-vascular plants are plants that do not possess a true vascular tissue (such as xylem-water conducting, phloem-sugar transport). Instead, they may possess simpler tissues that have specialized functions for the internal transport of food and water. They are members of bryophytes for example.
targetTaxonomicScope	REPTILE	Refers to the target taxa studied in a fauna survey.Cold-blooded, air-breathing Vertebrates belonging to the class Reptilia, usually covered with external scales or bony plates.
targetTaxonomicScope	VASCULAR PLANT	Refers to the target taxa studied in a fauna survey. Vascular plants are plants that possess a true vascular tissue (such as xylem-water conducting, phloem-sugar transport). Examples include some members mosses, such as club moss, horsetails, and pteridophytes such as ferns an fern-allies, gymnosperms (including conifers), and angiosperms (flowering plants).

APPENDIX-II: Well Known Text (WKT)

For general information on how WKT coordinate reference data is formatted is available here. The length of a WKT string or of its components is not prescribed; however, MS Excel does has a 32,767 (32K) character limit on individual cells in a spreadsheet.

It is possible to edit CSV files outside of Excel in order to include more than 32K characters.

Note: Ensure the coordinates are arranged in longitude latitude order and do not include the CRS in the WKT expression (it comes from the geodeticDatum field).

Source: Mwtoews - CC BY-SA 3.0 - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Well-known_text_representation_of_geometry

APPENDIX-III: Timestamp

Following date and date-time formats are acceptable within the timestamp:

TYPE	FORMAT
xsd:dateTimeStamp with timezone	yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm:ss.sTZD (eg 1997-07-16T19:20:30.45+01:00) OR yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm:ssTZD (eg 1997-07-16T19:20:30+01:00) OR yyyy-mm-ddThh:mmTZD (eg 1997-07-16T19:20+01:00)
xsd:dateTime	yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm:ss.s (eg 1997-07-16T19:20:30.45) OR yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm:ss (eg 1997-07-16T19:20:30) OR yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm (eg 1997-07-16T19:20)
xsd:Date	dd/mm/yyyy OR d/m/yyyy OR yyyy-mm-dd OR yyyy-m-d
xsd:gYearMonth	mm/yyyy OR m/yyyy OR yyyy-mm
xsd:gYear	yyyy

Where:
  yyyy: four-digit year
  mm: two-digit month (01=January, etc.)
  dd: two-digit day of month (01 through 31)
  hh: two digits of hour (00 through 23) (am/pm NOT allowed)
  mm: two digits of minute (00 through 59)
  ss: two digits of second (00 through 59)
  s: one or more digits representing a decimal fraction of a second
  TZD: time zone designator (Z or +hh:mm or -hh:mm)

APPENDIX-IV: UTF-8

UTF-8 encoding is considered a best practice for handling character encoding, especially in the context of web development, data exchange, and modern software systems. UTF-8 (Unicode Transformation Format, 8-bit) is a variable-width character encoding capable of encoding all possible characters (code points) in Unicode.
Here are some reasons why UTF-8 is recommended:

• Universal Character Support: UTF-8 can represent almost all characters from all writing systems in use today. This includes characters from various languages, mathematical symbols, and other special characters.
• Backward Compatibility: UTF-8 is backward compatible with ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange). The first 128 characters in UTF-8 are identical to ASCII, making it easy to work with systems that use ASCII.
• Efficiency: UTF-8 is space-efficient for Latin-script characters (common in English and many other languages). It uses one byte for ASCII characters and up to four bytes for other characters. This variable-length encoding minimises storage and bandwidth requirements.
• Web Standards: UTF-8 is the dominant character encoding for web content. It is widely supported by browsers, servers, and web-related technologies.
• Globalisation: As software applications become more globalised, supporting a wide range of languages and scripts becomes crucial. UTF-8 is well-suited for internationalisation and multilingual support.
• Compatibility with Modern Systems: UTF-8 is the default encoding for many programming languages, databases, and operating systems. Choosing UTF-8 helps ensure compatibility across different platforms and technologies.

When working with text data, UTF-8 encoding is recommended to avoid issues related to character representation and ensure that a diverse set of characters and languages is supported.

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