# metadata

col__title: Finding Species
col__alias: Finding Species
col__description:
  Uses compelling and original professional-grade photographic images, technology, and on-the-ground field experience to “give a face to biodiversity,” promoting the conservation of threatened species and habitats.


# taxonomic_status

id: SYNONYM
name: synonym
majorStatus: SYNONYM
description:
  Names which point unambiguously at one species (not specifying whether homo- or heterotypic).Synonyms, in the CoL sense, include also orthographic variants and published misspellings.


id: AMBIGUOUS_SYNONYM
name: ambiguous synonym
majorStatus: SYNONYM
description:
  Names which are ambiguous because they point at the current species and one or more others e.g. homonyms, pro-parte synonyms (in other words, names which appear more than in one place in the Catalogue).


id: MISAPPLIED
name: misapplied
majorStatus: SYNONYM
description:
  A misapplied name. Usually accompanied with an accordingTo on the synonym to indicate the source the misapplication can be found in.


# species_interaction_type

id: MUTUALIST_OF
name: mutualist of
inverse: MUTUALIST_OF
superTypes: SYMBIONT_OF
obo: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002442
description:
  An interaction relationship between two organisms living together in more or less intimate association in a relationship in which both organisms benefit from each other (GO).


id: COMMENSALIST_OF
name: commensalist of
inverse: COMMENSALIST_OF
superTypes: SYMBIONT_OF
obo: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002441
description:
  An interaction relationship between two organisms living together in more or less intimate association in a relationship in which one benefits and the other is unaffected (GO).


id: EPIPHYTE_OF
name: epiphyte of
inverse: HAS_EPIPHYTE
superTypes: SYMBIONT_OF
obo: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0008501
description:
  An interaction relationship wherein a plant or algae is living on the outside surface of another plant.


id: LAYS_EGGS_ON
name: lays eggs on
inverse: HAS_EGGS_LAYED_ON_BY
superTypes: HAS_HOST
obo: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0008507
description:
  An interaction relationship in which organism a lays eggs on the outside surface of organism b. Organism b is neither helped nor harmed in the process of egg laying or incubation.


id: POLLINATES
name: pollinates
inverse: POLLINATED_BY
superTypes: VISITS_FLOWERS_OF
obo: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002455
description:
  This relation is intended to be used for biotic pollination - e.g. a bee pollinating a flowering plant. 


id: KLEPTOPARASITE_OF
name: kleptoparasite of
inverse: HAS_KLEPTOPARASITE
superTypes: PARASITE_OF
obo: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0008503
description:
  A sub-relation of parasite of in which a parasite steals resources from another organism, usually food or nest material


id: ECTOPARASITE_OF
name: ectoparasite of
inverse: HAS_ECTOPARASITE
superTypes: PARASITE_OF
obo: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002632
description:
  A sub-relation of parasite-of in which the parasite lives on or in the integumental system of the host


id: ENDOPARASITE_OF
name: endoparasite of
inverse: HAS_ENDOPARASITE
superTypes: PARASITE_OF
obo: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002634
description:
  A sub-relation of parasite-of in which the parasite lives inside the host, beneath the integumental system


id: VECTOR_OF
name: vector of
inverse: HAS_VECTOR
superTypes: HOST_OF
obo: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002459
description:
  a is a vector for b if a carries and transmits an infectious pathogen b into another living organism


id: PREYS_UPON
name: preys upon
inverse: PREYED_UPON_BY
superTypes: EATS,KILLS
obo: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002439
description:
  An interaction relationship involving a predation process, where the subject kills the object in order to eat it or to feed to siblings, offspring or group members


id: EATS
name: eats
inverse: EATEN_BY
superTypes: INTERACTS_WITH
obo: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002470
description:
  Herbivores, fungivores, predators or other forms of organims eating or feeding on the related taxon.


id: SYMBIONT_OF
name: symbiont of
inverse: SYMBIONT_OF
superTypes: INTERACTS_WITH
obo: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002440
description:
  A symbiotic relationship, a more or less intimate association, with another organism. The various forms of symbiosis include parasitism, in which the association is disadvantageous or destructive to one of the organisms; mutualism, in which the association is advantageous, or often necessary to one or both and not harmful to either; and commensalism, in which one member of the association benefits while the other is not affected. However, mutualism, parasitism, and commensalism are often not discrete categories of interactions and should rather be perceived as a continuum of interaction ranging from parasitism to mutualism. In fact, the direction of a symbiotic interaction can change during the lifetime of the symbionts due to developmental changes as well as changes in the biotic/abiotic environment in which the interaction occurs. 


id: INTERACTS_WITH
name: interacts with
inverse: INTERACTS_WITH
superTypes: CO_OCCURS_WITH
obo: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002437
description:
  An interaction relationship in which at least one of the partners is an organism and the other is either an organism or an abiotic entity with which the organism interacts.


id: CO_OCCURS_WITH
name: co occurs with
inverse: CO_OCCURS_WITH
superTypes: RELATED_TO
obo: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0008506
description:
  An interaction relationship describing organisms that often occur together at the same time and space or in the same environment.


# taxon_concept_rel_type

id: OVERLAPS
name: overlaps
rcc5: partially overlapping (PO)
description:
  Both taxon concepts share some members/children in common, and each contain some members not shared with the other.


# gazetteer

id: TDWG
name: tdwg
title: World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions
link: http://www.tdwg.org/standards/109
description:
  World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions published by TDWG at level 1, 2, 3 or 4.  Level 1 = Continents, Level 2 = Regions, Level 3 = Botanical countries, Level 4 = Basic recording units.


id: ISO
name: iso
title: ISO 3166 Country Codes
link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166
areaLinkTemplate: https://www.iso.org/obp/ui/#iso:code:3166:
description:
  ISO 3166 codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions. Codes for current countries (ISO 3166-1), country subdivisions (ISO 3166-2) and formerly used names of countries (ISO 3166-3). Country codes can be given either as alpha-2, alpha-3 or numeric codes.


id: LONGHURST
name: longhurst
title: Longhurst Biogeographical Provinces
link: http://www.marineregions.org/sources.php#longhurst
description:
  Longhurst Biogeographical Provinces, a partition of the world oceans into provinces as defined by Longhurst, A.R. (2006). Ecological Geography of the Sea. 2nd Edition.


id: TEOW
name: teow
title: Terrestrial Ecoregions of the World
link: https://www.worldwildlife.org/publications/terrestrial-ecoregions-of-the-world
description:
  Terrestrial Ecoregions of the World is a biogeographic regionalization of the Earth's terrestrial biodiversity. See Olson et al. 2001. Terrestrial ecoregions of the world: a new map of life on Earth. Bioscience 51(11):933-938.


id: IHO
name: iho
title: International Hydrographic Organization See Areas
description:
  Sea areas published by the International Hydrographic Organization as boundaries of the major oceans and seas of the world. See Limits of Oceans & Seas, Special Publication No. 23 published by the International Hydrographic Organization in 1953.


id: MRGID
name: mrgid
title: Marine Regions Geographic Identifier
link: https://www.marineregions.org/gazetteer.php
areaLinkTemplate: http://marineregions.org/mrgid/
description:
  Standard, relational list of geographic names developed by VLIZ covering mainly marine names such as seas, sandbanks, ridges, bays or even standard sampling stations used in marine research.The geographic cover is global; however the gazetteer is focused on the Belgian Continental Shelf, the Scheldt Estuary and the Southern Bight of the North Sea.


