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Comparison of Dictionary of REMIB’s data vs. ICTVdB characters

 

 

REMIB

ICTVdB

REMIB

ICTVdB

 

Attribute name

Data type

Definition of attributes

Taxonomy (Plant Host of virus)

 

 

Family

#2153.

Text

TE

Family name that pertains to the specimen

Genus

#2157.

Text

TE

The specimen’s genus name

Species

#2159.

Text

TE

Species name (specific + infraspecific)

 

#2160.

Text

TE

infraspecies

Location of Plant Host

 

 

 

MunicipalName

#8.

Text

TE

Complete name of the municipality

StateName

#9.

Text

TE

Complete name of the state in which the municipality is located

CountryName

#10.

Text

UM

Country in which the state is located

Location

#7.

Text

TE

Name of the location where the specimen was collected

Site (Longitude, Latitude)

 

 

LatitudeDegrees

#16.

Integer

IN

Latitude in degrees

LatitudeMinutes

#17.

Integer

IN

Latitude in minutes

LatitudeSeconds

#18.

Double

RN

Latitude in minutes

LongitudeDegrees

#12.

Integer

IN

Longitude in degrees

LongitudeMinutes

#13.

Integer

IN

Longitude in minutes

LongitudeSeconds

#14.

Double

RN

Longitude in minutes

CollectionInformation

 

CollectionAbbreviation

#56.

Text

TE

Collection abbreviation which agrees with international standards

CatalogueNumber

#61.

Text

TE

Catalogue number with which the specimen was registered in the collection

CollectionData

 

 

 

 

Day

#3.

Integer

UM

The day on which specimen was collected

Month

#4.

Integer

UM

The month on which specimen was collected

Year

#5.

Integer

IN

The year on which specimen was collected

Collectors/

#41-51.

Text

TE

Name of the person that collected the specimen

Type of preparation

#2668.

Text

TE

Type of specimen preparation (comments)

EnvironmentalData

 

 

 

Habitat

#22.

Text

TE

Description of the habitat in which the specimen was found

 

ICTVdB-DELTA character types:

Text characters (TE) are delimited by < >

Numeric characters are delimited by ,

(IN = integer; RN = real)

 

 

MZFC

6977

ANATIDAE Anas acuta spp. tzitzihoa

MEXICO, STATE OF MEXICO

 

Municipal Location: San Mateo Texcayacac – Lake, “at the bank of the stream head” 1.5 km to the north of San Mateo Texcayacac

 

Site: Longitude -99° 29' 30.0'' Latitude 19° 9' 6.0''

 

Collection date:

22-Sep-1987

Collector(s): Kathleen A. Babb S.

 

Habitat: null

 

Type of preparation: null

 

 

Commas delimit the format

“MZFC”,”6977”,”ANATIDAE”, “anas”,”acuto spp.txitxihoa”,”MEXICO”, STATE OF MEXICO”, “San Mateo Texcayacac”,Lagoon, \ on the bank at the stream's head\" 1.5 km at the north of San Mateo Texcayacac”,”-99°”,”29'”,30.0"”,”19°”,”9'”,26.0"”, “Kathleen A. Babb S."null”,”null”

 

 

ICTVdB version of REMIB data example

56<MZFC> 61<6977> 2153<ANATIDAE> 2157<anas> 2159<acuto spp. txitxihoa> 10<MEXICO> 8<STATE OF MEXICO> 8<San Mateo Texcayacac> 7<Lagoon "on the bank at the stream's head" 1.5 km at the north of San Mateo Texcayacac> 12,-99 13,29 14,30.0 16,19 17,9 18,26.0 3,22 4,9 5,1987 41<Kathleen A., Babb S.> 22<-> 2663<->