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| |:------------------------|:----------------------------------------------------| |Definition |Maximum elevation at which a sample was collected, if elevation was taken over a
range. | |Format |Number | |Additional Instructions|Leave blank if elevation is a single value and not range. Provide elevation in
meters where possible.| |Examples |689.2 |Required
| |:------------------------|:----------------------------------------------------| |Definition |Unit that elevation start and/or end are provided in.
|Format |Recommend meters. | |Additional Instructions|This will be removed when elevation field is changed to specify meters. | |Examples |meters|Required
| |:------------------------|:----------------------------------------------------| |Definition |Depth, or minimum depth (if taken over a range) at which a sample was collected,
below ground or under water. | |Format |Number | |Additional Instructions|Recommend using meters. | |Examples |0.001 |Required
| |:------------------------|:----------------------------------------------------| |Format |Number | |Definition |Maximum depth at which a sample was collected, below ground or under water. | |Additional Instructions|Recommend using meters. | |Examples |0.003|Required
| |:------------------------|:----------------------------------------------------| |Format |Recommend meters. | |Definition |Unit in which the depth is provided, should be meters.| |Additional Instructions|This field will be deleted when we change the depth field to be required in meters.| |Examples |meters|Optional
| |:------------------------|:----------------------------------------------------| |Definition |Minimum height above the ground surface, in meters. If no range of values collected,
provide height measurement here.| |Format |Number | |Additional Instructions| | |Examples |4.2 |Optional
| |:------------------------|:----------------------------------------------------| |Definition |Maximum height above the ground surface, in meters.| |Format |Number | |Additional Instructions| | |Examples |7.2 |Recommended
| |:------------------------|:----------------------------------------------------| |Definition |Entity or entities which are in your sample or specimenโs local vicinity and
which you believe have significant causal influences on your sample or
specimen. | |Format |Terms from Environment Ontology (ENVO). Provide the appropriate term and
ENVO identifier - see examples below.| |Additional Instructions|Choose environmental context that is a smaller spatial grain than your entry
for biome. Delimit multiple values using semi-colon. If needed, request new
terms on the ENVO tracker, identified here.| |Examples |river [ENVO:00000022]; pond [ENVO:00000033]; wet meadow ecosystem
[ENVO:01000449]; mountain [ENVO:00000081]
For annotating a pooled sample taken from various
vegetation layers in a forest, consider: canopy [ENVO:00000047]; herb and
fern layer [ENVO:01000337]; litter layer [ENVO:01000338];
understory [01000335]; shrub layer [ENVO:01000336].|Recommended
| |:------------------------|:----------------------------------------------------| |Definition |Major environmental system your sample or specimen came from. The systems
identified should have a coarse spatial grain, to provide the general environmental
context of where the sampling was done (e.g. were you in the desert or a
rainforest?).| |Format |Terms from Environment Ontology (ENVO). Provide the appropriate term and ENVO
identifier - see examples below.| |Additional Instructions|We recommend using subclasses of ENVOโs biome class. Use a semi-colon to delimit multiple biomes where needed. If needed, request new
terms on the ENVO tracker, identified here.| |Examples |shrubland biome [ENVO:01000176]; tropical moist broadleaf forest biome
[ENVO:01000228]; estuarine biome [ENVO:01000020]|Required
| |:------------------------|:----------------------------------------------------| |Definition |Date when sample metadata should be publicly accessible and searchable. If null
, defaults to date of registration in SESAR (recommended). | |Format |YYYY-MM-DD | |Additional Instructions|SESAR recommends that sample metadata become public within 2 years of sample
registration.| |Examples |2018-03-15 |Optional
| |:------------------------|:----------------------------------------------------| |Definition |Name of institution, museum, or repository where the sample is currently stored.| |Format | | |Additional Instructions|Only applies to physical samples that are archived in a collection for some period
of time.| |Examples |Geosciences and Environmental Change Science Center, USGS Federal Center, Lakewood,
CO|Optional
| |:------------------------|:----------------------------------------------------| |Definition |Address and/or email of the person who should be contacted for information about
or access to the sample.| |Format |free text | |Additional Instructions|Email is not mandatory, but helps with communication about samples.| |Examples |[email protected] |