Establishment Means Controlled Vocabulary List of Terms

Establishment Means Controlled Vocabulary List of Terms

Title
Establishment Means Controlled Vocabulary List of Terms
Namespace URI
http://rs.tdwg.org/dwcem/values/
Preferred namespace abbreviation
dwcem:
Date version issued
2020-10-13
Date created
2020-10-13
Part of TDWG Standard
http://www.tdwg.org/standards/450
This document version
http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/doc/em/2020-10-13
Latest version of document
http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/doc/em/
Replaced by
http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/doc/pw/2021-09-01
Abstract
The Darwin Core term establishmentMeans provides information about whether an organism or organisms have been introduced to a given place and time through the direct or indirect activity of modern humans. The Establishment Means Controlled Vocabulary provides terms that should be used as values for dwc:establishmentMeans and dwciri:establishmentMeans.
Contributors
Quentin Groom, Peter Desmet, Lien Reyserhove, Tim Adriaens, Damiano Oldoni, Sonia Vanderhoeven, Steven J Baskauf, Arthur Chapman, Melodie McGeoch, Ramona Walls, John Wieczorek, John R.U. Wilson, Paula F Zermoglio, Annie Simpson
Creator
TDWG Darwin Core Maintenance Group
Bibliographic citation
Darwin Core Maintenance Group. 2020. Establishment Means Controlled Vocabulary List of Terms. Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG). http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/doc/em/2020-10-13

1 Introduction

This document includes terms intended to be used as a controlled value for Darwin Core terms with local name establishmentMeans. For details and rationale, see Groom et al. 2019. Improving Darwin Core for research and management of alien species. https://doi.org/10.3897/biss.3.38084

1.1 Status of the content of this document

In Section 4, the values of the Term IRI, Definition, and Controlled value are normative. The value of Usage (if it exists for a given term) is normative. The values of Term Name are non-normative, although one can expect that the namespace abbreviation prefix is one commonly used for the term namespace. Label and the values of all other properties (such as Notes) are non-normative.

1.2 RFC 2119 key words

The key words “MUST”, “MUST NOT”, “REQUIRED”, “SHALL”, “SHALL NOT”, “SHOULD”, “SHOULD NOT”, “RECOMMENDED”, “MAY”, and “OPTIONAL” in this document are to be interpreted as described in RFC 2119.

2 Use of Terms

Due to the requirements of Section 1.4.3 of the Darwin Core RDF Guide, term IRIs MUST be used as values of dwciri:establishmentMeans. Controlled value strings MUST be used as values of dwc:establishmentMeans.

3 Term index

establishmentMeans controlled concept scheme | introduced (alien, exotic, non-native, nonindigenous) | introduced: assisted colonisation | native (indigenous) | native: reintroduced | uncertain (unknown, cryptogenic) | vagrant (casual)

4 Vocabulary

Term Name dwcem:e
Term IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/dwcem/values/e
Modified 2020-10-13
Term version IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/dwcem/values/version/e-2020-10-13
Label establishmentMeans controlled concept scheme
Definition A SKOS Concept Scheme to be used as a controlled vocabulary for the Darwin Core terms dwc:establishmentMeans and dwciri:establishmentMeans
Type http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#ConceptScheme
Executive Committee decision http://rs.tdwg.org/decisions/decision-2020-10-13_24
Term Name dwcem:e001
Term IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/dwcem/values/e001
Modified 2020-10-13
Term version IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/dwcem/values/version/e001-2020-10-13
Label native (indigenous)
Definition A taxon occurring within its natural range
Notes What is considered native to an area varies with the biogeographic history of an area and the local interpretation of what is a "natural range".
Controlled value native
Type Concept
Executive Committee decision http://rs.tdwg.org/decisions/decision-2020-10-13_24
Term Name dwcem:e002
Term IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/dwcem/values/e002
Modified 2020-10-13
Term version IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/dwcem/values/version/e002-2020-10-13
Label native: reintroduced
Definition A taxon re-established by direct introduction by humans into an area which was once part of its natural range, but from where it had become extinct.
Notes Where a taxon has become extirpated from an area where it had naturally occurred it may be returned to that area deliberately with the intension of re-establishing it.
Controlled value nativeReintroduced
Type Concept
Executive Committee decision http://rs.tdwg.org/decisions/decision-2020-10-13_24
Term Name dwcem:e003
Term IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/dwcem/values/e003
Modified 2020-10-13
Term version IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/dwcem/values/version/e003-2020-10-13
Label introduced (alien, exotic, non-native, nonindigenous)
Definition Establishment of a taxon by human agency into an area that is not part of its natural range
Notes Organisms can be introduced to novel areas and habitats by human activity, either on purpose or by accident. Humans can also inadvertently create corridors that breakdown natural barriers to dispersal and allow organisms to spread beyond their natural range.
Controlled value introduced
Type Concept
Executive Committee decision http://rs.tdwg.org/decisions/decision-2020-10-13_24
Term Name dwcem:e004
Term IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/dwcem/values/e004
Modified 2020-10-13
Term version IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/dwcem/values/version/e004-2020-10-13
Label introduced: assisted colonisation
Definition Establishment of a taxon specifically with the intention of creating a self-sustaining wild population in an area that is not part of the taxon's natural range
Notes In the event of environmental change and habitat destruction a conservation option is to introduce a taxon into an area it did not naturally occur
Controlled value introducedAssistedColonisation
Type Concept
Executive Committee decision http://rs.tdwg.org/decisions/decision-2020-10-13_24
Term Name dwcem:e005
Term IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/dwcem/values/e005
Modified 2020-10-13
Term version IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/dwcem/values/version/e005-2020-10-13
Label vagrant (casual)
Definition The temporary occurrence of a taxon far outside its natural or migratory range.
Notes Natural events and human activity can disperse organisms unpredictably into places where they may stay or survive for a period.
Controlled value vagrant
Type Concept
Executive Committee decision http://rs.tdwg.org/decisions/decision-2020-10-13_24
Term Name dwcem:e006
Term IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/dwcem/values/e006
Modified 2020-10-13
Term version IRI http://rs.tdwg.org/dwcem/values/version/e006-2020-10-13
Label uncertain (unknown, cryptogenic)
Definition The origin of the occurrence of the taxon in an area is obscure
Notes When there is a lack of fossil or historical evidence for the occurrence of a taxon in an area it can be impossible to know if the taxon is new to the area or native.
Controlled value uncertain
Type Concept
Executive Committee decision http://rs.tdwg.org/decisions/decision-2020-10-13_24