SDD Part 0: Introduction and Primer to the SDD Standard

Table of Contents

• 1 Introduction
• 2 Streams
  • 2.1 Using SDD for coded summary descriptions
  • 2.2 Using SDD for coded sample descriptions
  • 2.3 Using SDD for natural language descriptions
  • 2.4 Using SDD for dichotomous keys
• 3 Basics
  • 3.1 Datasets in SDD documents
  • 3.2 Technical metadata
  • 3.3 Dataset metadata
  • 3.4 Defining taxon names
  • 3.5 Defining specimen names
  • 3.6 Characters
    • 3.6.1 Categorical characters
    • 3.6.2 Quantitative characters
    • 3.6.3 Text characters
    • 3.6.4 Sequence characters
  • 3.7 Taxon hierarchies
  • 3.8 Character hierarchies
  • 3.9 Defining intended audience in SDD
  • 3.10 Language support in SDD
  • 3.11 Dependencies in SDD
  • 3.12 Attaching Media to SDD Items
  • 3.13 Mapping one character onto another
  • 3.14 Referencing contributors and sources
  • 3.15 Using modifiers with SDD data
  • 3.16 Use of grouping concept within SDD
  • 3.17 Applying descriptive concepts across SDD datasets
  • 3.18 Referencing publications
  • 3.19 Defining the scope of SDD output
• 4 FAQs