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Species Identification Code in the metadata #42

Open lqjiang opened 2 years ago

lqjiang commented 2 years ago

Hi Linus,

Would you please consider updating the below element within the generic Variable section?

"Species Identification Code (Biological Study Only)"

Below is the instruction for that term: It is recommended to use the species reference databases from the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (or ITIS,http://www.itis.gov/), or World Register of Marine Species (or WoRMS, http://marinespecies.org/). We also recommend you to include the reference databases that are used in this field.

I wonder if you could add a new element called "Species reference database" with a choice of ITIS or WoRMS. Every time a user input a "Species Identification Code", this new field will become mandatory.

Liqing