Ecological Trait-data Standard Vocabulary (v0.10)

Public release at GFBio Terminology Service: https://terminologies.gfbio.org/terms/ets/pages/ (human readable) and https://terminologies.gfbio.org/terminology/?ontology=ETS (API access).

v0.10, released 28 March 2019

critical changes

The assignment of user-defined and standardised measurement values and trait and taxon assignments has been updated, to match labelling practice in DwC and provide a more intuitive content for those fields. Accordingly

• the v0.9.1 terms `scientificName`, `traitName`, `traitValue`, and `traitUnit` have been renamed into `verbatimScientificName`, `verbatimTraitName`, `verbatimTraitValue`, and `verbatimTraitUnit` with new identifiers.
• the terms `scientificNameStd`, `traitNameStd`, `traitValueStd`, and  `traitUnitStd` have been renamed into `scientificName`, `traitName`, `traitValue`, and `traitUnit` and now form the default suggested content for trait data complying with the ETS. Definitions have been harmonized. The original *Std identifiers now resolve to these new terms.

major changes

•  further recommended metadata terms have been added, based on Dublin Core Metadata Initiative: `rights`, `datasetDefinition`, `issued`, and `conformsTo`

minor changes

• the identifier field for Dublin Core terms now provides an own Identifier on GFBio terminology service, while the Dublin Core identifier is given in the 'Refines' field.