Plant Occurrence and Status Scheme (POSS)

A standard for recording the relationship between a plant and a place

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Title
Plant Occurrence and Status Scheme (POSS)
Permanent IRI (for citations and links)
http://www.tdwg.org/standards/106
Publisher
Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG)
Ratified
1995
Status
Prior standard
Abstract
The Plant Occurrence and Status Scheme (POSS) has been developed to provide standard terms for recording the occurrence of a plant taxon for a specific location. As with all standards, POSS aims to provide both a clear, unambiguous framework for information management, and at the same time provides a mechanism for information exchange. It is worth noting, that although the standard has been developed with the management of plant information in mind, the standard is equally suitable for the management of animal information, although animal movement and migration are not provided for.
Citation
World Conservation Monitoring Centre. 1995. Plant Occurrence and Status Scheme: A Standard for Recording the Relationship between a Plant and a Place. International Working Group on Taxonomic Databases (TDWG) http://www.tdwg.org/standards/106

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This standard is comprised of one document.

Plant Occurrence and Status Scheme: A Standard for Recording the Relationship between a Plant and a Place

Title
Plant Occurrence and Status Scheme: A Standard for Recording the Relationship between a Plant and a Place
Permanent IRI
http://rs.tdwg.org/poss/doc/specification/
Created
1995-11
Last modified
1995-11
Contributors
Hugh Synge (author) - IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre
Publisher
International Working Group on Taxonomic Databases (TDWG)
Abstract
This document describes the general principles of POSS and describes the data fields and their suggested values.
Citation
World Conservation Monitoring Centre. 1995. Plant Occurrence and Status Scheme: A Standard for Recording the Relationship between a Plant and a Place. International Working Group on Taxonomic Databases (TDWG). http://rs.tdwg.org/poss/doc/specification/