National Vegetation Information System

Australian Vegetation Attribute Manual

National Vegetation Information System, Version 6.0
Executive Steering Committee for Australian Vegetation Information (ESCAVI)
Department of the Environment and Heritage, 2003
ISBN 0 642 54953 2

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Section Three: Attributes Defined and Described

• Notes on Section 3
• Data Set Level Attributes (list)
• Map Unit Level Attributes (list)
• Vegetation Description Level Attributes (list)
• Detailed Vegetation Attributes (list)
• Supplementary Taxon Information (list)
• Descriptions of NVIS Attributes

Notes on Section 3

• Section 3 is generated from an XML text master file by formatting scripts.
• The descriptive fields can be added or removed for display purposes.
• The attributes describe those fields necessary to describe vegetation and do NOT describe the primary and secondary key fields needed to implement a working database.
• The terminology (sub-)stratum should be interpreted as follows: sub-stratum (for level VI data) and/or stratum (for level V data).

Data Set Level Attributes

Reference Information

• DS01 ----- DATA SET NAME
• DS02 ----- DATA SET NUMBER
• DS03 ----- VEGETATION THEME CODE
• DS04 ----- VEGETATION THEME CONSTRAINTS
• DS05 ----- ANZLIC METADATA IDENTIFIER
• DS06 ----- ANZLIC METADATA NAME
• DS07 ----- ANZLIC METADATA URL

Vegetation Attribute Methods and Accuracy

• DS08 ----- STRUCTURAL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM
• DS09 ----- FLORISTIC GROUP TYPE
• DS10 ----- CLASSIFICATION METHOD
• DS11 ----- SAMPLING TYPE
• DS12 ----- BOTANICAL EXPERTISE

Spatial Methods, Positional Accuracy and Usable Scales

• DS13 ----- POSITIONAL ACCURACY
• DS14 ----- POSITIONAL ACCURACY DETERMINATION
• DS15 ----- POSITIONAL ACCURACY MEASURE
• DS16 ----- MAP PUBLICATION SCALE
• DS17 ----- FINEST SCALE
• DS18 ----- BROADEST SCALE

Summary of Survey and Mapping Methods and Accuracy

• DS19 ----- SURVEY AND MAP RELIABILITY
• DS20 ----- START DATE_ATTRIBUTE
• DS21 ----- END DATE ATTRIBUTE
• DS22 ----- START DATE_SPATIAL
• DS23 ----- END DATE SPATIAL

Map Origins (Methods and Sources)

• MS01 ----- MAPPING SOURCE NUMBER
• MS02 ----- MAPPING METHOD
• MS03 ----- MAPPING EXPERTISE
• MS04 ----- IMAGERY SOURCE
• MS05 ----- IMAGERY SCALE
• MS06 ----- IMAGERY RESOLUTION
• MS07 ----- MAP SOURCE EXTENT
• MS08 ----- DELINEATION MEDIUM
• MS09 ----- START_DATE_SOURCE
• MS10 ----- END DATE SOURCE
• MS11 ----- MAP BASE

References

• RF01 ----- CITATION
• RF02 ----- FORMAT
• RF03 ----- STORAGE LOCATION

Map Unit Level Attributes

Reference Information

• MU01 ----- MAP UNIT IDENTIFIER

Descriptive Information

• MU02 ----- SPATIAL MIX
• MU03 ----- MOSAIC TYPE
• MU04 ----- NUMBER OF VEGETATION DESCRIPTIONS
• MU05 ----- VEG DESCRIPTION POSITION
• MU06 ----- VEG DESCRIPTION PROPORTION

Vegetation Description Level Attributes

Reference Information

• VG01 ----- VEGETATION IDENTIFICATION
• VG02 ----- NVIS IDENTIFICATION
• VG03 ----- SOURCE CODE

Descriptive Information

• VG04 ----- LEVEL OF DETAIL
• VG05 ----- NUMBER OF STRATA
• VG06 ----- LEVEL 1 (CLASS)
• VG07 ----- LEVEL 2 (STRUCTURAL FORMATION)
• VG08 ----- LEVEL 3 (BROAD FLORISTIC FORMATION)
• VG09 ----- LEVEL 4 (SUB-FORMATION)
• VG10 ----- LEVEL 5 (ASSOCIATION)
• VG11 ----- LEVEL 6 (SUB-ASSOCIATION)
• VG12 ----- SOURCE DESCRIPTION
• VG13 ----- ENVIRONMENTAL DESCRIPTION

Detailed Vegetation Attributes

Structural Information

• ST01 ----- STRATUM CODE
• ST02 ----- SUB-STRATUM RANK
• ST03 ----- NUMBER OF GROWTH FORMS
• ST04 ----- NUMBER OF TAXA
• ST05 ----- COVER TYPE
• ST06 ----- COVER TYPE DERIVATION METHOD
• ST07 ----- COVER MINIMUM VALUE
• ST08 ----- COVER MAXIMUM VALUE
• ST09 ----- COVER MEDIAN VALUE
• ST10 ----- COVER MEAN VALUE
• ST11 ----- COVER CODE
• ST12 ----- HEIGHT TYPE
• ST13 ----- HEIGHT TYPE DERIVATION METHOD
• ST14 ----- HEIGHT MINIMUM VALUE
• ST15 ----- HEIGHT MAXIMUM VALUE
• ST16 ----- HEIGHT MEAN VALUE
• ST17 ----- HEIGHT MEDIAN VALUE
• ST18 ----- HEIGHT CLASS
• ST19 ----- DOMINANT STRATUM FLAG

Taxon Data

• TD01 ----- TAXON DATA RANK
• TD02 ----- TAXON DATA DESCRIPTION
• TD03 ----- TAXON DATA SOURCE CODE
• TD04 ----- COVER TYPE
• TD05 ----- COVER TYPE DERIVATION METHOD
• TD06 ----- COVER MINIMUM VALUE
• TD07 ----- COVER MAXIMUM VALUE
• TD08 ----- COVER MEDIAN VALUE
• TD09 ----- COVER MEAN VALUE
• TD10 ----- TAXON DATA DOMINANCE QUALIFIER
• TD11 ----- TAXON DATA FREQUENCY
• TD12 ----- TAXON DATA ALWAYS THERE
• TD13 ----- TAXON DATA SUMMARY FLAG

Growth Form Information

• GF01 ----- GROWTH FORM RANK
• GF02 ----- GROWTH FORM CODE
• GF03 ----- COVER TYPE
• GF04 ----- COVER TYPE DERIVATION METHOD
• GF05 ----- COVER MINIMUM VALUE
• GF06 ----- COVER MAXIMUM VALUE
• GF07 ----- COVER MEDIAN VALUE
• GF08 ----- COVER MEAN VALUE
• GF09 ----- GROWTH FORM DOMINANCE QUALIFIER
• GF10 ----- GROWTH FORM FREQUENCY
• GF12 ----- GROWTH FORM ALWAYS THERE
• GF13 ----- GROWTH FORM SUMMARY FLAG

Supplementary Taxon Information

Taxon List Origin Information

• TO01 ----- TAXON LIST ORIGIN CUSTODIAN
• TO02 ----- TAXON LIST ORIGIN STATE
• TO03 ----- TAXON LIST ORIGIN DETAILS

Taxon Source Information

• TL01 ----- TAXON LISTS SOURCE CODE
• TL02 ----- TAXON LISTS FAMILY
• TL03 ----- TAXON LISTS GENUS
• TL04 ----- TAXON LISTS SPECIES
• TL05 ----- TAXON LISTS AUTHOR
• TL06 ----- TAXON LISTS INFRASPECIES RANK
• TL07 ----- TAXON LISTS INFRASPECIES
• TL08 ----- TAXON LISTS INFRASPECIES AUTHOR
• TL09 ----- TAXON LISTS COMMON NAME
• TL10 ----- TAXON LISTS REFERENCE