This output format is the most used in EcoPlots. The file contains all the information about the sites, visits and ecological observations that are applicable to that dataset. The data is organised into different CSV files according to the Feature of interest selected with the filters during the search process. No further data filtering, cleaning or processing is necessary . Data as data in each file is ready to be analysed using any tool or programming language as R or Python.
There are two types of CSV file included in each dataset package.
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Data is organised in different CSV files according to the Feature of interest selected in the filters.
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Every Each CSV file begins with a base set of data columns that are common to each every TERN CSV file.
Column | Description |
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dataset | Datasource/Dataset to which this data row belongs to. |
project | Project to which this data row belongs to. |
siteName | Ecological site where data was collected. |
latitude | Latitude geographic coordinate of ecological site. |
longitude | Longitude geographic coordinate of ecological site. |
topParentSiteName | Greater site to which this ecological site belongs to. |
siteVisitName | Identificator of the visit to the site when data was collected. |
siteVisitStartDate | Starting date of the visit to the site. |
siteVisitEndDate | Ending date of the visit to the site. |
featureId | Unique identifier of the feature, e.g. stem-1a, tree-1, bird-0123456, specimen-ABC123. |
featureType | Feature of interest type, i.e. observed feature like plant individual, plant specimen, landform, weather, etc.). |
parentFeatureId | Unique identifier of the greater feature to which the current feature is part of, e.g. tree-1 -> stem-1b. |
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