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NATURAL SCIENCE, SPECIES - Humanities
- Field label
- NATURAL SCIENCE, SPECIES
- Field mnemonic
- SP
- Field name
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- Natural Science, Species
- Espèce biologique selon la nomenclature des sciences naturelles
- Field definition
- This field contains the taxonomic name for the species of the specimen or artifact, or of the natural sciences subject represented by the object.
- Heading
- NATURAL SCIENCE FIELDS
- Comments
- NOTE: This field has NOT been updated as part of the May 2010 Data Dictionary update. Priority for the Data Dictionary update was given to those fields that are required or strongly recommended for Artefacts Canada contribution. The Entry Rules for this field will be updated at a later date.
- Entry rules
- Enter the taxonomic name for species in lower case only. Attributed data should be followed by space "?". If the species is unknown, enter "sp.". A semicolon and a space should separate multiple entries.
- Data type
- alpha-numeric string
- Reference
- CHIN. 1992. Natural Sciences Data Dictionary. Canadian Heritage Information Network, Ottawa. http://www.chin.gc.ca
- Examples
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- peregrinus
- virginia
- quartz
- leo
- peregrinus
- virginia
- peregrinus ?
- virginia
- sp.
- Discipline
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- Archaeology
- Ethnology
- Field label (French)
- ESPÈCE BIOLOGIQUE
- Field mnemonic (French)
- ESP
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