NATURAL SCIENCE, COMMON NAME - Humanities
- Field label
- NATURAL SCIENCE, COMMON NAME
- Field mnemonic
- SPECNM
- Field name
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- Natural Science, Common Name
- Nom Vernaculaire
- Field definition
- This field contains the common name for the animal, plant or mineral specimen, or for 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 common name for the specimen. 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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- peregrine falcon
- white pine
- rose quartz crystal
- faucon pélerin
- pin blanc
- quartz
- Field label (French)
- NOM VERNACULAIRE
- Field mnemonic (French)
- NMVSPE
Contact information for this web page
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