Taxon Concept Schema (TCS)

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As such, it specifies the structure for XML documents to be used for the transfer of defined concepts. Valid transfer documents may either explicitly detail the defining components of taxon concepts, transfer GUIDs referring to defined taxon concepts (if and when these are available) or a mixture of the two.</p> </div> <p> <a class="btn btn-primary" href="https://github.com/tdwg/tcs">GitHub <i class="fab fa-github"></i></a> </p> <div class="tags"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="caption d-print-none"> Image by <a href="https://unsplash.com/photos/4A8ZSlAOUqs">Fancycrave</a> </div> </header> <div class="container content"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-10 col-lg-3 mx-auto"> <div class="toc"> <h6>On this page</h6> <ul><li><a href="#header-section">Header section</a></li><li><a href="#maintenance-group">Maintenance group</a></li><li><a href="#parts-of-the-standard">Parts of the standard</a><ul><li><a href="#taxon-concept-schema-user-guide">Taxon Concept Schema User Guide</a></li><li><a href="#taxon-concept-schema-xml-schema">Taxon Concept Schema XML Schema</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-10 col-lg-8 order-lg-first mx-auto"> <h2 id="header-section">Header section</h2> <dl> <dt>Title</dt> <dd>Taxon Concept Schema (TCS)</dd> <dt>Permanent IRI (for citations and links)</dt> <dd><a href="http://www.tdwg.org/standards/117">http://www.tdwg.org/standards/117</a></dd> <dt>Publisher</dt> <dd>Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG)</dd> <dt>Ratified</dt> <dd>2005-09-16</dd> <dt>Status</dt> <dd><a href="/standards/status-and-categories/#status">Current (2005) standard</a></dd> <dt>Category</dt> <dd><a href="/standards/status-and-categories/#category">Technical specification</a></dd> <dt>Abstract</dt> <dd>The TCS schema was conceived to allow the representation of taxonomic concepts as defined in published taxonomic classifications, revisions and databases. As such, it specifies the structure for XML documents to be used for the transfer of defined concepts. Valid transfer documents may either explicitly detail the defining components of taxon concepts, transfer GUIDs referring to defined taxon concepts (if and when these are available) or a mixture of the two.</dd> <dt>Citation</dt> <dd>Taxonomic Names and Concepts Interest Group. 2005. Taxonomic Concept Transfer Schema (TCS). Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG) <a href="http://www.tdwg.org/standards/117">http://www.tdwg.org/standards/117</a></dd> </dl> <h2 id="maintenance-group">Maintenance group</h2> <p>TCS is maintained by the <a href="/community/tnc/">Taxon Concept Schema Maintenance Group</a>, which has sponsored a Task Group to update TCS to make it compliant with the Standards Documentation Specification and to move it into the Current Standard category.</p> <h2 id="parts-of-the-standard">Parts of the standard</h2> <p>This standard is comprised of 2 documents.</p> <h3 id="taxon-concept-schema-user-guide">Taxon Concept Schema User Guide</h3> <dl> <dt>Permanent IRI</dt> <dd><a href="https://github.com/tdwg/tcs/blob/master/TCS101/UserGuidev_1.3.pdf">http://rs.tdwg.org/tcs/doc/guide/</a></dd> <dt>Created</dt> <dd>2006-09-21</dd> <dt>Last modified</dt> <dd>2006-09-21</dd> <dt>Contributors</dt> <dd>Roger Hyam (author) - TDWG Infrastructure Project</dd> <dd>Jessie Kennedy (editor) - Napier University</dd> <dt>Publisher</dt> <dd>Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG)</dd> <dt>Abstract</dt> <dd>This guide is meant to act as a readable introduction to the Taxon Concept Schema (TCS). It is aimed at both decision makers and implementers of systems and so the content varies from being of a general nature, assuming little prior knowledge of taxonomy or XML technologies, to being quite detailed concerning the technicalities of biological nomenclature and XML schemas. Generally it becomes more specific as it goes on. This document is not a step by step manual for mapping a data source to a TCS document. Each data source is likely to be different in structure and so this is not a feasible exercise. What it attempts to do is provided the information needed for an implementer to make intelligent decisions as to how their data source should be mapped to the schema so that they can publish and/or receive data from other systems with as little confusion as possible.</dd> <dt>Citation</dt> <dd>Taxonomic Names Subgroup. 2006. Taxon Concept Schema User Guide. Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG). <a href="http://rs.tdwg.org/tcs/doc/guide/">http://rs.tdwg.org/tcs/doc/guide/</a></dd> </dl> <h3 id="taxon-concept-schema-xml-schema">Taxon Concept Schema XML Schema</h3> <dl> <dt>Permanent IRI</dt> <dd><a href="https://github.com/tdwg/tcs/blob/master/TCS101/v101.xsd">http://rs.tdwg.org/tcs/doc/xmlschema/</a></dd> <dt>Created</dt> <dd>2006-09-21</dd> <dt>Last modified</dt> <dd>2006-09-21</dd> <dt>Contributors</dt> <dd>Jessie Kennedy (author) - Napier University</dd> <dd>Roger Hyam (author) - TDWG Infrastructure Project</dd> <dt>Publisher</dt> <dd>Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG)</dd> <dt>Abstract</dt> <dd>This document is the validation schema for Taxon Concept Schema XML documents.</dd> <dt>Citation</dt> <dd>Taxonomic Names Subgroup. 2006. Taxon Concept Schema XML Schema. Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG). <a href="http://rs.tdwg.org/tcs/doc/xmlschema/">http://rs.tdwg.org/tcs/doc/xmlschema/</a></dd> </dl> </div> </div> </div> </main> <footer class="d-print-none"> <div class="container"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-lg"> <ul class="list-inline"> <li class="list-inline-item"> <a href="mailto:secretary@tdwg.org"> <span class="fa-stack fa-lg"> <i class="fas fa-circle fa-stack-2x"></i> <i class="far fa-envelope fa-stack-1x fa-inverse"></i> </span> </a> </li> <li class="list-inline-item"> <a href="https://twitter.com/tdwg"> <span class="fa-stack fa-lg"> <i class="fas fa-circle fa-stack-2x"></i> <i class="fab fa-twitter fa-stack-1x fa-inverse"></i> </span> </a> </li> <li class="list-inline-item"> <a red="me" href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/326780777736"> <span class="fa-stack fa-lg"> <i class="fas fa-circle fa-stack-2x"></i> <i class="fab fa-facebook fa-stack-1x fa-inverse"></i> </span> </a> </li> <li class="list-inline-item"> <a href="https://github.com/tdwg"> <span class="fa-stack fa-lg"> <i class="fas fa-circle fa-stack-2x"></i> <i class="fab fa-github fa-stack-1x fa-inverse"></i> </span> </a> </li> <li class="list-inline-item"> <a href="/feed.xml"> <span class="fa-stack fa-lg"> <i class="fas fa-circle fa-stack-2x"></i> <i class="fas fa-rss fa-stack-1x fa-inverse"></i> </span> </a> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="col-lg"> <ul class="fa-ul"> <li> <i class="fa-li fa fa-chevron-circle-right"></i> <a href="/about/">What is TDWG?</a> </li> <li> <i class="fa-li fa fa-chevron-circle-right"></i> <a href="/about/contact/">Contact us</a> </li> <li> <i class="fa-li fa fa-chevron-circle-right"></i> <a href="/about/terms-of-use/#privacy-statement">Privacy policy</a> </li> <li> <i class="fa-li fa fa-chevron-circle-right"></i> <a href="/about/code-of-conduct/">Code of Conduct</a> </li> <li> <i class="fa-li fa fa-chevron-circle-right"></i> <a href="/about/diversity-inclusion/">Diversity and Inclusion Statement</a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="small mt-2"> <p>Content on this site, made open by <a href="https://www.tdwg.org/">Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG)</a> is licensed under a <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/">Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License</a>.</p> <p> <a href="https://github.com/tdwg/website/edit/master/standards/tcs/index.md"> <i class="fas fa-edit"></i> Edit this page </a> </p> </div> </div> </footer> <script src="/assets/theme/js/anchor.min.js"></script> <script> // Show anchors when hovering over headings, using anchor.js (function () { const headings = ".content h2[id], .content h3[id], .content h4[id], .content h5[id], .content h6[id]"; anchors.options = { placement: "right" }; anchors.add(headings); })(); </script> </body> </html>

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