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Trait Template

Structure of the Trait Template V4

So far, the Trait Template V4 is uploaded into the CO website. The Trait Template is used to gather information on traits along with their methods and scales of measurement. For each trait, some meta-information is added (5 first columns). An (unique) ID is created by the system for each trait, method and scale (several IDs are created when the scale is categorical). But for now, if two methods or scales are the same (seed length and leaf length are measured in centimeters), different IDs are created, which is far from being ideal or even ontologically correct. The Trait Template V4 columns are:

• IBFieldbook
• Name of submitting scientist
• Institution
• Language of submission (only in ISO 2 letter codes)
• Date of submission
• Crop
• Name of Trait
• Abbreviated name
• Synonyms (separate by commas)
• Trait ID for modification, Blank for New
• Description of Trait
• How is this trait routinely used?
• Trait Class
• Method ID for modification, Blank for new
• Name of Method
• Describe how measured (method)
• Growth Stage
• Bibliographic Reference
• Comments
• Scale ID for modification, Blank for new
• Type of Measure (Continuous, Discrete or Categorical)
• For Continuous: units of measurement
• For Continuous: reporting units (if different from measurement)
• For Continuous: minimum
• For Continuous: maximum
• For Discrete: Name of scale or units of measurement
• For Categorical: Name of rating scale
• For Categorical: Class 1 - value = meaning
• For Categorical: Class 2 - value = meaning
• For Categorical: Class 3 - value = meaning
• For Categorical: Class 4 - value = meaning
• For Categorical: Class 5 - value = meaning