OSUC Database Structure: Documentation Cluster
The original ASC model had only the rudiments of the database structure
needed for literature and associating this with specimens. The new version has
considerably expanded in the area of literature, but we were forced to
develop our own structure independently. There is yet room for growth as
the various media for publication expand. The Documentation cluster of tables
can treat both published and unpublished sources of information; the only
"unpublication" that we've found it necessary to incorporate so far is
the biological information found on specimen labels. Different forms of
publication traditionally are cited in different manners; hence the
proliferation of tables that store data particular to these different formats.
Data from the literature sensu lato is associated with
collecting_units and unvouchered_records through citations.
Tables in Documentation Cluster
Last updated: 20 November, 1997 by nfj.